How and for what are applied Clindamycin suppositories

The medicine "Clindamycin" (candles) is white and has a cylindrical shape. But maybe with a slightly yellowish tinge. The cut of the suppository has an airy, porous rod, a funnel-shaped depression. The active substance is called clindamycin.

Due to its pharmacological properties, the drug "Clindamycin" (suppositories) due to the active substance has an antibiotic effect and is a member of the group of lincosamides. The use of therapeutic doses of the drug makes it possible to obtain a bacteriostatic effect, and its high doses undergo bactericidal action of sensitive strains.

The active influence of the suppository "Clindamycin" exerts on many known Gram-positive and anaerobic gram-negative bacteria, microaerophilic Gram-positive cocci. Resistance to the drug is shown by Candida albicans, Trichomonas vaginalis.

What indications for use are considered in the article "Clindamycin" (candles)? These are mainly gynecological infections that have been caused by microorganisms that are sensitive to this drug:

• Abscess of fallopian tubes, ovaries;

• Infectious pathologies of the cervix;

• Salpingitis;

• Endometritis;

• Pelvioperitonitis and others.

Apply "Clindamycin" (suppositories) intravaginally. For this purpose, one suppository is taken and, by cutting the film on the contour, it is released from the package. Enter should be in the prone position in the vagina. If possible, the suppository should be introduced as deep as possible. A day is enough to install one candle before going to bed. Treatment lasts from three days to one week.

Let's talk now about contraindications, information about which contains the instruction "Clindamycin" (candles). No medication is prescribed for myasthenia gravis, hypersensitivity, pregnancy. Explicit pathologies of hepatic and renal functions are also the reasons for refusing the appointment of this medication.

Among the side effects that were noticed when using these candles, allergies, expressed in the appearance of itching, maculopapular rash of urticaria. The genitourinary system (rarely) suffers from the occurrence of vaginitis, cervicitis, vulvovaginal irritation. In hemopoietic organs (rarely) the following reactions to the drug: thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, reversible leukopenia, agranulocytosis.

Overdoses with the use of suppositories "Clindamycin" were practically not observed and are theoretically unlikely in connection with very low absorption of the drug. Minimize side effects when used in the treatment of suppositories of this drug can be, observing the precautionary measures and knowing about the features of its use.

For example, during pregnancy, "Clindamycin" (suppositories) can be prescribed only if there is an extreme need for this. The potential benefit of the drug for a pregnant patient should at the same time exceed the potential risk of adverse effects on the fetus. The feeding of the child during the treatment with suppositories is stopped.

After applying the drug "Clindamycin" (suppositories), the reviews are different, mostly positive, but women write and that the above-mentioned side effects were observed. For example, we are talking about the occurrence of pruritus in the back and in the chest.

In the reviews, you can also read that the use of these suppositories in some cases was prescribed during pregnancy. They write that they "went off the yeast" and other drugs did not help.

The drug "Clindamycin" is incompatible with certain drugs. These are erythromycin, magnesium sulfate, barbiturates and others, including calcium gluconate. In fact, this drug should be prescribed by a doctor, and in pharmacies it is released according to its prescription.