The drug 'Furagin' for children and adults. Instructions for use

The drug "Furagin" (for children and adults) belongs to the category of antimicrobial agents. The mechanism of action of the drug is based on the activity against the enzymes of the cells of microbes carrying the hydrogen molecule. This is what ensures the high bacteriostatic effectiveness of the drug "Furagin". The agent is able to influence both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The active substance is furazidine.

The drug "Furagin" for children and adults is indicated for the treatment of pathologies of the urinary system (including the prostate gland) of an infectious and inflammatory nature in acute and chronic course.

In case of recurrent diseases, the drug is indicated as a warning agent (for congenital anomalies of the urinary tract, the need for prolonged catheterization).

It is allowed to prescribe the drug "Furagin" to children under one year.

The medicine should be taken orally when eating. Since the effect of the drug is enhanced in an acidic environment, it is recommended to use protein products.

Means "Furagin" for children appoint at the rate of five to seven milligrams per kilogram of weight per day. If it is necessary to carry out long-term therapy, the dosage is reduced to 1-2 mg / kg / day. Adults are recommended one hundred milligrams (two tablets) four times a day in the first day. In subsequent days, the frequency of receptions is reduced to three times a day.

The duration of application of the drug "Furagin" for children and adults is seven to eight days. If necessary and on the recommendation of a doctor after a period of ten to fifteen days, the therapy is repeated.

For prophylactic purposes, adults are recommended to take a pill a day (in the evening).

Adverse Reactions

With the application of the drug "Furagin", visual impairment, dizziness, drowsiness, and the development of polyneuropathy are possible. In addition, side effects include vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, dyspeptic phenomena, itching, rash, malaise, fever.

Contraindications

Do not prescribe a drug in the presence of a history of intolerance to drugs group nitrofuran, as well as during lactation, with congenital insufficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, kidney failure. Contraindicated drug "Furagin" infants until seven days of life. Do not prescribe medicine for polyneuropathy of any nature, as well as on the thirty-eighth - forty-second week of pregnancy.

Overdose

Reception of an increased dose of the drug "Furagin" manifests itself with nausea, peripheral polyneuritis, psychosis, dizziness, depression, headaches. Probably also allergic reactions of the expressed character (urticaria, angioedema, bronchospasm). In patients with congenital insufficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, an overdose of the drug "Furagin" provokes megaloblastic or aplastic anemia. As a therapy, vomiting is provoked, gastric lavage is performed.

Interaction with other drugs

The bacteriostatic efficacy of the drug "Furagin" is reduced when combined with nalidixic acid.

Preparations "Probenecid", "Sulfipirazon" and other uricosuric medicines reduce the concentration of the drug in the urine (which is the reason for the lack of therapeutic result), along with it increase its serum level (as a result of which a toxic reaction may occur). Absorption of the drug "Faragin" from the digestive system is reduced when combined with antacids containing magnesium trisilicate.

Before using the drug, you need to consult a doctor, see the annotation.