The drug "Ofloksin": instructions, release forms, properties

In medical practice, without antibacterial agents, it is very difficult to achieve a positive therapeutic effect, and more often than not it is generally impossible. Doctors use them as an independent agent, they are used in complex treatment, and also recommend to carry out preventive measures. However, any medicine is a dangerous chemical compound that can not only have a positive effect, but also cause considerable harm to the patient. Doctors recommend using "Ofloxin", the instruction to which will be described below, only in case of objective necessity established by the doctor. Information about medicines is of interest to us, as a rule, at the time of illness, but it is much more expedient to get acquainted with the features of medicines in advance.

What is "Ofloxin"?

The instruction to the drug relates it to fluoroquinol compounds. The active substance of the drug is a special substance - ofloxacin, capable of blocking the production of DNA-gyrase (a special enzyme necessary for vital activity) in microbial cells.

The medication is available in the form of white tablets in blisters and standard packs. The concentration of the active substance is indicated not only in the annotation, but also in the name. For example, "Ofloxin 200" means that the tablet contains 200 mg of ofloxacin. Dosage of a medicinal product is carried out by an employee having a specialized medical education. The manufacturer also produces the drug "Ofloksin 400".

Indications for use
In general, use "Ofloksin" to combat inflammation caused by gram-negative microbes. However, in a number of cases, the drug can also be used with therapeutic effect on patients with diseases provoked by Gram-positive bacteria. Assign a remedy for inflammation:

• Joints;
• Respiratory tract (lower divisions);
• Urogenital system;
• Genital organs;
• Abdominal cavity;
• Bones.

However, "Ofloxin 200", as well as its variant at a dosage of 400 mg, can have a number of contraindications. In addition, the remedy has side effects.

Contra-indications "Ofloxin"

The instructions applied to each pack of tablets contain special instructions that it is not possible to take the remedy when:

• Hypersensitivity;
• Pregnancy;
• Propensity to convulsions due to diseases and congenital defects of the central nervous system;
• Lactation;
• In childhood.

Contraindications are always taken into account when prescribing a medicine by a doctor, so calling a specialist is always justified and expedient.

Side effects of "Ofloksin"

The instruction as a mandatory section includes information on adverse events that may occur in patients. For example, observed during research:

• The prevalence of inhibitory reactions, drowsiness fast fatigue, headaches, agitation, hallucinations, malfunctions in the work of taste buds, as well as abnormalities of smell and hearing;
• Vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, increased bilirubin in the blood, pneumodembranous colitis;
• Impaired renal function and excretory system;
• Anemia, changes in blood composition;
• Severe allergic reactions.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to describe all the revealed side effects within the framework of this article. The annotation to the drug indicates, as a rule, groups of disorders that may occur in the patient during therapy.

Uncontrolled drug intake is unacceptable, as it may lead to an overdose. If there are signs of exceeding the dose of the drug, or if you find a fact of consuming a large number of tablets, you should immediately go to the hospital. The patient is washed with a stomach, and then a course of symptomatic therapy is performed.