"Abaktal": instructions for use and a little about pharmacology

The variety of infectious diseases that bacteria and other microorganisms cause causes pharmacists to constantly look for newer and more sophisticated drugs. The first medicines could not act selectively, they inflicted serious harm on the human body and did not always cure the ailment. Today, antibacterial substances have a mild effect, their side effects are extremely rare. However, they can still be dangerous in the hands of patients who neglect the prescription of the doctor or the instructions. One of the modern antibacterial drugs is Abaktal. Instructions for use are necessarily attached to each retail package. Unfortunately, not all read it. Sometimes tablets "Abaktal" are taken by analogy with other means, or determine the dosage yourself. In such cases, the patient can have dangerous consequences, including irreversible.

Properties and form of the drug "Abaktal"

The instructions for use, developed and published by the manufacturer, include information on the properties and composition. Active substance "Abaktal" is pefloxacin. This chemical compound is obtained synthetically, it has the property of influencing the DNA replication of pathogenic bacteria. As a result, the medicine has a bactericidal effect. The drug is metabolized in the liver and kidneys.

Tablets "Abaktal" 400 mg, have a white shell, convex shape and engraving. Release the drug if the patient has a prescription.

Indications for taking abactal

Instructions for use will be useless if you do not cover all the diseases in which the drug is prescribed. Doctors recommend taking "Abaktal" with:

• Infections of the urinary system, including the kidneys;
• Infections of the respiratory tract (lower sections);
• Infections of internal organs located in the small pelvis;
• ENT infections;
• Infections of the liver, ducts and gall bladder;
• Bacterial diseases of the digestive tract;
• Infectious inflammation of bone, connective, muscle tissue;
• Inflammations of the bacterial type in the abdominal cavity;
• Meningitis;
• Sepsis;
• Bacterial endocarditis;
• Gonorrhea.

Use "Abaktal" for the treatment and prevention of diseases in HIV-infected patients and patients diagnosed with AIDS. Doctors can include it in the number of funds for complex therapy.

"Abaktal": application for the treatment of pregnant women

Due to the powerful effect of the drug, it is forbidden to prescribe to women who are in a state of pregnancy. Tablets "Abaktal" are especially dangerous in the early stages. Pregnancy in any of its stages is considered a contraindication to the use of the drug.

Other contraindications for taking Abaktal remedy

Instruction for use among them calls:

• The reaction of the body to quinolones;
• Not the patient's attainment of adulthood;
• Period of breastfeeding.

Particular care should be taken by the manufacturer when revealing liver and kidney problems (with the exception of infections), as well as epilepsy and other CNS disorders.

Side effects

Unfortunately, today there are no antibacterial drugs that do not have side effects. The reception of "Abaktal" can be accompanied by:

• Disturbance of the digestive tract, caused by the reduction of useful microflora;
• Increased production of bilirubin;
• Confusion of consciousness;
• Pain in the head;
• Convulsions;
• Dizziness;
• Unbalance;
• Tremor;
• Hallucinations;
• Sleep disturbance;
• Hematuria;
• Phlebitis;
• Crystalluria;
• Interstitial nephritis;
• Disorders of musculoskeletal work, rarely in patients there was a rupture of the Achilles tendons ;
• An allergy.

Thus, Abaktal is a powerful antibacterial agent, which should be applied with extreme caution and only under the supervision of the attending physician.