Antibiotic "Erythromycin" (tablets) - recommendations for use

The drug "Erythromycin" (tablets) is an antibiotic and belongs to the group of macrolides. The tablets are covered on top with a coating that, after use, dissolves in the intestine. The drug has antiseptic and antimicrobial effect.

After application, the drug "Erythromycin" (tablets) is distributed over the majority of body fluids and tissues, and also binds to blood proteins. Metabolization of this agent occurs in the liver and the half-life of it together with urine and bile is between one and half to two hours.

Preparation "Erythromycin" (tablets) - indications

This agent is prescribed in the presence of infectious inflammatory diseases, such as trachoma, diphtheria, brucellosis, whooping cough, tonsillitis, legionnaires, otitis media, scarlet fever, sinusitis, pneumonia, cholecystitis, syphilis and gonorrhea. It is also effective in the treatment of infectious inflammatory diseases, which are caused by pathogens resistant to the action of penicillin, as well as levomycetin, tetracyclines and streptomycin.

In the form of an ointment, "Erythromycin" is used to treat youth acne.

The medicine "Erythromycin" (tablets) - instructions for use

First, the severity of the infection and the tolerability of the drug are determined. The daily dose for an adult is at least 1 g, maximum 4 grams.

This tool can be used for children, but the recommended dose is much less:

• Up to three months - 20-40 mg preparation for each kilogram of weight;
• 4 months - 18 years - 30-50 milligrams of the drug for each kilogram of the weight of the child.

The drug is taken up to 4 times a day, the duration of such treatment is from 5 to 14 days. If the symptoms of the disease have disappeared, do not abruptly stop treatment with this medication, it should be used two more days. You can take the antibiotic "Erythromycin" (tablets) two to three hours after, and one hour before a meal.

If a solution is used, they are smeared with affected skin. The ointment is also applied to the lesion site or the lower eyelid, if treatment of eye diseases is performed.

Possible side effects

After taking this medication, epigastric pain, nausea, and cholestatic jaundice can occur. It is also possible the appearance of urticaria, anaphylactic shock and skin rash, candidiasis of the vagina or oral cavity.

Contraindications for use

Tablets "Erythromycin" instruction does not recommend taking in the presence of obvious violations in the liver and hypersensitivity to macrolides.

Since erythromycin penetrates into breast milk, if necessary, it is necessary to stop breastfeeding the baby for a while.

At the time of taking this medication, you should avoid the use of drugs that increase acidity, and do not consume acidic drinks, since they significantly reduce the action of erythromycin. All forms in which the drug "Erythromycin" is released are included in the List of Essential Medicines.

It should also be noted that its use with chloramphenicol or lincomycin significantly weakens the effect of these agents.

If there is a need to take this antibiotic with such drugs as theophylline, aminophylline or caffeine, you need to know that in this case the concentration of these substances in the blood plasma increases, and this in turn leads directly to the development of toxic action.

After taking erythromycin, the concentration of cyclosporine in the blood plasma increases, which can lead to the development of nephrotoxic action.

If an intravenous solution of erythromycin is given, then the effect of ethanol is increased (gastric emptying is accelerated and the duration of action of alcohol dehydrogenase in the stomach is reduced).