Antibiotic penicillin, instructions for use, methods of treatment

Penicillins are such a group of antibiotics that are obtained from cultured fluids by molds of the genus Penicillium. The drug penicillin - the main one in this group, many microorganisms have sensitivity to this antibiotic, such as streptococci, pneumococci, gonococci and meningococci. The high efficacy of the antibiotic is manifested in relation to the causative agents of anthrax and tetanus, diphtheria and gas gangrene, proteins and several strains of pathogenic staphylococci.

A number of diseases are noted, the treatment of which with this medication does not bring the expected result. These include infections, the causative agents of which are pertussis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, tuberculosis, Friedlander sticks or bacteria of the intestinal, dysenteric and typhoid group.

Intramuscular injection is considered the most effective way of taking the drug, this way it quickly penetrates into the blood and within one hour reaches its highest concentration, equally distributed in the joint cavity, muscles and lungs. In cerebrospinal fluid there is a small concentration of the drug penicillin, the instruction for use recommends for this reason to administer the drug with some infectious zablivaniya combined method: endolumbalnym and intramuscular. The medicine passes heavily into the abdominal and pleural cavity, but there is a good passability to the fetus through the placental barrier.

To treat a huge number of diseases, penicillin is chosen as the most effective medicine, the instruction for use recommends the treatment of this antibiotic for sepsis of different genesis, a number of local and extensive pathologies. For preventive purposes, often prescribed treatment with penicillin heavy burn wounds, complications of the postoperative period, purulent meningitis, brain abscesses, gonorrhea, syphilis, sycosis, furunculosis, ocular and ear inflammation.

In the treatment of acute sepsis, pneumonia (croupous, focal), cholangitis, cholecystitis, penicillin is also used, instruction for use recommends this drug as treatment and prevention of rheumatism, penicillin treats some infectious diseases in infants.

There are different ways to administer the drug penicillin, the instructions for use call subcutaneous, intravenous and intramuscular methods, direct injection into the cavity, the spinal canal, inhalation, nasal drops, eyes, rinsing, rinsing. Although absorption and distribution of the drug occur almost immediately after administration, it has the property of leaving the body as quickly as possible, leaving pathogenic microorganisms active. Therefore, for a more effective treatment, a special regimen for taking an antibiotic is used, it is administered at 3-4-hour intervals. In some cases, a special treatment regimen is chosen that is peculiar only to this particular disease. If you follow the chosen method of treatment is not constant or interrupt the course, complications can arise, related to the emergence of resistance in a certain group of microorganisms to penicillin. The only correct solution in such cases is the change of antibiotic.

Penicillin is contraindicated in patients who have a particular sensitivity to the drug. Separately, we should dwell on the question of penicillin during pregnancy. According to medical observations, no complications have been detected so far as a result of the use of the drug in either a woman or a child. In any case, the full course of antibiotic treatment should be under the strict supervision of a specialist.

If a patient is prescribed penicillin, its use as a remedy is not recommended without checking the individual sensitivity to the drug. Conditions for storing the medicine: dark and cool place, inaccessible to children.