Antibiotic "Zinnat": instructions for the use of the drug inspires optimism

The medical preparation "Zinnat", the instruction for use of which is presented in this article, is an antibiotic-cephalosporin (2nd generation) of a wide spectrum of action.

The role of antibiotics in medicine is extremely high. They are successfully used in the treatment of diseases, the causative agents of which are bacteria.

The action of Zinnat is selective. It does not affect all microorganisms. In some bacteria, the drug stops reproduction. Such an effect is called "bacteriostasis". Others destroy completely. Such an effect is called a "bactericidal effect".

The bactericidal action of the drug "Zinnata" violates the very nature of the reproduction of bacteria. Such influence it has on the following representatives of the pathogenic flora:

• Group of aerobic Gram-positive microbes (staphylococcus, streptococcus, etc.);
• Group of aerobic gram-negative microbes (gonococcus, meningococcus, etc.);
• A group of anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative microbes (E. coli, tetanus, etc.);
• Group of strains (mutants) resistant to ampicillin and amoxicillin.

Prepart "Zinnat" is either white tablets or granules, from which a suspension is prepared.

In what cases is the antibiotic "Zinnat" prescribed? Instructions for the use of the drug, as it should, indicate the exact guidelines:

• Diseases in which the upper and lower respiratory tracts are affected (acute and chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, bronchiectasis - pathological expansion of bronchi with suppuration, postoperative infections);
• Infectious diseases of the ear, throat and nose: tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils), sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses of the nose), otitis (inflammation of the middle and inner ear);
• Cutaneous infections (pyodermic infection - purulent skin disease, furunculosis - acute purulent inflammation of the hair follicles of the skin, impetigo);
• Infectious inflammation of the urinary tract: cases of asymptomatic bacteriuria (presence of pathogenic bacteria in the urine without signs of disease); Cases of cystitis (inflammation of the bladder) and urethritis (inflammation of the urethra); Cases of pyelonephritis, acute and chronic - inflammation of the kidneys; Cases of gonorrhea, cervicitis (inflammation of the cervix) and acute gonococcal urethritis - a dangerous inflammation of the urethra);
• Early stages of Lyme disease (affection of joints, eyes, nervous system, heart from tick bite).

How to take Zinnat? Instructions for use include the following information.

Tablets should be swallowed after eating, washed down with water. The duration of the course is up to ten days (or as prescribed by the doctor).

Recommendations for adults:

• 125 milligrams twice a day - if the urinary tract is infected;
• 250 milligrams twice a day - if the lower respiratory tract is infected, with mild and moderate forms of the disease;
• 500 milligrams twice a day if lower respiratory canals are infected, with severe forms of the disease, when pneumonia is suspected; As well as in the treatment of Lyme disease (20-day course or as prescribed by the doctor);
• 500 milligrams twice a day - if you are treated with pneumonia or with acute chronic bronchitis (a course of up to ten days or as prescribed by a doctor). Preliminary - intravenous or intramuscular administration of the drug "Zinatsef" one and a half grams three times a day (for three days) - the so-called step therapy;
• 1 gram a day once, then - according to the doctor's instructions - if uncomplicated gonorrhea is treated.

All prescriptions and dosages should be done by a doctor, self-medication is life-threatening!

Do not use tablets in a crushed form. Therefore, for children, the drug is used in the form of a suspension. It is prepared as follows: in a measuring cup , 20 ml of water is collected. The vial is vigorously shaken several times. The water is poured into the vial. Shaking is continued until a homogeneous substance is formed.

The form of release of the drug with the ingredients for the preparation of the suspension is called "Zinnat syrup."

Doses of the drug "Zinnat" for children are selected in accordance with the age and weight of the child. To properly give medicine, it is necessary to take the instruction of the attending physician.

Among modern antibiotics of increased accuracy in use, it is precisely the "Zinnat" agent. Instruction for use introduces detailed schemes of admission for children of all age groups and all weight categories. When carefully following the instructions of the doctor, these schemes should be carefully studied.

Among the side effects of the drug are undesirable changes in the functioning of the hematopoietic and gastrointestinal systems of the body. There are also allergies and headaches. When a side effect occurs, the doctor weighs the possibility of canceling the drug.

With caution should be used antibiotic "Zinnat" in the first months of pregnancy, although there is no evidence of harmful effects on the fetus.

Currently, one of the widely used antibiotics is the drug "Zinnat". The doctors' comments on the therapeutic effect of this medication are very positive.

There is an extensive practice in which the drug "Zinnat" is given to children. Reviews and in this area of its application are quite positive.

You can consider this tool as one of the great successes of pharmacology of the 20-21 centuries.