Health, Preparations
Levomethicin Medication: instructions for use
The drug "Levomycetin" is an antibacterial agent that is used for the therapy of infectious pathologies. The drug is widely used in therapy and ophthalmology.
Pharmacological properties
The drug "Levomethicin" (instruction for use shows) is an antibiotic that effectively affects most gram-positive and negative bacteria, typhoid, dysentery, purulent inflammation, meningococcal infection. The use of a medicament for the treatment of diseases that cause chlamydia, hemophilic bacteria, spirochaetes, brucella, rickettsia is shown. In therapeutic concentrations, the agent has a bacteriostatic effect. Produced in the form of tablets, powder for injection, eye drops.
Indications for use
Levomethicin is recommended for use in cases of chlamydia, typhoid , rickettsiosis, paratyphoid. The medication is prescribed for tularemia, brucellosis, meningitis, salmonella, persinosis. The agent is used for infectious pathologies caused by pathogens that are sensitive to the drug. If other drugs are ineffective or if they can not be used, Levomethicin is also prescribed. Instructions for use indicate that in ophthalmology, drops are indicated for the therapy of keratitis, conjunctivitis, blepharitis.
Contraindications
The drug "Levomethicin" instructions for use prohibits the use of individual intolerance components, oppression of blood, skin diseases, including eczema, fungal lesions and psoriasis. You can not treat with antibiotics pregnant, lactating women, newborns. It is not recommended to take medication for angina, lung infections, acute respiratory infections, for the prevention.
Levomethicin (tablets): instructions for use
Capsules are taken 30 minutes before meals. Adults are recommended to use 2 tablets 3-4 times a day, while the total dosage should not exceed 2 grams. In very severe cases, the maximum volume is doubled. Children the amount of medicine is calculated based on their weight.
Side effects
When using the drug, negative reactions of the body can be observed. In some cases, there is leukopenia, reticulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, skin rashes, cytoplasmic vacuolization, hemoglobin level decreases. These manifestations disappear after the abolition of the antibiotic. Side effects also include dyspeptic phenomena, auditory and visual hallucinations, psychomotor disorders, decreased visual acuity and hearing, confusion. The drug "Levomethicin", whose price is about 10 rubles for eye drops and 16-20 rubles for pills, is available to all categories of citizens.
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