Probifor - instructions for use

"Probifor" is a powder, which is a living bifidobacteria. The drug is taken orally and can have a light gray or dark gray color with small black impregnations of coal. In the appearance of the powder, impregnations of beige color can also be present, the apparatus has a weak sour-milk smell.

The probiophore is prescribed for the treatment of both acute and chronic intestinal infections of viral, bacterial and unidentified etiology. Probifor helps in the treatment of foodborne infections. The drug is prescribed for chronic inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract, which are accompanied by a dysbacteriosis. Listing the diseases in which helps the probiophore, the instruction calls intestinal dysbacteriosis, irritable bowel syndrome, acute respiratory infections and skin diseases. Sometimes the drug is prescribed in complex treatment during preoperative preparation of surgical patients and in the postoperative period.

The drug is safe for the elderly, also suitable for children. In some cases, it is prescribed for newborns and premature babies, as well as for pregnant women.

It is recommended to drink the probiophore while eating. Taking the probiophore, the instruction advises mixing the drug with a fermented milk product or other liquid food. When offering powder to newborns, it is necessary to connect a probiphor with mother's milk or with its artificial replacement. You can also partially dissolve the drug in boiled water at room temperature, if you take it in a volume of 30-50 ml and immediately drink the resulting mixture.

How do I advise taking a probiophore instruction for use?

For the treatment of acute intestinal infection, the syndrome of diarrhea and food poisoning, the drug is used:

- children under 6 months (twice a day for 1 package);

- children from 6 months to 7 years (three to four times a day for 1 package, the course of treatment usually lasts two or three days, with symptoms remaining - up to five days);

- Children from 7 years and adults (twice a day for two or three packages, treatment lasts three to five days).

At an early stage of diarrhea, adults are advised to use probifor twice a day at an interval of one hour. Dosage - from 3 to 6 packets, treatment usually lasts up to three days.

Often, adults and children with functional intestinal disorders and chronic pathology of the gastrointestinal tract are also prescribed a probiophore. The instruction recommends the use of the drug in the following doses:

- 3 packages each evening for five to fifteen days for adults and children;

- twice a day for 2 packages for five to fifteen days for adults.

Patients with chronic intestinal infection or dysbacteriosis, as well as patients with skin diseases are prescribed:

- twice a day for 1 package for children under three years;

- three times a day for 1 package for children from three to seven years;

- twice a day for 2-3 packets of children after seven years and adults.

All treatment lasts seven to ten days.

Adults and children with acute respiratory viral infections and influenza are advised to take the probiophore three times a day for 1 packet for 2 days.

To reduce postoperative complications, the probiophore is prescribed to the surgical patient and sometimes to pregnant women three times a day for 1 packet for two to three days before the operation and after the operation.

Describing the probiphor, the instruction does not indicate any side effects and contraindications to the application. The drug can be used for pregnant and lactating women. But one should be more careful when using a probiphor for lactase deficiency.

Everyone can buy this drug in a pharmacy without a prescription. The probiophore is sold for 6, 10 and 30 bags in a cardboard box.

The effect of the probiophore is enhanced if taken simultaneously with vitamins. But the effect is significantly reduced when the drug is used together with antibiotics.

The probiophore is suitable for 18 months from the date of manufacture.

Before you start using the drug, carefully read the instructions for use. This article does not contain all the information specified in the drug instructions. This article is just a brief summary of the main points of the instruction.