The drug "Clarithromycin". Instructions for use

The drug "Clarithromycin-Teva" is part of a group of semisynthetic macrolide antibiotics. The drug has a wide range of activities.

The drug "Clarithromycin". Description

The drug has an effect on anaerobic and aerobic gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. The medicine is absorbed quickly enough. Food intake does not significantly affect bioavailability, but it slows down absorption. When taking the drug "Clarithromycin" in tableted form is less bioavailable than in a suspended form.

Drug withdrawal is carried out with urine or feces. About twenty to thirty percent is allocated unchanged, the rest is in the form of metabolites.

The drug "Clarithromycin". Instructions for use

The drug is prescribed for infections in the lower and upper respiratory tract. In particular, with pathologies such as pneumonia, otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis. The drug "Clarithromycin" is recommended for use in infections in soft tissues and on the code. In particular, the drug is recommended for erysipelas, folliculitis. In addition, the medication is prescribed for localized or common mycobacterial infections, as well as when Helicobacter pylori is eliminated. The drug is also recommended for reducing the frequency of recurrences of an ulcer in the duodenum.

The "Clarithromycin" remedy recommends an average of 250 milligrams per day. If necessary, the dose increases to five hundred milligrams. The number of receptions remains the same - twice a day. Duration - six to fourteen days.

The child's dosage is from 7.5 mg / kg per day. Maximum allowed to take no more than five hundred milligrams a day. The duration of therapy is from seven to ten days.

Treatment of mycobacterial infections lasts six months or more. In this case, the drug is prescribed for 1-2 grams per day.

With renal failure, the dosage of the drug is reduced by half. The duration of treatment for patients in this group should not exceed fourteen days.

The use of the drug "Clarithromycin" (instructions for use contains such information) can induce dyspepsia, vomiting, a taste disorder, diarrhea, headache, and stomach pain. In some cases, the drug may cause hearing loss up to its loss. Probably also the development of pseudomembranous colitis, which can provoke serious consequences. Side effects include hallucinations, tinnitus, candidiasis, fear, anxiety, hypoglycemia, insomnia, psychosis, disorientation, dizziness, ventricular arrhythmia and other conditions.

The drug "Clarithromycin" is contraindicated in the simultaneous reception of ergot derivatives. During therapy with the use of an antibiotic, the use of such medications as "Cisapride", "Terfenadine", "Astemizol", "Pimozide" is not recommended. It is not recommended to use the product during pregnancy and lactation.