A large number of diseases of expectant mothers cannot be cured without the help of antibiotics, especially since the list of drugs allowed during this period is negligible. Can ampicillin be taken during pregnancy? What are the indications and contraindications for this drug?
Future mothers are extremely wary of antibiotic treatment. Thinking, first of all, about the health of the unborn baby, they try to apply easier methods of treatment based on natural preparations. But, often, severe forms of the disease can be cured only with the help of ampicillin.
Ampicillin action
Ampicillin trihydrate - an antibiotic, belongs to the group of synthetic penicillins that act on a large number of dangerous microbes. Once in the body, the drug is distributed, penetrating into the bronchi, frontal and maxillary sinuses, hearing aid, saliva, amniotic fluid and almost all body fluids, including breast milk.
The highest concentration of antibiotic in the blood is achieved two hours after ingestion. Withdrawal from the body is done mainly through the kidneys. At the same time, 80% of ampicillin in the urine is active upon exit.
Indications
Ampicillin during pregnancy can be taken only as directed by your doctor. The drug is prescribed for the treatment of severe inflammatory processes in the lungs, bronchi. Quite often prescribed for intestinal infections (salmonellosis, dysentery), pyelonephritis and endometritis.
When prescribing ampicillin, it is not worth worrying about the health of the unborn child. The drug, although it penetrates the amniotic fluid of the expectant mother, does not have any effect on the development of the baby. This medicine has passed multiple trials, has been tested on many patients and has been used for many years.
Dosage and overdose
When prescribing ampicillin to the expectant mother, the dosage should be strictly prescribed by the attending physician. This drug, although it has a lot of positive characteristics, is still not worth it.
Overdosing can cause a number of serious actions:
- allergic reactions: Quincke's edema, urticaria, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, erythema. Less commonly - joint pain, eosinophilia, fever, there are also cases of anaphylactic shock ;
- from the digestive system: vomiting, nausea;
- reactions of chemotherapeutic effects: vaginal candidiasis, colitis, intestinal dysbiosis, candidiasis in the oral cavity.
Contraindications
Ampicillin during pregnancy is not recommended for use in lymphocytic leukemia, mononucleosis, hypersensitivity to ampicillin and other drugs of the penicillin group, as well as for violations of the liver.
In the treatment with ampicillin, constant monitoring of liver, kidney and blood composition is necessary. In renal failure , dosage adjustment is required.
An overdose of the drug with renal abnormalities can cause a malfunction of the central nervous system as a result of toxic effects.
Important
1. Take ampicillin during pregnancy should only be recommended by your doctor, in strictly prescribed doses.
2. Do not forget that while waiting for a child, the female body is disposed to display allergies. Therefore, before treatment, it is necessary to warn the doctor of all existing manifestations. If the body is prone to allergies, you should not start a course of treatment during the period of seasonal allergies.
Taking a course of treatment with ampicillin (or some other antibiotic), you need to maintain your body. Today, there are many probiotics and vitamins intended for pregnant women.