The upper respiratory tract is often the gateway to various kinds of infections, especially often during mass epidemics of influenza. At the same time, a huge number of people fall ill with various types of rhinitis and sinusitis. The usual treatment of a productive runny nose with mucous discharge should not be limited to the use of vasoconstrictor drugs (Ximelin, Nazol, Naphthyzine), since their use gives only a temporary relief effect and does not eliminate the main cause of the common cold. One of the most optimal means for treating such conditions is considered to be a nose drop Isofra - a local antibiotic.
Isofra in the treatment of bacterial infection
Isofra is a nasal spray, which includes a local antibiotic, and therefore it should be used for the treatment of rhinitis and sinusitis only as directed by the attending physician. "Isofra" nasal drops are prescribed only if the patient has been sick for about a week with a viral infection and cannot completely cure his runny nose. Moreover, if instead of a light mucous discharge from the nose, thick and greenish discharge appeared, then a viral infection was greatly complicated by a bacterial one. This means that the time has come for the use of isofra, because it acts exclusively on bacterial pathology.
What flora does isofra act on?
The drug is available in the form of a nasal spray and drops in the nose, the main active ingredient of which is framycetin. This drug is considered effective against many pathogenic microbes, including insensitive to penicillin. These are staphylococci, some varieties of streptococcus, proteus, pseudomonas, enterobacter, shigella, Klebsiella. "Isofra" nose drops are most often prescribed for rhinitis, rhinopharyngitis, infectious sinusitis, and also to prevent infection of the respiratory tract after surgery.
Dosage and application
The spray is injected into the nose after washing or cleansing the nasal sinuses in adult patients, 1 dose 4-6 times a day, for babies, one dose 3 times a day.
Drops of Isofra are instilled into the nose for 1-2 drops 4-6 times a day, and the duration of use of the medicine should be no more than ten days.
With intranasal use, the minimum amount of active substance enters the bloodstream, and therefore the drug is considered harmless to both adults and children.
Side effects and contraindications
Using this medication for more than ten consecutive days can cause some concomitant respiratory infections (such as fungal infections ). Long-term use of the drug is addictive and leads to the emergence of resistant microbial strains, which are subsequently very difficult to treat. An allergic reaction to the components of the drug is sometimes observed. Contraindication for the use of spray and drops is considered individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
Isofra nose drops for children
Isofra is an alternative treatment for conventional antibacterial therapy, which has a lot of side effects, and therefore this drug is completely indispensable in the treatment of childhood infections. Manufacturers recommend the use of the drug "Isofra" for children from one year of age. However, there is clinical evidence confirming the efficacy and safety of the drug in children from a month of age. The convenient form of the spray is one of the most effective ways to treat the entire infected surface of the nasal mucosa. Most often, the drug "Isofra" is prescribed for purulent thick discharge from the nose, as well as with concomitant otitis media.