Everyone has long known such a drug as Tetracycline. The release form of this drug may be as follows: coated tablets, capsules, eye ointment and ointment, which is intended for external use only. This is an antibiotic that belongs to the tetracycline series and has a wide spectrum of action.
With the help of this tool, the growth of bacterial cells is stopped , since protein synthesis is suppressed in them . Although the drug "Tetracycline" (tablets) can be used independently, a greater effect is achieved when it is prescribed together with other antibacterial agents, streptomycin is most often used.
After a tablet of tetracycline enters the body, or rather the gastrointestinal tract, it is absorbed by about 75%, eating slightly reduces the absorption of this drug. The distribution of the active substance in the body is uneven. In the kidneys, spleen, liver, lungs, bile, lymph nodes, it is much more than in plasma, sometimes 10 or more times.
Since the Tetracycline drug (tablets) penetrates the blood-brain barrier very poorly, treatment with its help for infectious diseases that affect the brain or spinal cord is not carried out.
The largest amount of this drug accumulates in the dentin of deciduous teeth and bones, as well as in tumors.
The drug "Tetracycline" (tablets) - indications for use
Currently, this drug is used in the following cases:
- if necessary, the treatment of infectious diseases that are caused by bacteria sensitive to this drug;
- in the presence of infection of soft tissues, skin, mucous membranes, bones, as well as conjunctivitis and acne;
- for the treatment of cholera, brucellosis, plague, intestinal amebiasis, trachoma, chlamydia, phrambesia, listeriosis, anthrax, inguinal granuloma, tularemia, syphilis, etc .;
- if necessary, treatment of bacterial infections of the urinary tract and respiratory system.
Contraindications
You can not take this drug in the presence of allergic reactions, during pregnancy, for children under 8 years of age (since they have dentin damage to milk teeth), with a low level of white blood cells in the blood (leukopenia), as well as when breast-feeding a child.
Feasible side effects
After taking the Tetracycline drug (tablets), a decrease in appetite, nausea, an increase in the papillae of the tongue, dysphagia, pancreatitis, and intestinal dysbiosis may occur. Gastritis and glossitis may also develop, an increase in transaminases and toxic liver damage can begin.
Possible occurrence of azotemia, increased intracranial pressure, the development of hemolytic anemia.
Antibiotic Tetracycline (tablets) - instructions for use
It is recommended to take tablets half an hour or an hour before meals up to 4 times a day, while they should be washed down with plenty of water. 250-500 milligrams of the drug is usually taken at a time.
If acne is treated, then the daily dose of the drug can reach up to 2 grams per day and it is taken for 3 weeks. After that, the dose is reduced to 0.125-1 grams per day for a maintenance effect.
When treating brucellosis, it is necessary to take 500 milligrams of this drug every 6 hours also for 2 weeks. For a greater effect, you should take streptomycin in doses that are appropriate for the age of the patient.
Uncomplicated gonorrhea is also treated with this drug, but its initial dose should be 1.5 grams, and only then 500 milligrams after 6 hours, over 4 days. In the treatment of syphilis take 500 milligrams of the drug for 15 days, and if late syphilis, then within a month.