In any pharmacy, a person will be able to find at least five drugs that are designed to eliminate various skin diseases. Moreover, many of them are intended for the treatment of acne and acne. It should be noted the high price of such drugs.
There is no guarantee that the selected drug will work better, for example, than a mask that is prepared at home. Chloramphenicol alcohol is one of the well-known as well as inexpensive agents for the treatment of acne.
What are the components of the drug?
Solution of alcohol "Levomycetin" for external use - antimicrobial medication. Available as a solution for external use.
The drug is colorless or with a yellowish tinge, has a smell of alcohol. Available in glass bottles of twenty-five, thirty, forty and fifty milliliters. The composition of the solution includes the following substances:
Pharmacological actions
According to the instructions, alcohol solution "Levomycetin" refers to the number of antimicrobial components of a wide spectrum of action. The drug has a high antibacterial activity against various purulent-inflammatory processes and sources of wound infection.
The drug disrupts the process of combining the protein in the microbial cell: with the help of excellent affinity for fats, it helps to get bacteria through the cell membrane, as a result of which the movement to growing peptides is slowed down and protein synthesis is disturbed.
It has activity against many bacteria, both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, which are resistant to Penicillin and Sulfanilamide. The drug helps to clean and heal trophic ulcers, burns, and accelerate the formation of epithelium at the site of skin lesion.
Indications
According to the instructions for use, the alcohol solution "Levomycetin" is recommended for use in the treatment of the following diseases:
- Erythrasma (chronic pseudomycosis of bacterial origin, affecting the epidermis mainly in areas of large skin folds).
- Infected burns (violation of the skin, provoked by exposure to high temperature).
- Boils (necrotic inflammatory process of the hair, as well as the sebaceous gland and connective tissue, provoked by pyogenic bacteria, usually Staphylococcus aureus).
- Trophic ulcers (a violation of the skin or mucous cavity that occurs after rejection of dead tissue).
- Pressure ulcers (soft tissue necrotization subsequently of constant pressure, which is accompanied by disorders of blood microcirculation and nervous trophism).
Contraindications
Like any drug, the alcohol solution of Levomycetin has certain prohibitions on the use of:
- Skin diseases.
- Psoriasis (a non-communicable disease, usually dermatosis, which affects the skin).
- Eczema (non-infectious inflammatory process of the skin, which is characterized by a variety of rashes, burning, itching and a tendency to repeat).
- Mycosis (diseases caused by parasitic fungi).
- Inherited by a dominant type of disease, characterized by damage to the peripheral and central nervous system.
- Diseases of the liver and kidneys.
- Lack of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (a hereditary disease in which not enough enzyme is produced).
- Individual intolerance to any substance of the drug.
- Childhood.
- Aplastic anemia (hereditary or acquired blood pathology due to damage to bone marrow stem cells).
- The "interesting position" of a woman.
How to use the drug?
The solution of alcohol "Levomycetin" from acne is used externally. Damaged areas of the skin several times a day should be treated with a cotton swab, which is moistened in it.
The duration of the course of therapy is determined by the nature and location of the lesion. If in doubt or have questions about the use of the drug, then you can seek help from a specialist.
In addition, the alcohol solution of Chloramphenicol is instilled into the ears . The drug for otitis media (otolaryngological disease, which is inflammation in the ear) is dispensed in a bottle without a nose, so you need to inject it into the ear with a special pipette. Dosage for adult patients and children has practically no differences, but nevertheless, it is necessary to consider the methods of application separately.
So, according to the instructions, adults should use the drug in the auricle once or twice a day. The solution should be pipetted only into the sore ear. It is not recommended to drip into the ears for preventive purposes - so a person will only harm a healthy organ.
The solution of alcohol "Levomycetin" is instilled into the child’s ears once or twice a day, two or three drops in the affected ear canal. If there is a plentiful allocation of exudate with otitis media, the dosage can be increased to three to four drops. The solution in the child’s ear must be dripped at regular intervals.
Adverse reactions
The drug, if used improperly, can provoke undesirable effects:
- An inherited or acquired blood disorder characterized by damage to bone marrow stem cells.
- Agranulocytosis (a pathological condition in which there is a decrease in the level of leukocytes due to granulocytes and monocytes).
- Granulocytopenia (decreased neutrophils in the blood).
- Leukopenia (a decrease in white blood cells in a unit of blood).
- Reticulocytopenia (reduced content of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood, a sign of inhibition of erythropoiesis).
- Erythropenia (a decrease in the number of red blood cells in the blood below normal).
- Thrombocytopenia (a condition characterized by a decrease in platelet count below standard, which is accompanied by increased bleeding and problems with stopping bleeding).
- Angioneurotic edema (an acute condition characterized by the rapid development of local edema of the mucous membrane, subcutaneous tissue and the skin itself).
- Skin rash.
Features
During the use of the drug, constant monitoring of the peripheral blood picture is required. When taken together with ethyl alcohol, disulfiram-like effects may appear, which manifest themselves in the form of the following conditions:
- Vomiting (eruption of the contents of the stomach through the oral cavity).
- Nausea (painful sensation in the epigastric region, chest, oral cavity and pharynx, often preceded by vomiting).
- Reflex cough (forced expiration through the mouth caused by contractions of the muscles of the respiratory tract due to irritation of the receptors).
- Convulsions (sudden and most often involuntary contraction of one or more muscles).
- Hyperemia of the skin (redness of the skin in various areas).
- Tachycardia (a form of arrhythmia, which is characterized by increased heart rate of more than ninety beats per minute).
Women during an "interesting situation" alcohol solution "Levomycetin" may be prescribed with extreme caution.
The drug for renal failure is prohibited. The drug for liver failure is contraindicated. When interacting with "Erythromycin", "Clindamycin", "Linkomycin", a mutual weakening of the positive effect occurs.
Medicines that suppress bone marrow hematopoiesis when used with alcohol solution of Levomycetin increase the likelihood of reducing the number of blood cells formed in the bone marrow.
The combined use of the solution with penicillins, as well as Cephalosporin, reduces the antimicrobial effect.
Analogs
The following drugs are considered substitutes for the alcohol solution "Levomycetin":
- Levovinisol.
- Synthomycin.
- "Chloramphenicol."
Before changing the medication, you must consult with a medical specialist. Keep the drug in a place protected from light, at a temperature of fifteen to twenty-five degrees. Keep away from children. Shelf life is twenty-four months. It is released without a prescription.
Reviews
According to reviews, alcohol solution "Levomycetin" is considered an inexpensive and fast-acting medicine. It is usually used to treat acne. From the negative sides, the fact that the drug dries the skin strongly is distinguished. The cost of the drug varies from 20 to 120 rubles.