The modern pharmaceutical market provides a fairly wide range of products. Therefore, today parents rarely face the question of how to treat the flu in a child, for example, or which antibiotic is better. Preparations of the latest generations have a minimum of side effects. In some cases, of course, you can do without medication. For example, not a child’s morning cough, but one that happens at another time of the day should not always cause particular concern. However, no one is safe from the penetration of certain infections. Among the popular antibiotics, experts pay attention to the drug "Sumamed." The medicine is available in tablet form, as well as in powder form for the preparation of suspensions and capsules.
Description
The medicine "Sumamed" has a fairly extensive antimicrobial effect. The drug is active against a number of gram-negative and gram-positive, as well as anaerobic bacteria. When used internally, the drug is absorbed quite well and is distributed fairly quickly throughout the body. The drug penetrates into the cells, including migrating to inflammatory foci. After twelve to seventy-two hours, a high therapeutic concentration of the drug is formed in these areas. The medication is slowly removed from the tissues. All these properties provide the ability to take the drug once and for a short period (three days), which replaces a seven to ten-day course.
Indications
The drug "Sumamed" for a child or an adult is prescribed for infections in the respiratory system. Pathologies include sinusitis, otitis media (secondary), tonsillitis, pharyngitis of a bacterial nature. The medicine is prescribed for exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, alveolar and interstitial pneumonia. Indications include secondary pyodermatosis, impetigo, erysipelas, the initial stage of Lyme syndrome - migratory erythema of the chronic course and other skin lesions. Prescribe medication for cervicitis, urethritis, other genital infections. Recommended medicine for pathologies in the duodenum and stomach.
Contraindications
Means "Sumamed" for a child or adult is not prescribed for hypersensitivity, disorders of renal or hepatic function. Caution should be exercised when used during pregnancy or lactation.
Mode of application
The drug is recommended to be taken orally. Medication "Sumamed" for a child from six months is prescribed in the form of a suspension. Dosage is calculated according to the weight of the patient. The dose for the entire course is thirty milligrams per kilogram. Duration of use is three days. Adults are recommended 0.5 g once a day for three days. The amount of the drug per course is 1.5 grams. The exact dosage and duration of use is determined by a specialist in accordance with the nature of the pathology.
special instructions
The abstract contains information about the method of preparation of the suspension "Sumamed" for the child. Before use, you need to visit a doctor. Do not self-medicate.