The drug "Levofloxacin-Teva" (tablets) refers to antimicrobial agents. The medication is active in aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative microbes.
When ingested, the drug is evenly distributed throughout the tissues, organs and body fluids. A small amount is oxidized or deacetylated in the liver. Excretion is carried out with urine (mainly), a certain amount of the drug comes out with feces.
Levofloxacin tablets are recommended for use in infectious lesions provoked by drug-sensitive microorganisms. Diseases, in particular, include community-acquired pneumonia, acute bronchitis (in the acute phase), and acute sinusitis. The drug "Levofloxacin" recommended for use in the treatment of pathologies of the urinary tract and kidneys, soft tissues, and intra-abdominal infection. The drug is prescribed for infection of the skin, with chronic bacterial prostatitis, bacteremia / septicemia (due to these diseases). In combination with other medicines, the drug "Levofloxacin" recommends the use instructions for drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis.
The medicine is contraindicated in case of epilepsy, hypersensitivity, and tendon lesions on the background of previous quinolone therapy. Medication "Levofloxacin" instructions for use does not allow for appointment during pregnancy and breastfeeding, in adolescence and childhood.
Appointments to elderly patients are carried out with caution due to the high probability of developing renal dysfunction.
The drug "Levofloxacin" is taken orally. It is not recommended to chew or grind tablets. It should be taken before or in between meals.
In acute sinusitis, five hundred milligrams is prescribed once a day. It should be taken within ten or fourteen days.
With exacerbation of bronchitis (chronic), the recommended dosage is 250-500 mg. Take once a day for seven or ten days.
Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia is carried out in a dosage of 500 mg. Therapy is carried out for seven or fourteen days, taking the medicine is recommended once a day.
For infections in the urinary tract of an uncomplicated nature, 250 milligrams are prescribed. Take the drug should be seven or ten days once a day.
For infections of soft tissues or skin, the recommended dosage is 250-500 ml no more than twice a day, orally or intravenously, 500 mg twice a day. Treatment is carried out from seven to fourteen days.
With bacteremia / septicemia, 500 mg is prescribed twice a day for ten or fourteen days.
With intra-abdominal infection, 500 mg is recommended. Treatment is carried out one or two weeks. It is recommended to take the drug once a day. At the same time, antibacterial medicines are additionally prescribed that are active against anaerobic microflora.
Treatment of chronic prostatitis (bacterial) is carried out in a dose of 500 mg once a day. Therapy is carried out for 28 days.
As part of a comprehensive treatment, the drug "Levofloxacin" for tuberculosis is prescribed in a dose of 500 mg. Take tablets no more than twice a day for no longer than three months.
For bacterial infections of the eyes, the drug "Levofloxacin" (eye drops) is used. Instillations are carried out every two hours (no more than eight times a day). After the first two days, the dosage is reduced and in the next three to seven days they are instilled every four hours. Do not inject more than two drops of the solution into one eye. Instillations are carried out in both eyes.
During therapy, caution is advised when driving or performing potentially dangerous activities.
Before using the medicine "Levofloxacin" you should visit a doctor.