It is not a secret that many children often suffer from infectious diseases, this may be the “undeveloped immune system of the child, the fault may be the parents, there may be other reasons, all of them can not be listed. Therefore, pediatricians have always faced the problem of the choice of drugs, the effectiveness and safety of which are beyond doubt, and which can be successfully used in children's practice. “Amoxicillin” for children with many infections is no accident that it becomes the drug of choice. It belongs to the group of semi-synthetic penicillins, and has a fairly wide spectrum of bactericidal activity. Many gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria are sensitive to it. Therefore, "Amoxicillin" for children is prescribed in such cases when it is necessary to quickly prescribe a course of treatment for a child, without waiting for a specific pathogen to be detected.
Since Amoxicillin has been used for children for quite some time, the manufacturers of the drug offered pediatricians the form of the drug for children — tablets containing 250 mg of active ingredient, granules for the preparation of an oral suspension containing 125 mg or 250 mg of amoxicillin in 5 ml of the finished suspension. For the smallest patients, a powder for the manufacture of drops is provided. Ready drops contain 100 mg of active ingredient in 1 ml of the drug. This dosage form of the drug was released relatively recently, it is produced by the company Yamanouchi Europe under the trade name Flemoxin Solutab.
"Amoxicillin" (suspension for children) is prepared immediately before use by adding to the bottle in which the granules are sold chilled boiled water, followed by shaking. It turns out quite a pleasant dosage form, which is quite easy to dose.
You need to know that Amoxicillin is an international nonproprietary name, and in pharmacies you can buy Hinkocil from Krka, or Grunamox from Grunental and others, but all of these drugs have the same active substance. Among all these medicines, pediatricians are more familiar with amoxicillin for children from the Yamanouchi Europe company, known under the name Flemoxin Solutab. The drug is available in the form of water-soluble tablets, with dosages of 125 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg and 1000 mg of active substance in one tablet. And it is he who is prescribed more often than other drugs with the same international name.
The Russian manufacturer OJSC Synthesis produces Amosin, the active substance in which is the same as in the Amoxicillin preparation. Children's age is quite significant, because this medicine is available only in the form of conventional tablets and can only be prescribed to children over five years of age. For younger children, Synthesis began to produce Amosin in bags for the preparation of a suspension, 125 and 250 mg each.
The drug can be prescribed for diseases caused by microorganisms sensitive to the action of the drug:
• Infections of the respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia);
• ENT diseases (sinusitis, sinusitis, otitis media, laryngitis, pharyngitis);
• In case of urinary tract infections (urethritis, cystitis);
• For infections of soft tissues and skin;
The drug is usually well tolerated, side effects in the form of allergic reactions, disparity disorders are extremely rare.
Summary: "Amoxicillin" for children is quite an effective drug, in pharmacies it can be under different brand names. And if the pharmacy at a given time has run out of amoxicillin under one trade name, then the pharmacist may well offer to purchase the drug under a different name. And this does not mean at all, he is trying to sell you the wrong medicine, he is just competently and responsibly approaching the performance of his duties.