Klacid is the trade name for a semi-synthetic antibiotic designed to treat a wide range of infections caused by bacteria. First of all, klacid is used for children. Reviews indicate its effectiveness, relatively good tolerability. The drug is available in the form of tablets, powder for suspension and injection.
Among specialists, the medicine is very popular, has the best reviews. Klacid is prescribed for diseases caused by different types of bacteria. The action of this macrolide is effective against gram-positive streptococci, staphylococci, listeria, as well as gram-negative legionella, Helicobacter pylori, and other bacteria. In addition, as evidenced by reviews, klacid perfectly copes with anaerobic bacteria and fungi. That is why it is successfully used to treat infections of the skin, bronchitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, mycobacterial diseases, otitis media, stomach ulcers.
The drug is not prescribed for people with hypersensitivity. It is incompatible with terfenadine, cisapride, pimozide.
Klacid is a very strong antibiotic, so using it on your own initiative, without the recommendation of a doctor, can be life threatening.
Experts, characterizing the drug, give unambiguous reviews: klacid is effective, but can cause side effects. Among them, headache, increased anxiety, nightmares, insomnia, frequent awakenings. It is extremely rare, but disorientation, depersonalization, hallucinations (visual or auditory), and confusion are noted.
Klacid suspension, reviews of both doctors and patients confirm this, has fewer side effects than other antibiotics, but does not exclude them. Side effects appear after taking such a dosage form much less often and not so acutely.
According to reviews, klacid can cause a change in the composition of liver enzymes, a violation of taste. Rarely, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting are possible. If any of these symptoms occurs, the medicine is immediately canceled, and the condition that has arisen is removed with the help of symptomatic therapy.
Any remedy must be taken strictly in accordance with the prescribed dose. This truth is known to everyone. Since klacid is intended primarily for children, the dosage and rules of admission should be followed especially carefully.
Take the drug twice a day: 7.5 mg per kilogram of weight at a time. The dose is increased only for HIV-infected people. Treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis usually lasts more than 10 days, other diseases - from 5 to 10 days. The duration of HIV treatment will be determined by the doctor for a particular patient, taking into account its features.
If the dose is exceeded, an overdose may occur. She is characterized by vomiting, severe nausea, diarrhea. In this case, urgent gastric lavage, which can be done at home, and symptomatic therapy, which can only be done by doctors, are necessary. Overdose cases occur most often due to the fault of patients or their parents, as evidenced by the reviews collected in statistical studies. Klacid, like every drug, requires the most careful attitude.
The manufacturer of the drug "Klacid" is Italy. He has analogues. This is the Indian Clubax, Turkish Claromin, Russian Arvitsin, Ekozitrin and Clarithromycin-Verte, Fromilide, produced in Slovenia.
All drugs have different costs, so there are cases when the patient asks the pharmacist to replace the prescribed drug with a cheaper analogue. In principle, such a replacement is possible. But since the compositions of the drugs, although not very much, can differ from each other, it is worth asking the doctor’s permission.
Self-medication, even with counterparts, can cause serious complications.