"Levolet R" is included in the category of fluoroquinolones. The medication has a bactericidal, antimicrobial effect. The active ingredient is levofloxacin. The active substance is active in relation to many aerobic gram-positive, gram-negative microorganisms.
"Levolet". Instruction Indications.
The drug is prescribed for infectious and inflammatory lesions in the middle and mild course. Such pathologies include community-acquired pneumonia, prostatitis (including bacterial), tuberculosis in drug-resistant forms (in combination with other drugs), uncomplicated and complicated infections in the urinary tract. "Levolet" instruction recommends for intra-abdominal lesions. The drug in tablet form can additionally be prescribed for acute sinusitis and other infections of the ENT organs, soft tissues and skin, lower parts of the respiratory tract.
"Levolet". Instruction Contraindications
No medication is prescribed for hypersensitivity to children and adolescents (up to eighteen years of age), epilepsy, tendon lesions, in connection with the use of quinolones in history, lactation, pregnancy.
With caution, "Levolet" instruction recommends prescribing to patients in old age, persons with a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
The use of the drug can provoke leukopenia, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, severe agranulocytosis, hemolytic anemia, neutropenia.
The negative effects include diarrhea, dysbiosis, nausea, an upset of digestion and digestion, abdominal pain, hepatitis (extremely rare).
In some cases, tachycardia, vascular collapse, lowering blood pressure, headache, drowsiness, stiffness in movements, dizziness, depression, hallucinations were observed. Rare are visual impairment, taste, tactile sensitivity, smell.
Taking the drug can cause hypercreatinemia, impaired renal activity to acute failure, hypoglycemia (in the form of a sharp increase in appetite, tremors, perspiration, nervousness), in the presence of porphyria - exacerbation (in some cases).
Patients rarely have lesions, tendon ruptures, pains, weakness in muscles and joints.
Reception "Levoleta" can cause redness, itching, anaphylactoid reactions, toxic necrolysis (epidermal), vasculitis, erythema multiforme exudative, allergic pneumonitis.
It should be noted that to a greater extent, side effects are extremely rare and very short-lived. However, while maintaining negative reactions over a long period, you must consult a doctor. Dosage adjustment or drug withdrawal will probably be required.
When using the drug in large quantities, convulsions, nausea, erosive lesions in the gastrointestinal mucosa, confusion, dizziness occur. Therapy is symptomatic.
The dosage (with intravenous administration) is determined in accordance with the severity and nature of the pathology, the sensitivity of the microorganism that provoked the infection.
The tablet form of the drug is prescribed mainly before meals (or in between meals). It is recommended not to chew, swallow, drink plenty of water.
The average dosage is from 250 to 500 mg per day. The duration of therapy can be different - from seven to fourteen days. When conducting complex treatment of tuberculosis, the drug can be prescribed in an amount of from 500 to 1000 mg per day. The duration of therapy is about three months.
Before use, it is necessary to consult a doctor, familiarize yourself with the annotation for the drug "Levolet".
Analogs : Glevo, Levotek, Ivatsin and others.