The drug "Amosin" is an antimicrobial agent with a wide range of action and belongs to the pharmaceutical group of semisynthetic penicillins antibiotics. Amosin is released in various dosage forms:
- gelatin capsules;
- tablets;
- powder for the manufacture of a suspension.
The effectiveness of the drug is achieved due to its high degree of absorption (93%), as well as the wide distribution of the antibiotic Amosin. After a couple of hours, the tablets with the drug reach the highest concentration in the body. Particularly high concentrations of the drug are found in blood plasma, bronchial secretions and sputum, in the liquid contents of subcutaneous blisters and urine, in peritoneal and pleural fluids. Amosin is well concentrated in the genitals in women and lung tissue, in the prostate and intestinal mucosa, in the gall bladder and adipose tissue, in fetal tissues and in the middle ear.
Due to the high concentration of the drug "Amosin" in many body systems, the instructions for use indicate a lot of indications for its purpose. These include all bacterial infections caused by pathogens sensitive to the drug, including:
- infections of ENT organs (tonsillitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, otitis media);
- Infectious diseases of the genitourinary system ;
- infections of the digestive tract (dysentery, cholecystitis, salmonellosis, cholangitis);
- skin infections (impetigo, erysipelas, dermatoses);
- respiratory tract infections (pneumonia and bronchitis);
- endocarditis (used as a prophylactic);
- Lyme disease;
- leptospirosis, listeriosis.
Despite the beneficial effect of the active substance of the drug "Amosin", the instructions for use warns about the possibility of some side effects during antibiotic treatment. In medical practice, cases of the occurrence of allergic reactions in patients, which are manifested in the form of urticaria, erythematous rashes, redness of the skin, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, are especially common. The drug “Amosin” can have a negative effect on the digestive tract, it usually manifests itself in the form of dysbiosis, diarrhea, vomiting and nausea, glossitis and stomatitis.
The nervous system sometimes also reacts negatively to the treatment with the Amosin drug. Instructions for use warns of the danger of insomnia, excessive agitation and anxiety, depressive states, headaches and even epileptic conditions. There are known cases of tachycardia, shortness of breath, in patients with low resistance of the body, the occurrence of superinfection is often observed.
Medicine has well studied cases in which treatment with the Amosin drug is contraindicated. The antibiotic is not recommended for patients with hypersensitivity to the drug, children under the age of 3 years. With special care, amosin should be taken by patients who have gastrointestinal diseases, allergic reactions, renal and liver failure. Before starting treatment with Amosin, pregnant women need to consult a doctor.
If during treatment diarrhea, vomiting, nausea occurred and, as a result of this, the water-electrolyte balance was disturbed, then, most likely, an overdose of the drug occurred. In case of an overdose of the antibiotic "Amosin", the instructions for use recommend resorting to gastric lavage, the use of activated charcoal and laxatives.
To avoid the negative consequences associated with an overdose of the drug "Amosin", the instructions for use recommend that you strictly follow the instructions in the annotation. Adult patients are prescribed 3 single doses of the drug in an amount of not more than 1 g, for children under the age of 10 the maximum single dose does not exceed a quarter of a gram. Depending on the severity and form of the disease, the duration of the drug "Amosin" ranges from 5 to 12 days.