The medicine "Clindamycin" (candles) is white and has a cylindrical shape. But it can be with a slightly yellowish tint. The suppository slice has an air, porous rod, a funnel-shaped recess. The active substance is called clindamycin.
According to its pharmacological properties, the drug "Clindamycin" (suppositories), thanks to the active substance, has an antibiotic effect and is included in the group of lincosamides. The use of therapeutic doses of the drug allows to obtain a bacteriostatic effect, and its high doses expose sensitive strains to the bactericidal action.
Clindamycin suppositories have an active effect on many well-known gram-positive and anaerobic gram-negative bacteria, microaerophilic gram-positive cocci. Resistance to the drug is exhibited by Candida albicans, Trichomonas vaginalis.
What indications for use are considered in the article "Clindamycin" (suppositories)? These are mainly gynecological infections that were caused by microorganisms that are sensitive to this drug:
abscess of the fallopian tubes, ovaries;
infectious pathologies of the cervix;
salpingitis;
endometritis;
pelvioperitonitis and others.
Clindamycin is used (suppositories) intravaginally. For this purpose, take one suppository and, cutting the film along the contour, free it from packaging. It should be administered while lying in the vagina. If possible, the suppository should be entered as deep as possible. On a day, just one candle before bedtime is enough. Treatment lasts from three days to one week.
Let's talk about contraindications, information on which contains the instruction "Clindamycin" (candles). No medicine is prescribed for myasthenia gravis, hypersensitivity, pregnancy. Explicit pathologies of the hepatic and renal functions are also reasons for refusing to prescribe this therapeutic agent.
Among the side effects that were noticed when using these suppositories are allergies, which are expressed in the appearance of itching, maculopapular rash of urticaria. The genitourinary system (rarely) suffers from the occurrence of vaginitis, cervicitis, and vulvovaginal irritation. Hematopoietic organs (rarely) have the following reactions to the drug: thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, reversible leukopenia, agranulocytosis.
Overdoses with the use of Clindamycin suppositories were practically not observed and theoretically unlikely due to the very low absorption of the drug. To minimize side effects when used in the treatment of suppositories of this drug can be, observing precautions and knowing about the features of its use.
For example, during pregnancy, “Clindamycin” (suppositories) can be prescribed only if there is an urgent need for this. The potential benefit of the drug for a pregnant patient should exceed the possible risk of adverse effects on the fetus. Feeding the child during treatment with suppositories stops.
After using the drug “Clindamycin” (suppositories), the reviews are different, mostly positive, but women write that the above side effects were also observed. For example, we are talking about the occurrence of itching of the back and in the chest area.
In the reviews you can read that the use of these suppositories in some cases was prescribed during pregnancy. They write that “the yeast went off scale”, and other drugs did not help.
The drug "Clindamycin" is incompatible with certain drugs. These are erythromycin, magnesium sulfate, barbiturates and others, including calcium gluconate. In fact, this drug should be prescribed by a doctor, and is dispensed in pharmacies according to his prescription.