The drug "Tavanic" (500 or 250 milligrams) belongs to the category of antimicrobials. The active substance is levofloxacin.
After oral administration, the active ingredient is quickly and almost completely absorbed. Eating does not affect the speed and completeness of absorption.
The antibiotic "Tavanic" (instructions for use indicates this) has a fairly wide range of antimicrobial effects. The active component of the drug provokes significant metabolic changes in the bacterial membranes, cell wall, cytoplasm, showing the activity of a relatively large number of microbes.
The medicine “Tavanik” recommends use for use in infections of the middle and mild course caused by bacteria that are sensitive to levofloxacin. Such diseases include inflammation in the lower respiratory tract (severe exacerbations of chronic bronchitis or community-acquired pneumonia), acute sinusitis. The medicine "Tavanic" recommends the use of the drug for infections in the soft tissues, urinary tract (including kidneys), as well as damage to the skin.
The drug is contraindicated in epilepsy, hypersensitivity, during lactation and pregnancy. Do not prescribe medication to patients under the age of eighteen years, as well as in the presence of lesions in the tendons during previous treatment with honolones.
The dosage regimen is established taking into account the severity and nature of the infectious lesion, as well as the degree of sensitivity of the suspected pathogen.
For sinusitis, the recommended dose of Tavanic is 500 mg once a day.
For infections in the urinary tract, two hundred and fifty milligrams per day is prescribed.
With pneumonia, the dosage, as a rule, is five hundred milligrams once or twice a day.
In severe exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, the drug "Tavanik" instructions for use recommends taking once or twice a day. The dosage is two hundred fifty to five hundred milligrams.
For infections in soft tissues and skin infections, a medication is prescribed 1-2 times a day. The dosage in this case is 250-500 milligrams.
Tablets should not be crushed. The drug is washed down with a sufficient amount of water. If necessary, the tablet can be broken along the dividing groove (when adjusting the dose).
The duration of therapy is established in accordance with the course of the pathology, but not more than fourteen days.
In the treatment of acute inflammation in the sinuses, the duration of the drug is from ten to fourteen days, exacerbation of bronchitis (chronic) from seven to ten days. Therapy for skin infections and lesions in the soft tissues continues for a week or two.
The use of the drug "Tavanic" (as well as other antibiotic agents) must be continued for another two to three days after the elimination of the symptoms of the disease.
Taking medication can provoke some negative reactions. Side effects include general hypersensitivity reactions, allergic skin manifestations, redness or itching. In some cases, there may be swelling of the mucosa, an unexpected decrease in blood pressure. Among the undesirable effects, experts also identify vasculitis, exudative erythema (multiform), digestive function disorder, dyspeptic symptoms. The drug "Tavanic" can provoke a violation of the coordination of movements, tendon damage, an increase in the content of creatinine and bilirubin.
Before taking the medicine, consult a doctor and carefully study the annotation.