The drug "Metronidazole" is an analogue of "Trichopolum"

The drug "Trichopolum" is a drug that is designed to fight diseases caused by simple microorganisms, it has a wide range of effects, so it can be used to treat various diseases. The most common analogue of Trichopolum is the medication Metronidazole. The action of the drug is such that, interacting with the simplest organisms, it restores its original structure, while taking some of the proteins from the bacteria. The biochemical processes taking place at this moment lead to the death of the bacteria that caused the infectious disease. In various forms, the drug "Trichopolum" finds use - candles, intravenous injection, tablets.

Description of the drug "Metronidazole"

Medication “Metronidazole" is a drug, an analogue of "Trichopolum", which has antibacterial, antimicrobial, and also antiprotozoal properties. The drug is used to treat infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary and respiratory tract. The effect of the drug is aimed at maintaining the development of unicellular organisms. Effectively fights with the bacterium Trichomonas vaginalis (vaginal trichomonas), which is transmitted in most cases through sexual contact. The medication also adversely affects microorganisms such as Entamoeba histolytica (dysenteric amoeba), which cause inflammatory processes in the intestines and provoke peptic ulcers.

When the analogue of "Trichopolum" is used - the medicine "Metronidazole"

The medication has a fairly large scope, but is most often used to treat infectious diseases of the genitourinary tract, the causative agent of which is the simplest organism Trichomonas. The presence of giardia in the intestines and gall bladder is also an indication for the use of the drug Metronidazole. Also, the drug successfully fights amoebic diseases, leishmaniasis. This analogue of Trichopolum can also be used in the fight against infections of the skin, joints, and skeletal system. After surgical operations, the medication is used as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Drug use

In the case of a parasitic infection, the Metronidazole drug is taken orally with or after meals at a dosage of 1.5 g three times a day for seven days. Tablets should be taken without chewing, it is allowed to drink them with water. With giardiasis, the drug is prescribed three times a day in the amount of 750-1000 mg, the course of administration lasts five days. Treatment of anaerobic infections lasts 7-10 days, the medicine in this case is prescribed 400 mg three times a day. Trichomoniasis is treated with Metronidazole as follows: the medicine can be prescribed once at a dosage of 2 g, or a ten-day course of the drug, 250 mg twice a day, is prescribed to the patient. In the postoperative period, in order to avoid complications, 1 gram of the drug is prescribed during the first days after the operation, then the drug is taken 200-250 mg three times a day for seven days. If the infectious disease is severe, then the medication is administered intravenously.

Contraindications

Many people think that the Trichopol drug is an antibiotic, although in fact it is not, it just has a similar mechanism of action on bacteria. Of the contraindications, the following can be noted: you can not take the medicine in the presence of hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, it is contraindicated in people who have damage to the central nervous system, diseases of the hematopoietic system and liver. The medicine should also not be taken by women at the initial stage of pregnancy (first trimester) and during lactation. This is due to the fact that the components of the drug can penetrate into breast milk. During the course of treatment should not drink alcohol.