Antibiotic digital

For some reason, doctors never explain how we will be cured by the list of medicines they scribbled in the prescription. Probably, explain to each patient features of pharmacodynamics - ungrateful business. But we will try to understand. So, you prescribed antibiotic digit. What does it mean?

What is a digital?

The active substance in the preparation digitan - ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is part of the group of fluoroquinolones. It is used in the treatment of systemic infections (except central nervous system infections - CNS) and copes well with aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms. Tsifran is the most used in the series of fluoroquinolones produced today.

One of the main advantages of digital is the form of release. The drug can be presented in the form of tablets, solutions (for infusions and injections), eye and ear drops, eye ointments.

There is also a whole group of "relatives" of the drug, digitans - analogs containing the same active substance: ciprosan, microfloqu, cypromed, cyprodox, ciprolake, and others.

What good is the digit?

1. The drug acts bactericidal - destroys the membranes and cell walls of bacteria, and also inhibits the synthesis of their DNA, which is why microorganisms can no longer reproduce. Unlike most of its "colleagues", the antibiotic digit works very fast, preventing bacteria from getting used to the active substance.
2. Tsifran has the ability to deftly penetrate into tissues, and this is an indispensable property in the treatment of chronic and deeply localized infections, to get rid of which is very difficult.
3. Cyphrane can be combined with other antibiotics, for example penicillins or aminoglycosides.
4. The drug has an extremely low MIC (minimum inhibitory concentrations). In other words, to kill an infection, you need very little digit.
5. The spectrum of the drug covers almost all:

• aerobic pathogens;
• gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens (hemophilic, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Gonococcus, meningococcus).

Also, the digit is active against many strains of staphylococcus, as well as to legionella, mycoplasma, chlamydia, mycobacteria and other pathogens.

What cures digital?

To treat a variety of infections caused by ciprofloxacin-susceptible pathogens, use a digitan - indications for use hardly fit on an A4 sheet. Therefore, we list only the most common diseases.

1. Respiratory tract infections: acute bronchitis (or exacerbation of chronic form), pneumonia (except pneumococcal), infectious pleurisy, abscess of the lung. Digitone with angina, bronchiectasis, empyema is also effective.
2. Infections of the ENT organs: paranasal sinuses and middle ear, as well as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, otitis media, sinusitis.
3. Eye infections: blepharitis, conjunctivitis (acute and subacute form), blepharoconjunctivitis, keratitis, bacterial corneal ulcer, infectious eye injuries due to injuries or foreign bodies. Also, antibiotic digit is used in ophthalmic surgery for pre- and postoperative prophylaxis of infectious complications.
4. Infections of the genitourinary system, pelvic organs, kidneys and urinary tract. Among the diseases include pyelonephritis, adnexitis, prostatitis, oophoritis, salpingitis, epididymitis, pelvic peritonitis. Also, digital is prescribed for cystitis and infections of the genitourinary tract (chronic, recurrent and recurrent forms).

Tsifran is also effective in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, gastrointestinal and abdominal infections, skin and soft tissue infections. Dentists write out digital for toothache in case of periodontitis, as well as for prevention before and after tooth extraction.

Is the digit dangerous?

Like any drug, digitan has contraindications. It can not be taken by pregnant and lactating women, children under 16 years of age (the active substance adversely affects the growth of bones), as well as persons susceptible to ciprofloxacin. If the form of the digital is an eye drop, a contraindication is viral keratitis.

In addition, this drug has side effects: digital in rare cases can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, sleep disorder, a sharp change of mood, redness of the skin, hives. Like all antibiotics, the figure "eats" a useful microflora of the intestine, albeit in a much more sparing scale, than similar drugs. In any case, it is worth leaning on sour-milk products and drinking a course of biotics to prevent the development of dysbacteriosis and candidiasis (thrush).