In modern medicine, the role of antibiotics is extremely high. They are successfully used for the treatment of diseases, the causative agents of which are bacteria.
The medical preparation zinnat is an antibiotic of the second generation cephalosporin series and has a wide spectrum of action. However, an antibiotic zinnat may have an ambiguous effect on a portion of the microorganisms. In some bacteria, medication only stops reproduction - this action of an antibiotic is called bacteriostatic. At the same time, by its bactericidal action - it destroys a number of other bacteria.
Zinnat - instructions for use
- Diseases caused by damage to the upper and lower respiratory tract.
- Infectious diseases of the throat, ear, nose.
- Infectious damage to the skin.
- Infectious inflammation of the urogenital system.
- The early stages of damage to the joints, nervous system, eyes, and heart with a tick bite are Lyme disease.
Form of the drug zinnat:
- tablets zinnat for 10 pieces in a package;
- zinnat granules in a 100 ml vial, for the preparation of a suspension for oral administration - sometimes mistakenly referred to as "zinnat syrup".
It should be noted that the doctor prescribes the course of treatment and the necessary doses of antibiotic for the characteristics of each case of the disease. The dosage of zinnate, for children after 12 years and adults, is usually 250 mg per day. But it should be noted that in severe forms of infectious diseases of the lower respiratory tract, as well as with Lyme disease - the dose per day is doubled. At the same time, with infections of the urinary system, the dose will be 125 mg per day. It is recommended to take medicine zinnat during meals or immediately after its reception. The duration of treatment is an average of seven days.
Contraindications
Antibiotic zinnat is contraindicated for use with individual hypersensitivity to any of the components of the drug or allergic reactions in the anamnesis. Also, one should not take it in cases of bleeding and gastrointestinal tract diseases, including ulcerative colitis. It is highly undesirable to use antibiotics during pregnancy, lactation and newborns for up to three months.
Side effects
Among the side effects of the zinnat drug, there may be changes in the digestive system - diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, as well as abnormalities in the nervous system - headaches, hearing impairment, convulsions, drowsiness. Sometimes there may be an allergic reaction - redness or a rash on the skin, itching, fever.
With independent increases in the dose of antibiotic zinnat reception, an overdose of this medication is possible, the symptoms of which are seizures and excitation of the central nervous system. If any undesirable symptoms that indicate an overdose occur, you should consult a doctor who, in turn, should apply symptomatic therapy. From the human body the drug can be withdrawn by hemodialysis.
Analogues
There are a number of medications that can act as analogues of antibiotic zinnat:
- antioxidant;
- aksetin;
- zinaceph;
- we quarrel;
- ketoceph;
- kefstar;
- a proxy;
- super;
- cefurabol;
- cefuroxime;
- cefurus;
- cetyl Lupine.
Currently, the zinnate drug is one of the widely used antibiotics. Very positive feedback from doctors as to the therapeutic effect of this medicine. Therefore, it is increasingly used to treat diseases of children older than three months. Antibiotic zinnat can be considered one of the best discoveries in pharmacology of the 20-21 century.