Pharyngitis is an inflammatory process of the pharyngeal mucosa. When symptoms of complications of this disease appear, antibiotics should be taken. They will also help in cases when the patient does not suffer from temperature for a long time. The names of antibiotics used in pharyngitis in adults are familiar to many, because they have a wide range of action and can be used to treat other ailments.
Antibiotics of penicillin group
If you consult a doctor with a question about what antibiotics to take with pharyngitis in adults, in most cases you will be prescribed penicillin group drugs. The main reason for this choice is that almost all pathogens of this disease are representatives of anaerobes and cocci pathogenic flora, and they are very sensitive to penicillins. The most effective antibiotics of the penicillin group used in pharyngitis in adults are:
- Ampicillin;
- Carbenicillin;
- Oxacillin;
- Dicloxacillin.
Some patients have an allergy to penicillins. What then to choose an antibiotic at a pharyngitis at adults? They are suitable macrolides or lincosamide drugs. It can be:
- Erythromycin ;
- Roxithromycin;
- Azithromycin;
- Spiramycin.
In severe cases, Ceftriaxone, Cephazoline or Cefadroxil are recommended.
Local antibiotics
In many cases, patients require local therapy. What kind of antibiotic for topical treatment should be taken with a pharyngitis for an adult should be determined by a doctor based on the course of the disease and the age of the patient. Most often, aerosol Bioparox or tablets for resorption Grammidine and Gramicidin. If there is a "descent" of the infection in the lower respiratory tract, it will be better to do inhalations with the antibiotic Fluimucil.