At what age do antibiotics for children usually be prescribed?
Basically, very small children pediatricians try not to prescribe antibiotics. So, in children under 1 year in most cases, treatment of colds is done without antibiotics.
However, in certain situations, when symptoms of the disease are observed for a long time (temperature 3 or more days, for example), doctors are forced to prescribe antibacterial drugs. In this case, preference is given to those drugs, in which the active ingredient itself is more purified, which in turn makes it possible to avoid the development of an allergic reaction, which in infants is not uncommon in today's time. An example of such an antibiotic may be Claforan, which is prescribed for the treatment of colds in newborns, with the attachment of infectious agents.
What antibiotics can be used to treat colds in children?
To begin with, it is necessary to say that it is customary to allocate 4 main groups of antibacterial drugs. In this case, some antibiotics, including those used to treat colds for children, may have a different name.
So, from the penicillin group, children are often prescribed such drugs as:
- Amoxiclav;
- Amoxicillin;
Augmentin.
Among macrolides, the most commonly used is Azithromycin.
Of fluoroquinolones in the treatment of colds in children often use drugs such as Moxifloxacin, Levofloxacin.
Of the 4 groups, cephalosporins, children may be prescribed Tsiklim, Cefuroxime.
Apparently, if you list all the antibiotics used for colds to treat children, you will get a large list. It must be remembered that the appointment of such drugs should be done exclusively by a doctor.