Pertussis - an infectious disease transmitted by airborne droplets. Most often it occurs in children. The symptoms of pertussis are similar to the symptoms of respiratory diseases, so they are easily confused. Flemoksin whooping cough often reokmenduyut to combat the causative agent of the disease - a stick Bordetella pertussis.
Flemoksin and pertussis
Flemoxin Solutab is a penicillin antibiotic active substance called Amoxicillin. The drug is sold in the form of dispersible tablets with different dosages of active ingredient: 125 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg and 1000 mg. They form a streamlined cylinder provides a convenient alternative for those who has difficulty swallowing conventional round tablets.
After dissolution in a liquid formulation the active ingredient is uniformly released into the stomach via the microspheres.
Flemoksin unique in that the bacteria may not develop resistance thereto, and the drug is effective in the treatment of whooping cough and other bacterial diseases.
How to recognize whooping cough
In order not to run the disease, it is important to identify whooping cough in the initial stage. Independently make it difficult, because most of the symptoms are similar to symptoms of cold or bronchitis:
- dry cough;
- temperature rise;
- runny nose;
- weakness.
Dry cough can be observed during the 5-9 days, then it is usually replaced by the attacks of a sputum. Without proper treatment, this condition can last for weeks. Whooping cough - a dangerous disease for both children and adults, so it should be identified as early as possible. Otherwise, complications can occur: pneumonia, apnea, the collapse phenomenon, etc.
Accurately recognize the disease can help blood and appropriate laboratory studies.
Dose for adults and children
This medicine usually recommend babies up to a year.
Giving Flemoksin children with whooping cough is recommended the following scheme:
- under the age of 1 year is calculated daily dose of 30 to 60 mg per kg body weight, the total dose is divided into three portions. In severe cases may increase the dose to 90 mg / kg per day;
- 1 to 3 years - 0.25 g twice daily or thrice to 0,125 g per day;
- from 3 to 10 years - 0.375 g twice a day or 0.25 g three times a day;
- children over 10 years - 0.5 g three times a day.
Flemoksin Soljutab can not be used in conjunction with penicillin antibiotics, as this can cause an overdose of penicillin and cause adverse reactions.
Whooping cough take Flemoksin adults rarely recommended, it usually happens when a traditional antibiotic is not appropriate to the patient. If it is still assigned, then this occurs as follows: 0.5 - 0.75 g twice for 24 hours or at 0.5 g three times per 24 hours.
Sometimes the treatment flemoksin Soljutab patient develops violations of the chair, nausea or manifest other abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract. In this case, use of the drug is stopped. For the treatment of pertussis Flemoksin set reception duration of 7-14 days depending on the severity of the disease.
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