Suprax 200 mg 8 capsules
Tradename
Suprax
Suprax
Composition
Each capsule contains:
Tsifixim 200 mg
Properties
Semi-synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic of the third generation for oral administration with a wide spectrum of action. It has a bactericidal effect. The mechanism of action is due to the inhibition of the synthesis of the cell membrane of the pathogen. Cefixime is resistant to ßlactamases produced by most gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
In vitro, cefixime is active against grampositive bacteria: Streptococcus agalactiae; gram-negative bacteria: Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiellapneumoniae, Klebsiellaoxytoca, Pasteurellamultocida, Providencia spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Citrobacteramalonaticus,
Citrobacterdiversceus, Serratiamarcesceus
Indications
Infectious and inflammatory diseases caused by sensitive microorganisms: pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, otitis media, uncomplicated urinary tract infections, uncomplicated gonorrhea.
Method of administration and dosage:
For adults and children over 12 years old with a body weight of more than 50 kg, the daily dose is 400 mg (1 time / day or 200 mg 1 time / day). The duration of the course of treatment is 7-14 days. For uncomplicated gonorrhea 400 mg once.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to cephalosporins and penicillins.
Precautions:
It should be used with caution in elderly patients, patients with chronic renal failure or pseudomembranous colitis (in history), in children under 6 months of age.
Side effects
From the digestive system: dry mouth, anorexia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, flatulence, transient increase in the activity of hepatic transaminases and alkaline phosphatase, hyperbilirubinemia, jaundice, gastrointestinal candidiasis, dysbiosis; rarely — stomatitis, glossitis, pseudomembranous enterocolitis.
From the side of the central nervous system: dizziness, headache.
From the hematopoietic system: leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, hemolyticanemia.