Erythromycin ointment 10000ed/gr 15gr

Erythromycin ointment instruction

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Today we talk about erythromycin ointment. What a remedy, how does it affect the body? What are the indications and contraindications? How and in what doses is used? What can be replaced?

What kind of ointment and what helps

Erythromycin ointment is an antibacterial agent and has a powerful bacteriostatic effect on the body. Detailed information about the drug erythromycin ointment instructions for use.
Erythromycin ointment is of two types: eye and for external use. The main substance in both types - erythromycin in the same concentration (per 1 gram of ointment 10000 IU).
The difference ointments is the basis. In the eye erythromycin ointment it is lanolin and sodium disulfite, and in the outer one - petrolatum. In this regard, the color of the eye ointment is light yellow, in contrast to the brown-yellow skin.
It is necessary to figure out what helps Erythromycin ointment. The list of indications is extensive, includes many inflammatory diseases of the skin and eyes. Used as a softer penicillin substitute.

Active ingredient and composition

Erythromycin ointment is a macrolide antibiotic. The active substance erythromycin - 10,000 IU.
Additional components:
    anhydrous lanolin;
    sodium disulfite / sodium pyrosulfite / sodium metabisulfite;
    petrolatum.

Pharmacological properties

The drug has bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties.
Able to create bonds with the subunit of 50S ribosomes, destroying the creation of peptide bonds of amino acid molecules and inhibits the synthesis of proteins of pathogenic microorganisms. This stops the inflammatory process.
Effective against gram-positive bacteria:
    staphylococcus;
    corynebacteria;
    streptococci;
    pneumococci;
    trachoma.
Erythromycin ointment is successfully used against some gram-negative microorganisms:
    treponema;
    ureplazma;
    meningococci;
    gonococcus;
    respiratory mycoplasma;
    chlamydia;
    legionella
Effectively affects pertussis and dysenteric bacilli, but is powerless against anaerobic bacteria, hemophilic infection and sexual mycoplasma.
The substance has a high permeability, is concentrated in the blood and muscles in the same quantity.

Indications for Erythromycin ointment

Effective in inflammatory diseases of the skin and eyes. Skin diseases amenable to treatment with erythromycin maya for external use:
    acne;
    trophic ulcers;
    bedsores;
    burns;
    infected wounds.

Indications for use of Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment:

    conjunctivitis - chlamydia, blepharoconjunctivitis, conjunctivitis of the newborn;
    meybomit;
    blepharitis;
    keratitis;
    trachoma;
    barley.

Contraindications

The drug is prohibited to use when:
    severe pathologies of the kidneys;
    liver failure;
    drug, alcohol, viral hepatitis;
    individual intolerance.

Method of use, dosage

Erythromycin ointment is prescribed for use 2 or 3 times a day. The treatment can last from several days (uncomplicated conjunctivitis, minor burn) to three months (trachoma).
Before applying the ointment, the affected areas are washed externally, treated with antiseptics and regenerating agents, and dead tissues and purulent contents are removed. Then apply a thin layer of ointment directly on the skin or soak a sterile napkin and cover the sore spot.
Eye ointment lay in the lower eyelid, pre-rinsing eyes prescribed antiseptic solution or strong tea brewing. Use a strip of ointment 1 cm long or 1.3 cm.
The course of treatment for keratitis, blepharitis, meybomite is 14 days. With trachoma and chlamydial conjunctivitis, treatment lasts 3-4 months, depending on the severity of the disease.
In the prevention of neonatal infants, a strip of ointment in half a centimeter is placed over the lower eyelid once a day.
Lay erythromycin ointment in the nose for the treatment of adenoids in the initial stage of inflammation. The drug is effective in the disease, burdened with a cold.
In this case, the ointment acts as an antibacterial anti-inflammatory drug.
In childhood, pregnancy, HB
Erythromycin does not contain toxins and belongs to light antibiotics. Erythromycin ointment is prescribed to children from the first hours of life, for example, for the prevention of neonatal biliary disease.
When breastfeeding drug prescribed by a doctor. It is usually recommended to temporarily interrupt the GW.
Erythromycin ointment during pregnancy is not prescribed, since the effect of erythromycin on fetal development has not been studied.

Side effects

Allergic reactions in the form of rash, irritation, redness at the application site are possible.
Prolonged use of the ointment may lead to secondary infection.
Probably the development of candidiasis in debilitated patients.

special instructions

After using the ointment before applying another external agent against acne, it should take at least an hour.
If, after long-term treatment of acne (within 3-4 weeks) there is no improvement, you should consult a doctor.
After the prevention of eye diseases in newborns, the ointment is not washed out of the eyes.

Overdose

Information about the facts of overdose is not.

Drug interaction

Erythromycin ointment is an antagonist of lincomycin, chloramphenicol, clindamycin.
Reduces the effectiveness of beta-lactam antibiotics (carbapenems, cephalosporins, penicillins).
In combination with abrasive substances dries the skin, causes irritation.
Enhances the action of corticosteroids.

Terms of sell

You don't need a presciption to buy Erythromycin ointment.