Antibiotic 'Tavanik'. Instructions for use

The drug "Tavanik" (500 or 250 milligrams) belongs to the category of antimicrobial agents. The active substance is levofloxacin.

After oral administration, the active ingredient is quickly and almost completely absorbed. The speed and completeness of absorption does not affect food intake.

Antibiotic "Tavanik" (instruction for use indicates this) has a fairly broad spectrum of antimicrobial effects. The active component of the agent provokes significant metabolic changes in the bacterial membranes, cell wall, cytoplasm, showing the activity of a relatively large number of microbes.

"Tavanik" medication is recommended for use in infections of the middle and light currents caused by bacteria that are sensitive to levofloxacin. These diseases include inflammation in the lower parts of the respiratory tract (severe exacerbations of chronic bronchitis or pneumonia community-acquired), acute sinusitis. The drug "Tavanik" instruction for use recommends for infections in soft tissues, urinary tract (kidneys as well), as well as for skin lesions.

The drug is contraindicated in epilepsy, hypersensitivity, during lactation and pregnancy. Do not prescribe medication to patients under the age of eighteen years, as well as in the presence of lesions in the tendons during the earlier therapy with honolons.

The dosage regimen is established taking into account the severity and nature of the infectious lesion, as well as the degree of sensitivity of the suspected pathogen.

With sinusitis, the recommended dose of "Tavanik" is 500 mg once a day.

When infections in the urinary tract are prescribed for two hundred and fifty milligrams a day.

With inflammation in the lung, the dosage is usually five hundred milligrams once or twice a day.

In severe exacerbations of chronic bronchitis, "Tavanik" preparation instruction for use recommends taking once or twice a day. Dosage is two hundred and fifty-five hundred milligrams.

When infections in soft tissues and skin infections are prescribed medication 1-2 times a day. The dosage is 250-500 milligrams.

Tablets should not be crushed. Drink with a sufficient amount of water. If necessary, the tablet can be broken down by the separating groove (when adjusting the dose).

The duration of therapy is established in accordance with the course of the pathology, but no more than fourteen days.

In the treatment of acute inflammation in the paranasal sinuses, the duration of the drug is from ten to fourteen days, exacerbation of the bronchitis (chronic) - from seven to ten days. Therapy for skin infections and lesions in soft tissues continues for a week or two.

The use of the drug "Tavanik" (as well as other antibiotic drugs) must continue for another two to three days after the removal of the symptoms of the disease.

Taking medication can provoke some negative reactions. Side effects include general reactions of hypersensitivity, allergic manifestations on the skin, redness or itching. In some cases, there may be edema of the mucosa, an unexpected decrease in blood pressure. Among undesirable effects, experts also distinguish vasculitis, exudative erythema (multiforme), digestive function disorder, dyspepsia. The drug "Tavanik" can provoke a violation of the cortition of movements, tendon damage, an increase in creatinine and bilirubin.

It is necessary to consult a doctor before taking the medication and carefully study the annotation.