"Streptocide" - a drug that is used fortreatment of phlegmon, abscesses, bedsores, diabetic gangrene, trophic ulcers, erysipelas, burns in the stages of exudation, alteration, for formation, rejection of the scab, preparation of burn surfaces for autodermoplasty, elimination of pseudomonas infection in the wound. The drug has also found application in dermatology for the therapy of dermatitis, which is complicated by bacterial infection, acne, pyoderma.
The drug "Streptocide". Instruction: dosage form, composition, description
The drug is available in the form of ointmentsLight yellowish or white color, packed in tubes of aluminum. It includes the following active substance - streptocide. The auxiliary components include medical petroleum jelly.
Ointment "Streptocide". Instructions for use: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics
With external use of the medicinal producthigh concentrations of active components of a local character are created. Systemic absorption of the active substance through the damaged surface can reach ten components.
Ointment has a pronounced antibacterialeffect. It has a bacteriostatic effect, which is due to competitive interaction with para-aminobenzoic acid, which results in inhibition of the enzyme dehydrotetrate synthase. As a result, the formation of nucleic acids is disrupted. The active substance of the drug acts on Gram-negative, Gram-positive cocci.
The drug "Streptocide". Instruction: method of administration, dose
Ointment is intended for external use.After the initial treatment of wounds, burns are applied to the wound surface with a thin layer, then a sterile bandage is applied. In some cases, it is advisable to pre-impregnate the dressing with a drug. To treat wounds ointment is applied once or twice during the day, for burns this indicator is reduced by half. For the therapy of pyoderma, acne, ointment is applied to the affected foci three to four times during the day without direct application of the dressing. In the treatment of a variety of burns, the drug is applied after removing the major masses of dead tissue for direct preparation for the procedure of autodermoplasty.
The dose of the drug directly depends on the sizethe affected surface. The duration of therapy is determined by the dynamic indicators of wound healing, their readiness for autodermoplasty, the timing of elimination of the purulent-inflammatory process.
The drug "Streptocide". Instruction: side effects, contraindications
Among the side effects is the emergence ofburning, minor soreness. Removal of the drug in this case is not required. Eliminate this problem by treating the wound surface with solutions of local anesthetics.
Contraindications to the use of the drug are hypersensitivity to the components, pregnancy in I, II trimesters, lactation period.
The drug "Streptocide". Instruction: drug interactions, specific instructions
Ointment should not be used for wound therapy, whichcharacterized by abundant purulent exudation. Restriction of use in I, II trimesters of pregnancy is due to a high probability of penetration into breast milk. This can lead to nuclear jaundice of children, hemolytic anemia (in the presence of deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase).
The drug "Streptocide", the formula of which includesonly two components, has a sufficiently high efficiency and shelf life, which can reach five years. After the expiration of this time, the tool is not recommended. Ointment is dispensed without a prescription.
