Levomycetin tablets 500 mg x 10 №1

Use Levomycetin is used for the treatment of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, yersiniosis, generalized forms of salmonellosis, brucellosis, meningitis, tularemia, chlamydia, psittacosis, rickettsiosis, trachoma, and other infectious-inflammatory diseases caused by chloramphenicol-sensitive microflora. It is also used topically for burns, bedsores, trophic ulcers, acne, pyoderma, eczema. It is applied in purulent-inflammatory processes in ophthalmology and gynecology. How to take Take orally 30 minutes before meals. If nausea and vomiting develop, take 1 hour after meals. Adults are prescribed 250-500 mg 3-4 times a day, with a daily dose of up to 2000 mg. Children older than 3 years and weighing more than 20 kg are given 12.5 mg/kg every 6 hours or 25 mg/kg every 12 hours (under control of the drug concentration in the blood serum). Single doses for children under 3 years - 15 mg/kg, 3-8 years - 150-200 mg; over 8 years - 200-400 mg; frequency of administration - 3-4 times a day. The average duration of treatment is 7-10 days. Contraindications - Hypersensitivity to chloramphenicol or other components of the drug. - Bone marrow hematopoiesis suppression. - Acute intermittent porphyria. - Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. - Hepatic and/or renal insufficiency. - Pregnancy. - Breastfeeding period (lactation). - Children under 3 years of age and weighing less than 20 kg.