Azitrolek (Azimycin) 500 mg 3 tablets

Description

Azimycin coated tablets are a preparation from the group of macrolide antibiotics. Azimycin contains the bactericidal azithromycin and is used for upper and lower respiratory tract infections, acute otitis media, or venereal diseases caused by Chlamydia trachomatis .

Composition

The active substance of the drug is Azithromycin.

Each coated tablet contains 500 mg of azithromycin (Azithromycinum) in the form of azithromycin dihydrate.

Excipients: tablet core: pre-gelled corn starch, povidone, microcrystalline cellulose type 101, microcrystalline cellulose type 102, sodium carboxymethyl starch, magnesium stearate. Tablet shell: hypromellose, macrogol 6000, titanium dioxide.

Dosage

This medicine should always be used exactly as recommended by your doctor. If in doubt, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

The dosage is determined by the doctor individually for the patient.

Azimycin in the form of 500 mg film-coated tablets should be administered orally, once a day, at least an hour before meals or 2 hours after meals. Tablets should be swallowed whole.

Action

The drug Azimycin has an antibacterial effect. The bactericidal effect is exerted by Azithromycin, which belongs to azalide antibiotics from the group of broad-spectrum macrolides.

Indications

Indications for the use of the antibiotic Azimycin is the treatment of infections caused by microbes sensitive to azithromycin. These are: upper respiratory tract infections (bacterial pharyngitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis), acute otitis media, lower respiratory tract infection (acute bronchitis, exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, mild to moderate pneumonia, also parenchymal environment), skin and soft tissue infections (Rose, impetigo, secondary Purulent dermatitis, erythema migrans), uncomplicated infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis .

Contraindications

Azimycin should not be used in people who are hypersensitive to azithromycin, erithomycin or other macrolide or ketolide antibiotics or any other components.

Side effects

Like any medication, this medication can cause side effects, although not everyone has them.

Side effects that occur very frequently (they may occur more often than in 1 in 10 patients): diarrhea

Side effects that occur frequently (they may occur less frequently in less than 1 in 10 patients): headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, nausea, changes in the number of white blood cells, a decrease in the level of bicarbonate in the blood.

For more information, see the booklet attached to the product.

Warnings and precautions

Before using Azimycin, consult your doctor if: people with conditions that contribute to the development of heart rhythm disorders; kidney failure; liver dysfunction; new infections; neurological or mental disorders, symptoms of superinfection, infected burn wounds.

If diarrhea occurs, you should immediately inform your doctor, as this may be a symptom of pseudomembranous colitis , a complication that sometimes occurs when using macrolide antibiotics. This diagnosis should be considered by the doctor in patients who develop diarrhea after starting treatment with azithromycin. In the case of pseudomembranous colitis resulting from the use of azithromycin, discontinuation of Azimycin and appropriate treatment may be required. The use of drugs that suppress peristalsis is contraindicated.

The drug should be stored in an invisible and inaccessible place for children.

Use of other medications

Tell your doctor or pharmacist about any medications you are currently or recently taking, as well as any medications you plan to take, including those that are available without a prescription.

Information is especially important if the patient uses:

• drugs that affect QT intervals, such as: quinidine, porocainamide, dofetilide, amiodarone, Sotalol; Cisapride; Terfenadine; antipsychotics; antidepressants; fluoroquinolones;
• antacids;
• oral anticoagulants, such as Warfarin;
• ergot alkaloids, such as ergotamine;
• digoxin;
• cyclosporine;
• atorvastatin;
• rifabutin.

Pregnancy and lactation

If you are pregnant or nursing, suggest that she may be pregnant, or when she is planning to have a baby, she should consult her doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine.

The decision on the use of the drug during pregnancy and lactation is made by the doctor.

Use of the drug in children and adolescents

Azimycin in the form of film-coated tablets 500 mg is recommended for use in children only with a body weight of at least 45 kg.