Clavulanic acid is an antibacterial bactericidal agent belonging to the group of semi-synthetic penicillins. The drug gives the greatest effect in combination with the drug "Amoxicillin" - a broad-spectrum antibiotic. This combination has an irreversible inhibitory effect on the activity of beta-lactamase and is used to treat infections of the upper respiratory tract and respiratory tract, skin, urogenital system, joints and bones.
There are drugs that already contain amoxicillin, clavulanic acid. They are available in the form of tablets, powders for oral suspension or oral drops, syrup, and solutions for injection.
The drug "Amoxicillin" and clavulanic acid: action and properties
The acid itself is a weak antibacterial agent, but it protects amoxicillin from enzymaticdestruction, which allows to fully show the antibacterial effect. The action of the drug extends to a large number of gram-positive and gram-negative, anaerobic and aerobic pathogens, including their strains that are resistant to antibiotics.
Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid: indications
The drug is effective for the treatment of infections of the respiratory tract, throat, ear, nose, which include sinusitis, tonsillitis, otitis media, chronic and acute bronchitis, pneumonia, epiema, bronchopneumonia, lung abscesses.
In addition, the remedy is used for infectious diseases of soft tissues and skin (abscesses, boils, cellulitis, infected wounds, panniculitis, phlegmon). Clavulanic acid is used to treat such diseases of the urogenital tract and urogenital tract (including venereal tract) as cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, chancre, gonorrhea, salpingitis, endometritis, pelvioperitonitis, bacterial vaginitis, salpingo-oophoritis, postpartum sepsis, septic abortion, tubo-ovarian abscess.
Also, the medicine is used in the presence of infections of the joints and bones in the body. Intravenous administration is prescribed to prevent infections associated with surgery.
Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid: contraindications
You should not use the medication in case of hypersensitivity to penicillins and other antibiotics (beta-lactam) to exclude the possibilitymanifestations of anaphylactic shock. The drug is contraindicated in patients with lymphocytic leukemia and infectious mononucleosis.
Prescribe with caution to patients suffering from hay fever, allergic diathesis, urticaria, bronchial asthma. It is advisable to avoid the use of the drug, as well as other medicines, during pregnancy, despite the absence of adverse manifestations. In the treatment of nursing mothers, traces of the drug were found in breast milk.
Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid: price
Due to the large number of forms, dosages and varieties of the drug, the cost can vary significantly.
