At any pharmacy, a person can find at least five drugs that are designed to eliminate various skin diseases. Moreover, many of them are designed to treat acne and acne. It is necessary to note the high price of such drugs.
There is no guarantee that the selected drug will work better, for example, than a mask that is prepared at home. Levomycetin alcohol is one of the well-known, as well as inexpensive, acne treatments.
What are the components of the drug?
Alcohol solution "Levomycetin" for external use - an antimicrobial drug. Available as a solution for external use.
The drug is colorless or with a yellowish tint, has the smell of alcohol. Available in glass bottles of twenty-five, thirty, forty and fifty milliliters. The composition of the solution includes the following substances:
- chloramphenicol;
- ethyl alcohol.
Pharmacological actions
According to the instructions, the alcohol solution "Levomycetin" is one of the antimicrobial components of a wide spectrum of action. The drug has a high antibacterial activity against various pyoinflammatory processes and sources of wound infection.
The drug disrupts the process of protein fusion in the microbial cell: with the help of excellent affinity for fats, it helps to get through the cell membrane of bacteria, as a result of which the movement to growing peptides slows down and protein synthesis is disrupted.
It has activity against many bacteria, both gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms that are resistant to "Penicillin" and "Sulfanilamide". The drug helps to cleanse and heal trophic ulcers, burns, and accelerate the formation of epithelium at the site of skin lesions.
Indications
According to the instructions for use, the alcohol solution "Levomycetin" is recommended for use in the treatment of the following diseases:
- Erythrasma (chronic pseudomycosis of bacterial origin, affecting the epidermis mainly in areas of large skin folds).
- Infected burns (disruption of the skin caused byexposure to heat).
- Furuncles (necrotic inflammation of the hair, as well as the sebaceous gland and connective tissue, provoked by pyogenic bacteria, usually Staphylococcus aureus).
- Trophic ulcers (violation of the skin or mucous membrane of the cavity, which occurs after the rejection of dead tissue).
- Decubituses (necrotization of soft tissues after constant pressure, which is accompanied by impaired blood microcirculation and nervous trophism).
Contraindications
Like any drug, the alcohol solution of "Levomycetin" has certain prohibitions on the use:
- Skin diseases.
- Psoriasis (a non-communicable disease, usually a dermatosis that affects the skin).
- Eczema (a non-contagious inflammatory process of the skin, which is characterized by a variety of rashes, burning, itching and a tendency to repeat).
- Mycosis (diseases caused by parasitic fungi).
- A dominantly inherited disease characterized by damage to the peripheral and central nervous system.
- Diseases of the liver and kidneys.
- Lack of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (a hereditary disorder in which not enough of the enzyme is produced).
- Individual intolerance to any substance of the drug.
- Children's age.
- Aplastic anemia (hereditary or acquired pathology of the blood, caused by damagebone marrow stem cells).
- "Interesting position" of a woman.
How to use the drug correctly?
Alcohol solution "Levomycetin" for acne is used externally. Disturbed areas of the skin several times a day should be treated with a cotton swab, which is dipped in it.
The duration of the course of therapy is determined by the nature and location of the lesion. If you have any doubts or questions about the use of the drug, you can seek help from a specialist.
In addition, an alcohol solution of "Levomycetin" is instilled into the ears. The drug for otitis media (otolaryngological disease, which is inflammation in the ear) is dispensed in a bottle without a spout, so it must be injected into the ear with a special pipette. Dosing for adult patients and children is practically the same, but still, you should consider the methods of application separately.
So, according to the instructions, adults should use the drug in the auricle once or twice a day. You need to inject the solution with a pipette only into the sore ear. It is not recommended to drip into the auricles for preventive purposes - this way a person will only harm a he althy organ.
A solution of alcohol "Levomitsetin" is instilled into the auricles of a child once or twice a day, two or three drops into the affectedear canal. If there is an abundant release of exudate with otitis media, the dosage can be increased to three or four drops. The solution should be dripped into the child's ear at regular intervals.
Adverse reactions
Drug if used incorrectly can provoke undesirable effects:
- Hereditary or acquired blood disorder characterized by damage to bone marrow stem cells.
- Agranulocytosis (a pathological condition in which there is a decrease in the level of leukocytes due to granulocytes and monocytes).
- Granulocytopenia (decrease in blood neutrophils).
- Leukopenia (decrease in leukocytes per blood unit).
- Reticulocytopenia (decreased content of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood, a sign of inhibition of erythropoiesis).
- Erythropenia (decrease in the number of red blood cells below normal).
- Thrombocytopenia (a condition characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets below the standard, accompanied by increased bleeding and problems with stopping bleeding).
- Angioneurotic edema (acute condition, which is characterized by the rapid development of local swelling of the mucous membrane, subcutaneous tissue and the skin itself).
- Skin rash.
Features
During the use of the drug, constant monitoring of the peripheral blood picture is required. When taken together with ethyl alcohol, disulfiram-like effects may occur, which manifest themselves as the followingstates:
- Gagging (vomiting stomach contents through the mouth).
- Nausea (painful feeling in the epigastric region, chest, mouth and throat, often precedes vomiting).
- Reflex cough (forced exhalation through the mouth, caused by contractions of the muscles of the respiratory tract due to irritation of the receptors).
- Seizures (sudden and most often involuntary contraction of one or more muscles).
- Hyperemia of the skin (reddening of the skin in various areas).
- Tachycardia (a form of arrhythmia characterized by an increase in heart rate over ninety beats per minute).
Women during an "interesting situation" alcohol solution "Levomycetin" can be administered with extreme caution.
The drug for renal failure is prohibited. The drug for liver failure is contraindicated. When interacting with "Erythromycin", "Clindamycin", "Lincomycin", a mutual weakening of the positive effect occurs.
Medicines that suppress bone marrow hematopoiesis when used with an alcohol solution of "Levomycetin" increase the likelihood of a decrease in the number of blood cells formed in the bone marrow.
The combined use of a solution with penicillins, as well as Cephalosporin, reduces the antimicrobial effect.
Analogues
Drugs-The following drugs are considered substitutes for the alcohol solution "Levomycetin":
- "Levovinizole".
- "Synthomycin".
- "Chloramphenicol".
Before changing the medication, you should consult with a medical specialist. It is necessary to keep the drug in a place protected from light, at a temperature of fifteen to twenty-five degrees. Keep away from children. Shelf life is twenty-four months. Available without a prescription.
Reviews
According to reviews, the alcohol solution "Levomycetin" is considered an inexpensive and fast-acting medicine. Typically used to treat acne. Of the negative sides, the fact that the drug greatly dries the skin is distinguished. The cost of the drug varies from 20 to 120 rubles.
