Wilprafen suspension 250mg/5ml 15gr

User manual for Wilprafen suspension

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Premature babies do not prescribe the drug. Wilprafen in liquid form can be drunk to newborns and older children only after accurate weighing. After 14 years of age, the antibiotic is prescribed in the same dosages as for adults.

Wilprafen: release form

The drug is available in solid and liquid form:
    white oblong tablets in the shell contain 500 mg of josamycin;
    Wilprafen Solutab sweet and aromatic soluble tablets contain 1000 mg of active ingredient;
    suspension - a liquid preparation in dark bottles, for every 10 ml of which there is 300 mg of josamycin;
    suppositories with josamycin.
    Auxiliary ingredients of the drug are magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, aluminum hydroxide, titanium dioxide, anhydrous colloidal silica.

Indications for use Wilprafen suspension

Independently treated Wilprafen suspension attached to the instruction does not recommend. Parents should consult a doctor and understand the intricacies of using the drug.
The indications for use manual Wilprafen suspension announces a number of pathologies that are often found in children:
    infectious diseases occurring with inflammatory processes;
    infections of upper respiratory tract and upper respiratory tract (tonsillitis, otitis media, sinusitis, sore throat, laryngitis, pharyngitis);
    lower respiratory tract infections (whooping cough, pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, acute bronchitis);
    infections of the skin and soft tissues (cellulitis, pyoderma, lymphadenitis, furunculosis, erysipelas);
    infection of the urogenital system (pyelonephritis, mycoplasmosis, epididymitis, ureaplasma, urethritis, chlamydia);
    infection of the oral cavity (stomatitis, gingivitis, alveolitis, periodontal disease).
    In pediatrics, Wilprafen suspension is also prescribed to treat children for diphtheria and scarlet fever, if their body is hypersensitive to penicillin. Instructions for use of the antibiotic suspension Wilprafen states that the remedy is good for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract caused by the infection of the tract with Helicobacter pylori.

How to treat Wilprafen suspension: instructions

To improve the condition of infected children, Wilprafen is used in the form of diluted tablets of the Solutab variety or they immediately buy a liquid form called a suspension. Treatment of premature babies with this antibiotic is not carried out, other patients weighing less than 10 kg of the drug is prescribed in extreme cases.
How to give Wilprafen suspension to a small child? Printed instructions for use offers pediatricians and parents to be guided by the exact weight of the baby:
    body weight up to 10 kg - the dosage of 40 - 50 mg / kg is divided into 2 - 3 doses;
    weight 10 - 20 kg - half or a quarter of the tablet is dissolved in water and the child watered 2 p. in a day;
    with a weight of 20-40 kg, Wilprafen is given to children in whole or half a tablet (1000 and 500 mg, respectively) twice a day;
    with a body weight of more than 40 kg for 1 whole tablet should be taken 2 p. per day.
    If Wilprafen Solutab was purchased by parents, the instructions for use prescribe to be treated with an antibiotic in two ways. If a child is able to swallow a pill, it is given in whole or in fragmented form and asked to drink it with water. Children under one year are given homemade suspension, obtained by dissolving the tablet in a small amount of water.
Often parents are interested in when it is better to give Wilprafen suspension to the patient - before or after meals. On this account, the instruction responds that the drug acts more efficiently when taken between the main feedings.

Contraindications and possible side effects

Before agreeing to treatment with Wilprafen suspension, it is necessary to understand what are the contraindications to its use. Prematurity has already been mentioned. Other categories of patients who are not allowed to prescribe Wilprafen are the guys:
    allergic to antibiotics, macrolides;
    characterized by increased sensitivity to josamycin and additional components of the drug;
    having such liver pathologies that violate the functionality of the organ and the work of the biliary system.
    Side effects Wilprafen suspension has a lot, but this does not mean that they necessarily manifest in a child. The digestive system can respond to an antibiotic with nausea, heartburn, vomiting, poor appetite, diarrhea or constipation. On the part of the liver and biliary ducts, there were recorded cases of increased activity of liver enzymes in the blood, jaundice and impaired bile outflow.
    From allergic reactions, urticarial rashes, angioedema, bullous dermatitis, erythema and Stevens-Johnson syndrome were noted. Rare phenomena include hearing problems, thrush, capillary hemorrhages in the skin.
If treatment with Wilprafen suspension does not give a result, or the drug does not suit the patient at all, instead, it is prescribed a means of similar action, since this antibiotic has no structural analogues.
    Depending on the specific indications for the use of Wilprafen tablets, the treatment is prescribed by specialists for 10-14 days. If the therapy was unsuccessful, the agent is canceled and other schemes are selected.
    Cases of overdose Wilprafen suspension not recorded. From its use there are only side effects.
Parents who have already given children Wilprafen with josamycin describe it as an effective antibiotic. Thanks to him, the symptoms of the disease disappear a few days after the start of treatment. But the drug provokes dysbiosis, so therapy should be supported by probiotics.

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