Antibiotics for children in suspension: a list and instructions for use

If the estimated beneficial effect of antibiotics exceeds the negative effects of antimicrobial agents on the children's body, the doctor prescribes antibiotic therapy. In what form the drugs will be prescribed, in many respects it influences the mood with which the baby will be treated.

If the medication is turned into a painful procedure, it is unpleasant and unpleasant, it will be difficult for moms and dads to explain to the baby that the doctor is a good person, and the medicine prescribed by him will help the baby recover.

Suspended antibiotics are often called parents of "child antibiotics." Indeed, it is very convenient to give medicines in this form to newborns, babies and older children. After all, not always a child, even at 5-6 years old, can swallow a pill on their own, and babies, if there is a decent and more gentle alternative, do not want to give injections to babies, caring parents.

Manufacturers grind a solid to a powder or crush into pellets. Then this product is packaged in bottles.

Preparing the suspension at home is very simple: just pour in the pharmacy bottle cooled boiled water to the mark on the bottle. Moreover, you first need to fill half of the desired amount, mix thoroughly, shake, let stand for a while, and then top up to the mark and mix well again so that there is no sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Measure the resulting substance using a measuring syringe or spoon to the desired dose.

How to calculate the dose of medicine for a child, says in the next video, Dr. Komarovsky.

Antibiotic preparations in the form of a suspension are created, first of all, for children. They are designed for babies, babies, children under 5-6 years old, and sometimes older, if the child is naughty and refuses to drink pills on his own. From the age of 12, children are allowed to take capsules.

Antibiotics in the form of a suspension can be prescribed to children with various ENT diseases, with intestinal infectioncaused by rods and bacteria, with dental diseases, inflammation of the urogenital system, with rehabilitation after operations.

The question of the need for antibiotics should be decided by the doctor., especially since from that year antibacterial drugs can no longer be bought freely, the pharmacist will surely require a prescription from you.

A strong and effective antibiotic of the cephalosporin group is prescribed for the advanced form of the disease, for its severe course, or if the antibiotics are weaker (the penicillin group or the macrolide group) had no effect. The drug is prescribed for bacterial infections of the respiratory tract, pharyngitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, urinary tract diseases caused by microbes, such as cystitis. The child can register "Suprax"With an average otitis.

The pharmacy will offer you a children's version of the antibiotic - granules for the preparation of suspensions. It should be done in two stages. First add 40 mg of cooled boiled water. Shake and let stand. Then add the rest of the liquid to the mark on the bottle. Shake again so that no undissolved particles remain.

The dosage must be calculated, given the weight and age of the child:

A powerful third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic will be prescribed to children with difficult pharyngitis, sore throats, tonsillitis. The drug is effective in the treatment of sinusitis, acute or chronic bronchitis, purulent otitis. In pharmacies "Pancef"There is in the granules for dilution of the suspension, and the powder, which is used for the same purposes. Capacity - 100 mg.

To prepare the suspension should also be in two steps, adding water and shaking up to a homogeneous substance.

The dosage of the drug is calculated by the formula, depending on the weight, age and severity of the disease.

Suspension stored in the refrigerator for no more than 14 days.

This is an antibiotic macrolide, which is often prescribed for bronchitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis and otitis. Effective against skin infections. A pharmacist can offer you powders for the preparation of suspensions in packaging of 125 mg and 250 mg. "Klacida"There is a distinctive feature. This suspension can be given to a child with, before or after food. It does not matter much. In addition, the suspension can be taken with milk (usually antibacterial preparations should not be taken with milk).

It is worth paying attention to the concentration of the drug. When applying Klatsida 250, 5 ml. medication will contain 250 ml. antibiotic. It turns out that 150 mg. the medicines needed for a child weighing 20 kg will be contained in 3 ml. suspensions.

Drug dosage

The finished suspension should be stored no more than 14 days.

The first-generation antibiotic cephalosporin is used to treat a wide variety of diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract in children. "Cephalexin"The doctor will also advise on bacterial diseases of the urogenital system - in case of cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis, etc.

The pharmacy will offer you powders for suspensions of various “caliber” - 125 mg, 250 and 500 mg. As well as granules, from which it is also possible to prepare a suspension in a vial with a capacity of 250 mg. Take ready suspension should be about an hour before meals.

Drug dosage

Ready suspension should be stored in the refrigerator no more than 2 weeks.

This powerful and versatile broad-spectrum antibiotic quickly deals with microorganisms - causative agents of tonsillitis, tonsillitis, including suppurative otitis, with atypical diseases of the respiratory organs caused by chlamydia and mycoplasma.

The drug will benefit the child with a skin infection, some stomach ailments. In suspension "Azithromycin"Available in concentrations of 100 and 200 mg. The drug is not recommended for children under six months.

Dosage

A worthy representative of the macrolide group can be recommended by a doctor for bronchitis, even chronic, for otitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, for diphtheria and whooping cough. The drug can be purchased in the form of a suspension, and more precisely in the form of dry granules for further dilution.

Dosage:

Antibiotic macrolide, which is rapidly absorbed and rapidly excreted from the body, without accumulating in the tissues. It is recommended to a child suffering from bronchitis, pneumonia, otitis, including purulent otitis. The drug is very effective in sinus, sore throat, tonsillitis, as well as some inflammations of the bladder, ureters. Suspension of this antibiotic can be made from the finished pharmaceutical powder.

Dosage

An antimicrobial drug of the penicillin family, common in pediatrics, helps to cope with respiratory infections and ENT diseases. No less effective, he showed himself in the treatment of a number of urinary tract infections, as well as infections of bones and joints. Pharmacies pharmacists have three concentrations of dry matter for the preparation of "child form" - 125 mg, 200 mg and 400 mg.

Dosage

Children weighing more than 40 kg are given doses according to the instructions for use, similar to the doses of adults. The prepared suspension needs to be stored no more than one week.

Perhaps the most popular antibiotic. Babies are prescribed for tonsillitis, pneumonia, otitis media and bronchitis. It is very effective against pathogens of cystitis, pyelonephritis. It may be the main treatment for typhoid fever, cholecystitis. It is prescribed for meningitis, salmonellosis. In granules for subsequent dilution of the suspension is produced in a single concentration of -250 mg.

Dosage

The finished suspension can be stored no more than two weeks.

Also quite popular antibiotic penicillin family. It is prescribed for various ENT diseases, respiratory diseases. It can be prescribed for the treatment of cystitis, urethritis, infections of the bones and muscles. There are three options - 125, 250 and 400 mg dry substance vials are available in pharmacies.

Dosage

The finished suspension should be stored in a refrigerator in a tightly closed container for no more than one week.

Penicillin antibiotic is often prescribed by pediatricians in the treatment of otitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, including chronic, skin infections and soft tissue diseases caused by microbes.

On the shelves of pharmacies there is a large selection of substances for the preparation of suspensions "Spamox". It is a dry substance at a concentration of 125, 250 and 500 mg. And granules of 125 and 250 mg.

Dosage

Antibiotic cephalosporin of the second generation can be prescribed by a doctor to a child in the treatment of pneumonia, bronchi, complex lung abscess, tonsillitis, otitis media, infectious skin ailments. It copes well with microbes that cause cystitis, pyelonephritis. In pharmacies, among other forms, there are granules for self-dilution of the suspension.

Dosage

Infants up to 3 months are not prescribed an antibiotic.

The representative of the macrolide group has proven itself as the basis of therapy for pneumonia, including atypical, sore throat, otitis, sinusitis, diseases of the urinary system (cystitis, urethritis). It is recommended by experts for skin infections, as well as diseases of the stomach. If the doctor has prescribed "Hemomycin”, The pharmacist will offer you two types of dry matter for suspension - at a concentration of 100 mg and 200 mg.

Dosage

The finished suspension should not be stored for more than five days!

This famous bacteriostatic antimicrobial drug of the macrolide group is considered a “universal soldier”. He successfully copes with most ENT diseases, respiratory infections, skin and urinary infections. For children, pharmacists are represented in the form of a powder, from which it is quite simple to prepare a suspension containing 100 mg of the antibiotic in 5 ml of the prepared substance. In the names of the drug in the form of a suspension, the word "Forte" is often found.

Dosage

Suspension taken 1 hour before meals or two hours after meals. You can store the suspension in a refrigerator or a dark dry place tightly closed for no more than five days.

1. Do not violate the formulation of the suspension. Dilute dry matter only with water, not milk, juice or tea.
2. Keep track of the shelf life of the suspension. Usually, it is small - from 5 to 20 days. After the expiration of this time, the medicine cannot be taken.
3. Do not disrupt the schedule of taking the drug, do not interrupt the course of treatment prescribed by the doctor, even if the child has a relief condition.
4. When giving the suspension at a temperature, avoid antipyretics. They can create the wrong illusion of the effectiveness of treatment, "knocking" the heat. With a correctly prescribed suspension with an antibiotic, the temperature should decrease by itself. This will be one of the criteria by which the doctor will evaluate the effectiveness of therapy.
5. If the suspension is taken with a cold, do not rush to add cough or rhinitis drugs to the treatment regimen. All additional medications should be prescribed by a doctor, taking into account the drug interaction of drugs.
6. Do not make conclusions about the ineffectiveness of the antibiotic in the first 48 hours, especially, relying on the feedback from "experienced" mothers from the Internet. To understand whether the medicine works, you need to wait three days. If relief does not come, inform your doctor, he will change the prescribed antibiotic for another antimicrobial.

Also a lot of useful and interesting information can be found in the video "When antibiotics are needed" by Dr. Komarovsky.