Anti-bacterial
- Active ingredient (INN)
- metronidazole
- Composition (active ingredients)
- metronidazole - 250,0 mg
- Фармакотерапевтическая группа
- antimicrobial and antiprotozoal
- Pharmacotherapeutic group
- tablets 250 mg № 20, 30, 50
- Сonditions of supply
- on prescription
Indications
- protozoal infections: extraintestinal amebiasis, intestinal amebiasis, trichomoniasis;
- infections caused by Bacteroides spp., Clostridium spp., Peptococcus niger and Peptostreptococcus spp .;
- pseudomembranous colitis associated with the use of antibiotics;
- gastritis or duodenal ulcer associated with Helicobacter pylori (as part of complex therapy);
- prevention of postoperative complications (especially after operations on the colon, in the pararectal region, appendectomy, gynecological surgery).
Dosage regimen
Inside, before or after a meal, drinking plenty of water.
For intestinal amoebiasis, a daily dose of 1 500 mg (divided by 3 doses) within 7 days.
- In acute amoebic dysentery
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the daily dose is 2 250 mg (divided into 3 doses), children from 6 to 15 years old are prescribed a daily dose of 500 mg (divided into 2 doses)
- With an abscess of the liver and other extraintestinal forms of amoebiasis
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the maximum daily dose is 2 500 mg (divided into 3 doses) for 3-5 days, in combination with tetracycline antibiotics and other methods of therapy
- Children from 6 to 15 years old
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daily dose of 500 mg (divided into 2 doses)
- With trichomoniasis in women (urethritis and vaginitis)
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once in a dose of 2 g or in the form of course treatment of 250 mg 2 times a day for 10 days
- With trichomoniasis in men (urethritis)
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500 mg 3 times a day as part of combination therapy (for example, with amoxicillin)
- For eradication of Helicobacter pylori metronidazole
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daily dose of 750-1 500 mg (divided into 3 doses) 3-4 days before surgery. 1-2 days after surgery (when oral administration is already allowed), metronidazole is prescribed at 750 mg per day for 7 days
- For the prevention of postoperative complications
