Disease-causing microbes and bacteria become the causes of severe diseases of the respiratory system, urogenital system and other parts of the body. Fluoroquinolones of the latest generation effectively counteract them. These antimicrobial drugs are able to defeat even infections resistant to quinolones and fluoroquinolones, used several years ago.
Fluoroquinolones 4 generations - what kind of drugs?
Fluoroquinolones have been used to control microbes since the 1960s, during which time the bacteria appeared to be immune to many of these drugs. That's why scientists do not stop there and produce new and new drugs, increasing their effectiveness. Here are the names of the last generation fluoroquinolones and their predecessors:
- Preparations of the first generation (nalidixic acid, oxolinic acid).
- Second-generation drugs (lomefloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, pefloxacin, iprofloxacin).
- Preparations of the third generation (levofloxacin, parfloxacin).
- Preparations of the fourth generation (moxifloxacin, hemifloxacin, gatifloxacin, sitafloxacin, trovafloxacin).
The action of the new generation of fluoroquinolones is based on their incorporation into bacterial DNA, whereby microorganisms lose the ability to multiply and quickly die. With each generation, the number of bacilli against which drugs are effective increases. To date, this is:
- E. coli;
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa ;
- gnofilnaya stick;
- shigella;
- salmonella;
- cholera stick;
- hominococci;
- meningococci;
- Campylobacter;
- chlamydia;
- mycoplasma;
- pneumococci;
- staphylococci .
It's no wonder that many fluoroquinolones are on the list of the most important and vitally necessary medicines - without them it is impossible to treat pneumonia, cholera, tuberculosis and other dangerous diseases. The only microorganisms to which this type of medicine can not affect is all anaerobic bacteria.
What are fluoroquinolones in tablets?
To date, tablets are issued respiratory fluoroquinolones to fight infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract, drugs for the treatment of genito-urinary infections and
- Levofloxacin;
- Moxifloxacin;
- Sparfloxacin;
- Norfloxacin and others.
Before you start treatment, carefully study the contraindications - many drugs of this group are not recommended for use in violation of excretory function, kidney and liver diseases. For children and pregnant women, fluoroquinolones are indicated strictly according to the doctor's prescription when it comes to preserving life.