Cefazolin is an antibiotic that belongs to a large group of cephalosporins. You need to inject the medicine only injectively. If you take it inside, the active substances are very quickly destroyed in the gastrointestinal tract, while not having time to penetrate the blood and have the desired effect.
Can Cefazolone be diluted with Novocain or Lidocaine, and the better it is to do so?
This drug is intended for the treatment of different systems and organs. He struggles with ailments caused by bacteria. Before you take an injection, Cephazoline must be diluted with Novocaine, water or Lidocaine .
What exactly will be used for dilution is irrelevant. Antibiotic works equally effectively in any case. The main condition is to strictly observe all proportions.
How correctly to dilute Cefazolinum Novokainom?
Powder Cefazolin should be taken only in the dosage that was prescribed by a specialist. That is, if you want 0.5 g, you should take a bottle with 0.5 g of the drug, and not split in half a gram package:
- Gently break the ampoule with 2% lidocaine.
- Take a sterile syringe, put a needle on it and enter it into the ampoule.
- Collect the required amount of liquid. Usually an adult patient is given a gram of antibiotic for one shot. As a rule, this dose of Cefazolin acos is diluted with 5 ml of Novocain.
- Remove the syringe from the ampoule and pierce the vial with the antibacterial agent.
- After pouring Novocaine, without taking out the needles, bite the vial to mix the substances.
The quality solution is transparent. It should not contain any lumps or impurities, sediment or opacities. It should be prepared immediately before use, it is undesirable to store diluted Cefazolin. Only in exceptional cases it is allowed to store in the refrigerator for up to two days.