Rifampicin is an antibiotic that fights a fairly wide range of diseases, the main of which is pulmonary tuberculosis.
When do I need Rifampicin and its analogues?
The list of diseases in which Rifampicin and its analogs are shown is as follows:
- various forms of leprosy (leprosy);
- tuberculous meningitis;
- pyelonephritis;
- legionelosis;
- otitis;
- cholecystitis;
- bronchitis;
- pneumonia caused by staphylococci, very resistant to most other antibiotics;
- osteomyelitis - inflammation of the bone marrow and tissues around;
- infection of the urinary and biliary tract;
- acute gonorrhea.
Action Rifampicin
The drug Rifampicin acts on both gram-positive (staphylococci) and gram-negative (meningococci, gonococci, cocci) microorganisms. Since the pathogens quickly "get used" to the antibiotics of the first generations, and they stop helping the patient, they prescribe a broad-spectrum antibiotic Rifampicin.
Among other things, Rifampicin helps in the rabies virus, and also prevents the development of such a dangerous disease as rabies encephalitis (inflammation of the brain caused by the rabies virus). In such cases, Rifampicin is used to treat rabies at the initial stage, that is, in the incubation period - from the moment of infection to the first manifestations of the disease.
Rephampicin is produced by:
- in the form of tablets;
- in the form of a lyophilized powder for the preparation of a solution for injection (Rifampicin-Ferein).
Than to replace Rifampicinum?
The decision of the question of what can replace Rifampicin, should only deal with a doctor.
Here is a list of Rifampicin analogues:
- Rifacin - is indicated for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in chronic form, tuberculosis of bones and joints, cutaneous tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis and serositis, etc.
- Otofa - with a chronic middle otitis
and all that is associated with it - the perforation of the tympanic membrane and its purulent lesions, and also in the period after the operation on the middle ear. - R-chin - with combined treatment of tuberculosis, non-tuberculosis infections, leprosy.
- R-cinex - in the treatment of nonspecific infectious diseases - pyelonephritis, pneumonia (pneumonia) and osteomyelitis of meningococcal carriers in the nasopharynx.
- Makoks - is used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis , trachea, bronchi, brain, urogenital system, leprosy.
- Benimycin is the main drug in the complex treatment of newly diagnosed tuberculosis.