Streptocide white powder for external use 2 g

Sulfanilamide

Powder

Sulfanilamide (Sulfanilamide) 2000 mg

Antibacterial agent of a broad spectrum. Sulfanilamide (streptocid) is one of the first representatives of chemotherapeutic agents of the sulfonamide group. It has a bacteriostatic effect. The mechanism of action is due to competitive antagonism with PABK and competitive inhibition of the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase. This leads to disruption of the synthesis of dihydrofolate and then tetrahydrofolic acid and as a result - to disruption synthesis of nucleic kislot.Sulfanilamid active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative cocci, Escherichia coli, Shigella spp, Vibrio cholerae, Haemophilus influenzae, Clostridium spp, Bacillus anthracis,.. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Yersinia pestis, as well as for Chlamydia spp., Actinomyces spp., Toxoplasma gondii.

Streptocid is used in complex therapy for the treatment of purulent wounds, infected burns and other purulent-inflammatory processes of soft tissues.

Hypersensitivity to sulfonamides, pregnancy, lactation. Diseases of the hematopoietic system, inhibition of bone marrow hematopoiesis, anemia, azotemia, thyrotoxicosis, chronic heart failure, renal failure, porphyria, hepatic failure, congenital deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Use with caution in patients with impaired renal function. During the period of treatment it is necessary to increase the amount of fluid consumed.

It is contraindicated for use in the I and II trimesters of pregnancy and lactation.

Streptocide is applied to the wound in the form of a carefully crushed powder (5-10-15 g), if necessary, simultaneously prescribing antimicrobial drugs inside.

Allergic reactions, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, cyanosis, leukopenia, agranulocytosis, crystalluria are possible.

When hypersensitivity reactions occur, treatment should be discontinued. With long-term treatment, systematic monitoring of the blood picture, kidney and liver function is recommended.