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I-levofloxacin evamile yabantu abadala yi 500 mg ethathwa kanye ngosuku, ngokuvamile izinsuku ezi-5 kuye kwezi-14 kuye ngokutheleleka. Ezinye izifo zidinga i 750 mg dose ephakeme, kanti ezilula zingadinga u-250 mg kuphela. Udokotela wakho unquma isilinganiso esiqondile nobude bokwelashwa kususelwa ohlotsheni lwesifo onaso kanye nobukhulu baso.
I-Levofloxacin ingeyesigaba sama-antibiotics abizwa ngokuthi ama-fluoroquinolone. Isebenza ngokuvimbela amagciwane ukuthi akhiqize i-DNA yawo, okuyiwavimbela ukuthi angakhuli futhi asakazeke. Kuyi-antibiotic ebanzi, okusho ukuthi ihlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo zamagciwane. Odokotela bayayibhala ukuvimbela i-pneumonia, izifo zamakhala, ukuqubuka kwe-bronchitis, izifo zomgudu womchamo, izifo zezinso, izifo zesikhumba, kanye nezifo ze-prostate. Ayisebenzi kumagciwane, ngakho-ke ngeke isize ekubuyiseleni umkhuhlane noma i-flu.
I-500 mg kanye ngosuku iyodwa yamandla kakhulu ayalelwayo. Kodwa isilinganiso udokotela wakho ayikhethayo sincike ngokuphelele kulokho okwelashwa.
Nge-community acquired pneumonia, indlela evamile yi-500 mg kanye ngosuku izinsuku eziyi-7 kuye kweziyi-14. Kukhona futhi isikhathi esifushane sezinsuku ezi-5 usebenzisa i-750 mg ephakeme nsuku zonke, angase athandwe udokotela wakho kuye ngamagciwane afakiwe. Nge-hospital acquired pneumonia, i-750 mg ephakeme izinsuku eziyi-7 kuye kweziyi-14 ivamile kakhulu.
I-acute bacterial sinusitis ngokuvamile iphathwa nge-500 mg kanye ngosuku izinsuku ezi-5 kuye kweziyi-14. Noma kunjalo, kufanele wazi ukuthi i-FDA incomile ukuthi ama-fluoroquinolone afana ne-levofloxacin kufanele asetshenziselwe izifo zamakhala kuphela lapho kungekho khona ezinye izinketho ze-antibiotic ezifanele. Lokhu kungenxa yengozi yemiphumela emibi, esizoyithola maduze nje.
Nge-acute bronchitis flare ups kubantu abanesifo esingamahlala esingamanyathelo emiphunga, isilinganiso sivame ukuba yi-500 mg kanye ngosuku izinsuku eziyi-7. Futhi, lokhu kuvame ukugcinelwa izimo lapho ama-antibiotic alula ahlulekile noma angekho.
Izifo ezingalulisiwe zomgudu womchamo ziphathwa ngesilinganiso esiphansi esingu-250 mg kanye ngosuku izinsuku ezi-3 kuphela. Izifo ezilulisiwe zomgudu womchamo noma izifo zezinso zingadinga u-250 kuye ku-750 mg nsuku zonke izinsuku ezi-5 kuye kweziyi-14, kuye ngobukhulu.
I-chronic bacterial prostatitis idinga isikhathi eside sokwelashwa. Okujwayelekile yi-500 mg kanye ngosuku izinsuku ezingama-28. Izifo zesikhumba ngokuvamile ziphathwa nge-500 mg nsuku zonke izinsuku eziyi-7 kuye kweziyi-10 ezigamekweni ezingalulisiwe, noma i-750 mg nsuku zonke izinsuku eziyi-7 kuye kweziyi-14 ezilulisiwe.
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I-Levofloxacin ingathathwa nokudla noma ngaphandle kokudla. Zama ukuyithatha ngesikhathi esifanayo nsuku zonke ukuze ugcine amazinga e-steady egazini lakho.
Phuza amanzi amaningi ngenkathi usebenzisa i-levofloxacin. Ukuhlala ugcwele amanzi kusiza umuthi udlule ezinyongeni zakho kahle futhi [LINK: kunciphisa ingozi yokwakheka kwamatshe | https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/fda/fdaDrugXsl.cfm?setid=af4b7333-4f77-4ec9-e053-2a95a90a16d2 ] emchameni.
Into eyodwa okufanele uyibheke yisikhathi esingqonge okunye okuphathelene neminye imikhiqizo. Ama-antacids, izithako zensimbi, i-calcium, i-magnesium, i-zinc, kanye ne-sucralfate kungaphazamisa indlela umzimba wakho oqeda ngayo i-levofloxacin. Uma uthatha noma yikuphi kulokhu, yihlukanise okungenani amahora amabili ngaphambi noma amahora amabili ngemuva kwesilinganiso sakho se-levofloxacin. Lokhu kugcina i-antibiotic isebenza ngamandla aphelele.
Yebo. I-Levofloxacin ikakhulu isuswa ngezinso. Mayelana no-87% womuthi uphuma emzimbeni wakho ungashintshi emchameni wakho. Uma izinso zakho zingahlungi kahle njengoba kufanele, umuthi ungase uqongelele futhi wandise ingozi yemiphumela emibi.
Ebadaleni abane-creatinine clearance engaphansi kwe-50 mL ngomzuzu, kudingeka ukulungiswa kwezilinganiso. Isikhathi phakathi kwezilinganiso siyathatha noma umthamo uyancishiswa. Kubantu abasebenzisa i-dialysis, kudingeka ukulungiswa okwengeziwe.
Abadala bavame ukuba nokwehla komsebenzi wezinso. Udokotela wakho angase ahlole amazinga ezinso zakho ngaphambi kokunikeza isilinganiso ukuze aqiniseke ukuthi isilinganiso esijwayelekile siphephile.
Lokhu kuyinto okufanele kuqondwe. I-Levofloxacin iphethe [LINK: isexwayiso esinezinhlamvu eziyinhloko ezivela ku-FDA | https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-drug-safety-communication-fda-updates-warnings-oral-and-injectable-fluoroquinolone-antibiotics ], okuyisixwayiso esiphakeme kakhulu sokuphila umuthi ongaba naso. Isixwayiso sihlanganisa izingozi ezimbalwa ezingathinta imisipha, imisipha, izimbambo, imithambo, kanye nohlelo lwezinzwa oluphakathi nendawo.
Ingozi eyaziwa kakhulu yile i-tendinitis kanye nokudabuka kwe-tendon, ikakhulukazi i-Achilles tendon. Le ngozi iphakeme kubadala abangaphezu kwama-60, abantu abathatha ama-corticosteroids, nalabo abathole ukufakelwa kwezitho. Izinkinga ze-tendon zingavela emahoreni noma ezinsukwini zokuqala ukuthatha umuthi, noma ngisho nezinyanga ngemuva kokuwuqedela.
I-peripheral neuropathy, ebandakanya ukulimala kwezinzwa ezandleni nasemlenzeni okubangela ukudlikizela, ukuba izwe, noma ubuhlungu, kungenye into eyinkinga. Ezinye izimo, lokhu kulimala kwezinzwa kungahlala njalo.
Imiphumela ohlelweni lwezinzwa oluphakathi njengokudideka, isiyezi, imibono, ukukhathazeka, ukucindezeleka, kanye nokungalali ziye zabikwa. Lezi zenzakalo zingenzeka emahoreni kuya emavikini ngemuva kokuqala ukwelashwa.
Ngenxa yalezi zingozi, i-FDA incoma ukuthi i-levofloxacin akufanele [LINK: isetshenziselwe izifo ezingalulisiwe | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545180/ ] njengezifo zamakhala ezilula, i-bronchitis emnene, noma izifo zomgudu womchamo ezilula lapho kunezinye izindlela eziphephile ezitholakala. Ivamise ukugcinelwa izifo ezinzima lapho izinzuzo zidlula khona izingozi.
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Ngaphandle kwezingozi ezinkulu ezihlanganiswa yisixwayiso, izinkinga zansuku zonke ze-levofloxacin zivame ukuba lula ukuzibhekisisa. Izinkinga ezivame kakhulu ezibikwa zifaka isicanucanu, isifo sohudo, ikhanda elibuhlungu, isiyezi, kanye nobunzima bokulala. Abanye abantu bayaphawula nokuzwela okwandayo ekukhanyeni kwelanga, ngakho-ke kuyasiza ukunciphisa ukuchayeka elangeni futhi ugqoke i-sunscreen ngenkathi uyithatha.
Uma uthola isifo sohudo esiqhubekayo ngesikhathi sokwelashwa noma ngemuva, yazisa udokotela wakho. Ezigamekweni ezingavamile, ama-antibiotic afaka i-levofloxacin angadala ukukhula kwamagciwane emathunjini okubizwa ngokuthi i-C. difficile infection, edinga ukwelashwa okuhlukile.
Thinta udokotela wakho ngokushesha uma ubonakala ubuhlungu noma ukuvuvukala kwemisipha, ukudlikizela noma ukuba izwe ezandleni noma ezinyaweni zakho, ukudideka noma izinguquko ezingajwayelekile emoyeni, isinye sesikhumba, noma izimpawu zokungezwani nomzimba okufana nobunzima bokuphefumula. Xhumana futhi uma isifo sakho singabonakali sithuthuka ngemuva kwezinsuku eziningana zokwelashwa.
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