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I-Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam yinhlanganisela enamandla yama-antibiotic enikezwa nge-IV ukulwa nezifo ezingathi sína ezibangelwa amagciwane. Le mithi ihlanganisa izingxenye ezintathu ezisebenza ndawonye ukubhekana nezifo ezingenakubhekanwa ama-antibiotic amaningi, okuyenza ithuluzi elibalulekile uma ubhekene nezifo eziyinkimbinkimbi noma ezingamelani namagciwane.
Ngokuvamile uzothola le mithi endaweni yasesibhedlela lapho ochwepheshe bezempilo bengaqapha impendulo yakho ngokucophelela. Cabanga ngayo njengenye yezikhali ezinamandla emkhakheni wemithi yokulwa nezifo ezinzima ezibangelwa amagciwane ezingazange zisabele kwezinye izindlela zokwelapha.
I-Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam iyi-antibiotic ehlanganisa izinto ezintathu ezihlanganisa izingxenye ezintathu ezihlukene ukudala ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo. I-Imipenem iyona engxenye eyinhloko yokulwa nezifo, i-cilastatin isiza ukuvikela i-antibiotic ekudilizweni ngokushesha ezinso zakho, futhi i-relebactam isiza ukunqoba izindlela zokumelana namagciwane.
Le nhlanganisela ibaluleke kakhulu ngoba amagciwane amaningi athuthukise izindlela zokumelana nama-antibiotic angawodwa. Ngokuhlanganisa lezi zingxenye ezintathu, imithi ivame ukuphumelela lapho amanye ama-antibiotic ehluleka. Kufana nokuba nethimba elikhethekile elisebenza ndawonye kunomuntu oyedwa ozama ukuxazulula inkinga eyinkimbinkimbi.
Imithi imisha emakethe, imelela intuthuko ekuthuthukisweni kwama-antibiotic aklanyelwe ukubhekana nenselelo ekhulayo yezifo ezingamelani nama-antibiotic. Udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzocabangela le nketho uma ebhekene nezifo ezingathi sína ezidinga ukwelashwa okusheshayo, okunamandla.
Le nhlanganisela yama-antibiotic iphatha izifo ezinzima ezibangelwa amagciwane, ikakhulukazi lezo ezithinta umgudu wakho womchamo, amaphaphu, nesisu. Udokotela wakho angase akubhalele yona uma unezifo eziyinkimbinkimbi zomgudu womchamo, umkhuhlane otholwe esibhedlela, noma izifo ezinzima zesisu ezingaphendulanga kwezinye izindlela zokwelapha.
Umuthi ulungele ikakhulukazi izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane asekela ukumelana kwamanye ama-antibiotic. Lezi zimo zivame ukuvela ezindaweni zesibhedlela lapho ungase uhlangane khona nezinhlobo zamagciwane ezinolaka noma ezinokumelana. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokhetha lokhu kwelapha ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni okuthile okukhombisa ukuthi yimaphi amagciwane abangela ukutheleleka kwakho.
Izimo ezivamile eziphathwayo zihlanganisa i-pyelonephritis eyinkimbinkimbi (ukutheleleka okukhulu kwezinso), umkhuhlane ohambisana nomoya, nezifo ezinzima zesisu ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Ngokuvamile, odokotela bangase bakusebenzisele ukutheleleka kwegazi noma ezinye izifo ezinzima ezibangelwa amagciwane lapho ukuhlolwa kwelabhorethri kuphakamisa ukuthi yilona elingcono kakhulu.
Ezimweni ezingavamile, lo muthi ungase usetshenziselwe izifo ezibandakanya amagciwane amelana ne-gram-negative noma uma unezinhlobo eziningi zamagciwane abangela ukutheleleka ngesikhathi esisodwa. Udokotela wakho uzokwenza lesi sinqumo ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yamasiko kanye nobukhulu besimo sakho.
Lo muthi usebenza ngokuhlasela amagciwane ngezindlela eziningi, okwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukuthi asinde futhi azale. I-Imipenem iphazamisa ukwakhiwa kodonga lwamagciwane, empeleni iwawavimbela ukuthi angagcini umgoqo wawo wangaphandle ovikelayo, okubangela ukuthi afe.
I-Cilastatin idlala indima yokuvikela ngokuqeda izinso zakho ekwehleni kwe-imipenem ngokushesha kakhulu. Ngaphandle kwe-cilastatin, umzimba wakho uzokhipha i-antibiotic ngaphambi kokuthi ibe nesikhathi esanele sokulwa nokutheleleka ngempumelelo. Le ngxenye iqinisekisa ukuthi umuthi uhlala usebenza ohlelweni lwakho isikhathi eside.
I-Relebactam ilwa nokumelana kwamagciwane ngokuvimba ama-enzyme asetshenziswa amagciwane ukubhubhisa ama-antibiotics. Amagciwane amaningi aye athuthukisa lezi zindlela zokuzivikela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa i-relebactam empeleni iqeda lezi zivikelo, ivumela i-imipenem ukuthi yenze umsebenzi wayo ngempumelelo.
Ngokubambisana, lezi zinto ezintathu zakha inhlanganisela enamandla engakwazi ukunqoba izindlela eziningi zokumelana namagciwane. Lokhu kwenza kube ngempumelelo ikakhulukazi ekulweni nezifo eziye zaba nzima ukuzelapha ngama-antibiotics ajwayelekile, kunikeza umzimba wakho ukwesekwa okudingayo ukuze ulwe nezifo ezinzima.
Uzothola lo muthi ngomugqa we-intravenous (IV) esibhedlela noma endaweni yezokwelapha lapho ochwepheshe bezempilo abaqeqeshiwe bengawunikeza ngokuphepha. Umuthi unikezwa njenge-infusion ehamba kancane ngaphezu kwemizuzu engama-30 kuya emahoreni ama-2, kuye ngesimo sakho esithile kanye nomthamo odokotela bakho abaku-oda.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizinquma isikhathi esiqondile kanye nemvamisa ngokusekelwe ekusebenzeni kwezinso zakho, ubukhulu besifo sakho, kanye nesisindo somzimba wakho. Abantu abaningi bathola imithamo njalo emahoreni ayi-6 kuya kwayi-8, kodwa lokhu kungahluka kuye ngezidingo zakho ngazinye nokuthi izinso zakho zisebenza kahle kangakanani.
Akudingeki ukhathazeke ngokuthatha lo muthi nokudla ngoba uqondiswa ngqo emgudwini wegazi lakho nge-IV. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlala unamanzi kahle ngesikhathi sokwelashwa kungasiza izinso zakho ukuthi zicubungule umuthi ngempumelelo. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizogada ukuthathwa kwamanzi futhi lingawashintsha ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho.
Inqubo ye-infusion ngokuvamile ikhululekile, nakuba ungase uqaphele ukucasuka okuncane endaweni ye-IV. Yazisa ithimba lakho lezempilo ngokushesha uma uzwa noma yiziphi izinzwa ezingavamile, ubuhlungu, noma ukuvuvukala endaweni ye-IV ngesikhathi se-infusion.
Abantu abaningi bathola lo muthi izinsuku eziyi-5 kuya kweziyi-14, kuye ngohlobo nobukhulu bokutheleleka kwabo. Udokotela wakho uzoqoka isikhathi esiqondile ngokusekelwe ekutheni ukutheleleka kwakho kuphendula ngokushesha kangakanani emuthini kanye nesimo sakho sempilo esiphelele.
Ngezifo ezingahambisani nezinkinga zomgudu womchamo, ungase udinge ukwelashwa izinsuku eziyi-5 kuya kweziyi-7. Izifo ezingathi sína, njenge-pneumonia etholakala esibhedlela noma izifo ezinzima zesisu, zivame ukudinga izinsuku eziyi-7 kuya kweziyi-14 zokwelashwa. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizobheka intuthuko yakho ngokucophelela futhi lilungise ubude njengoba kudingeka.
Udokotela wakho uzosebenzisa izinto eziningana ukuze anqume ukuthi uyeka nini ukwelashwa, okuhlanganisa izinga lokushisa lakho, imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwelabhorethri, kanye nokuthuthuka okujwayelekile komtholampilo. Bazobheka futhi ukuthi ngabe ukutheleleka kuqede ngokuphelele yini nokuthi ngabe usukulungele yini ukushintshela kuma-antibiotics omlomo uma ukwelashwa okuqhubekayo kudingeka.
Kwezinye izimo, ukwelashwa kungase kwelulwe ngaphezu kwesikhathi esivamile uma ukutheleleka kwakho kunzima kakhulu noma uma unezimo zempilo ezingaphansi ezithinta amasosha akho omzimba. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokugcina unolwazi mayelana nobude obulindelekile kanye nanoma yiziphi izinguquko ohlelweni lwakho lokwelashwa.
Njengayo yonke imithi enamandla, le nhlanganisela ye-antibiotic ingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba abantu abaningi beyibekezelela kahle uma iqashwe kahle. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ivame ukuba mnene futhi ilawuleka ngokunakekelwa okufanele nokunakwa okuvela eqenjini lakho lezempilo.
Nansi imiphumela emibi ongase uyithole, ukhumbula ukuthi ithimba lakho lezempilo lilungele ukukusiza ukulawula noma yikuphi okwenzekayo:
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile ihlanganisa:
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa ebucayi kakhulu ihlanganisa:
Ithimba lakho lezempilo likuqapha ngokucophelela ngale miphumela futhi lingakwazi ukubhekana ngokushesha nanoma yikuphi ukukhathazeka okuvelayo. Imiphumela eminingi emibi ingeyesikhashana futhi iyanyamalala lapho ukwelashwa sekuqediwe, kodwa unganqikazi ukubika noma yiziphi izimpawu ezingavamile ozitholayo.
Lo muthi awulungele wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuwubhala. Abantu abaziwa ukuthi banezinto ezingezwani nazo kuma-antibiotics e-carbapenem, ama-antibiotics e-beta-lactam, noma yiziphi izingxenye zalo muthi akufanele bawuthole.
Uma unesifo esibi sezinso, udokotela wakho uzodinga ukulungisa umthamo wakho kakhulu noma angase akhethe elinye i-antibiotic ngokuphelele. Abantu abanomlando wokuquleka noma izimo zobuchopho badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile, njengoba lo muthi ungase ukwazi ukuqala ukuquleka, ikakhulukazi lapho ukusebenza kwezinso kulimele.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizoba nokuqapha okukhethekile uma unomlando wokuqunjelwa okukhulu noma i-colitis ngemuva kokuthatha ama-antibiotics, njengoba lo muthi ngezinye izikhathi ungabangela izifo ezinzima zamathumbu. Bazophinda bacabangele isimo sakho sempilo esiphelele nanoma yimiphi eminye imithi oyithathayo engase ihlangane nalokhu kwelashwa.
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisa izingane badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile, yize umuthi ungasetshenziswa lapho izinzuzo zidlula izingozi. Udokotela wakho uzoxoxa ngalezi zinto nawe futhi asize ekunqumeni indlela ephephe kakhulu yesimo sakho esithile.
Lo muthi utholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Recarbrio e-United States nakwamanye amazwe amaningi. Igama lomkhiqizo lenza kube lula ukulihlonza nokuxoxa nethimba lakho lezempilo, yize ungase ulubone lubhekiselwa ngegama lalo elivamile emarekhodini ezokwelapha noma ezingxoxweni.
I-Recarbrio yathuthukiswa ngqo ukubhekana nenselelo ekhulayo yokutheleleka okumelana nama-antibiotic futhi imelela enye yezithasiselo ezintsha emndenini wama-antibiotic e-carbapenem. Ithimba lakho lezempilo ngokuvamile lizosebenzisa noma yiliphi igama elijwayelekile kubo, kodwa kokubili kubhekisela emuthini ofanayo.
Lapho nixoxa ngokwelashwa kwakho nabahlinzeki bezempilo abahlukene, ungalisebenzisa noma yiliphi igama, yize ukuhlinzeka kokubili ngegama lomkhiqizo negama elivamile kungasiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuxhumana okucacile mayelana nomlando wakho wemithi.
Ama-antibiotic amaningana angase acabangelwe ngokuya ngokutheleleka kwakho okuthile kanye nokuzwela kwamagciwane. Amanye ama-antibiotic e-carbapenem afana ne-meropenem, i-imipenem-cilastatin (ngaphandle kwe-relebactam), noma i-doripenem angase abe izinketho zokutheleleka okuthile.
Ngezinhlobo ezithile zokutheleleka, udokotela wakho angase acabangele ama-antibiotic amasha afana ne-ceftazidime-avibactam, i-meropenem-vaborbactam, noma i-ceftolozane-tazobactam. Lawa nawo ama-antibiotic ahlanganisiwe aklanyelwe ukunqoba ukumelana kwamagciwane, yize ngalinye linamandla alo athile nezicelo.
Ama-antibiotic endabuko afana ne-piperacillin-tazobactam noma ama-fluoroquinolones angase abe ezinye izindlela zokutheleleka okungajwayelekile noma lapho ukuhlolwa kwamagciwane kubonisa ukuthi kungase kusebenze. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha inketho efanele kakhulu ngokusekelwe ekuthelelekeni kwakho okuthile, impilo yonke, nemiphumela yaselebhu.
Ukukhetha okunye kuncike kakhulu ekutheni yiziphi amagciwane abangela ukutheleleka kwakho nokuthi yimaphi ama-antibiotics abawazwelayo. Ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lizosebenzisa ukuhlolwa kwelabhorethri ukuqondisa lezi zinqumo futhi liqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okuphumelela kakhulu.
Zombili lezi zithako ziyi-antibiotics ezinamandla ze-carbapenem, kodwa ngasinye sinenzuzo ethile ngokuya ngesimo sakho. I-Imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam inenzuzo eyengeziwe ye-relebactam, esiza ukunqoba izinhlobo ezithile zokumelana kwamagciwane okungenzeka ukuthi i-meropenem yodwa ayikwazi ukukusingatha.
Ezifweni ezibangelwa amagciwane akhiqiza ama-enzyme athile okumelana, i-imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam ingase isebenze kangcono kune-meropenem. Kodwa-ke, i-meropenem isetshenziswe isikhathi eside futhi inokuhlangenwe khona okukhulu komtholampilo, okuyenza ibe yindlela ethembekile yezinhlobo eziningi zezifo ezinzima.
Udokotela wakho uzokhetha phakathi kwalezi zithako ngokusekelwe ekuhlolweni kwelabhorethri okukhombisa ukuthi yimaphi amagciwane abangela ukutheleleka kwakho nokuthi yiziphi izindlela zokumelana abangase nazo. Ngezinye izikhathi i-meropenem ilungile ngokuphelele, kanti ngezinye izikhathi ukumbozwa okuthuthukisiwe kwe-imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam kuyadingeka.
Zombili lezi zithako zithathwa njengeziphumelela kakhulu ezifweni ezinzima, futhi ukukhetha kuvame ukwehla ezintweni ezithile zesifo sakho kunokuthi esinye sibe ngcono ngokujwayelekile kunomunye. Ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lizokwenza lesi sinqumo ngokusekelwe ezimweni zakho.
Lo muthi ungasetshenziswa kubantu abanezifo zezinso, kodwa udinga ukulungiswa kwemithamo ngokucophelela nokuqapha eduze. Udokotela wakho uzobala umthamo ohlisiwe ngokusekelwe ekusebenzeni kwezinso zakho futhi akuqaphe kaningi nganoma yiziphi izimpawu zemiphumela emibi.
Abantu abanezifo ezinzima zezinso babhekene nengozi enkulu yokuquleka neminye imiphumela engemihle yezinzwa, ngakho-ke ithimba lakho lezempilo lizohlola izinzuzo ngokumelene nalezi zingozi. Bangase bakhethe ezinye izibulala-magciwane uma ukusebenza kwezinso zakho kulinyazwe kakhulu, noma bangase banikeze ukunakekelwa okwengeziwe ngesikhathi sokwelashwa.
Xhumana nethimba lakho lezempilo ngokushesha uma uba nohudo olukhulu, ikakhulukazi uma luqukethe igazi noma amafinyila, noma uma unomuzwa wokugcwala kwesisu okukhulu. Lokhu kungase kubonise isimo esibucayi esibizwa ngokuthi i-C. difficile-associated diarrhea, edinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Ungathathi imithi yokulwa nohudo ngaphandle kokubonisana nethimba lakho lezempilo kuqala, ngoba lezi ngezinye izikhathi zingenza izinhlobo ezithile zohudo oluhambisana ne-antibiotic zibe zimbi kakhulu. Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lingathola ngokushesha imbangela futhi linikeze ukwelashwa okufanele uma kudingeka.
Yebo, njengazo zonke izibulala-magciwane, lo muthi ungabangela ukusabela komzimba kusukela ekuqhumeni kwesikhumba okuncane kuya ku-anaphylaxis enzima. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokuqapha eduze, ikakhulukazi ngesilinganiso sakho sokuqala, futhi lilungele ukwelapha ngokushesha noma yikuphi ukusabela komzimba okungenzeka.
Uma uke waba nokusabela komzimba ku-penicillin noma ezinye izibulala-magciwane ze-beta-lactam esikhathini esidlule, qiniseka ukuthi ithimba lakho lezempilo liyazi ngalomlando. Bazothatha izinyathelo zokuphepha ezengeziwe futhi bangase bakhethe ezinye izindlela zokwelapha uma ingozi yakho yokungezwani komzimba iphezulu kakhulu.
Abantu abaningi baqala ukuqaphela ukuthuthuka kungakapheli amahora angu-48 kuya kwangu-72 beqala ukwelashwa, nakuba lokhu kungahluka kuye ngobukhulu bokutheleleka kwakho nempilo yakho yonke. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizogada izinkomba ezihlukahlukene okuhlanganisa izinga lokushisa lakho, imiphumela yelebhu, kanye nokubukeka okujwayelekile komtholampilo.
Ezinye izifo zithatha isikhathi eside ukuthi ziphendule kunezinye, futhi udokotela wakho uzokugcina unolwazi ngalokho ongakulindela ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho esithile. Bazokwazisa futhi uma ukululama kwakho kuqhubeka njengoba bekulindelekile noma uma kudingeka izinguquko ohlelweni lwakho lokwelashwa.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo cishe lizokuncoma ukuhlolwa okulandelayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukutheleleka kuqede ngokuphelele nokuhlola noma yimiphi imiphumela imithi okungenzeka ibe nayo emisebenzini yezinso zakho noma yesibindi. Ukuhlolwa okuthile nesikhathi kuzoncika esimweni sakho ngasinye kanye nohlobo lokutheleleka obunalo.
Abantu abaningi badinga ukuhlolwa kwegazi okuyisisekelo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuya evikini ngemuva kokuqeda ukwelashwa, yize abanye bengadinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe uma babe nezinkinga noma izimo zempilo ezingaphansi. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizohlinzeka ngemiyalo ethile mayelana nanoma yikuphi ukunakekelwa okulandelayo okudingayo.
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