Drug Bactroban is an antibiotic, which in small concentrations has a bacteriostatic effect, and at higher concentrations - a bactericidal effect.
It promotes inhibition of protein increase in bacterial cells, has a bacteriostatic effect, as well as bactericidal (in the case of an increased dose).
Generic Bactroban is active against streptococci, certain staphylococci, pertussis, and icicles of the genus Neisseria, provoking gonorrhea, and pathogens of opportunistic infections, infections of the mucous membranes, respiratory, urogenital, intestinal, purulent-inflammatory diseases, hemophilic rod, enterobacter, some proteas, and cytrobacteria.
Special pharmacological mechanism of action let this medication to avoid cross-resistance with other antibiotics, while strictly observing the instructions for use. If there is no damage of the epidermis, it has a poor absorption of the cells of the subcutaneous tissues.
It is allowed to carry out treatment with the drug in children. The effect of the drug was studied during 2 months of clinical trials, which did not show Bactroban side effects in this group of patients.
In what kind of disease treatment Bactroban is helpful?
Based on the doctors' reviews of the antibiotic, taking this medication significantly dulls the symptoms of the primary infectious diseases of the dermis:
• Impetigo - superficial pustular dermis disease, one of the varieties of pyoderma, is caused by staphylococci, streptococci or a combination;
• Folliculitis - inflammation of the hair follicles;
• Furunculosis - acute purulent-necrotic inflammation of hair follicles, sebaceous glands and surrounding connective tissues, the cause - pyogenic bacteria, in particular Staphylococcus aureus;
• Ecthymis - streptococcal lesion of the dermis.
Also, the drug has an excellent therapeutic effect on secondary dermal infections such as:
• Infected eczema, trauma;
• Insignificant wounds and burns;
In addition, the antibiotic Bactroban is an excellent preventative against bacterial lesions, as well as complications that arise from small wounds, cuts.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take Generic Bactroban?
• hypersensitivity to the main components of the remedy.
Particularly cautious is prescribed to patients with kidney ailments as the agent can penetrate the wound surface or through other damages of the dermis and be excreted through the kidneys.
Drugs, with a macrogol in the composition, are forbidden to apply to large areas of the dermis, because of increased absorption of polyethylene glycol, with moderate and severe degrees of ailments of the kidneys.
How should I take Bactroban?
Application procedure of this ointment is carried out by light rubbing movements in the affected area of the skin. The duration of exposure to main substance is about 8 hours, so to have better effect professionals recommend to use it 3 times a day.
Dosage information
Medication should be applied externally 2-3 times a day. It is necessary to apply a small amount of medicament to the affected skin, from above it is allowed to impose a gauze bandage. More detailed instruction you can find in a package if you buy Generic Bactroban online or from your attending physician.
Duration of the course of therapy is about 10 days, and depends on the degree of skin lesions. If no significant results were observed within 5 days, you should contact your doctor and change the therapy schedule.
What may interact with Generic Bactroban?
Cream Bactroban does not have bad effect with using of other drugs that have been taken orally or by injection. The use of other external agents on the affected area of the skin is unacceptable due to a decrease in the concentration of main ingredient and its limited effect.
What should I watch for while taking Bactroban?
Attention! After application procedure wash your hands with soap and running water.
The drug should not be applied to the mucous membranes, nor to the drainage site. When medication has a contact with eye mucosa, rinse thoroughly with running water. It is extremely rare when allergies or significant irritation of the dermis occur during the application of the ointment, the therapy must be stopped, the remnants of the medicine are removed from the affected area of the dermis and it is washed with running water.
It is necessary to use this medication very carefully by pregnant women because of inadequate information confirming the safety of this drug by these patient groups.
Very careful the drug should be used by patients in old age, as well as those who have impaired renal function, especially if it is planned treatment with ointment or cream of a skin area of large area or skin integuments that have broken integrity.
What side effects may I notice from Bactroban?
Therapy with antibacterial Bactroban in individual cases causes such symptoms:
• Extremely rarely there was burning, scabies in places of application of the drug;
•> 1% of patients had cases of erythema, dryness of the dermis, edema, and contact dermatitis;
• Also in rare cases, dermatological allergic reactions in the areas of application were noted, namely edema, rashes, and redness;
• In single cases, generalized allergic reactions were noted.
It is worth noting that the medication is well tolerated by patients.
Where can I keep Bactroban?
Bactroban in the form of a cream can be stored no more than 1.5 years from the time of its manufacture. Keep it in a place where the temperature will not exceed 25 degrees. Freezing of the drug is prohibited. You can also buy Bactroban over the counter in online pharmacies all over the world, for example, in Portugal online pharmacy.
