Lincomycin hydrochloride is the most common drug used in dentistry. Why? We learn below about the pros and cons of this drug.
Experts have found that about 300 species of bacteria breed at the same time in a person’s mouth and about 30 of them are constantly present in the oral cavity. These are various types of bacteria, such as bacteria of the circulatory tissue, dental bacteria and bacteria of the mucous membrane. Bacteria also enter the oral cavity from the environment, through the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract.
Saliva partially prevents the activity of various microorganisms, thereby being a natural antibiotic that prevents purulent-inflammatory processes in the oral cavity. But, when serious inflammatory processes, such as caries and periodontitis, begin in the mouth, the antibacterial properties of saliva become insufficient.
In such cases, antibiotics, in particular Lincomycin, come to the aid of medicine.
Lincomycin is one of the oldest common drugs that dentists love to prescribe, as the range of medical applications is very wide. Lincomycin in dentistry is an antibiotic from the family of lincosamideswhich is prescribed by doctors for various inflammatory and purulent processes in the oral cavity.
Lincomycin is prescribed for the treatment of:
- stomatitis;
- osteomyelitis;
- various purulent-inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity;
- inflammation of the circulatory tissues;
- periodontitis;
- suppurations in periodontal pockets;
- ulcerative gingivitis, etc.
Content
Forms of release
The drug is available in 4 different forms:
- capsule;
- ointment. Lincomycin ointment contains an antibiotic broad spectrum. Appointed by a doctor for purulent wounds. Before using the drug, it is necessary to thoroughly wash the wound and then apply ointment 1-2 times a day with a thin layer;
- injection solution. In some severe cases, such as periodontal disease, dentists are given injections intramuscularly and intravenously, as well as injections into the gums;
- self-adhesive tape is easily glued to the area that is damaged and has an antimicrobial effect for more than 8 hours. Thus, the action of microbes is prevented and gum inflammation stops.
Lincomycin is prescribed not only during treatment, but also in the prevention of various diseases of the oral cavitysuch as caries prevention, as prevention after tooth extraction, because the drug prevents the development of various infections. In case of periodontal disease, the doctor may prescribe Lincomycin injection into the gum.
The drug is used only on the recommendation of the dentist in the correct form and dosage. Below we consider some of the prevailing aspects and disadvantages of this drug. Immediately it should be noted that the positive reviews for this drug are more than negative.
Benefits Lincomycin
Perhaps the biggest advantage of the drug is that it can remain effective for quite a long time. It is the accumulation of lincomycin in bone tissue. prevents further various purulent processes in the gums. Lincomycin also effectively fights staphylococcus and green streptococcus, which causes caries. And of course, as an antibiotic neutralizes all antibiotic-resistant microbes.It should also be noted the prices available to any client, as well as the fact that Lincomycin is not addictive.
Among the negative reviews of consumers can be identified mainly discomfort with the injection, as, however, in all the injections in the gums and, as Lincomycin is one of the oldest drugs in medicine, it has a narrow range of antimicrobial effects.
Compatibility with other drugs
Do not take lincomycin with antidiarrheal drugs. The possibility of pseudomembrase colitis. Also lincomycin pharmaceutically incompatible with calcium gluconate, ampicillin, magnesium sulfate, theophylline and heparin. The simultaneous use of lincomycin with erythromycin and chloramphenicol reduces its bactericidal effects.
Compatibility with alcohol
Lincomycin is completely incompatible with alcohol. So how does it affect the functioning of the liver and thus accelerates the excretion of the drug from the body before it starts to act? And then, a snack can completely negatively affect the therapeutic activity of the drug.
Side effects of the drug
Lincomycin hydrochloride is an antibiotic and has a number of side effects, like all antibiotics. Among the most common are nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. As for allergic reactions, angioedema and anaphylactic shock. With the rapid introduction of the drug dizziness may occur, weakness and lowering blood pressure.
In the case of prolonged use of the drug may develop candidiasis and pseudomembranous colitis. It should stop using the drug in case of overdose.
Reviews
After prescription, he took Lincomycin intramuscularly. Already 12 days of diarrhea. By-effect.
Hello, I'm interested in getting used to the drug. For the third time already I take Lincomycin on prescription. I feel that the effect is not the same as the first time. She told the doctor, but he said that Lincomycin is not addictive. Can someone share information?
Hello, I am interested in the compatibility of lincomycin with other drugs and alcohol. Can a headache if after taking alcohol Lincomycin was taken?
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