What is Vankomycin?
Vankomycin is antibiotic medicine discovered in the age of 20 and is not one of the most common prescribed drugs. However, it has extremely important use and can be used mainly to treat Staphylococcus aureus resistant to methicillin (MRSA) or other forms of staf infections that have shown resistance to other antibiotics. In some cases, vankomycin is insufficient to treat these infections and even less common antibiotics are required.
One of the main reasons why Vankomycin has never developed in the popular antibiotic is that it cannot pass through the gastrointestinal tract and be properly absorbed. Only in cases where the drug is used to treat colon infections, is it sometimes orally. In all other cases, administration of medicine is intravenous infusion and it is not a popular or reasonable way for most people to take antibiotics for mild infections.
Another reason why this antibiotic is not the first line treatment is because it can haveserious side effects and is therefore reserved for treatment in cases where it is really necessary. As a result, it holds the name "Drug of Last Resort". Although the occurrence of severe side effects is rare with vancomycin, patients should be carefully monitored. Drugs may also have some side effects in a small group of users who are not subject to.
Several side effects of vancomycin, which in most cases do not consider medically serious, include slight stomach development and development of vaginal yeast infections. There is more concern if patients develop serious stomach pain, distinctive diarrhea or experience anaphylactic (allergic) shock reaction to the antibiotic. Some people develop a state called the Red Man syndrome, which occurs, while or immediately after vancomycin infusion, causing a rash to form and the skin flushes at least. Infusion of a patient with antihistsNikou can help reduce this risk.
The use of vankomycin can change the method of blood cell production and low platelet levels may occur or the number of white blood cells may change. In rare cases, the drug may damage the kidneys or hearing damage. These many potential risks and there are many others, explain the limited use of this antibiotics. Although it is good to eradicate certain infections, it can be difficult on the body. It is important to realize that many people tolerate this medicine and are cured from very serious infections that resist the treatment of other medicines.
Before prescribing an antibiotic of this nature, doctors are likely to obtain a full history from a patient who includes a list of other drugs used. This information can be used to create the most logical selection of drugs for serious infection. Sometimes vankomycin may not be a choice, but it may be another medicine is more appropriate due to all medical conditions.