1.Treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases.
The preparation "Bifidumbacterin capsules" is applied through the mouth by swallowing whole capsules with a sufficient amount of liquid at room temperature or by ingesting a slurry obtained by dissolving the contents of the opened capsule in a small amount of cooled boiled water. When dissolved in water, it forms an opaque slurry having a specific acid-milk smell and taste. It is inadmissible to dissolve the preparation with hot water and store it in a dissolved form.
Children under three years of age should not be given whole capsules to avoid getting them into the respiratory tract - it is necessary to use the preparation in the form of a solution.
The drug is taken 20-30 minutes before meals or 1-1,5 hours after taking food.
Breast children can be given the drug immediately before feeding.
In acute intestinal diseases for children of the first year of life, the drug is prescribed 5 doses (the contents of one capsule) for taking 2 times a day. Children older than 1 year - 5 doses (the contents of one capsule) 3 times a day.
With sepsis, pneumonia and other purulent-septic diseases, children are prescribed 5 doses 3 times a day in combination withgenerally accepted methods of treatment of the underlying disease. If this group of children has a function disorder gastrointestinal tract and threat of ulcerative-necrotic enterocolitis, the dosage of bifidumbacterin is increased to 20 doses per day.
Newborns of the "risk" group should start using the drug in the maternity department from the first day of life to discharge 2.5 doses per reception 2 times a day. The contents of 1 capsule are dissolved in a small amount of boiled water or milk.
Method of dissolution. In clean dishes, pour the contents of one capsule (gently separating the capsule cover from the body of the capsule) and add cooled boiled water. 1 teaspoon per dose of the drug, mixed until a homogeneous suspension of whitish gray or different shades of beige. One teaspoon of the solution thus prepared is one dose.
Attention! To prepare the drug solution, especially for young children, Use only clean cookware. The solution of the drug is not subject to storage.
Children older than 3 years and adults with acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the small and large intestine (enterocolitis and colitis)It is recommended to take 1 capsule (5 doses) 2-3 times a day. In severe cases, the dose can be doubled.
The duration of treatment with bifidumbacterin in capsules is determined by the severity of clinical manifestations, the patient's age and is 2-4 weeks, and in some cases up to 3 months.
With the preventive purpose, the drug is prescribed 1 capsule (5 doses) 1-2 times a day for 1-2 weeks.
2. In obstetrics and gynecology practice the preparation is applied topically in the form of a solution of the contents of the capsule.
To treat the area of the nipple and areola at the puerperas, the contents of 1 capsule are dissolved in a small amount of boiled water, impregnated with a solution of 2 sterile swabs that are applied to the nipple and areola 20-30 minutes before feeding for 5 days. The tampon impregnated with the drug is left on the surface of the mammary gland before the beginning of the feeding.
For inflammatory diseases of the female genitalia and prenatal preparation of the pregnant "risk" group, a drug in the form of a solution for impregnating a tampon or syringes is prescribed for 5-10 doses (1-2 capsules) once a day for 5-8 days under the control of purity of the vaginal secret to the I-II degree and disappearanceclinical symptoms of the disease.
For intravaginal administration, bifidumbacterin is also dissolved by this method. The resulting suspension of the preparation is impregnated with a sterile swab, which is administered intravaginally and left for 2-3 hours.
If necessary, the course of treatment with bifidumbacterin can be repeated.