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Description of the medicine: Furacilin (Furacilinum)

FURACILINUM. 5-Nitrofurfural semicarbazone.

Synonyms: Amifur, Chemofuran, Flavazone, Furacin, Furaldon, Furosem, Nitrofural, Nitrofuralum, Nitrofuran, Nitrofurazon, Otofural, Vabrocid, Vatrocin, Vitrocin and others.

Yellow or greenish-yellow powder bitter taste. Very little soluble in water (1: 4200), little - in alcohol, soluble in alkalis.

It is an antibacterial substance that acts on various gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (staphylococci, streptococci, dysentery bacillus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella paratyphus, causative agent of gas gangrene, etc.).

Appointed externally for the treatment and prevention of purulent-inflammatory processes and inward for the treatment of bacterial dysentery.

With purulent wounds, bedsores and ulcers, burns of II and III degree, to prepare the granulating surface to skin transplants and to the secondary suture, irrigate the wound with an aqueous solution of furacilin and impose moist bandages; In osteomyelitis after the operation, wash the cavity with an aqueous solution of furacilin and apply a moist bandage; With empyema of the pleura suction of pus and wash the pleural cavity, followed by the introduction into the cavity of 20 - 100 ml of an aqueous solution of furacilin. In anaerobic infection, in addition to the usual surgical intervention, the wound is treated with furatsilinom, with chronic purulent otitis apply in the form of drops alcohol solution furatsilina. In addition, the drug is prescribed for furuncles of the external auditory canal and empyema of the paranasal sinuses; To wash the maxillary (maxillary) and other paranasal sinuses, use an aqueous solution of furacilin; With conjunctivitis and scrofulous diseases of the eyes, an aqueous solution of furacilin is instilled in the conjunctival sac; With blepharitis, the edges of the eyelids are lubricated with furacilin ointment.

Furacilin is also used in other purulent processes that require the appointment of antibacterial drugs.

Apply furatsilin with the indicated indications in the form of an aqueous 0.02% (1:50 000) solution; Alcohol solution 0.066% (1: 1500); 0.2% of the ointment.

To make an aqueous solution, 1 part of furacilin is dissolved in 5000 parts of isotonic sodium chloride solution or distilled water. For faster dissolution, boiling or hot water is recommended. The solution is then cooled to room temperature, and it can be stored for a long time. The solution of furacilin is sterilized at + 100 ° C for 30 minutes.

Alcohol solution furatsilina (1: 1500) is prepared on 70% alcohol, it can also be stored indefinitely for a long time.

To prepare furatsilinovoi ointment, the drug is diluted in a small amount of vaseline oil, left for 10 - 20 hours, then add castor oil, fish oil, lanolin.

Sometimes used furatsilin for the treatment of acute bacterial dysentery. Assign adults inside 0.1 g 4 - 5 times a day for 5 to 6 days. If necessary, after 3 to 4 days, a second course of treatment is performed; Take 0.1 g of the drug 4 times a day for 3 to 4 days.