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Most of the drugs used to treat bronchitis are available in tablet form, which makes them convenient for self-administration. If there are problems with oral medication, the patient is given an injection. Injection with drugs against bronchitis is carried out only as directed by a doctor in case of a severe attack of the disease.
What kind of injections for bronchitis?
In what cases are injections prescribed for bronchitis:
If other medicines and methods of treatment are ineffective and after five days from the start of treatment the patient’s condition has not improved, but worsened;
Infants in severe cases of bronchitis are given an injection of the drug if it is impossible to give medicine in the form of a syrup or tablet;
Exacerbations of chronic bronchitis;
Obstructive lung disease in children.
What injections are usually prescribed for bronchitis?
Antibacterial therapy with injections is prescribed to patients who belong to one of the above categories of patients;
Glucocorticosteroids – prescribed for chronic, acute bronchitis, allergic bronchitis have powerful anti-inflammatory properties, remove allergic reactions and have an immunosuppressive effect;
Bronchodilators – drugs that relieve swelling and spasm of the bronchi, injections of bronchodilators are indicated for severe obstructions.
Mucolytic drugs and drugs that stimulate expectoration are more often taken in tablet form or in the form of inhalations. For allergic bronchitis, a doctor may prescribe desensitizing agents and antihistamines.
antibiotics for bronchitis
Since the disease is viral in nature, antibiotic therapy in most cases does not work.
However, antibiotics may be helpful in the following cases:
With obstructive pulmonary disease and severe chronic bronchitis, the risk of bacterial complications increases, the use of antibiotics helps to avoid infection and improve the patient’s condition;
Antibacterial drugs in injections are prescribed for elderly patients whose immune system is weakened.
Patients with pronounced symptoms of toxicosis and leukocytosis;
Infants, whose immunity is just being formed, are prescribed antibiotics in injections for bronchitis, since it is problematic to use the oral form of the drug in this case.
Antibiotics in injections instantly enter the bloodstream, which can provoke complications in patients with individual intolerance to the drug. Therefore, before injection, it is necessary to do a sensitivity test to this drug.
Groups of antibiotics used to treat bronchitis:
Sulfonamides and trimethoprim – combined antimicrobial agents. The drugs in this group include Bactrim, Rancotrim, Sinersul, Berlocid, Groseptol, Duo-septol, Rancotrim, Sulotrim. They are prescribed for the treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. The resistance of microorganisms to drugs of this group develops slowly, side effects and complications after using the drug are rare. In some cases, after taking it, you may experience a feeling of nausea, loss of appetite, skin reactions, diarrhea. Rarer side effects include fungal infection of the mouth and hematological complications.
Penicillins – one of the safest groups of antibiotics, however, there is a possibility of developing an allergic reaction, which is why it is necessary to pre-test for sensitivity. They are used in combination with substances that enhance the action of penicillin, beta-lactamase inhibitors, which block the action of bacterial enzymes. Among the most common drugs in this group are Augmentin (it is prescribed primarily for pathologies of the respiratory system), Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, Osmapox, Hikoncil, Amoxiclav, Amotide, Grunamox.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics, for example, Gentamicin, which is prescribed for resistance of microorganisms to previously used antibiotics for bronchitis complicated by a bacterial infection.
Glucocorticosteroids in the bronchi
This group of drugs is prescribed only if other drugs have proven to be ineffective even at an increased dosage. Glucocorticosteroids have an anti-inflammatory effect, reduce bronchial hyperreactivity, which prevents an allergic reaction and increased mucus formation, characteristic of bronchial asthma.
Injectable glucocorticosteroids are prescribed with caution due to the risk of possible side effects, including myopathy, gastric ulcer, osteoporosis, and an increased risk of developing diabetes mellitus. Therapy with glucocorticosteroids is carried out under the strict supervision of a doctor, it uses drugs such as Medopred, Decortin, Solyu-Decortin.
Bronchodilators in the treatment of bronchitis
Bronchodilators, which allow to relieve bronchospasm, are used in the symptomatic treatment of chronic bronchitis, as well as in the treatment of patients with bronchial asthma.
Common injectable bronchodilators are inoline, isadrin, orciprenaline sulfate, ipradol.