Metrogil gel without an applicator is applied externally, applied to the affected areas. The course of treatment takes up to several months. The drug practically does not penetrate the skin, for example, for the treatment of pregnant and lactating mothers.
The gel with the applicator is injected into the vagina, the treatment lasts about a week. Penetrates through the mucosa of the genital tract, spreads with a blood stream through the body, excreted by the kidneys, intestines. Passes through the placenta, potentially dangerous for expectant mothers, nursing women.
Dental gel is applied to the oral mucosa, gums for a maximum of 2 weeks. Chlorhexidine in the composition enhances the antimicrobial effect. It has a mint flavor with a cooling effect. A blood test does not show its presence or trace amounts are detected, it is used with caution in pregnant and lactating women. Limited use in children, adolescents.
Metrogil is the commercial name of metronidazole, patented by the Indian company UNIQUE PHARMACEUTICAL Laboratories.
Metronidazole is a widely used medical product that is actively used to combat the pathogenic microbial flora. The history of its use has more than 70 years, but now this tool does not lose ground and is included in many treatment regimens. Metronidazole is effective against anaerobic bacteria (capable of living in an oxygen-free environment) and protozoa unicellular. This antimicrobial drug interferes with the synthesis of genes of pathogenic organisms, preventing their further reproduction. In addition to tablets and solutions, there are several pharmacy forms intended for topical treatment of infections of various localization.
Metrogil Gel – on guard of skin and genital tract infections
In this form of release, metronidazole is evenly distributed in the gel-like substance. In addition to the main component, the composition of the drug includes preservatives, a special gelling substance carbomer 940, a propylene glycol thickener, complex salts to improve the adhesion of the constituents, and water. The color of the gel is from clear to light yellow.
Metrogil Gel for cutaneous use and vaginal use is produced.
The gel for external use is packaged in metal tubes weighing 30 grams, contains 10 mg of active substance in 1 gram of product.
Vaginal gel is available in tubes with the same weight and concentration of metronidazole, but the kit comes with a special applicator that makes it easy to administer the medicine.
Metrogil Dent – oral treatment
A convenient form of release for use in the oral cavity. In addition to 10 mg of metronidazole, each gram of product contains 0.5 mg of chlorhexidine. This is a proven antimicrobial drug that penetrates the wall of harmful bacteria and protozoa, damaging their genetic apparatus. Metrogil Denta is packaged in plastic tubes of 5, 10, 20 grams. The color of the preparation is white, the gelling substance carbomer 940, a thickener propylene glycol, salts, water, saccharin and levomenthol are included in the composition to improve palatability.
What combines two gels
Similar to all release forms is the extensive antimicrobial range of action. Preparations destroy the protozoa – the causative agents of trichomoniasis, amebiasis, giardiasis. Infections caused by rod-shaped microorganisms – bacteroids, fusobacteria, clostridia, peptococci, peptostreptococci – are highly sensitive to therapy with these drugs.
A number of researchers talk about the presence of antioxidant properties, that is, the drug prevents tissue damage by free oxygen molecules.
What conditions require the use of metrogil
The form of the drug for external use has a wide range of uses. Indications for therapy are:
- Various types of acne, including pink acne, acne after taking steroids.
- Poorly healing varicose ulcers of the lower extremities.
- Ulcerated hemorrhoidal formations.
- Anal fissures, paraproctitis.
- The current wound process of various localization was sluggish, including deep abscesses with the formation of cavities, caverns.
- Seborrhea is a painful condition of the skin and hair with excessive secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- Pressure ulcers in bedridden patients as a means of a complex of measures.
Vaginal gel is prescribed for:
- Genital trichomoniasis infection.
- Vaginosis – imbalance in the microbial flora of the vagina with a predominance of pathogenic.
- Conducting medical manipulations on the internal genital organs, installing intrauterine contraceptives, while cauterizing cervical erosion.
The drug for dental use is indicated for patients suffering from:
- Gingivitis is a gum disease caused by bacteria.
- Periodontitis – inflammation of the tissues surrounding the tooth, with the appearance of pockets where the gel is laid.
- Stomatitis is a pathology of the oral mucosa.
Also, metrogil is widely used by dentists after tooth extraction, installation of implants, prostheses to prevent all kinds of complications.
