What medication is used for pneumonia due to bacterial infection

Pneumonia caused by bacterial infection, need to take antibiotics, cough medicine, phlegm medication to control the condition, such as: penicillin, dextromethorphan and so on. 1. Antibiotics: If it is clear that the infection is caused by bacteria, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral antibiotics, such as cephalosporin, penicillin, azithromycin, amoxicillin, roxithromycin, moxifloxacin and so on. 2. Cough suppressants: When bacterial pneumonia causes coughing, cough suppressants should be taken orally to stop coughing, such as dextromethorphan, pentoxifylline, clopidogrel hydrochloride tablets, etc. These are centralized cough suppressants. These are central cough suppressants, mainly to inhibit the medulla oblongata cough center and play the role of cough suppressants. 3. Phlegmatic drugs: some patients with bacterial pneumonia will cough up sputum easily, sputum viscous and other symptoms, should follow the doctor’s instructions orally aminobromine hydrochloride, bromhexine hydrochloride, acetylcysteine and other drugs for phlegm, this kind of drugs can improve the physical and chemical properties of sputum, and at the same time, can reduce sputum viscosity, to promote the function of cilia clearing, so that phlegm is normally discharged. Bacterial pneumonia patients taking the above drugs should be under the guidance of a professional physician, to avoid unauthorized use of drugs cause discomfort.