Drug Status in USA : Approved Drug Status in Canada : Approved
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Serious infections of the respiratory tract, ENT, skin, soft tissue, bone and joints, billary and GI tract, UTI, septicaemia, meningitis. Infections in immunocompromised patients.
Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?
Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient Hypersensitivity to Penicillins or Cephalosporins.
Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Neonates and infants, renal or hepatic impairment, prolong use.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
GI disorders, Pseudomembranous colitis, candidiasis, eosinophilia, neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, rise in liver enzymes and blood urea. Pain at injection site.
Drug Category/Class
Third-Generation Cephalosporins
Cephalosporins
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibacterials for Systemic Use
Antiinfectives for Systemic Use
Third-generation cephalosporins
Prescribed
For the treatment of patients with infections caused by susceptible strains of organisms in the following diseases: lower respiratory tract infecti...