Netilmicin
Drug Status in Canada : Approved
Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?
Infection mainly caused by gram-negative micro-organisms usually resistant to Kanamycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, sisomicin and amikacin.
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.Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication
Renal impairment. Myasthenia gravis. Premature and neonatal infants, dehydration, elderly. Pregnancy and lactation.
What are possible side effects of this medication ?
Ototoxicity, headache, visual disturbances, disorientation, tachycardia, hypotension. Thrombocytosis, paraesthesia, rash, chills, fever, fluid retention, vomiting, diarrhoea. Increased blood sugar, increased alkaline phosphatase. Eosinophilia.
Drug Category/Class
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
- Aminoglycosides
- Antibiotics
- Ophthalmologicals
- Sensory Organs
- Antibacterials for Systemic Use
- Antiinfectives
- Aminoglycoside Antibacterials
- Antiinfectives for Systemic Use
- Other aminoglycosides
- Antibiotics
Prescribed | For the treatment of bacteremia, septicaemia, respiratory tract infections, skin and soft-tissue infection, burns, wounds, and peri-operative infec... |
Weight : | 475.5795 |
Structure | Netilmicin |
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Formula | C21H41N5O7 |
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