What is SPECTRAXIME?
- SPECTRAXIME contains Cefuroxime which belongs to antibiotics
- It works by killing bacteria that cause infections
What SPECTRAXIME is used for?
It is used to,
- community acquired pneumonia
- acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
- complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis
- soft-tissue infections: cellulitis, erysipelas and wound infections
- intra-abdominal infections
- prophylaxis against infection in gastrointestinal (including oesophageal), orthopaedic, cardiovascular, and gynaecological surgery (including caesarean section)
Talk to Doctor
Pregnancy & Breast Feeding
Children & Adolescents
Driving & Using Machines
Talk to your doctor before taking medicine, if you:
- are allergic to Cefuroxime or any of the other ingredients of SPECTRAXIME
- have severe allergic reaction to any other type of betalactam antibiotic (penicillins, monobactams and carbapenems)
- you are vomiting or have severe diarrhoea
- have mild to moderate hearing loss
- fungal infections
- SPECTRAXIME should be prescribed to pregnant women only if the benefit outweighs the risk
- It is excreted in human milk in small quantities
- If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine
- SPECTRAXIME can be used in children and adolescents
- SPECTRAXIME is unlikely to have an effect on the ability to drive and use machines
Tell your doctor if you are taking medicines such as:
- oral anticoagulants such as warfarin
- other antibiotics such as tetracyclines, macrolides, chloramphenicol, aminoglycoside
- probenecid (a medicine for gout and other ailments)
- furosemide medicine used to increase urine output (diuretics)
- amphotericin used for fungal infections
- birth control pills (oral contraceptive pills)
- SPECTRAXIME will be given to you by doctor or nurse through the vein
- The dose and the course of treatment depends on the severity and type of infection
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
- severe allergic reaction marked by raised and itchy rash, swelling, sometimes of the face or mouth causing difficulty in breathing
- skin rash, which may blister (central dark spot surrounded by a paler area, with a dark ring around the edge)
- injection site pain, swelling and redness along a vein
- increases in substances (enzymes) produced by the liver
- changes in your white blood cell count (neutropenia or eosinophilia)
- low levels of red blood cells (anaemia)
- skin rash, itchy, bumpy rash (hives)
- diarrhoea, nausea, stomach pain
- low levels of white blood cells (leucopenia)
- increase in bilirubin (a substance produced by the liver)
- skin rashes
- a decrease in the number of blood platelets or white blood cells
- fungal infections
- fever
- inflammation of the colon (large intestine), causing diarrhoea, usually with blood and mucus, stomach pain
- inflammation in the kidney and blood vessels
- red blood cells destroyed too quickly (haemolytic anaemia)
- severe diarrhoea (pseudomembranous colitis)
- skin reactions (including severe)
- yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin
- inflammation of the liver (hepatitis)
- red blood cells destroyed too quickly (haemolytic anaemia)
- Keep this medicine out of reach of children
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date
- Store at room temperature (15-25°C)
- After the dilution is done it should be used immediately but can be stored at in a refrigerator (2-8°C) for up to 24 hours
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