CEFIXIME P.P.M Capsule

CEFIXIME P.P.M

WHAT IS CEFIXIME P.P.M?

This medicine is indicated in treatment of bacterial infections: certaines urogenital infections; Acute otitis and sinusitis; Bronchial and pulmonary infections.

COMPOSITION:

CEFIXIME P.P.M Capsule

- Cefixime trihydrate equivalent to

cefixime.........................................................................................................................................200 mg

Excipients : q.s.f.........................................................................................................................1 capsule

HOW TO USE:

RESERVED FOR CHILDREN OVER 12 YEARS OLD AND FOR ADULTS

- The recommanded usual dosage is 400 mg / day, divided into two administrations with 12 hours interval.

- To be effective, this antibiotic should be used regularly at the prescribed doses, and as long as your doctor has advised you.

- The disappearance of fever, or any other symptom, does not mean that you are completely healed.

- The possible impression of fatigue, is not due to antibiotic treatment, but to the infection itself.

- Reducing or suspending your treatment would have no effect on this impression and delay your recovery.

Mode of administration : Oral route

STORAGE : Keep out of reach of children. Store at temperature below 30o C, protect from light, heat and humidity.

SIDE EFFECTS : The following effects may occur :

- Diarrhea,

- Allergy (such as urticaria or, more rarely, angioedema, etc.),

- Effects on the digestive tract : nausea, vomiting, difficult digestion, stomach ache.

- Skin effects : Lyell syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, or drug hypersensitivity syndrome (DRESS).

- Effects on the kidneys : renal failure by interstitial nephritis.

- Effects on nerves and brain : rarely, headache and dizziness. Inform your doctor or pharmacist about any undesirable effect which is not listed in this leaflet