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Cefcare 125mg/5ml (Powder for Suspension)

Manufactured by: Navana Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

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Cefcare is indicated for

  • Pharyngitis
  • Susceptible infections
  • Sore throat
  • Tonsillitis
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Reproductive tract infection
  • skin infections

Precautions and warnings

Tell your doctor about your medical history, especially if you have renal illness or intestinal disease, before using this drug.

Cefadroxil may impair the effectiveness of live bacterial vaccinations such as the typhoid vaccine. Before getting any immunizations or vaccinations, tell your doctor if you're taking cefadroxil.

Sugar could be present in the suspension. If you have diabetes or any other illness that requires you to limit or avoid sugar in your diet, proceed with caution. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for advice on how to use this medicine safely.

Side-effects

  • Nausea
  • vomiting
  • diarrhoea
  • abdominal discomfort; skin rash
  • angioedema; elevated liver enzyme values; superinfection with resistant organisms especially candida. Potentially Fatal: Anaphylactic reaction; pseudomembranous colitis.

Drug Interactions

Concurrent usage with bacteriostatic antibiotics such as tetracycline, erythromycin, sulfonamides, and chloramphenicol can result in an antagonistic action.

Contraindications

Avoid this medication it you have hypersensitivity to the active ingredient to cephalosporins.

Mode of actions

Cefadroxil binds to one or more penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), which inhibits the last transpeptidation step of peptidoglycan production in the bacterial cell wall, halting biosynthesis and causing bacterial cell death. Proteus, Pseudomonas, Enterobacter, Morganella, Serratia, and Listeria monocytogenes are all resistant to cefadroxil.

Dosage & Administration

Adult: PO 1-2 g/day as a single dose or in 2 divided doses.
Children: 30 mg/kg/day in equally divided doses every 12 hours.

Renal impairment:
CrCl (ml/min)
26-50 0.5-1 g bid.
11-25 0.5-1 g once daily.

Pregnancy & Lactation

Although animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect even sometimes unable to demonstrate the risk on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, but during pregnancy, this medicine can be used just when definitely required.

Discuss with your doctors and tell them feedback about this medicine.

There is no specific information about whether this medicine is passed on to the baby through breast milk. Discuss with your doctor before breastfeeding.

Pack Size & Price

100ml bot Price : ৳70.26

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