Ceftazidim MIP Pharma
Ceftazidim MIP Pharma is an antibiotic that helps fight bacterial infections in adults and children by killing the harmful bacteria.
How to Use
Dosage
The dose depends on your weight, age, and infection. For newborns (0-2 months), it's 25-60 mg per kg per day in two doses. For infants over 2 months and children under 40 kg, it's 100-150 mg per kg per day in three doses. For adults and adolescents (40 kg or more), it's 1-2 g three times a day.
Method
Ceftazidim MIP Pharma is usually given by a doctor or nurse as a drip into a vein (infusion) or as an injection into a vein or muscle.
For children under 40 kg, the maximum daily dose is 6 g. For adults and adolescents (40 kg or more), the maximum daily dose is 9 g. For patients over 65, the daily dose should not normally exceed 3 g, especially for those over 80 years old.
Possible Side Effects
- •Diarrhea
- •Swelling and redness around a vein
- •Red, raised, itchy rash
- •Pain, burning, swelling, or inflammation at the injection site
- •Increase in a type of white blood cells (eosinophilia)
- •Increase in blood clotting cells (platelets)
- •Increase in liver enzymes
- •Bowel inflammation, which can cause pain or diarrhea, possibly with blood
- •Yeast infection in the mouth (thrush) or vagina
- •Headache
- •Dizziness
- •Stomach pain
- •Nausea or vomiting
- •Fever and chills
- •Decrease in white blood cells
- •Decrease in blood clotting cells (platelets)
- •Increase in blood urea, urea nitrogen, or creatinine levels
- •Kidney inflammation or kidney failure
- •Numbness
- •Unpleasant taste in mouth
- •Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin (jaundice)
- •Red blood cells destroyed too quickly
- •Increase in a certain type of white blood cells
- •Severe decrease in white blood cells
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to ceftazidime or any other ingredients in this medicine.
- Do not use if you have had a severe allergic reaction to other antibiotics like penicillin or similar medicines.
- Get urgent medical help if you notice severe skin reactions like red target-like spots, peeling skin, or sores in your mouth, throat, nose, genitals, or eyes. These can be serious.
- Seek urgent medical help if you have a severe allergic reaction, with symptoms such as a raised, itchy rash, swelling, or difficulty breathing.
- Get urgent medical help if you experience nervous system problems like tremors, seizures, or coma, especially if you have kidney disease or received a high dose.
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- Tell your doctor if you are taking other medicines like chloramphenicol, aminoglycoside antibiotics (e.g., gentamicin, tobramycin), or furosemide, a water tablet.
- This medicine can affect results of urine sugar tests and a blood test called Coombs test. Tell the person taking samples that you are on Ceftazidim MIP Pharma.
- If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to have a baby, talk to your doctor before using this medicine.
- This medicine may cause dizziness. Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how it affects you.