Metronidazole Braun
Metronidazole Braun is an antibiotic used to treat and prevent bacterial infections.
Form
infuusioneste, liuos
Strength
5 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Metronidazole
Manufacturer
B. Braun Melsungen AG
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will decide the right dose for you based on your illness, age, and weight.
Method
A doctor or nurse will give this medicine to you as an intravenous drip directly into a vein.
Important
Your doctor will determine your maximum daily dose.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Vague feelings of discomfort.
- •Metallic taste in mouth.
- •Lower white blood cell count (leukopenia).
RARE
- •Lower platelet count (thrombocytopenia).
- •Mental changes like confusion or seeing/hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).
- •Dizziness, problems with coordination, nerve problems such as numbness, pain, or tingling in arms or legs, and seizures.
- •Vision changes, such as double vision or blurry vision.
- •Tongue inflammation, stomach pain, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, changes in taste, and loss of appetite.
- •Abnormal liver blood test results, liver inflammation, yellowing of skin/eyes (jaundice), or pancreas inflammation.
- •Skin rash, itching, or hives.
- •Hot flashes.
- •Dark urine.
- •Fever.
- •Headache.
Important Warnings
- Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to metronidazole or any similar ingredients.
- Do not use if you have unusual blood test results or a blood disease.
- Do not use if you have a nervous system illness.
- Tell your doctor immediately if you feel numbness or tingling in your skin, have trouble with coordination, feel dizzy, or have seizures.
- Do not drink alcohol during treatment and for one day after. It can cause dizziness or vomiting.
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- Do not breastfeed while using this medicine, as it can pass into breast milk.
- Do not drive or use machines, especially at the start of treatment, as this medicine can make you less alert.
- Tell your doctor if you have a genetic condition called Cockayne syndrome.