Bactrim Forte 800/160 mg 10 tablets
Scientific name: Sulfamethoxazole 800 mg + trimethoprim 160 mg tablets.
Uses:
It is used to treat:
- Bladder or urinary tract infections (water infections).
- Respiratory infections such as bronchitis.
- Ear infections such as otitis media.
- Nocardia infection that can affect the lungs, skin and brain.
How to use:
- Always take this medication exactly as your doctor has told you.
- Make sure to finish for the duration prescribed by your doctor.
- The dose of medication and how long you need to take it depends on the type and severity of the infection.
- If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember unless it is almost time for your next dose.
- Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose.
side effects:
The following side effects are not common to everyone, but some patients may complain of:
- High levels of potassium in the blood, which may lead to an irregular heartbeat (palpitations).
- Fungal infection.
- headache.
- Feeling nauseous.
- Diarrhea.
- rash.
Warnings and precautions:
Talk to your doctor before taking the medicine if you have:
- If you suffer from severe allergies or asthma.
- If you have kidney disease.
- If you don't have enough folic acid (vitamin) in your body - which may make your skin pale and make you feel tired, weak and short of breath. This is known as anemia.
- If you suffer from a disease called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
- If you have a metabolic problem called phenylketonuria and are not following a special diet to help your condition.
- If you are elderly.
- If you are underweight or malnourished.
Preservation method:
- Store at a temperature below 25 degrees Celsius.
- Do not refrigerate the medicine in the refrigerator.
- Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
- Must be stored in the original packaging to protect it from moisture.
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the package.