Drug information
Levofloxacin tablet 500 mg (LEVOFLOX GPO)
Indications
Treatment of bacterial infections of the respiratory tract.
Physician may use this medication for other indications not described above. If you have any inquiries, please ask the physician or pharmacist. Click to listen highlighted text! Indications Treatment of bacterial infections of the respiratory tract. Physician may use this medication for other indications not described above. If you have any inquiries, please ask the physician or pharmacist.
Contraindications and precautions
1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components or any other Fluoroquinolones.
2.Do not use in patients with myasthenia gravis.
3.Avoid using this medication in patients with G6PD deficiency.
4.Use this medication cautiously in pregnant women. Avoid using this medication in lactating women.
5.Use this medication cautiously in patients with renal impairment.
6.Use this medication cautiously in patients with epilepsy, or central nervous system disease. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions 1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components or any other Fluoroquinolones. 2.Do not use in patients with myasthenia gravis. 3.Avoid using this medication in patients with G6PD deficiency. 4.Use this medication cautiously in pregnant women. Avoid using this medication in lactating women. 5.Use this medication cautiously in patients with renal impairment. 6.Use this medication cautiously in patients with epilepsy, or central nervous system disease.
Recommendations of drug use
You should keep taking the medication until finish as directed by your physician.
Avoid taking this medication within 2 hours of milk, iron, calcium, antacids, or iron-rich foods such as: blood pudding, tripe. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use You should keep taking the medication until finish as directed by your physician. Avoid taking this medication within 2 hours of milk, iron, calcium, antacids, or iron-rich foods such as: blood pudding, tripe.
Adverse Reactions
This medication may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, headache.
If the symptoms of suspected hypersensitivity reactions occur such as: swelling in the face, eyelids, lips, urticaria, erythematous rash,
discontinue the medication and seek medical advice immediately.
If you develop irregular heartbeat, palpitation, syncope, ruptured tendon, pain in the tendons within the wrists or ankles, worsening muscle weakness, numbness or tingling sensation in the hands and feet, convulsion for unknown reasons,
discontinue the medication and seek medical advice immediately. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions This medication may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, headache. If the symptoms of suspected hypersensitivity reactions occur such as: swelling in the face, eyelids, lips, urticaria, erythematous rash, discontinue the medication and seek medical advice immediately. If you develop irregular heartbeat, palpitation, syncope, ruptured tendon, pain in the tendons within the wrists or ankles, worsening muscle weakness, numbness or tingling sensation in the hands and feet, convulsion for unknown reasons, discontinue the medication and seek medical advice immediately.
Drug storage
Store in a dry place; in a closed container protected from light. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store in a dry place; in a closed container protected from light.
The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only.
If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists. Click to listen highlighted text! The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only. If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists.
Levofloxacin. In: In Depth Answers [database on the Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2020 [cited 2020 Dec 3]. Available from: www.micromedexsolutions.com.