DBL™ Cephalothin Sodium for Injection Cefalotin Sodium (ke-fä-lö-thin)
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What is in this leaflet Ask your doctor if you have any If you are not sure whether you questions about why cefalotin should start treatment with This leaflet answers some common sodium has been prescribed for cefalotin sodium, talk to your you. doctor. questions about DBL Cephalothin Your doctor may have prescribed it Sodium for Injection. It does not for another reason. Before you are given it contain all the available information. It does not take the This medicine is available only with Tell your doctor if you have place of talking to your doctor and a doctor’s prescription. allergies to any other medicines, foods, preservatives or dyes. pharmacist. There is no evidence that cefalotin All medicines have benefits and sodium is addictive. Tell your doctor if: risks. Your doctor has weighed the • you have any type of allergic risks of you being given DBL reaction to penicillin medicines, Cephalothin Sodium for Injection cephalosporin medicines or any against the benefits this medicine is Before you are given other antibiotic medicines expected to have for you. DBL Cephalothin You may have an increased chance If you have any concerns about Sodium for Injection of being allergic to cefalotin sodium this medicine, ask your doctor or if you are allergic to penicillins or pharmacist. When you must not be given cephalosporins. Keep this leaflet with the it Tell your doctor if you have or medicine. You should not be given DBL have had any of the following You may need to read it again. Cephalothin Sodium for Injection medical conditions: if you have an allergy to: • kidney disease • any medicine containing • severe bowel conditions/disease. What DBL Cephalothin cefalotin sodium Tell your doctor if you are • • any other cephalosporins pregnant or plan to become Sodium for Injection is pregnant or are breast-feeding. • • any of the ingredients listed at used for Your doctor can discuss with you the end of this leaflet. the risks and benefits involved. DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Some of the symptoms of an Injection is an antibiotic used to allergic reaction may include skin If you have not told your doctor about any of the above, tell them treat infections in different parts of rash, itching, difficulty breathing, before you are given DBL the body caused by bacteria. swelling of the face, lips or tongue. Cephalothin Sodium for This medicine will not work against • you have had a serious allergic Injection. infections caused by viruses such as reaction to penicillins colds or the flu. • the packaging is torn or shows Taking other medicines Cefalotin sodium belongs to a group signs of tampering Tell your doctor if you are taking of antibiotics called cephalosporins • the expiry date on the pack has any other medicines, including (ke-fä-lö-spör-ins). passed. medicines that you buy without a prescription from your It works by killing the bacteria If you take this medicine after the pharmacy, supermarket or health causing your infection or by expiry date has passed, it may not food shop. stopping its growth. work as well (or it may make you feel sick). Some medicines and DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Ijection DBL™ Cephalothin Sodium for Injection Published by MIMS August 2019 1 may interfere with each other. DBL Cephalothin Sodium for If you get severe diarrhoea tell These include: Injection can be given in two ways: your doctor, pharmacist or nurse immediately. Do this even if it • aminoglycoside antibiotics eg • as a slow injection into a vein occurs several weeks after gentamicin, tobramycin; • as a deep injection into a large cefalotin sodium has been medicines used to treat bacterial muscle. stopped. infections. DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Diarrhoea may mean that you have • anticoagulants eg warfarin Injection must only be given by a a serious condition affecting your (Coumadin™, Marevan™), doctor or nurse. bowel. You may need urgent heparin (Calciparine™, Your doctor will decide what dose medical care. Calcihep™), medicines used to you will receive of DBL Do not take any diarrhoea prevent blood clots. Cephalothin Sodium for Injection medicine without first checking • colistin sulfomethate sodium and how long you will receive it with your doctor. (Coly-Mycin M Parenteral™), a for. This depends on your infection If you get a sore, white mouth or medicine used to treat certain and other factors, such as your tongue while you are being bacterial infections. weight. For most infections, DBL treated with, or soon after • ethacrynic acid (Edecril™), Cephalothin Sodium for Injection is stopping cefalotin sodium, tell fluid tablets which cause a loss usually given in divided doses your doctor. Also tell your doctor of fluid. throughout the day. if you get vaginal itching or discharge. • frusemide (Lasix™, Urex™), Sometimes only a single dose of This may mean you have fungal fluid tablets which cause a loss DBL Cephalothin Sodium for infection called thrush. Sometimes of fluid. Injection is required for treatment in certain patients. the use of cefalotin sodium allows • methotrexate (Ledertrexate™, fungi to grow and the above Methoblastin™), used to treat If you take too much symptoms to occur. Cefalotin cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or sodium does not work against fungi. psoriasis. (overdose) If you become pregnant while you • piretanide (Not available in As DBL Cephalothin Sodium for are being treated with cefalotin Australia), a medicine which Injection is most likely to be given sodium tell your doctor causes an increased volume of to you in hospital under the immediately. urine. supervision of your doctor, it is very If you are about to start taking • probenecid, a medicine used to unlikely that you will receive an any new medicine, tell your treat gout or prolongs the action overdose. doctor and pharmacist that you of certain antibiotics. However, if you think you may are being treated with cefalotin These medicines may be affected by have received an overdose of sodium. cefalotin sodium, or may affect how cefalotin sodium, immediately If you have to have any blood or well it works. You may need telephone your doctor or the urine tests tell your doctor you different amounts of your medicine, Poisons Information Centre are being given cefalotin sodium. (telephone 13 11 26) for advice, or or you may need to take different It may affect the results of some go to Emergency at your nearest medicines. blood and urine tests. hospital, even if there are no signs Your doctor and pharmacist have of discomfort or poisoning. Tell all the doctors, dentists and pharmacists who are treating you more information on medicines to You may need urgent medical that you are receiving DBL be careful with or avoid while being attention. Cephalothin Sodium for given this medicine. Injection.
Things you must not do While you are being How DBL Cephalothin given DBL Cephalothin Do not stop taking DBL Sodium for Injection is Cephalothin Sodium for Injection Sodium for Injection because you are feeling better, given unless advised by your doctor. Things you must do Follow all directions given to you If you do not complete the full by your doctor or pharmacist If the symptoms of your infection course prescribed by your doctor, carefully. do not improve within a few days, all of the bacteria causing your They may differ from the or if they become worse, tell your infection may not be killed. These information contained in this leaflet. doctor. bacteria may continue to grow and
DBL™ Cephalothin Sodium for Injection Published by MIMS August 2019 2 multiply so that your infection may Tell your doctor or nurse Cefalotin sodium can cause not clear completely or it may immediately if you notice any of bacteria, which is normally present return. the following: in the bowel and normally harmless, Do not give DBL Cephalothin • severe blisters and bleeding in to multiply and therefore cause the Sodium for Injection to anyone the lips, eyes, mouth, nose or above symptoms. You may need else, even if they have the same genitals urgent medical attention. However, condition as you. • itchy spots accompanied by this side effect is rare. Do not use DBL Cephalothin fever and feeling unwell Do not take any diarrhoea Sodium for Injection to treat any The above list includes serious side medicine without first checking other complaints unless your effects. You may need urgent with your doctor. doctor tells you to. medical attention. Tell your doctor if you notice If any of the following happen, anything that is making you feel tell your doctor immediately or go unwell. to casualty at your nearest Other side effects not listed above Side effects hospital: may also occur in some people. Tell your doctor or pharmacist as • fever soon as possible if you do not feel • skin rashes which may be itchy well while you are being given • vomiting DBL™ Cephalothin Sodium for After being given DBL Injection. • severe diarrhoea Cephalothin Sodium • swelling or clotting of a vein Like other medicines, cefalotin for Injection sodium can cause some side effects. • faster heart rate. All medicines can have side effects. • fitting Storage Sometimes they are serious, most of • life threatening allergic reaction DBL Cephalothin Sodium for the time they are not. You may need which may include skin rash, Injection will generally be stored in medical attention if you get some of itching, difficulty breathing, the pharmacy or on the ward. the side effects. swelling of face, lips or tongue If stored at home, keep your • skin rash with joint pain and Do not be alarmed by the cefalotin sodium vials in their fever following list of side effects. You original packs until it is time to may not experience any of them. • decrease in urine output or use them. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to decrease in urine concentrating If you take the vials out of the pack answer any questions you may ability. they may not keep well. have. The above list includes very serious Keep them in a cool, dry place side effects. You may need urgent where the temperature stays While you are being given it medical attention or hospitalisation. below 25°C. Tell your doctor if you notice any Do not store DBL Cephalothin of the following and they worry After finishing treatment with Sodium for Injection or any other you: it medicine in the bathroom or near • oral thrush - white, furry, sore Tell your doctor immediately if a sink. Do not leave it in the car tongue and mouth you notice any of the following or on a window sill. • vaginal thrush - sore and itchy side effects, particularly if they Heat and dampness can destroy vagina and/or discharge occur several weeks after some medicines. stopping treatment with DBL • mild stomach upsets, such as Keep it where children cannot Cephalothin Sodium for feeling sick reach it. Injection: A locked cupboard at least one-and- • diarrhoea • severe abdominal cramps or a-half metres above the ground is a • pain, swelling, redness, a hard stomach cramps good place to store medicines. lump or tenderness at the site of • watery and severe diarrhoea, injection which may also be bloody • skin rash • fever, in combination with one • itchiness. or both of the above. These are all mild side effects of These are rare but serious side cefalotin sodium. effects. You may have a serious condition affecting your bowel.
DBL™ Cephalothin Sodium for Injection Published by MIMS August 2019 3 Product description
What it looks like DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Injection is a white to off white, almost odourless, crystalline powder. DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Injection comes in a single strength: • Cefalotin sodium equivalent to cefalotin 1 g. It is available in 10 mL vials in packs of 10.
Ingredients DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Injection contains cefalotin sodium as the active ingredient. It also contains: • sodium bicarbonate. DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Injection does not contain gluten, lactose, sucrose, tartrazine or any other azo dyes.
Sponsor
DBL Cephalothin Sodium for Injection is supplied in Australia by: Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd Sydney NSW Toll Free Number: 1800 675 229 www.pfizer.com.au ™ = Trademark © Copyright This leaflet was prepared in June 2019 AUST R 63203
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