Dosage:
Oral:Adt:500mg once daily or 250mg
twice daily with food for
7 to 14 days. Severe infections,
500mg twice daily.Mycobactarium
infections, 1000mg twice
daily
Precautions:
Renal or hepatic impairment, pregnancy,
lactation
AdverseEffects:
Gl upset, paraesthesia, stomatitis,
glossitis, oral monilia, tongue
or tooth discolouration, headache,
arthralgia, myalgia, rash, transient
CNS effects, allergic reactions,
hepatic dysfuncations, reversible
hearing loss. Rarely, pseudomembranous
colitis, hypoglycaemia, leucopenia,
thrombocytopenia, renal dydfuncation,
QT prolongation
Indication:
Lower and upper respiraotry tract
infections, skin and skin soft
tissue infections, acute otitis
media, mycobacterium avium infections
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