Expert Advice

• Take with meals.
• Take at regular intervals, as scheduled.
• Do not take an antacid within 2 hours before or after taking this
• Complete full course of therapy even if you feel better.
• Take sufficient amount of fluids to maintain hydration.

Primary Uses

Indications

This medicine is used in the treatment of tonsillitis (inflammation of tonsils), pharyngitis (sore throat), sinusitis (inflammation of sinuses), acute (short term) purulent (pus forming) bronchitis (inflammation of bronchi), exacerbation of chronic (long term) obstructive bronchitis (inflammation of bronchi), bacteria pneumonia (inflammation of air sacs in lungs), skin and urinary tract infection.

Side Effects

Patients administered with this medicine may experience gastrointestinal upset, headache, dizziness (feeling of being sleepy), tinnitus (ringing in ears), paresthesia (abnormal sensation of skin without any physical cause), asthenia (abnormal physical weakness), malaise (tiredness), allergic reactions, raised liver enzymes, raised blood urea and creatinine, and pseudomembranous (drug induced) colitis (inflammation of the lining of large intestine).

Contraindications

This medicine is contraindicated in patients of phenylketonuria (inborn error of metabolism) and in patients that are suffering from diarrhea (frequent watery stools) from an infection with clostridium difficile bacteria and abnormal liver function tests.