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About Ceftuf L 200 Tablet

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet belongs to a class of medication called antibiotics used in the treatment of several bacterial infections of the urinary tract, ears, nose, throat, chest, lungs, etc. The bacterial infection is a condition in which harmful bacteria grows in the body and cause infection. It can infect any part of the body and multiple very quickly. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet does not work against infections caused by the virus.

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is a combination of two drugs, namely: Cefixime (antibiotic) and Lactobacillus (probiotic). Cefixime belongs to the class of antibiotics that works by interfering with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria. Lactobacillus belongs to the class of probiotics (live micro-organisms that keeps the body healthy) that helps to restore good bacteria in the intestines. Thereby, it prevents diarrhoea and loss of beneficial bacteria due to the prolonged intake of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

Take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet as prescribed by your doctor. You are advised to take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it for you based on your medical condition. In some cases, you may experience dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain, indigestion, gas, bloating, headache or vaginal itching. Most of these side effects of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects persist or worsen, please consult your doctor.

If you are allergic to Ceftuf L 200 Tablet , penicillins, cephalosporin antibiotics or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a doctor before taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet . Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is not recommended for children below 10 years as the safety and effectiveness were not established. Drive only if you are alert as Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may decrease alertness, cause confusion, unusual muscle movements or stiffness. You are recommended to complete the full course of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet as prescribed by your doctor for effective results.

Uses of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet

Bacterial infections

Directions for Use

Tablet: Swallow it as a whole with a glass of water. Do not crush, chew or break it. Syrup: Shake the bottle well before use. Take the prescribed dose by mouth using the measuring cup/dosing syringe/dropper provided by the pack.

Medicinal Benefits

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is a combination of two drugs, namely: Cefixime and Lactobacillus used in the treatment of several bacterial infections. Cefixime is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that acts against both aerobic (grow in the presence of oxygen) and anaerobic (grow in the absence of oxygen) gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. It interferes with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria. Lactobacillus is a probiotic (live micro-organisms that keeps the body healthy) that helps to restore good bacteria in the intestines. Thereby, it prevents diarrhoea and loss of beneficial bacteria due to the prolonged intake of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

Storage

Keep Ceftuf L 200 Tablet out of reach and sight of children.
Side effects of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet
Here are the precise steps to cope with diarrhoea caused by medication usage:
  • Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
  • Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
  • Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
  • Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
  • Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
  • Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
  • Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
To prevent, manage, and treat Constipation caused by medication usage, follow these steps:
  • Preventing Vomiting (Before it Happens)
  • Take medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. This can help minimize side effects, including vomiting.
  • Having a small meal before taking your medication can help reduce nausea and vomiting.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication along with your prescribed medication.
  • Managing Vomiting (If it Happens)
  • Try taking ginger in the form of tea, ale, or candy to help alleviate nausea and vomiting.
  • What to Do if Vomiting Persists
  • Consult your doctor if vomiting continues or worsens, consult the doctor for guidance on adjusting your medication or additional treatment.
Overcome Medication-Induced Nausea: A 9-Step Plan
  • Inform your doctor about the nausea and discuss possible alternatives to the medication or adjustments to the dosage.
  • Divide your daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to reduce nausea.
  • Opt for bland, easily digestible foods like crackers, toast, plain rice, bananas, and applesauce.
  • Avoid certain foods that can trigger nausea, such as fatty, greasy, spicy, and smelly foods.
  • Drink plenty of fluids, such as water, clear broth, or electrolyte-rich beverages like coconut water or sports drinks.
  • Use ginger (tea, ale, or candies) to help relieve nausea.
  • Get adequate rest and also avoid strenuous activities that can worsen nausea.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication if your nausea is severe.
  • Record when your nausea occurs, what triggers it, and what provides relief to help you identify patterns and manage your symptoms more effectively.
Here are the precise steps to cope with diarrhoea caused by medication usage:
  • Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
  • Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
  • Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
  • Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
  • Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
  • Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
  • Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
Here are the step-by-step strategies to manage the side effects of "indigestion" caused by medication usage:
  • Take medications with food (if recommended): It can help prevent stomach distress and indigestion.
  • Eat smaller, more frequent meals: Divide daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to ease digestion.
  • Avoid trigger foods: Identify and avoid foods that trigger indigestion, such as spicy, fatty, or acidic foods.
  • Stay upright after eating: Sit or stand upright for at least 1-2 hours after eating to prevent stomach acid from flowing into the oesophagus.
  • Avoid carbonated drinks: Avoid drinking carbonated beverages, such as soda or beer, which can worsen indigestion.
  • Manage stress: To alleviate indigestion, engage in stress-reducing activities like deep breathing exercises or meditation.
  • Consult a doctor if needed: If indigestion worsens or persists, consult a healthcare professional to adjust the medication regimen or explore alternative treatments.
Dealing with Medication-Induced Headache:
  • Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
  • Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
  • Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
  • Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
  • Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
  • Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
  • To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
  • Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
  • Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
  • Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
  • Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
  • Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.
Here are the 7 steps to manage Dizziness caused by medication:
  • Inform your doctor about dizziness symptoms. They may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
  • Follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication, and take it at the same time every day to minimize dizziness.
  • When standing up, do so slowly and carefully to avoid sudden dizziness.
  • Avoid making sudden movements, such as turning or bending quickly, which can exacerbate dizziness.
  • Drink plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated and help alleviate dizziness symptoms.
  • If you're feeling dizzy, sit or lie down and rest until the dizziness passes.
  • Track when dizziness occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.

Drug Warnings

If you are allergic to Ceftuf L 200 Tablet , penicillins, cephalosporin antibiotics or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you have kidney or liver problems, weak immune system or inflammation of the large intestine, inform your doctor before taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet . If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a doctor before taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet . Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is not recommended for children below 10 years as the safety and effectiveness were not established. Drive only if you are alert as Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may decrease alertness, cause confusion, unusual muscle movements or stiffness. You are recommended to complete the full course of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet as prescribed by your doctor for effective results. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may interact with certain blood or urine tests giving false-positive results. Therefore, inform your doctor that you are taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet before undergoing any tests.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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How does the drug interact with Ceftuf L 200 Tablet:
Co-administration of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with Cholera vaccine may reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine.

How to manage the interaction:
Talk to your doctor before receiving the cholera vaccine if you are currently being treated with Ceftuf L 200 Tablet or have been treated within the last 14 days. To ensure adequate vaccine response, you should not receive cholera vaccine until at least 14 days after you complete your antibiotic therapy. Do not discontinue the medication without consulting a doctor.

Drug-Food Interactions

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Take probiotics after completing the full course of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet to restore some healthy bacteria in the intestines that may have been killed. Taking probiotics after antibiotic treatment can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
  • Certain fermented foods like cheese, yogurt, kombucha, sauerkraut, and kimchi can help to restore the good bacteria of the intestine.
  • Include fiber-rich foods, as they can be easily digested by your gut bacteria, which helps stimulate their growth. Thus, fiber-rich foods may help restore healthy gut bacteria after a course of antibiotics. Whole grains such as brown rice and whole-grain bread should be included in your diet.
  • Make sure you drink plenty of water or other fluids every day while you are taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .
  • Avoid alcohol consumption as it may increase adverse effects.

Side Effects of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet

  • Dizziness
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
  • Stomach pain
  • Indigestion
  • Gas
  • Bloating
  • Headache
  • Vaginal itching

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Therapeutic Class

ANTIBIOTICS

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FAQs

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet contains Cefixime and Lactobacillus. Cefixime is an antibiotic that works by interfering with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby, damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria. Lactobacillus is a probiotic (live micro-organisms that keeps the body healthy) that helps to restore good bacteria in the intestines. Thereby, prevents diarrhoea and loss of beneficial bacteria due to prolonged intake of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may cause diarrhoea as a common side effect. However, if the condition persists, worsens or if you notice blood or mucus in stools, avoid taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet and consult a doctor immediately.

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may be used to treat lung infection caused by bacteria. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is an antibiotic that kills bacteria and prevents the spread of infection.

You are not recommended to take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with warfarin as co-administration of these two medicines may increase the risk of bleeding more easily. However, please consult your doctor before taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with other medicines.

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may interfere with a urine test or blood test giving false-positive results. Therefore, if you are about to undergo any laboratory tests, inform your doctor or lab technician that you are taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is not used to treat viral infections. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is an antibiotic which is used to treat only bacterial infections.

You are not recommended to stop taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet without consulting your doctor as it may worsen the infection or cause recurring symptoms. Therefore, take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it and if you experience any difficulty while taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet , please consult your doctor.

Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List

  • WARFARIN
  • FUROSEMIDE
  • DEXAMETHASONE
  • METHYLPREDNISOLONE
  • PREDNISONE
  • TACROLIMUS
  • CICLOSPORIN

Special Advise

If you are about to undergo any blood or urine tests, inform your doctor that you are taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet as it may interfere with these tests.

Disease/Condition Glossary

Bacterial infection: It is a condition in which harmful bacteria grows in the body and cause infection. It can target any part of the body and multiple very quickly. Bacteria come in three basic shapes, namely spherical, rod or spiral-shaped. Bacteria may be gram-positive (have thick cell wall) or gram-negative (do not have cell wall). Appropriate tests are done to identify bacterial strains and based on the results, proper medication is prescribed. Some common symptoms of bacterial infection include cough, fever and tiredness.

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Alcohol

Caution

Interaction of Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with alcohol is unknown. Please consult a doctor before consuming alcohol while using Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

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Pregnancy

Caution

Please consult a doctor if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is given to pregnant women if the doctor thinks benefits outweigh risks.

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Breast Feeding

Caution

It is unknown whether Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is excreted in human milk. Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is given to breastfeeding mothers if the doctor thinks benefits are greater than risks. Please consult a doctor if you are breastfeeding.

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Driving

Caution

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet may decrease alertness, cause confusion, unusual muscle movements or stiffness. Therefore, drive only if you are alert after taking Ceftuf L 200 Tablet .

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Liver

Caution

Take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with caution, especially if you have a history of Liver diseases/conditions. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required.

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Kidney

Caution

Take Ceftuf L 200 Tablet with caution, especially if you have a history of Kidney diseases/conditions. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required.

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Children

Caution

Ceftuf L 200 Tablet is not recommended for children below 10 years as the safety and effectiveness were not established.

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