Dalacin C 150 Capsule 10's
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About Dalacin C 150 Capsule
Dalacin C 150 Capsule belongs to the class of ‘antibiotics’, primarily used to treat bacterial infections. Bacterial infection occurs when harmful bacteria grow in the body and causes illness. It can infect any part of the body and multiply very quickly. Dalacin C 150 Capsule will not work for viral infections, such as common cold and flu.
Dalacin C 150 Capsule contains 'Clindamycin' that works by preventing bacterial protein synthesis, leading to the inhibition of bacterial growth. It shows a bacteriostatic effect that stops bacterial reproduction. Dalacin C 150 Capsule effectively treats infections caused by gram-positive and anaerobic (living without air) bacteria, including susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Clostridium perfringens.
Take Dalacin C 150 Capsule as advised by a doctor. Dalacin C 150 Capsule may cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. Common side effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule include stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, heartburn, skin rash, and vaginal itching or discharge. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. If these side effects persist longer, please consult your doctor.
Inform the doctor if you are allergic to any of the components in Dalacin C 150 Capsule . Let your doctor know if you have any liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal diseases (colitis, an inflammation of the colon), yellow food dye allergy, and allergic conditions (asthma, hay fever, eczema). Do not use Dalacin C 150 Capsule while getting vaccinated with live bacterial vaccines (typhoid vaccine) since Dalacin C 150 Capsule may affect vaccine activity. Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be used only with a doctor's advice during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Uses of Dalacin C 150 Capsule
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Key Benefits
Dalacin C 150 Capsule is an antibiotic that treats bacterial infections. It works by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis, which inhibits bacterial growth. It shows a bacteriostatic effect, which stops bacterial reproduction but doesn't kill them. Dalacin C 150 Capsule effectively treats infections caused by gram-positive and anaerobic (living without air) bacteria, including susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Clostridium perfringens.
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- Take cold water baths avoiding soap.
- Avoid scratching and scrubbing to prevent infections while itching.
- Use nets to prevent insects and mosquitoes.
- Stop using lotions and creams that cause irritation.
- Avoid alcohol and caffeine intake.
- Abnormal liver function requires immediate medical attention. Your doctor may recommend lifestyle modifications along with needed medication.
- Avoid intake of alcohol as it has a direct impact on liver functioning.
- Prevent medications like paracetamol, over-the-counter painkillers or those mentioned by your doctor, as they may have issues getting metabolised in your body.
- If you have overweight issues, losing weight can be a good thing to manage abnormal liver function.
- Cut down the number of fatty foods that are taken daily.
- 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.
- Drink water or other clear fluids.
- To prevent worsening of pain, limit intake of tea, coffee, or alcohol.
- Include bland foods like rice, toast, crackers, and rice in your diet.
- Avoid lying down immediately after eating as it may cause indigestion or heartburn.
- Avoid acidic and spicy food as it may cause indigestion.
- If you experience low blood pressure symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting while taking medication, seek immediate medical attention.
- Make lifestyle modifications and adjust your medication regimen under medical guidance to manage low blood pressure.
- As your doctor advises, regularly check your blood pressure at home. Record your readings to detect any changes and share them with your doctor.
- Fluid intake plays a vital role in managing blood pressure by maintaining blood volume, regulating blood pressure, and supporting blood vessel function. Drinking enough fluids helps prevent dehydration, maintain electrolyte balance, and regulate fluid balance.
- Take regular breaks to sit or lie down if you need to stand for long periods.
- When lying down, elevate your head with extra pillows to help improve blood flow.
- Avoid heavy exercise or strenuous activities that can worsen low blood pressure.
- Wear compression socks as your doctor advises to enhance blood flow, reduce oedema, and control blood pressure.
- If symptoms persist or worsen, or if you have concerns about your condition, seek medical attention for personalized guidance and care.
Drug Warnings
Do not use Dalacin C 150 Capsule if you are allergic to any of its components. Let your doctor know if you have any liver or kidney diseases, gastrointestinal diseases (colitis, Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea), yellow food dye allergy, and allergic conditions (asthma, hay fever, eczema). Do not use Dalacin C 150 Capsule while getting vaccinated with live bacterial vaccines (typhoid vaccine) since Dalacin C 150 Capsule may affect vaccine activity. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should consult their doctor before taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule . Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be used in children only when prescribed by a doctor.
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule with Botulinum toxin can increase the risk or severity of side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule with Botulinum toxin together can result in an interaction, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, if you experience any unusual symptoms contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule with clarithromycin may increase the effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction, Dalacin C 150 Capsule can be taken with clarithromycin if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the prescriber if you experience persistent vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, or diarrhea. Do not discontinue the medication without consulting a doctor.
Concomitant use of Dalacin C 150 Capsule with indinavir may increase the effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction, Dalacin C 150 Capsule can be taken with indinavir if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the prescriber if you experience persistent vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, or diarrhoea.
Co-administration of Boceprevir together with Dalacin C 150 Capsule can increase the effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Dalacin C 150 Capsule and Boceprevir, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. If you have ongoing feelings of sickness, throwing up, having loose stools, or pain in your stomach, it's important to contact your doctor right away. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
When Dalacin C 150 Capsule is taken with Fosphenytoin, it can cause the body to process Dalacin C 150 Capsule faster.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Dalacin C 150 Capsule and Fosphenytoin, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. If you notice any symptoms like sudden drowsiness, fatigue, confusion, itching, burning, or tingling sensation, abnormal body movements, or loss of coordination, make sure to contact your doctor right away. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.
Coadministration of use of Dalacin C 150 Capsule with ketoconazole can increase the effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction, Dalacin C 150 Capsule can be taken with ketoconazole if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the prescriber if you experience persistent vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain or diarrhea. Do not discontinue any medication without consulting a doctor. Do not discontinue any medication without consulting a doctor.
When taken in combination, Dalacin C 150 Capsule can lower the amount or action of estradiol.
How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Estradiol with Dalacin C 150 Capsule can result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
Co-administration of Dalacin C 150 Capsule with Bacitracin may increase the risk of kidney and/or nerve damage.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction, Dalacin C 150 Capsule can be taken with bacitracin if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the prescriber if you experience signs and symptoms of kidney damage such as sudden weight gain or weight loss, nausea, vomiting, fluid retention, loss of appetite, increased or decreased urination, swelling, shortness of breath, muscle cramps, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, confusion, and irregular heart rhythm. Let your doctor know if you develop seizures; hearing problems; or numbness, burning or tingling in your hands and feet. If you develop diarrhoea or vomiting during treatment with these medications, drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration, as dehydration may harm the kidney.
Co-administration of Dalacin C 150 Capsule may reduce the activity of the cholera vaccine.
How to manage the interaction:
Talk to your doctor before receiving the Cholera vaccine if you are currently being treated with Dalacin C 150 Capsule 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 antibiotic therapy. Do not discontinue the medication without consulting a doctor.
Co-administration of Dalacin C 150 Capsule with Atracurium can increase the risk of muscle weakness.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule with Atracurium together can possibly result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. "Dalacin C 150 Capsule can affect the muscles and nerves in your body. When used with other medications that also affect the muscles and nerves, it can cause a serious problem called neuromuscular blockade. If you have trouble breathing or can't breathe at all, please call your doctor right away." Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Include whole-grain foods like multigrain bread and brown rice in your diet.
- Taking probiotics after an antibiotic treatment reduces the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea.
- Try taking yoghurt, cheese, sauerkraut, and kimchi that help restore the intestine's good bacteria.
- Include more fibre-enriched food in your diet that is easily digested by your gut bacteria. Fibre foods may also help restore healthy gut bacteria after a course of antibiotics.
- Avoid intake of alcoholic beverages as it can make you dehydrated and affect your sleep.
- Manage stress, eat healthily, drink plenty of water, exercise regularly, and get plenty of sleep.
Side Effects of Dalacin C 150 Capsule
- Stomach pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Heartburn
- Skin rash
- Vaginal itching or discharge
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Almost all antibacterial medications have been associated with reports of Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD), formerly known as pseudomembranous colitis. It can vary from mild diarrhoea to deadly colitis.
How to manage the interaction:
Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) ranging from mild diarrhoea to colitis has been reported during treatment with antibacterial agents. Therapy should be administered cautiously in patients with history of gastrointestinal disease, particularly colitis and pseudomembranous colitis. Appropriate fluid and electrolyte management, protein supplementation, and antibacterial treatment of C difficile is advised.
Benzyl alcohol is frequently used as a preservative in the formulation of multidose vials for parenteral medicines. Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals believe that using them in neonates, especially preterm and underweight newborns, is contraindicated. In low birth weight preterm newborns, the use of benzyl alcohol in bacteriostatic saline intravascular flush and endotracheal tube lavage solutions has been linked to mortality and serious respiratory and metabolic problems.
How to manage the interaction:
Parenteral medications containing benzyl alcohol as a preservative are contraindicated in neonates, particularly premature infants and infants of low birth weight.
The liver is the primary site of Dalacin C 150 Capsule metabolism. Patients with significantly impaired hepatic function may have a rise in the blood concentration of Dalacin C 150 Capsule and a prolongation of the half-life. Additionally, the drug's usage may result in abnormal liver enzyme levels and jaundice. Patients with liver problems should receive Dalacin C 150 Capsule therapy with caution. When given every 8 hours, dosage modifications might not be required. However, with high-dose therapy, serum concentrations should be observed, and during prolonged therapy, regular liver function tests should be carried out.
How to manage the interaction:
Dalacin C 150 Capsule is primarily metabolized by the liver. Therapy with Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be administered cautiously in patients with liver disease. Serum concentrations should be monitored during high-dose therapy, and periodic liver function tests should be performed during prolonged therapy.
Dalacin C 150 Capsule is partially removed by the kidney. Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be used with caution in individuals with significantly impaired renal function. Dosage changes are probably to be required. Serum Dalacin C 150 Capsule concentrations should be monitored throughout high-dose therapy, and renal function tests should be conducted on a regular basis during extended medication.
How to manage the interaction:
Therapy with Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be administered cautiously in patients with severely impaired renal function. Serum Dalacin C 150 Capsule concentrations should be monitored during high-dose therapy, and periodic renal function tests should be performed during prolonged therapy.
Dalacin C 150 Capsule is partially removed by the kidney. Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be used with caution in individuals with significantly impaired renal function. Dosage changes are probably to be required. Serum Dalacin C 150 Capsule concentrations should be monitored throughout high-dose therapy, and renal function tests should be conducted on a regular basis during extended medication.
How to manage the interaction:
Therapy with Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be administered cautiously in patients with severely impaired renal function. Serum Dalacin C 150 Capsule concentrations should be monitored during high-dose therapy, and periodic renal function tests should be performed during prolonged therapy.
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Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List
- ERYTHROMYCIN
- WARFARIN
- CARBAMAZEPINE
- RIFAMPICIN
- PHENYTOIN
Special Advise
- Liver function monitoring (Liver function tests) is recommended in patients with severe liver disease.
- Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is reported during the usage of antibiotics. Please consult your doctor if you experience prolonged diarrhoea.
- Coagulation (blood clotting) tests are recommended when Dalacin C 150 Capsule is used along with anticoagulants.
Disease/Condition Glossary
Bacterial infection: It occurs when harmful bacteria grow in the body and causes illness. It can infect any part of the body and multiply very quickly. Bacteria may be gram-positive (have a thick cell wall) or gram-negative (do not have a cell wall). Some common symptoms of a bacterial infection include cough, fever, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, fatigue, and tiredness. Untreated bacterial infections may lead to serious life-threatening conditions like sepsis.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
Avoid taking alcohol while using Dalacin C 150 Capsule since it may worsen the side effects.
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
Please consult your doctor before taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule if you are pregnant or planning to conceive.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
Dalacin C 150 Capsule is not recommended during breastfeeding since it can be excreted into breast milk. Please consult your doctor before taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule if you are breastfeeding.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
Dalacin C 150 Capsule usually does not interfere with your driving ability.
Liver
Consult your doctor
Let your doctor know if you have any history of liver diseases before taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule since it may cause jaundice and abnormal liver function tests.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Let your doctor know if you have any history of kidney diseases before taking Dalacin C 150 Capsule .
Children
Safe if prescribed
Dalacin C 150 Capsule should be used in children only when prescribed by a doctor. Your doctor will prescribe the dose depending on the child's age and body weight.
