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Composition :

LEVOFLOXACIN-250MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd

Consume Type :

ORAL

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Not Returnable

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About Leon 250 Tablet

Leon 250 Tablet is an antibiotic that belongs to the third generation of fluoroquinolones. It is a highly effective antibiotic that works against a variety of bacteria. Leon 250 Tablet is used in a variety of bacterial infections, most importantly acute pneumonia (Lung infection), bronchitis (Inflammation of lung passages), skin infections, as well as urinary tract infection. A bacterial infection is a condition in which bacteria grow in the body and cause infection. It can target any body part and multiple very quickly. 

Bacteria that are dangerous can make you sick and replicate in your body quickly. Harmful bacteria create chemicals known as toxins that can harm the tissue and cause you sick. Leon 250 Tablet sticks to enzymes (Topoisomerase IV & DNA gyrase) responsible for the division of bacteria & stop the process of multiplication of bacteria & hence kills bacteria.

The dose of Leon 250 Tablet can vary depending upon your condition and the severity of the infection. Leon 250 Tablet may cause common side effects like nausea, vomiting, indigestion, diarrhoea, constipation, trouble sleeping, and allergy. These side effects do not require immediate attention and resolve eventually.  Nevertheless, if the side effects are persistent, contact your doctor.

Before starting Leon 250 Tablet , please inform your doctor if you have any allergy (against any antibiotic), kidney or liver problems. Do not take Leon 250 Tablet  on your own as, self-medication may lead to antibiotic-resistance in which antibiotics fail to act against specific bacterial infections. And also, if prescribed by your doctor Leon 250 Tablet  is safe to use during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Uses of Leon 250 Tablet

Bacterial infections like Pneumonia (Fluid buildup in lungs), Chronic bronchitis (swelling of airways and lung passages), Prostatitis (swelling of prostrate gland), Acute Pyelonephritis (Kidney inflammation), Urinary tract infection, Plague (Communicable bacterial infection), Reduces progression of anthrax infection, Endocarditis, Meningitis, and Pelvic inflammatory disease.

Directions for Use

Tablet/Capsule: Swallow it as a whole with water; do not crush, break or chew it.Syrup/Suspension: 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

Leon 250 Tablet is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections resulting in pneumonia (Fluid build up in the lungs), urinary tract infection,  bladder infection, prostate gland infection as well as skin infections. Leon 250 Tablet inhibits the growth of bacteria that are then destroyed by the immune cells of our body. Leon 250 Tablet also kills bacteria by disrupting their inner cellular contents thus fights infection, with lesser chances of causing bacterial resistance to it as compared to other antibiotics.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight
Side effects of Leon 250 Tablet
Here are the 7 step-by-step strategies to manage the side effect of "inability to sleep" caused by medication usage:
  • Prepare for a restful night's sleep: Develop a calming pre-sleep routine, like reading or meditation, to help your body relax and prepare for sleep.
  • Create a sleep-conducive Environment: Make bedroom a sleep haven by ensuring it is quiet, dark and calm.
  • Follow a Sleep Schedule: Go to bed and get up at the same time every day to help regulate your body's internal clock and increase sleep quality.
  • Try relaxing techniques like deep breathing, mindfulness meditation and any others.
  • Limit stimulating activities before bedtime: Avoid stimulating activities before bedtime to improve sleep quality.
  • Monitor Progress: Keep track of your sleep patterns to identify areas for improvement.
  • Consult a doctor if needed: If these steps don't improve your sleep, consult a doctor for further guidance and therapy.
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.
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 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.
  • Skin rash caused by allergies is due to irritants or allergens. Therefore, avoid contact with such irritants.
  • Consult your doctor for proper medication and apply an anti-itch medication. Follow the schedule and use the medication whenever needed.
  • Protect your skin from extreme heat and try to apply wet compresses.
  • Soak in the cool bath, which gives a soothing impact to the affected area.

Drug Warnings

Do not take Leon 250 Tablet if you are allergic or have had a severe reaction to any fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as delafloxacin, gemifloxacin, ofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Taking Leon 250 Tablet may increase the chances of developing tendinitis (swelling of a fibrous tissue that connects a bone to a muscle) or have a tendon rupture (tearing of a fibrous tissue that connects a bone to a muscle). Inform your doctor if you have or have ever had a kidney, heart, or lung transplant, kidney disease, a joint or tendon disorder such as rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune disorder of joints causing pain, swelling, and loss of function), seizures (fits), epilepsy or if you participate in regular physical activity. Taking Leon 250 Tablet may worsen muscle weakness in people with myasthenia gravis (a nervous system disorder that causes muscle weakness) and cause severe difficulty breathing or death. Dairy products should be avoided along with Leon 250 Tablet . And also, exposure to sunlight should be avoided while taking Leon 250 Tablet as it may cause increased phototoxicity or photosensitivity. Patients with epilepsy and irregular heartbeat (QT prolongation) should tell their doctor before taking Leon 250 Tablet .

Drug-Drug Interactions

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LevofloxacinDisopyramide
Critical
LevofloxacinZiprasidone
Critical

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LevofloxacinDisopyramide
Critical
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Combining Leon 250 Tablet with Disopyramide can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythm .

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Disopyramide is not recommended, as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience any symptoms like sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or pounding heartbeats, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without first consulting your doctor.
LevofloxacinZiprasidone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Ziprasidone can increase the risk of abnormal heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Ziprasidone is not recommended, but it can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult your doctor if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
LevofloxacinSotalol
Critical
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Using sotalol together with Leon 250 Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious. The risk increases in patients with a history of heart illness or electrolyte imbalance.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Sotalol is generally avoided as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. If you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or pounding heartbeats, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
LevofloxacinAmiodarone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
The combination of Amiodarone and Leon 250 Tablet may significantly raise the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Despite the fact that Amiodarone and Leon 250 Tablet interact, it can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. If you get dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or racing heartbeats, consult a doctor. Do not stop taking any medications without visiting a doctor.
LevofloxacinCrizotinib
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Although it is a very rare adverse effect, taking Leon 250 Tablet with crizotinib increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm. If you're dealing with other heart illnesses, electrolyte imbalances (for example, magnesium or potassium loss likely due to serious or prolonged diarrhoea or vomiting), you may be at greater risk.

How to manage the interaction:
Concomitant administration of Leon 250 Tablet with crizotinib can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience abrupt dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, get medical help immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
LevofloxacinPasireotide
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Coadministration of Leon 250 Tablet and Pasireotide can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Pasireotide together can result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. If you have any symptoms like an irregular heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, or trouble breathing, you should call a doctor right away. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
LevofloxacinMipomersen
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Coadministration of Leon 250 Tablet and Mipomersen may increase the risk of liver problems.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Mipomersen together can result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. If you have any of these symptoms - fever, chills, joint pain, swelling, bruising, skin rash, itching, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bleeding or liver damage - make sure to contact a doctor right away. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
LevofloxacinClozapine
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with Clozapine increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Leon 250 Tablet with Clozapine can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience abrupt dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, get medical help immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
LevofloxacinFingolimod
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Taking Leon 250 Tablet with fingolimod increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Concomitant administration of Leon 250 Tablet with fingolimod can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience abrupt dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, get medical help immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
LevofloxacinMetformin
Severe
How does the drug interact with Leon 250 Tablet:
Co-administration of Metformin with Leon 250 Tablet can affect blood glucose levels - Both hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) and, less frequently, hypoglycemia (low blood glucose).

How to manage the interaction:
There is a possibility of interaction between Metformin and Leon 250 Tablet, but they can be taken together if a doctor has prescribed them. Consult a doctor if you experience Symptoms of hypoglycemia- headache, dizziness, drowsiness, nervousness, confusion, tremor, nausea, hunger, weakness, perspiration, palpitation, and rapid heartbeat and Symptoms of hyperglycemia may include increased thirst, increased hunger, and increased urination. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.

Drug-Food Interactions

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Dairy products such as milk and yogurt must be avoided for at least 2 hours before and after taking the medicine.
  • Maintaining good hygiene is essential.
  • Have more fiber-enriched food in your diet, as it 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.
  • After taking the full course of levofloxacin, probiotics should be taken in order to recover healthy bacteria that could have been destroyed in the intestines. The risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea by antibiotic treatment can be minimized by taking probiotics.

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FAQs

Leon 250 Tablet inhibits the growth of bacteria that are then destroyed by the immune cells of our body. Leon 250 Tablet also kills bacteria by disrupting their inner cellular contents thus helps fight infection.

Diarrhoea may be caused by Leon 250 Tablet . It is an antibiotic that destroys dangerous bacteria by killing them. Nonetheless, it also affects the beneficial bacteria in your stomach or gut and causes diarrhoea. Talk to your doctor about it if you have serious diarrhoea.

It is recommended not to stop taking this drug without completing the course as prescribed by a doctor. If a patient stops taking this drug by himself/herself, It may be difficult to treat future infections with Leon 250 Tablet due to resistance that microbes develop on non-completion of drug course.

It is safe to use Leon 250 Tablet alongside contraceptives; no harmful/negative interaction has been reported between them.

Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List

  • SUCRALFATE
  • THEOPHYLLINE
  • CIMETIDINE
  • PROBENECID
  • CYCLOSPORINE
  • INSULIN
  • WARFARIN
  • GLIBENCLAMIDE

Special Advise

Before starting Leon 250 Tablet treatment a patient should take care of the following points :

  • During treatment and after 48 hours of discontinuation of treatment with Leon 250 Tablet , limit exposure to heavy sunlight or to artificial UV rays (e.g. sunlight).
  • Before using eye drops of Leon 250 Tablet , remove the contact lenses and wait at least 15 minutes before reinsertion.
  • Monitor liver function test (LFT), renal function test, white blood cell count, and blood glucose level in diabetic patients as Leon 250 Tablet may cause harmful interactions in these patients.

Disease/Condition Glossary

A bacterial infection is a condition in which harmful bacteria enter, multiply, and infect our bodies. It can target any body part and multiple very quickly. When you get infected with bacteria, you can experience generalized symptoms like fevers, chills, and fatigue. Bacteria are of various forms comprising commonly of spherical, rod, and spiral-shaped. Bacterial infections vary from minor illnesses like sore throat and ear infections to severe brain infections like meningitis and encephalitis. Few harmful bacteria that cause infections include Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and E. coli. Anyone can become infected with a bacterial infection. People with weak immune systems or taking immunosuppressive medicine can make them more prone to bacterial infection.

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