Roxim 250 Tab 10'S
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About Roxim 250 Tab
Roxim 250 Tab belongs to the class of antibiotics known as cephalosporin, indicated for treating a wide range of bacterial infections. It helps in the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI), Mild to moderate lower respiratory tract infections (bronchitis), severe lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia), pyelonephritis (kidney inflammation due to the bacterial infection), uncomplicated gonorrhoea (sexually transmitted infection), Lyme disease (caused due to biting of infected black-legged tick insect) in adults and children above 12 years of age.
Roxim 250 Tab is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills a wide range of bacteria (bactericidal). It kills the bacterial cell by binding to the outer layer of the bacteria and blocking the activity of the enzyme that makes peptidoglycan (a vital component of the bacterial cell wall). As a result, the bacterial cell cannot grow and multiply and finally gets killed.
You should take Roxim 250 Tab only if your doctor has prescribed you. Roxim 250 Tab is available in various forms, such as oral tablets, dispersible tablets, and oral suspension. Most bacterial infections get treated within one week, while some conditions might take longer. So, it would be best if you tried to complete the dose your doctor prescribed for the specific bacterial infection. During the treatment with Roxim 250 Tab , you may observe some mild and transient nature of common side effects like headache, dizziness, stomach upset, overgrowth of candida (fungal skin infection), unpleasant taste in the mouth, diaper rashes, and eosinophilia (increased disease-fighting cells WBCs). These side effects are usually in the initial phase and then resolved after some time. However, if these side effects persist, let your doctor know about them.
Overdosage of Roxim 250 Tab can cause brain problems (cerebral irritation with fits or convulsions attack). There is no clinical evidence of a Roxim 250 Tab effect on the mother or baby during pregnancy. However, one should take the Roxim 250 Tab with caution. Roxim 250 Tab is excreted in the breastmilk, so the nursing mother should cautiously take Roxim 250 Tab . This antibiotic may cause dizziness, so patients should be cautious while driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery. Roxim 250 Tab is not recommended for people allergic or hypersensitive to Roxim 250 Tab , penicillin, or other beta-lactam antibiotics. In the initial stage of the treatment, you might have diarrhoea and abdominal cramps due to loss of gut flora (good intestinal/gut bacteria that aids digestion). So, the doctor may prescribe you prebiotics or probiotics to increase the number of gut flora. You can drink alcoholic beverages while taking amoxicillin, as it does not interact with Roxim 250 Tab . Liver and kidney-affected people should take this medication with caution.
Uses of Roxim 250 Tab
Directions for Use
Key Benefits
Roxim 250 Tab treats a wide range of bacterial infections caused due to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It helps treat respiratory tract infections, ear infections, skin infections, genitourinary infections, and bone infections. Besides this, Roxim 250 Tab also prevents in spreading of the infection after surgery and in the early treatment of Lyme disease caused by bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) in adults and children over the age of 12 years. The usual course of Roxim 250 Tab is seven days (5-10 days). But, your doctor might prescribe you Roxim 250 Tab for a longer duration depending on the condition of infection. Roxim 250 Tab has excellent antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus para influenza, Streptococcus pneumonia, S. pyrogens, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inflammation of Vagina needs immediate attention and cannot be ignored.
- Get a physical examination and prevent wearing clothes that can hold heat and moisture.
- Avoid using vaginal sprays or perfumed soaps that increase itching and irritation.
- Follow your doctor's instructions, and rest well with proper medication.
- Take a balanced diet and get regular screenings to reduce inflammation.
Drug Warnings
Special care should be taken by the people taking Roxim 250 Tab who have allergic reactions to penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics. Use with other antibiotics may lead to a fungal skin infection known as Candida. Prolonged use of Roxim 250 Tab may also cause an overgrowth of other pathogens (like enterococci and Clostridium difficile), which can be prevented by stopping Roxim 250 Tab . The case of colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) has been reported using Roxim 250 Tab . Hence, it is important to consider the proper diagnosis of the patients who developed diarrhoea after taking Roxim 250 Tab . If the symptom of diarrhoea persists for a longer duration, the patient may experience abdominal cramps. In this situation, you should discontinue the intake of Roxim 250 Tab immediately. The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (caused due to toxins released by the death of bacteria within the body during antibiotic treatment) has been seen in the patients taking Roxim 250 Tab for the treatment of Lyme disease. Your ability to perform tasks that require judgment, cognitive, or body movement may be affected, and you may have dizziness. So patients taking Roxim 250 Tab should be warned to be cautious when driving or operating machinery.
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Co-administration of Dalteparin and Roxim 250 Tab can increase the blood levels and effects of Dlateparin.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Roxim 250 Tab with Dalteparin together can possibly result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
The therapeutic efficacy of Lepirudin can be decreased when used in combination with Roxim 250 Tab.
How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Roxim 250 Tab and Lepirudin together can evidently cause an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has suggested it. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
Co-administration of Roxim 250 Tab may reduce the anti-tumor activity of BCG in the bladder.
How to manage the interaction:
Talk to your doctor before receiving BCG if you are currently being treated with Roxim 250 Tab. To ensure adequate response to your treatment, you should not receive BCG until after you complete your antibiotic therapy. Do not discontinue the medication without consulting a doctor.
Taking these medications together might make it harder for your body to absorb atazanavir, which could make it less effective.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- It would be best to take probiotics after taking the full course of Roxim 250 Tab to restore some of the healthy bacteria in the intestine that may have been killed. Taking probiotics after antibiotic treatment can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Certain fermented foods like yoghurt, cheese, sauerkraut and kimchi can help restore the intestine's good bacteria.
- Include more fibre-enriched food in your diet, as it can be easily digested by gut bacteria which helps stimulate their growth. Thus fibre foods may help restore healthy gut bacteria after taking a course of antibiotics. Whole grains like whole-grain bread, and brown rice, should be included in your diet.
- Avoid taking too much calcium enriched foods and drinks as it might affect the working of Roxim 250 Tab .
- Avoid intake of alcoholic beverages with Roxim 250 Tab as it can make you dehydrated and affect your sleep. This can make it harder for your body to aid the Roxim 250 Tab in fighting off infections.
Side Effects of Roxim 250 Tab
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Stomach upset
- Overgrowth of candida (fungal skin infection)
- Unpleasant taste in the mouth
- Diaper rashes
- Eosinophilia (increased disease-fighting cells/WBC)
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Colitis: In some cases the use of Roxim 250 Tab may cause ranging from mild diarrhea to fatal colitis. Colitis is commonly Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD). Discontinue therapy if signs of CDAD are confirmed.
How to manage the interaction:
Antibiotics may cause Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD), which may range from mild diarrhoea to fatal colitis. Roxim 250 Tab should be used with caution in patients with a history of gastrointestinal disease, particularly colitis (inflammation of the colon) or pseudomembranous colitis (a severe inflammation of the inner lining of the large intestine). Appropriate fluid and electrolyte management, protein supplementation, antibacterial treatment of C difficile, and surgical evaluation is advised.
Renal dysfunction: Roxim 250 Tab is eliminated by the kidney in an unchanged form. Thus the plasma levels of the drug increase and prolongs the half-life. Adjust the doses of Roxim 250 Tab as necessary.
How to manage the interaction:
The serum concentration may be increased in patients with impaired kidney function as most beta-lactam antibiotics are eliminated by the kidney. Dose adjustment may be necessary for patients with kidney dysfunction. Regular renal function tests are advised during prolonged or high-dose therapy.
Dialysis : Most of the antibiotics are eliminated by hemodialysis. Therefore, administer Roxim 250 Tab after dialysis or an additional dosage to be administered.
How to manage the interaction:
Roxim 250 Tab serum levels may be decreased by hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Supplemental doses should be given at the end of each hemodialysis session.
seizure disorders: In some patients, seizures were reported with whom renal dysfunction which incase of dosage adjustment was not done. Discontinue Roxim 250 Tab if seizures are reported.
How to manage the interaction:
Cephalosporin antibiotics may trigger seizures. Roxim 250 Tab should be discontinued if seizures associated with drug therapy occur.
liver disease: With Roxim 250 Tab, a transient increase in the AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphatase levels was observed. Use with caution and closely monitor for hepatic function is recommended.
How to manage the interaction:
Caution and monitoring is recommended in patients with liver disease as cases of hepatitis have been reported with the use of certain cephalosporins.
Rarely, cephalosporins use may cause hypoprothrombinemia, with or without bleeding. Monitor for Prothrombin time.
How to manage the interaction:
Cephalosporins may be associated with reduced prothrombin activity/prolonged prothrombin time (blood takes too long to form a clot). Prothrombin time should be monitored in at-risk patients and managed as needed.
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Disease/Condition Glossary
A bacterial infection is a condition in which harmful bacteria enter, multiply and infect our body. 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 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. But, people with weak immune systems or taking immunosuppressive medicine can make you more prone to bacterial infection.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
You are recommended not to consume alcohol along with Roxim 250 Tab .
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
Roxim 250 Tab is a pregnancy category B drug. So, Roxim 250 Tab can be safely taken by pregnant women if prescribed by the doctor.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
Roxim 250 Tab is excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
No studies on the effects on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed. However, as this medicine may cause dizziness, patients should be warned to be cautious when driving or operating machinery.
Liver
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor, there is no substantial research yet on the use of Roxim 250 Tab
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor, there is no substantial research yet on the use of Roxim 250 Tab
Children
Safe if prescribed
Roxim 250 Tab can be given safely to children provided dose has been prescribed by a child specialist. However, There is no clinical evidences of using Roxim 250 Tab in children under the age of 3 months.
