Co-fluampicil para infecção

About co-fluampicil

Co-fluampicil contains two penicillin antibiotics in equal amounts - flucloxacilina e ampicillin. It is used to treat bacterial infections. It works by killing the bacteria causing the infection.

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start taking co-fluampicil it is important that your doctor or pharmacist knows:

• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding. (Although co-fluampicil is not known to be harmful to babies, it is still important that you tell your doctor if you are expecting or breastfeeding a baby.)

• If you think you have glandular fever.

• Se você tiver problemas com o funcionamento do seu fígado.

• Se você tem problemas nos rins.

• Se você estiver tomando outros medicamentos. Isso inclui quaisquer medicamentos que você esteja tomando e que estejam disponíveis para compra sem receita médica, bem como medicamentos fitoterápicos e complementares.

• Se você tem uma condição alérgica ou já teve uma reação alérgica a um medicamento. Isso é especialmente importante se você já teve uma reação ruim a algum antibiótico à base de penicilina.

• Before you start this antibiotic, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. The leaflet will give you more information about co-fluampicil and a full list of side-effects which you may experience from taking it.

• Take co-fluampicil exactly as your doctor tells you to. It is taken four times daily - space the doses out evenly during the day. Your doctor or pharmacist will tell you how many capsules to take for each dose, and this information will be printed on the label of the pack to remind you.

• You should take co-fluampicil about an hour before a meal. This is because your body absorbs less of the antibiotic if there is food in your stomach, which means the medicine is less effective.

• Engula as cápsulas inteiras - não mastigue nem abra-as. Algumas pessoas acham que ajuda engolir as cápsulas com um copo de água.

• Se você esquecer de tomar uma dose, tome-a assim que se lembrar. Tente tomar o número correto de doses a cada dia, mas não tome duas doses ao mesmo tempo para compensar.

• Even if you feel your infection has cleared up, keep taking the antibiotic until the course is finished, unless you are told to stop. This is to prevent the infection from coming back. Your doctor will tell you how long your course of treatment will last. If you still feel unwell after finishing the course, go back to see your doctor.
  

• Algumas pessoas desenvolvem candidíase (vermelhidão e coceira na boca ou vagina) após tomar um curso de antibióticos. Se você acha que tem candidíase, fale com seu médico ou farmacêutico para obter aconselhamento.

• Se você estiver passando por uma cirurgia ou qualquer outro tratamento médico, informe a pessoa que está realizando o procedimento que você está tomando um antibiótico.

• Co-fluampicil may stop the oral typhoid vaccine from working. If you are having any vaccinations, make sure the person treating you knows that you are taking this antibiotic.

• If you are taking co-fluampicil over an extended period of time, your doctor will want to routinely check on your progress. Try to keep any regular appointments you have booked with your doctor, as you will need to have some blood tests to check that your liver and kidneys are working well.

• If you are taking the contraceptive 'pill' at the same time as this antibiotic, the effectiveness of the 'pill' can be reduced if you have sickness (vomiting) or diarrhoea which lasts for more than 24 hours. If this should happen to you (for whatever reason), ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice about what additional contraceptive precautions to use. There is no need to use additional precautions for any bouts of sickness or diarrhoea which last for less than 24 hours.

• If you need pain relief whilst taking co-fluampicil it is best to speak to your doctor or a pharmacist first. The painkiller paracetamol is not always recommended during treatment with flucloxacillin, especially if you also have problems with the way your kidneys work.

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common ones associated with co-fluampicil. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Importante: if you develop an itchy rash, or a swollen face or mouth, or have difficulty breathing, these may be signs that you are allergic to a penicillin antibiotic. Do not take any more co-fluampicil and speak with your doctor or go to your local accident and emergency department straightaway.

Se você apresentar outros sintomas que acha que podem ser causados pelo medicamento, consulte seu médico ou farmacêutico.

• Mantenha todos os medicamentos fora do alcance e da vista das crianças.

• Store co-fluampicil capsules in a cool, dry place, away from direct heat and light.