Ragus

by Wilshire

Active ingredient: Bacampicillin

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About Bacampicillin

Broad-spectrum Penicillin

Uses

Respiratory, ENT, skin and soft tissue infections. UTI and gonorrhoea. Paratyphoid fever.

How to take it

Adults: 400 mg twice daily. In severe infections 800 mg twice daily. Children: 25-50 mg/kg/day in two equal doses.

Side effects

Hypersensitivity, GI upset, rash, transient rise in liver enzymes. Rarely pseudomembranous colitis.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: No evidence of risk in humans. Lactation: Contraindicated or not recommended. Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to penicillins, cephalosporins or other beta-Iactams. Precautions: Infectious mononucleosis and/or acute leukaemia of lymphoid origin. Renal impairment.

Advice

Contact prescriber if there is rash, itching, hives, tightness of chest, difficulty in breathing, stomach pain, loose watery stools, severe diarrhoea, white patches in mouth, vaginal itching and discharge.

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Interactions with Bacampicillin

Anticoagulants, allopurinol, probenecid.

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