Manufacturer: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Salt Composition : Nalidixic Acid(500mg)
Strip of 8 Tablet Dt
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You must not skip any doses and finish the full course of treatment even if you feel better. Immediately stop using Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet and inform your doctor if you get a rash, itchy skin, swelling of face and mouth, or have difficulty in breathing.
Consult your doctor if you find blood in the stool or if you feel pain in your tendons, numbness, or tingling sensations. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding must consult the doctor before consuming this drug.
Symptoms of overdose include nausea, vomiting, toxic psychosis, convulsions, increased intracranial pressure, metabolic acidosis; Severe overdose, intracranial hypertension, increased pressure, and seizures have occurred.
Avoid undue exposure to direct sunlight or use a sunscreen; take 1 hour before meals, but can take with food to decrease GI upset, finish all medication, do not skip doses; if persistent cough occurs, notify the physician.
Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Derma before using this medicine.
Being an antibiotic, it works by stopping the action of a bacterial enzyme called DNA-gyrase. This prevents bacterial cells from dividing and repairing, thereby killing them. This drug inhibits DNA polymerization in late stages of chromosomal replication.
Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Derma before using this medicine.
Nalidixic acid is metabolized by hydroxylation to 7-hydroxymethylnalidixic acid[[ and then by oxidation to 7-carboxynalidixic acid. [[ The half-lives of the two elimination phases of nalidixic acid are 0.75 and 2.5 h.
Nausea
Severe Diarrhea
Headache
Dizziness
Vomiting
Vertigo
Confusion
Convulsions
Fever
Chills
Rash
Urticaria
Photosensitivity
Thrombocytopenia
Visual Disturbances
Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Derma before using this medicine.
Nalidixic acid is contraindicated in individuals with a history of hypersensitivity to any quinolone antibiotic. Nalidixic acid should not be used for patients with porphyria.
Pregnant women are advised to consult a doctor before consuming this drug.
Lactating mothers are advised to take medical help before consuming this medication.
If you are allergic to NALIDIXIC ACID or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you have fits, porphyria (disorder in the formation of red blood pigment), kidney or liver problems, inform your doctor before taking NALIDIXIC ACID. If you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy, please inform your doctor before taking NALIDIXIC ACID. Avoid taking NALIDIXIC ACID if you are breastfeeding as it may be excreted in breastmilk and harm the baby. You are recommended to drink plenty of water to flush out the bacteria. You are recommended to complete the full course of NALIDIXIC ACID as prescribed by your doctor for effective results. You are advised to maintain a time gap of 2 hours between taking NALIDIXIC ACID and mineral supplements, vitamins with minerals or iron, sucralfate, didanosine, or antacids containing magnesium, calcium, and aluminium.
Drug Interactions
Drug-Drug Interactions: NALIDIXIC ACID may interact with a blood thinner (warfarin), bronchodilator (theophylline), antibiotics (tetracycline, chloramphenicol, nitrofurantoin), high uric acid levels lowering medicine (probenecid), anticancer drug (melphalan), immunosuppressant (cyclosporine).
Drug-Food Interactions: NALIDIXIC ACID may interact with caffeine. Therefore, avoid caffeine intake with NALIDIXIC ACID as it may increase the effects of caffeine.
Drug-Disease Interactions: If you have fits, porphyria (disorder in the formation of red blood pigment), liver or kidney problems, inform your doctor before taking NALIDIXIC ACID.
Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List:
WARFARIN
THEOPHYLLINE
TETRACYCLINE
CHLORAMPHENICOL
NITROFURANTOIN
PROBENECID
CYCLOSPORINE
MELPHALAN
Store below 30°C
It is advisable that you do not miss a dosage since there is just one dose per day. Consume the missed dosage as soon as you remember.
In case of an overdose, take medical help immediately.
Bacterial Infections
Information given here is based on the salt content of the medicine. Uses and effects of the medicine may vary from person to person. It is advisable to consult a Derma before using this medicine.
Ques : Does Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet effects the psychiatric treatment?
Ans : It may rarely cause leukopenia. Use caution with clozapine and carbamazepine.
Ques : Does Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet effects the metal status of the patient?
Ans : Dizziness and drowsiness are common. It may rarely cause confusion or psychosis.
Ques : What is Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet all about?
Ans : Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet is an antibiotic. It is used for the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery. It is also used in infection of the urinary tract, tonsils, sinus, throat, female genital organ, skin & soft tissue and lungs.
Ques : How does Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet work?
Ans : Gramoneg 500Mg Tablet works by stopping the action of a bacterial enzyme called DNA-gyrase. It prevents the bacterial cells from dividing and repairing, thereby killing them.
