Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml
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About Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is used to treat infections caused by bacteria, such as pneumonia (lung infection) and infections of the reproductive organs. It is prescribed for treating severe infections when oral therapy is ineffective. A bacterial infection is a condition in which bacteria grow in the body and cause an infection.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml contains azithromycin, which slows the growth or sometimes kills the harmful bacteria by preventing the production of proteins required by the bacteria for its survival. Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml does not treat a viral infection like the flu or a common cold.
Not everyone who receives Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml will experience these side effects. You may experience pain, itching, swelling or redness at the site of injection, stomach cramps, nausea, diarrhoea, wind, dizziness, headache, and indigestion. Most of these side effects of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. Please consult your doctor if these side effects become troublesome.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml will be administered by a healthcare professional; do not self-administer. Do not stop receiving Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml even if you feel better. It is advised to complete the treatment course for better results.
Inform your physician if you are allergic to Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml, or have any history of muscle problems, arrhythmia, or low potassium or magnesium levels. Let your doctor know if you have/had liver problems; your doctor may need to monitor your liver function. Let your doctor know if you are pregnant or breastfeeding before taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml.
Uses of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The detailed uses of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml are as follows:
- Treatment of Bacterial Infections: Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is commonly prescribed for managing bacterial infections, including respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis.
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml effectively treats skin conditions like cellulitis and other soft tissue infections caused by bacteria that respond to this medication.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is widely used in the treatment of STIs such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea, due to its efficacy against the bacteria responsible for these diseases.
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Directions for Use
- Follow your doctor's instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication to ensure safe and effective use.
- Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml will be administered by the doctor or healthcare professional.
- Do not self-administer.
Medicinal Benefits
- Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml slows the growth or sometimes kills the harmful bacteria by preventing the production of proteins required by the bacteria for its survival.
- It is better tolerated and has more effective tissue penetration than other similar antibiotics.
- Doctors prescribe Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml for people who are intolerant to penicillin antibiotics.
How Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml Works
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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.
- Drink water or other clear fluids.
- To prevent worsening of pain, limit intake of tea, coffee, or alcohol.
- Include bland foods like rice, toast, crackers, and rice in your diet.
- Avoid lying down immediately after eating as it may cause indigestion or heartburn.
- Avoid acidic and spicy food as it may cause indigestion.
- 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.
- Tell your doctor about your GAS symptoms. They may change your medication regimen or prescribe additional drugs to help you manage them.
- To manage GAS symptoms, eat a balanced diet of fibre, vegetables, and fruits.
- Drink enough water throughout the day to avoid constipation and treat GAS symptoms.
- Regular exercise like yoga and walking may help stimulate digestion and alleviate GAS symptoms.
- Take probiotics only if your doctor advises, as they may help alleviate GAS symptoms by promoting gut health.
- Take medication for GAS symptoms only if your doctor advises, as certain medications can interact with your existing prescriptions or worsen symptoms.
- If symptoms persist, worsen, or are accompanied by severe abdominal pain, vomiting, or bleeding, seek immediate medical attention.
- Avoid taking raw fruits, nuts and vegetables.
- Do not share your personal things with others like toothbrushes.
- Clean the wounds and cuts using soap and water.
- Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently and maintain hygiene.
- Get a good quality of sleep.
- 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.
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Drug Warnings
- Do not take Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml if you are allergic or hypersensitive to azithromycin, any of its ingredients, any other macrolide antibiotic or ketolide (macrolide derivatives), or if you are taking ergotamine (used to treat migraine).
- Consult your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding before receiving Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml.
- Tell your doctor if you have any history of liver problems, jaundice, myasthenia gravis, heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), or electrolyte imbalance (low potassium or magnesium level).
- In rare cases, the use of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml can cause diarrhoea, so if you have watery or bloody diarrhoea, stop taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml and call your doctor. However, do not take any anti-diarrheal medication until your doctor advises you to do so.
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Co-administration of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with Ziprasidone can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is an interaction between Ziprasidone and Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml but can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. Contact a doctor immediately if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with efavirenz increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Though administration of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside efavirenz 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 heart palpitations, get medical treatment immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml increases the levels of protamine in the blood, which may increase its effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Protamine and Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml together may cause an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has suggested it. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with vemurafenib increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm. If you're dealing with other cardiac 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:
Although administration of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside vemurafenib can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with pazopanib may increases the blood levels of pazopanib. This increases the risk of serious side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is an interaction between Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml and pazopanib, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, consult a doctor if you experience fever, chills, joint pain or swelling, unusual bleeding or bruising, skin rash, itching, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, dark urine, and/or yellowing of the skin or eyes. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with ribociclib increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Although administration of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside ribociclib can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with fingolimod increases the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Though administration of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside fingolimod can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
Using chloroquine together with Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm
How to manage the interaction:
Although using chloroquine and Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml together can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with bedaquiline may increase the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Although using Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside bedaquiline can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
Taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml with cabozantinb may increase the risk of an abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Although using Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml alongside cabozantinb can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, breathing difficulty, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop any medications without a doctor's advice.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Take probiotics after completing the full course of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml to restore healthy bacteria in the intestine that may have been killed due to the use of antibiotics. 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. Whole grains like whole-grain bread, and brown rice, should be included in your diet.
- Avoid taking too many calcium-enriched foods and drinks as it might affect the working of Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml.
- Avoid intake of alcoholic beverages with Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml as it can make you dehydrated and affect your sleep. This can make it harder for your body to aid Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml in fighting off infections.
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Alcohol
Caution
It is advisable not to take or limit alcohol as it may cause increased dizziness.
Pregnancy
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Please consult your doctor if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy.
Breast Feeding
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It is not known if Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml passes into breastmilk. Please consult your doctor.
Driving
Unsafe
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml may cause dizziness, tiredness, or weakness. So avoid driving or operating machinery if you experience any of these symptoms.
Liver
Caution
Caution is advised. If you have/had liver problems, your doctor may need to monitor your liver function or discontinue treatment.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor if you have kidney problems as your doctor may need to adjust the dose.
Children
Unsafe
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is not recommended for use in children as safety and effectiveness have not been established.
Heart
Caution should be exercised while taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml in patients with heart disease. Inform your physician on priority if you or your child has chest discomfort, palpitations, or irregular heartbeat. Your physician may adjust the dose of the medicine based on your health condition.
Geriatrics
Unsafe
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml is not recommended for use in geriatric patients as safety and effectiveness have not been established.
FAQs
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml belongs to the group of medicines known as macrolide antibiotics used to treat infections caused by bacteria such as pneumonia (lung infection) and pelvic infections (infection of the reproductive organs). It is prescribed for treating severe infections or when oral therapy is ineffective.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml kills the harmful bacteria by preventing the production of proteins required by the bacteria for its survival.
Do not take antacids that contain aluminium or magnesium hydroxide within 2 hours of taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml. Antacids can interact with Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml and make it less effective when taken simultaneously.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml can cause Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD). If you have diarrhoea that is watery or bloody, call your doctor. Do not use anti-diarrhoea medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
You should avoid taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml if you have colitis (intestine inflammation), heart rhythm disorder, liver disease (like jaundice), and muscle problems (like myasthenia gravis). Contact your doctor if you have these conditions before taking Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml.
Azithral 500 mg Injection 5 ml should not be taken with any ergot derivates such as ergotamine used to treat migraine. Consult your doctor if you have any concerns.
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