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Clarbact 250 Tablet 4's, Pack of 4 TabletS
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Clarbact 250 Tablet 4's, Pack of 4 TabletS
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Written By Bayyarapu Mahesh Kumar , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Dr Aneela Siddabathuni , MPharma., PhD

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet is used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections. It contains Clarithromycin (antibiotic). It inhibits the protein synthesis process required for bacterial cell growth. As a result, bacterial cells are not able to reproduce and grow. Thus, it helps prevent infections. Common side effects of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet are feeling sick (nausea), diarrhoea and being sick (vomiting), loss of appetite, bloating and indigestion, headaches and difficulty sleeping.

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Composition :

CLARITHROMYCIN-250MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Ipca Laboratories Ltd

Consume Type :

ORAL

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

Expires on or after :

NPPA :

Regulated

About Clarbact 250 mg Tablet

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet belongs to a group of medicine called macrolide antibiotics derived from Saccharopolyspora erythraea (originally called Streptomyces erythreus), used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections. A bacterial infection is a condition in which bacteria grow in the body and cause infection. It can target any body part and multiple very quickly. Antibiotics inhibit the growth of microorganisms and are given to treat bacterial infections.

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet contains Clarithromycin (antibiotic). It inhibits the protein synthesis process required for the growth of the bacterial cell. As a result, bacterial cells are not able to reproduce and grow. Thus, Clarbact 250 mg Tablet helps in the prevention of infections.

Like all medicines, Clarbact 250 mg Tablet may cause some common side effects, including feeling sick (nausea), diarrhoea and being sick (vomiting), loss of appetite, bloating and indigestion, headaches and difficulty sleeping. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if you notice any of these side effects persist or worsen your child’s condition, inform your doctor immediately.

Inform your doctor about your child's entire medical history. Other drugs or supplements should not be combined with Clarbact 250 mg Tablet unless prescribed by a doctor. Even if your child is feeling better, do not miss any dose and complete the entire course of medication. Stopping the medication too soon may cause the infection to recur or worsen.

Uses of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet

Treatment of Bacterial infections

Directions for Use

Oral Suspension: Administer the prescribed dose to the child using the measuring cup/dosing syringe/dropper. Shake the bottle well before use.

Medicinal Benefits

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet belongs to the macrolide class of antibiotics which is effective against a wide range of bacteria, including gram-negative, gram-positive bacteria, anaerobes, and some parasites (like Balantidium coli and Entamoeba species). It is prescribed for treating various bacterial infections, including chest infections such as pneumonia, skin problems such as cellulitis, and ear infections; on the other hand, it is also used in combination with other medicines to treat duodenal ulcers caused by H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori).

How Clarbact 250 mg Tablet Works

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet contains Clarithromycin (antibiotic). It inhibits the protein synthesis process required for the growth of the bacterial cell. As a result, bacterial cells are not able to reproduce and grow. Thus, Clarbact 250 mg Tablet helps in the prevention of infections.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight
Side effects of Clarbact 250 Tablet
  • Drink plenty of fluids and consider oral rehydration solutions.
  • Eat bland, easily digestible foods like bananas, rice, toast, and applesauce.
  • Avoid trigger foods like greasy, spicy, fatty, acidic, and caffeinated foods.
  • Gradually reintroduce fiber-rich foods as symptoms improve.
  • Get adequate sleep and rest.
  • Practice relaxation techniques to manage stress.
  • Maintain regular bowel habits.
  • Avoid overexertion and take breaks when needed.
  • Consult a doctor if your gastrointestinal symptoms are severe, persistent, or accompanied by fever, bloody stools, dehydration, or last for more than a few days.
  • Regularly brush and floss your teeth.
  • Rinse your mouth with water and baking soda a solution to neutralize acid in the mouth. This makes your food taste as it should.
  • Drink plenty of water or non-caffeinated drinks to prevent dry mouth which may lead to altered taste.
  • Try ginger, peppermint, fruit or green teas, lemonade, ginger ale or fruit juice to help mask unpleasant tastes.
  • Try sucking on sugar-free ice pops or ice cubes to prevent dry mouth.
  • Use a warm compress on the affected area to help reduce discomfort.
  • Elevate the affected limb above heart level.
  • Remove the IV catheter (if applicable) and reinsert at a different site.
  • Consult your healthcare provider if symptoms are severe or persist.
Here are the precise steps to cope with diarrhoea caused by medication usage:
  • 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.
Overcome Medication-Induced Nausea: A 9-Step Plan
  • 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.
To prevent, manage, and treat Constipation caused by medication usage, follow these steps:
  • 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.
  • 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.

What if I have taken an overdose of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet

Please do not exceed the recommended dose, as it might cause an overdose. Signs and symptoms of an overdose of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet may include severe stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Seek immediate medical attention if you observe any symptoms or think you have taken too much. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning.

Drug Warnings

Before using Clarbact 250 mg Tablet, let your doctor know about all your children's medical conditions, sensitivities, and all medications used. Do not use any other drugs or supplements with Clarbact 250 mg Tablet unless prescribed by the doctor. Iron and antacid (like magnesium hydroxide and aluminium hydroxide) may bind to Clarbact 250 mg Tablet in the gastrointestinal tract, lowering its efficiency. So, a gap of at least 2 hours should be maintained between intake of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet and iron supplements and antacids.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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ClarithromycinLomitapide
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ClarithromycinDronedarone
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ClarithromycinLomitapide
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
When Lomitapide is taken with Clarbact 250 Tablet, it can lower the metabolism of Lomitapide.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Clarbact 250 Tablet and Lomitapide can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by a doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain or discomfort, indigestion, gas, constipation, and liver damage, consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
ClarithromycinDronedarone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
When Dronedarone is taken with Clarbact 250 Tablet, can increase the blood levels of dronedarone and cause an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Clarbact 250 Tablet with Dronedarone can result in an interaction, it should be taken only if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitation, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ClarithromycinRanolazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
When Ranolazine and Clarbact 250 Tablet are taken together, significantly increases the blood levels and effects of Ranolazine.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Clarbact 250 Tablet and Ranozaline can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by a doctor. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
ClarithromycinDroperidol
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
Co-administration of Droperidol with Clarbact 250 Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Clarbact 250 Tablet with Droperidol can result in an interaction, it should be taken only if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitation, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ClarithromycinCisapride
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
When Cisapride is taken with Clarbact 250 Tablet, the amount of Cisapride in the blood can go up.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Clarbact 250 Tablet with Cisapride can result in an interaction, it should be taken only if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or pounding heartbeats, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ClarithromycinFlibanserin
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
When Flibanserin is taken with Clarbact 250 Tablet, it can slow down the way Flibanserin is broken down in the body.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Clarbact 250 Tablet and Flibanserin can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by a doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like excessive drowsiness and decreases in blood pressure that can lead to dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting, consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
ClarithromycinLovastatin
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
Taking Clarbact 250 Tablet with Lovastatin can increase the risk of muscle problems.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Clarbact 250 Tablet and Lovastatin can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by a doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like fever, chills, joint pain or swelling, unusual bleeding or bruising, skin rash, itching, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, dark-colored urine, and/or yellowing of the skin or eyes, consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
ClarithromycinThioridazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
Combining Clarbact 250 Tablet with Thioridazine can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of Clarbact 250 Tablet and Thioridazine can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by a doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations, consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
ClarithromycinRifabutin
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
Taking Rifabutin and Clarbact 250 Tablet together may increase the blood levels of rifabutin.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Rifabutin with Clarbact 250 Tablet is not recommended as it can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, consult a doctor immediately If you experience unusual symptoms. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ClarithromycinLurasidone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Clarbact 250 Tablet:
Using Lurasidone together with Clarbact 250 Tablet may result in significantly higher Lurasidone blood levels. This may increase the possibility of side effects like Parkinson's disease. (It is a brain disorder that produces uncontrollable movements.)

How to manage the interaction:
While Lurasidone and Clarbact 250 Tablet may interact, they can be used if prescribed by a doctor. Consult a doctor if you have any abnormal muscle activity, fits, high blood sugar, high sugars, high cholesterol, heat intolerance or heat stroke, dizziness, lightheadedness, headache, flushing, fainting, or heart palpitations. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.

Drug-Food Interactions

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CLARITHROMYCIN-250MGGrapefruit and Grapefruit Juice
Mild

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CLARITHROMYCIN-250MGGrapefruit and Grapefruit Juice
Mild
Common Foods to Avoid:
Grapefruit Juice

How to manage the interaction:
Grapefruit juice may delay the gastrointestinal absorption of Clarbact 250 Tablet. Avoid grapefruit juice while on treatment with Clarbact 250 Tablet.

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • It would be best to give probiotics after taking the full course of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet to restore some 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.
  • The BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce, toast) can help with diarrhoea from antibiotics.
  • Give plenty of water to the child. Staying hydrated is important, especially when you’re child sick.
  • Eating a broad range of plant-based foods such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, pulses and wholegrains helps to build a healthy gut microbiome.
  • Avoid feeding too many calcium-enriched foods and drinks because they may interfere with the functioning of Clarbact 250 mg Tablet.

Habit Forming

No

Therapeutic Class

ANTI- BACTERIALS

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet Substitute

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Alcohol

Not applicable

It is intended for Children.

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Pregnancy

Not applicable

It is intended for Children.

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Breast Feeding

Not applicable

It is intended for Children.

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Driving

Not applicable

It is intended for Children.

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Liver

Caution

Inform your doctor if your child has liver problems. Your doctor will prescribe only if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Kidney

Caution

Inform your doctor if your child has kidney problems. Your doctor will prescribe only if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Children

Safe if prescribed

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet can be given safely to children. Give this medicine to your child in the doses prescribed by the paediatrician.

Have a query?

FAQs

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet is used to treat Bacterial infections.

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet contains Clarithromycin (antibiotic). It inhibits the protein synthesis process required for the growth of the bacterial cell. As a result, bacterial cells are not able to reproduce and grow. Thus, Clarbact 250 mg Tablet helps in the prevention of infections.

After taking antibiotics such as Clarbact 250 mg Tablet, some people get thrush, a fungal infection. This is due to the fact that antibiotics kill the regular, harmless bacteria that serve to protect you from thrush.

Clarbact 250 mg Tablet treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections such as the common cold, or flu.

No, Clarbact 250 mg Tablet is a macrolide antibiotic. It can be taken by people who are allergic to penicillin with a doctor's advice only.

Side effects are rare with Clarbact 250 mg Tablet and do not usually last long. They will get better after a day or two. If those side effects persist, reach out to the doctor immediately.

Country of origin

India

Manufacturer/Marketer address

142 AB, Kandivli Industrial Estate, Kandivli (West), Mumbai - 400 067, Maharashtra
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Bayyarapu Mahesh KumarDoctor badge

Written By

Bayyarapu Mahesh Kumar

M Pharmacy

Dr Aneela SiddabathuniDoctor badge

Reviewed By

Dr Aneela Siddabathuni

MPharma., PhD

Last Updated

Jan 1, 2025 | 2:44 PM IST

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Reference

  1. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/6094/smpc#gref
  2. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.6094.pdf
  3. https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/clarithromycin/
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