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Written By Santoshini Reddy G , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Dr Aneela Siddabathuni , MPharma., PhD
Linosept-600 Injection is an antibiotic used in treating bacterial infections. This medicine stops the growth of infection-causing bacteria and thereby helps reduce various bacterial infections of the lungs (pneumonia) and skin. Some of the common side effects include headache, metallic taste, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, constipation, indigestion and localized pain.
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Composition :

LINEZOLID-600MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Micro Labs Ltd

Consume Type :

PARENTERAL

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

Expires on or after :

About Linosept-600 Injection

Linosept-600 Injection belongs to the class of medicines called oxazolidinones used to treat bacterial infections of the lungs (pneumonia), and skin. It is also used to treat infections which are resistant to other antibiotics. Bacterial infections are caused due to the multiplication of harmful bacteria inside or on the body. Linosept-600 Injection does not work against infections caused by the virus, including cold and flu.

Linosept-600 Injection contains Linezolid. It treats infection by stopping the growth of infection-causing bacteria. 

Linosept-600 Injection shows some common side-effects like thrush (fungal infection), headache, metallic taste, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, constipation, indigestion and localized pain. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and will resolve gradually over time. However, you are advised to consult your doctor if you experience these side effects persistently.

Inform your doctor before receiving this injection if you are pregnant or planning pregnancy. Linosept-600 Injection passes into breastmilk and can cause diarrhoea and vomiting in infants; therefore, discontinue breastfeeding prior to and throughout the treatment. Avoid alcohol consumption while taking Linosept-600 Injection as it may cause increased dizziness. Linosept-600 Injection may cause dizziness and vision problems, so drive and operate machinery only if you are alert. Keep your doctor informed about your health condition and your ongoing medications to rule out any interactions.

Uses of Linosept-600 Injection

Treatment of Bacterial infections

Directions for Use

Linosept-600 Injection will be administered by a qualified healthcare professional; do not self-administer.

Medicinal Benefits

Linosept-600 Injection belongs to the class of medicines called oxazolidinones used to treat bacterial infections of the lungs (pneumonia), and skin. It is also used to treat infections which are resistant to other antibiotics. Linosept-600 Injection contains Linezolid. It treats infection by stopping the growth of infection-causing bacteria. 

How Linosept-600 Injection Works

Linosept-600 Injection contains Linezolid. It treats infection by stopping the growth of infection-causing bacteria.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight
Side effects of Linosept-600 Injection
Dealing with Medication-Induced Headache:
  • Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
  • Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
  • Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
  • Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
  • Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
  • Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
  • To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
  • Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
  • Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
  • Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
  • Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
  • Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.
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.
  • Skin rash caused by allergies is due to irritants or allergens. Therefore, avoid contact with such irritants.
  • Consult your doctor for proper medication and apply an anti-itch medication. Follow the schedule and use the medication whenever needed.
  • Protect your skin from extreme heat and try to apply wet compresses.
  • Soak in the cool bath, which gives a soothing impact to the affected area.
  • Eat fiber-rich foods like broccoli, cauliflower, leafy greens, and Brussels sprouts.
  • Limit sugar and refined carbs like avoid sugary drinks, white bread, and processed foods.
  • Choose lean protein sources like chicken, fish, and tofu.
  • Choose low-sugar fruits like berries, citrus fruits, and apples in moderation.
  • Maintain good hygiene and keep affected areas clean and dry.
  • Wear breathable clothing to reduce moisture.
  • Consider natural antifungal agents like coconut oil, tea tree oil, and garlic (consult a healthcare professional before use).

What if I have taken an overdose of Linosept-600 Injection

Linosept-600 Injection is administered by a health care professional in a hospital setting. Hence, the chances of overdose are less. Overdose of Linosept-600 Injection may cause wheezing, chest tightness, seizures, swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat, and severe diarrhea. Your doctor will initiate necessary measures when an overdose is suspected.

Drug Warnings

Let your doctor know before receiving Linosept-600 Injection if you are allergic to any of its contents; Linosept-600 Injection should not be taken if you are taking or have taken monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors in the last 14 days. Inform your doctor if you have high blood pressure, overactive thyroid, phaeochromocytoma (tumour of adrenal glands), carcinoid syndrome (tumours of the hormone system), manic depression, schizophrenia, confusion or other mental problems. Inform your doctor if you have bruises or bleeding disorders, have anaemia (low red blood cells), are prone to infections, have a history of seizures, if you are on dialysis, have diarrhoea, kidney or liver problems. Consult your doctor immediately if you experience a throbbing headache, vision problems, loss of sensitivity or tingling/prickling sensation in arms and legs, persistent diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or rapid breathing. 

Drug-Drug Interactions

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How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection with Amitriptyline can increase the risk of serotonin syndrome (increased serotonin hormone).

How to manage the interaction:
Although using Linosept-600 Injection and Amitriptyline together may cause an interaction, they can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. Consult a doctor if you have symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, fits, blood pressure alteration, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, pain in the muscles or stiffness, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Inform a doctor if you have recently taken amitriptyline. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Using Linosept-600 Injection with Trazodone can increase the risk of serotonin syndrome(a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Trazodone with Linosept-600 Injection is not recommended but can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult a doctor if you have symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, fits, blood pressure alteration, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, pain in the muscles or stiffness, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Using Linosept-600 Injection together with cyproheptadine may increase side effects of Cyproheptadine.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Cyproheptadine with Linosept-600 Injection is not recommended, consult a doctor before taking it. Contact a doctor if you experience dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, dry mouth, constipation, heat intolerance, flushing, decreased sweating, difficulty urinating, palpitation, rapid heartbeat, confusion, disorientation, and memory problems. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection with Epinephrine can increase the risk of high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection with Epinephrine is not recommended as it can result in an interaction. It should be taken only if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience confusion, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremors, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection and Mephentermine together may cause high blood pressure.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Mephentermine with Linosept-600 Injection is not recommended, as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, consult a doctor immediately if you experience any unusual symptoms. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Taking Duloxetine with Linosept-600 Injection can increase the risk of serotonin syndrome(a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).

How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Duloxetine with Linosept-600 Injection is not recommended, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult a doctor if you experience confusion, fever, excessive sweating, shivering, blurred vision, pain in the muscles, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Using Linosept-600 Injection together with mirtazapine might raise serotonin hormone levels in the body, affecting the brain and nerve cells. Increased serotonin hormone can lead to severe side effects.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection with Mirtazapine can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremor, incoordination, stomach cramp, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Taking Linosept-600 Injection with Fentanyl may increase the risk of serotonin syndrome(a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).

How to manage the interaction:
Although there is an interaction between Linosept-600 Injection and Fentanyl, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult a doctor if you experience confusion, fever, excessive sweating, muscle pain, stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
Coadministration of Entacapone with Linosept-600 Injection might raise serotonin hormone levels in the body, affecting the brain and nerve cells.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Entacapone with Linosept-600 Injection is not recommended as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, if you experience confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremors, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
How does the drug interact with Linosept-600 Injection:
When Clomipramine is taken with Linosept-600 Injection, may increase the risk of serotonin syndrome (a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increases in your body).

How to manage the interaction:
There may be a possibility of interaction between Clomipramine and Linosept-600 Injection, but it can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. If you notice any of these signs - like confusion, hallucination, seizure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremor, incoordination, stomach cramp, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea-contact a doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.

Drug-Food Interactions

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Antibiotics can kill the useful bacteria in the stomach, which help in digestion. Therefore, you are advised to take foods rich in probiotics such as yoghurt/curd, kefir, sauerkraut, tempeh, kimchi, miso, kombucha, buttermilk, natto and cheese.
  • Eat fibre-rich food like whole grains, beans, lentils, berries, broccoli, peas and bananas.
  • Avoid foods rich in calcium, grapefruit and grapefruit juice as they might hinder the absorption of antibiotics.
  • Avoid consumption of alcohol and usage of tobacco.

 

Habit Forming

No

Therapeutic Class

ANTIBIOTICS
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Alcohol

Unsafe

Avoid consuming alcohol while taking Linosept-600 Injection as it may cause increased dizziness.

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Pregnancy

Caution

There is no sufficient and rigorous research on pregnant women. However, if you are pregnant, inform your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe this medicine only if the possible benefit outweighs the potential risk to the foetus.

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Breast Feeding

Caution

If you are a breastfeeding mother, inform your doctor before receiving this medicine. Linosept-600 Injection passes into breastmilk and can cause diarrhoea and vomiting in infants; therefore, discontinue breastfeeding prior to and throughout the treatment.

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Driving

Caution

Linosept-600 Injection may cause dizziness and vision problems. So, drive only if you are alert.

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Liver

Caution

Long-term treatment with Linosept-600 Injection may worsen your liver condition if you have liver problems. Dose adjustment may be needed. Please inform your doctor before taking Linosept-600 Injection if you have liver impairment/liver disease or a history of liver conditions.

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Kidney

Caution

Linosept-600 Injection does not require dose adjustment for kidney dysfunction as the majority of both drugs undergo nonrenal clearance. However, if you have kidney problems, inform your doctor before receiving this injection.

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Children

Safe if prescribed

Your doctor will weigh the benefits and potential risks before prescribing Linosept-600 Injection for your children based on age and the condition of the child.

Have a query?

FAQs

Linosept-600 Injection belongs to the class of medicines called oxazolidinones used to treat bacterial infections of the lungs (pneumonia), and skin. It is also used to treat infections which are resistant to other antibiotics.

Linosept-600 Injection works by stopping the growth of infection-causing bacteria. Thus, it treats the infection.

Diarrhoea might be a side-effect of Linosept-600 Injection. Drink lots of fluids and eat non-spicy food if you experience diarrhoea. If you find blood in stools (tarry stools) or if you have prolonged diarrhoea with abdominal pain while on treatment with Linosept-600 Injection, inform your doctor. Do not take anti-diarrheal medicine on your own.

Linosept-600 Injection may cause oral or vaginal thrush or candidiasis, which is a fungal infection occurring due to the overgrowth of yeast-like fungus in the mouth/throat or vagina. Consult your doctor if the condition persists or worsens.

Linosept-600 Injection may affect certain laboratory test results such as blood tests, blood sugar tests, and liver and kidney function tests. Inform the lab technician that you are on treatment with Linosept-600 Injection.

Linosept-600 Injection may cause anaemia due to a decrease in the number of red blood cells. This could also cause unexplained bleeding or bruising. Consult your doctor if you experience unexplained bleeding or bruising.

Country of origin

India

Manufacturer/Marketer address

27, RACE COURSE ROAD, BANGALORE-560 001, INDIA.
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