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About Normet Tablet
Normet Tablet is used to treat bacterial infections of the urinary tract, bacterial infections due to inflammation of the peritoneum, eye and ear infections, skin and soft tissue infections, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory infections, vaginal infections, protozoan infections, intra-abdominal infections, and infections during surgical procedures. It is also indicated in the treatment of diarrhoea of mixed infections in adults.
Normet Tablet is a combination of Ofloxacin and Ornidazole. Ofloxacin inhibits the DNA gyrase enzyme. Ornidazole inhibits protein synthesis and leads to cell death, thereby killing the bacteria.
In some cases, Normet Tablet may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, and dizziness. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and will resolve gradually over time. However, you are advised to talk to your doctor if the side effects persist or worsen.
Take Normet Tablet as prescribed. It can be taken with or without food. Swallow the medicine as a whole with a glass of water. The dose and duration of medicine will be decided by the physician. Do not chew, break or crush the medicine.
Before taking Normet Tablet , inform your doctor if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Talk to your doctor if you experience pain in tendons, swelling, and inflammation, as Normet Tablet is associated with an increased risk of tendon rupture and tendonitis. Consult your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Uses of Normet Tablet
Normet Tablet is used in the treatment of bacterial and parasitic infections. The detailed uses of Normet Tablet are as follows:
- Treatment of Diarrhoea and Dysentery: Normet Tablet is effective in treating gastrointestinal infections caused by bacteria and parasites, such as acute diarrhoea and dysentery.
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs): Normet Tablet can also be used to treat urinary tract infections caused by susceptible bacteria.
- Respiratory Tract Infections: Normet Tablet is helpful in lowering respiratory tract infections, including conditions like bronchitis and pneumonia.
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Normet Tablet is also used to treat bacterial infections affecting the skin and soft tissues, ensuring effective relief.
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Directions for Use
- Normet Tablet can be taken with or without food, preferably with food to reduce stomach discomfort.
- It is usually taken twice daily or as prescribed by your doctor.
- Swallow Normet Tablet as a whole with a glass of water.
- Do not crush, chew, or break it.
Key Benefits
- Normet Tablet belongs to the group of medicines called antibiotics used to treat various bacterial infections.
- It is also indicated in the treatment of diarrhoea of mixed infections in adults.
- Ofloxacin inhibits DNA gyrase, which is required for the replication, transcription, and repair of the DNA.
- Ornidazole inhibits protein synthesis and leads to cell death, thereby killing the bacteria.
- Normet Tablet is a broad-spectrum antibiotic effective against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
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- 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.
- Prepare for a restful night's sleep: Develop a calming pre-sleep routine, like reading or meditation, to help your body relax and prepare for sleep.
- Create a sleep-conducive Environment: Make bedroom a sleep haven by ensuring it is quiet, dark and calm.
- Follow a Sleep Schedule: Go to bed and get up at the same time every day to help regulate your body's internal clock and increase sleep quality.
- Try relaxing techniques like deep breathing, mindfulness meditation and any others.
- Limit stimulating activities before bedtime: Avoid stimulating activities before bedtime to improve sleep quality.
- Monitor Progress: Keep track of your sleep patterns to identify areas for improvement.
- Consult a doctor if needed: If these steps don't improve your sleep, consult a doctor for further guidance and therapy.
- 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.
- Inform your doctor about dizziness symptoms. They may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
- Follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication, and take it at the same time every day to minimize dizziness.
- When standing up, do so slowly and carefully to avoid sudden dizziness.
- Avoid making sudden movements, such as turning or bending quickly, which can exacerbate dizziness.
- Drink plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated and help alleviate dizziness symptoms.
- If you're feeling dizzy, sit or lie down and rest until the dizziness passes.
- Track when dizziness occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.
- 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.
- 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.
- Consume more protein-rich foods and healthy fats like beans, avocados, cheese, nuts and lean meats to minimize appetite.
- Prefer foods high in fiber to help feel full for a long time.
- If you have decreased appetite, eat only when you are hungry.
- Eat several small meals or snacks all day.
- Try to take only small sips of fluids while eating.
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Drug Warnings
- Do not take Normet Tablet if you are allergic to any of its contents; if you had swelling or tearing of tendons while taking quinolone antibiotics; or if you have myasthenia gravis, as it may cause increased muscle weakness.
- Talk to your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you have epilepsy, low levels of potassium, nervous or muscle problems, head injury or brain tumour, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, heart, kidney or liver problems.
- Consult your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Normet Tablet may cause dizziness and drowsiness, so drive only if you are alert.
- Avoid alcohol consumption while taking Normet Tablet as it may cause increased dizziness.
- Normet Tablet is not recommended for children under 16.
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Saquinavir can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Saquinavir together is generally avoided as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Thioridazine can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Thioridazine together is generally avoided as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Sotalol can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Sotalol together is generally avoided as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. If you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Ziprasidone can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Ziprasidone together can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Dronedarone can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Dronedarone together can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Using bepridil together with Normet Tablet drugs can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Bepridil can cause an interaction, please consult your doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or pounding heartbeats. Do not stop using any medications without consulting a doctor.
Using halofantrine together with Normet Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Halofantrine can cause an interaction, please consult your doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Disopyramide can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Disopyramide together is not recommended as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Using Mesoridazine together with Normet Tablet can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Mesoridazine with Normet Tablet is not recommended, please consult your doctor before taking it. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not stop using any medications without talking to a doctor.
Coadministration of Normet Tablet with Cisapride can increase the risk or severity of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Normet Tablet with Cisapride together can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, chest pain or tightness, rapid heartbeat, or memory loss, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor. Note: Cisapride is no longer available on the market. Cisapride should only be taken if prescribed by a doctor and closely monitored.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Antibiotics can alter the useful bacteria in the stomach, which help in digestion. Therefore, you are advised to take foods rich in probiotics such as yogurt/curd, kefir, sauerkraut, tempeh, kimchi, miso, kombucha, buttermilk, natto and cheese.
- Eat fiber-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.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
Avoid consuming alcohol while taking Normet Tablet as it may cause increased dizziness.
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
Please consult your doctor if you are pregnant; your doctor will prescribe Normet Tablet only if the benefits outweigh the risks.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
Consult your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you are breastfeeding. Your doctor will decide if Normet Tablet can be taken by breastfeeding mothers or not.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
Normet Tablet may cause dizziness and drowsiness. So, drive only if you are alert.
Liver
Consult your doctor
Dose adjustment may be needed. Please consult your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you have liver impairment/liver disease.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Please consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding this or if you have kidney impairment/kidney disease before taking Normet Tablet .
Children
Safe if prescribed
Normet Tablet is not recommended for children as safety and effectiveness have not been established.
Heart
Normet Tablet can be used in heart patients if prescribed by the physician. Please consult your physician if you have any concerns.
Geriatrics
Consult your doctor
Normet Tablet should be given with caution in elderly patients due to an increased risk of side effects. Seek medical advice before using Normet Tablet .
FAQs
Normet Tablet is used to treat bacterial infections of the urinary tract, bacterial infections by inflammation of the peritoneum, eye and ear infections, skin and soft tissue infections, sexually transmitted infections, respiratory infections, vaginal infections, protozoan infections, intra-abdominal infections, and infections during surgical procedures. It is also indicated in the treatment of diarrhoea of mixed infections in adults.
Normet Tablet contains Ofloxacin and Ornidazole. Ofloxacin inhibits DNA gyrase which is required for the production of DNA replication, transcription, and repair. Ornidazole inhibits protein synthesis and leads to cell death, thereby kills the bacteria. Together, Normet Tablet helps in treating bacterial infections.
Normet Tablet may cause photosensitivity (sensitivity to sunlight) and can make you sunburn easily. Avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight or tanning beds. Always wear protective clothing and sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher before going out.
It is recommended to complete the course of Normet Tablet even if you feel better as it is an antibiotic, and leaving it in between may lead to even severe infection. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking Normet Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it.
Co-administration of magnesium and aluminium-containing antacids, sucralfate, and iron-containing preparations with Normet Tablet may reduce the absorption. Therefore, you are advised to take Normet Tablet two hours before such preparations.
Do not take Normet Tablet on your own as self-medication may lead to antibiotic-resistance in which antibiotics fail to act against specific bacterial infections.
Consult your doctor before taking Normet Tablet if you have diabetes, as Normet Tablet may cause hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels). Regularly monitor blood sugar levels while taking Normet Tablet to avoid unpleasant events.
It depending on the medical problem being treated. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking Normet Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it.
No, Normet Tablet is not a habit-forming drug.
It is recommended to complete the course of Normet Tablet even if you feel better as it is an antibiotic and leaving it in between may lead to even severe infection. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking Normet Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it.
If you miss the dose of Normet Tablet . Take it as soon as you remember, but if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the forgotten dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take double to compensate for the forgotten dose.
Please consult the doctor if you are not feeling better even after completing the recommended dose. Your doctor may prolong the duration or prescribe other medications to treat your condition.
You may take this medicine with or without food.
It is recommended not to use Normet Tablet if you are allergic to any component present in it.
Normet Tablet may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, and dizziness. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and will resolve gradually over time. However, you are advised to talk to your doctor if the side effects persist or worsen.
Yes, you can take it, but it should be taken only if recommended by the doctor. If you use multiple medications, your doctor will check their interactions and advise how to take them.
Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight. Keep Normet Tablet out of reach and sight of children.
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