If you are allergic to CEFAZOLIN, penicillins or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you have kidney or liver problems, diarrhoea, haemolytic anaemia (reduction in red blood cells that may make your skin pale yellow and cause breathlessness or weakness), kidney or gall stones, inflammation of the large intestine, inform your doctor before taking CEFAZOLIN. Do not take CEFAZOLIN on your own as self-medication may lead to antibiotic-resistance in which antibiotics fail to act against specific bacterial infections. Do not take antacids and calcium-containing products along with CEFAZOLIN; maintain a gap of 2-3 hours between both. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor before taking CEFAZOLIN. Use CEFAZOLIN with extreme caution in elderly patients above 65 years of age as there is an increased risk of severe adverse effects. You are recommended to complete the full course of CEFAZOLIN as prescribed by your doctor for effective results. Drive only if you are alert as CEFAZOLIN may cause dizziness. Avoid alcohol consumption while taking CEFAZOLIN to prevent unpleasant side-effects. Inform your doctor about all the medicines you are taking and about your health condition to rule out any undesirable side-effects. 

Drug-Drug Interaction: CEFAZOLIN may interact with a blood thinner (warfarin, heparin), drugs used to lower high uric acid levels (probenecid), water pills or diuretics (furosemide, bumetanide), antibiotics (chloramphenicol, gentamicin, streptomycin, neomycin, tobramycin), vaccine (BCG, cholera, typhoid).

Drug-Food Interaction: CEFAZOLIN may interact with alcohol. Therefore, avoid the consumption of alcohol with CEFAZOLIN as it may increase the risk of adverse effects.

Drug-Disease Interaction: If you have kidney or liver problems, diarrhoea, haemolytic anaemia (reduction in red blood cells that may cause breathlessness or weakness and make your skin pale yellow), kidney or gall stones, inflammation of the large intestine and liver disease, inform your doctor before taking CEFAZOLIN.

• Take probiotics after completing the full course of CEFAZOLIN to restore some healthy bacteria in the intestines that may have been killed. Taking probiotics after antibiotic treatment can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Certain fermented foods like cheese, yoghurt, kombucha, sauerkraut and kimchi can restore the good bacteria of the intestine.
• Include fibre-rich foods, as they can be easily digested by your gut bacteria, which helps stimulate their growth. Thus, fibre-rich foods may help restore healthy gut bacteria after a course of antibiotics. Whole grains such as whole-grain bread, brown rice should be included in your diet.
• Make sure you drink plenty of water or other fluids every day while you are taking CEFAZOLIN.
• Avoid foods rich in calcium, grapefruit and grapefruit juice as they might hinder the absorption of antibiotics.
• Avoid consumption of alcohol and tobacco to treat your condition effectively.
• To cure your condition effectually complete the full course of CEFAZOLIN even though you find symptomatic relief.

• CEFAZOLIN must not be mixed or administered simultaneously with calcium-containing solutions, including total parenteral nutrition.
• Regular blood tests are recommended if you take CEFAZOLIN for a long time to monitor changes in white blood cells, platelets and liver functioning.
• If you are about to undergo any blood or urine tests, inform your doctor that you are taking CEFAZOLIN as it may interfere with urine test (for sugar) and Coomb’s test results.