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Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet 15's
Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet 15's
Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet 15's
Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet is used to treat chest infections (pneumonia), skin conditions (acne and rosacea), dental abscesses (A pocket of pus in a tooth caused by an infection), and sexually transmitted infections. On the other hand, in children, it is generally used to treat ear or chest infections. It contains Erythromycin, which works by stopping the growth or killing harmful bacteria by preventing the production of proteins required by the bacteria for its survival. As a result, it effectively treats various bacterial infections. It may cause some common side effects such as diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, and indigestion. Before taking this medicine, you should tell your doctor if you are allergic to any of its components or if you are pregnant/breastfeeding, and about all the medications you are taking and pre-existing medical conditions.
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Reviewed By Dr Aneela Siddabathuni , MPharma., PhD
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Side effects of Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet
Here are the 7 steps to manage Dizziness caused by medication:
  • 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.
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.
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.
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.

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Drug-Drug Interactions

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Drug-Drug Interactions: Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet have interactions with anti-allergic medicines (e.g. astemizole, terfenadine, mizolastine), anti-nausea pills (e.g. domperidone), mental health pills (e.g. pimozide, amisulpride), anti-migraine medicines (e.g. ergotamine, dihydroergotamine), anti-cholesterol pills (e.g. simvastatin), bladder weakness medicine (e.g. tolterodine) and anti-gout/arthritis medicine (e.g. colchicine). Taking these drugs with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet may cause serious side effects.

Drug-Food Interactions: No relevant drug-food interaction found with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet . As a precautionary measure, consumption of alcoholic beverages should be avoided as it may lead to drowsiness and dizziness.

Drug-Disease Interactions: Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet may interact with disease conditions, including colitis (inflammation of the intestine), liver disease, QT prolongation, rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), electrolyte imbalance (low potassium or magnesium level), prematurity (Underweight in Infancy), and myasthenia gravis (muscle problems).

ErythromycinSimvastatin
Critical
ErythromycinDihydroergotamine
Critical

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ErythromycinSimvastatin
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Coadministration of Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and simvastatin can increase the blood levels and effects of simvastatin. This can increase the risk of side effects such as liver damage and rhabdomyolysis( involves the breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue).

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and Simvastatin together is not recommended as it can lead to an interaction, but it can be taken if advised by your doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like muscle pain or weakness, dark-colored urine, joint pain, itching, fatigue, or yellowing of the skin or eyes, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
ErythromycinDihydroergotamine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
When Dihydroergotamine is taken with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet, the amount of Dihydroergotamine in the blood can go up.

How to manage the interaction:
There may be a possibility of interaction between Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and Dihydroergotamine, but it can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. Do not stop using any medications without talking to your doctor.
ErythromycinZiprasidone
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with Ziprasidone can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with Ziprasidone is not recommended, but it can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult your doctor if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ErythromycinAlfuzosin
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
When alfuzosin is taken with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet, this can cause your blood pressure to fall excessively and your heart rate to increase, especially when you rise from a sitting or lying position.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with alfuzosin is not recommended as it can result in an interaction, but it should be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience dizziness, headache, or shortness of breath, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ErythromycinThioridazine
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Combining Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with Thioridazine can increase the risk of irregular heart rhythms.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with Thioridazine together results in an interaction, but it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. If you have any of these symptoms - an irregular heart rhythm, diarrhea, vomiting, sudden dizziness, trouble breathing - contact your doctor right away. Do not stop using any medications without talking to your doctor.
ErythromycinFluconazole
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Taking Fluconazole with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet can increase the risk of heart rhythm problems.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Fluconazole with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet together can possibly result in an interaction, but it can be taken if a doctor has advised it. However, consult a doctor immediately if you experience dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
ErythromycinLomitapide
Critical
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
When Lomitapide is taken with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet, the amount of Lomitapide in the blood can go up.

How to manage the interaction:
Taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet with Lomitapide is not recommended, please consult your doctor before taking it. It can be taken if your doctor prescribes it. Do not stop taking any medication without consulting your doctor.
ErythromycinCobimetinib
Severe
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
When Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet is taken with Cobimetinib, it can slow down the breakdown of Cobimetinib in the body.

How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and Cobimetinib together can evidently cause an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has suggested it. If you're having symptoms like feeling sick, mouth sores, bleeding, heart problems, skin rash, or sensitivity to sunlight, contact your doctor right away. Do not stop using any medications without talking to your doctor.
ErythromycinCeritinib
Severe
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Coadministration Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet together with ceritinib can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.

How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and ceritinib together can possibly result in an interaction, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fits, shortness of breath, or palpitations of the heart consult your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue using any medications without consulting a doctor.
ErythromycinHaloperidol
Severe
How does the drug interact with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet:
Coadministration of Haloperidol with Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet may raise the risk of an irregular heart rhythm which can be severe. The risk increases in patients with a history of heart illness or electrolyte imbalance.

How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet and Haloperidol together can possibly result in an interaction, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult your doctor immediately if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, seizures, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations. Do not discontinue using any medications without consulting a doctor.

Drug-Food Interactions

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ERYTHROMYCIN-500MGGrapefruit and Grapefruit Juice
Moderate

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ERYTHROMYCIN-500MGGrapefruit and Grapefruit Juice
Moderate
Common Foods to Avoid:
Grapefruit Juice, Grapefruit

How to manage the interaction:
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can increase the blood levels and effects of Eltocin-DS 500 mg Tablet. Avoid or limit the consumption of grapefruit.

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