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About Ofc 400mg Tablet

OFLOXACIN contains a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones, primarily used to treat infections caused by the bacteria including pneumonia, gonorrhoea (a sexually transmitted disease), typhoid fever, infectious diarrhoea, and infections of the skin, eye/ear, bone, joint, abdomen, and prostate (male reproductive gland). A bacterial infection is a condition in which bacteria grows in the body and cause infection. It can target any body part and multiple very quickly. 

OFLOXACIN contains antibacterial Ofloxacin, which helps in treating and preventing a wide range of bacterial infections. It is bactericidal and works by killing bacteria that cause infections.  It inhibits the repairing of bacterial cells and kills the bacteria, thereby preventing further spread of the infection. OFLOXACIN is a broad-spectrum antibiotic against most Gram-negative bacteria, many Gram-positive bacteria and some anaerobes bacteria (that lives without oxygen).

Uses of Ofc 400mg Tablet

Bacterial Infections

Medicinal Benefits of Ofc 400mg Tablet

OFLOXACIN contains antibiotic Ofloxacin, which helps in treating and preventing a wide range of bacterial infections caused by most Gram-negative bacteria, many Gram-positive bacteria and some anaerobes bacteria (that lives without oxygen). It is bactericidal in nature and works by killing bacteria that cause infections by prevents the formation of their cell wall required for living. It also inhibits the repairing of bacterial cells. Altogether it kills the bacteria. OFLOXACIN has the advantage of good penetration in most deep tissues and body fluid. Hence, it is also suitable for the treatment of deep tissue and bone bacterial infections.

Directions for Use

OFLOXACIN can be taken with or without food (excluding dairy products). Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor if you are not sure.

Side Effects of Ofc 400mg Tablet

Like all medicines, OFLOXACIN can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. You should contact the doctor if you have tendon rupture, arthralgia (joint pain), sleep problems, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, itching, external genital itching in women, vaginal inflammation (vaginitis) and taste changes. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects are persistent, reach out to your doctor.

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In-Depth Precautions and Warning

Drug Warnings

Do not take OFLOXACIN if you are allergic or have had a severe reaction to ofloxacin or any other quinolone or fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as delafloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Taking OFLOXACIN may increase the chances of developing tendinitis (swelling of a fibrous tissue that connects a bone to a muscle) or have a tendon rupture (tearing of a fibrous tissue that connects a bone to a muscle). Inform your doctor if you have or have ever had a kidney, heart, or lung transplant, kidney disease, a joint or tendon disorder such as rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune disorder of joints causing pain, swelling, and loss of function), seizures (fits), epilepsy or if you participate in regular physical activity. Taking OFLOXACIN may worsen muscle weakness in people with myasthenia gravis (a nervous system disorder that causes muscle weakness) and cause severe difficulty breathing or death. Dairy products should be avoided along with OFLOXACIN. And also, exposure to sunlight should be avoided while taking OFLOXACIN as it may cause increased phototoxicity or photosensitivity. Patients with epilepsy and irregular heartbeat (QT prolongation) should tell their doctor before taking OFLOXACIN.

Drug Interactions

Drug-Drug Interaction:

This medicine may have an interaction with blood thinners (aspirin, warfarin), antidepressants and antipsychotics (clozapine, olanzapine), caffeine-containing medications, insulin or other anti-diabetic medications (chlorpropamide, glimepiride, glipizide, glyburide, metformin, tolazamide, and tolbutamide), medications for regulating irregular heartbeat (amiodarone, disopyramide, procainamide, quinidine), pain killers (ibuprofen, naproxen). Take OFLOXACIN either 2 hours before or 2 hours after taking an antacid, multivitamin, or other product that has calcium/magnesium/aluminium/iron/zinc, antiulcer agent (sucralfate) or anti-HIV drug (didanosine).

Drug-Disease Interaction:

 Inform your doctor if you have or have ever had tendon rupture, musculoskeletal problem (myopathy, rhabdomyolysis), kidney/heart/lung transplant,  low blood potassium (hypokalemia), kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, seizures (fits), epilepsy or any other neurological disorder if you participate in regular physical activity before starting OFLOXACIN.

Safety Advice

ALCOHOL

Alcohol is not known to cause any unpleasant side effects if taken along with OFLOXACIN. But intake of alcohol with OFLOXACIN may damage your liver. So intake of OFLOXACIN should be avoided with OFLOXACIN.

PREGNANCY

OFLOXACIN is a pregnancy Category C medicine. It is not known whether OFLOXACIN will affect pregnant women or fetus or not. Hence, the intake of OFLOXACIN should be avoided if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant as it may harm the baby.

BREAST FEEDING

OFLOXACIN is excreted in human milk. But the amount of OFLOXACIN absorbed by the nursing infant is unknown. So, it should not be taken while breastfeeding.

DRIVING

OFLOXACIN can affect alertness and coordination. So, operating machinery which requires concentration should be avoided.

LIVER

OFLOXACIN to be taken with caution, especially if you have a history of liver diseases/conditions. Your doctor may have to adjust the dose if there are symptoms of nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, dark-colored urine, yellowing of or skin/eye.

KIDNEY

OFLOXACIN to be taken with caution, especially if you have a history of Kidney diseases/conditions. The dose may have to be adjusted by your doctor.