About Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s
Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s belongs to the class of antibiotics known as cephalosporin indicated for the treatment of a wide range of bacterial infections. It helps in the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI), Mild to moderate lower respiratory tract infections (bronchitis), severe lower respiratory tract infections (pneumonia), pyelonephritis (kidney inflammation due to the bacterial infection), uncomplicated gonorrhoea (sexual transmitted infection), Lyme disease (caused due to bite of infected blacklegged tick insect) in adults and children above 12 years of age.
Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills a wide range of bacteria (bactericidal). It kills the bacterial cell by binding to the outer layer of the bacteria and blocking the activity of the enzyme that makes peptidoglycan (a vital component of the bacterial cell wall). As a result, the bacterial cell is not able to grow and multiply and finally gets killed.
You should take Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s only if your doctor has prescribed you. Tablet form of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s tablet can be taken with or without a meal, but the suspension of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s should be preferably taken with meal. Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is available in various forms as oral tablets, oral suspension, and injections. Most of the bacterial infections get treated within one week while some conditions might take a longer time. So, you should try to complete the dose which your doctor has prescribed you for the specific bacterial infection. During the treatment with Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s, you may observe some mild and transient nature of common side effects like headache, dizziness, stomach upset, or overgrowth of candida (fungal skin infection), unpleasant taste in the mouth, diaper rashes, and eosinophilia (increased disease-fighting cells WBCs). These side effects are usually in the initial phase and then resolve after some time. However, if these side effects persist let your doctor know about this.
Over dosage of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s can cause brain problems (cerebral irritation with fits or convulsions attack). There is no clinical evidence of a Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s effect on the mother or baby during pregnancy. However, one should take Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s with caution. However, Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is a pregnancy category B drug and has shown no harmful effect on both pregnant mother and fetus. Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is excreted in the breastmilk, so the nursing mother should cautiously take Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s. This antibiotic may cause dizziness, so patients should be cautious while driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery.
Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is not recommended for people who are allergic or hypersensitive to Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s, penicillin, or other beta-lactams antibiotics. In the initial stage of the treatment, you might have diarrhoea and abdominal cramps due to loss of gut flora (good intestinal/gut bacteria that aids digestion). So, the doctor may prescribe you prebiotics or probiotics for increasing the number of gut flora. You can drink alcoholic beverages while taking amoxicillin, as it does not interact with Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s. Liver and kidney affected people should take Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s with caution.
Uses of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s
Bacterial infections
Medicinal Benefits
Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s treats a wide range of bacterial infections caused due to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It helps in the treatment of respiratory tract infections, ear infections, skin infections, genitourinary infections, and bone infections. Besides this, Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s also prevents in spreading the infection after surgery and in the early treatment of Lyme disease caused by bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) in adults and children over the age of 12 years. The usual course of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s is 7 days (5-10 days). But, your doctor might prescribe you Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s for a longer duration depending on the condition of infection. Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s has got excellent antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus para influenza, Streptococcus pneumonia, S. pyrogens, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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Side Effects of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s
During the treatment with Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s, you may observe some mild and transient nature of common side effects like headache, dizziness, stomach upset, or overgrowth of candida (fungal skin infection), unpleasant taste in the mouth, diaper rashes, and eosinophilia (increased disease-fighting cells WBCs). These side effects are usually in the initial phase and then resolve after some time. However, if these side effects persist let your doctor know about this.
In-Depth Precautions and Warning
Drug Warnings
Special care should be taken by the people taking Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s who have allergic reactions to penicillin or other beta-lactams antibiotics. As use with other antibiotics may lead to skin fungal infection known as Candida. Prolonged use of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s may also cause an overgrowth of other pathogens (like enterococci and Clostridium difficile), which can be prevented by stopping Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s. The case of colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) has been reported with the use of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s. Hence, it is important to consider the proper diagnosis of the patients who developed diarrhoea after taking Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s. If the symptom of diarrhoea persists for a longer duration, the patient may experience abdominal cramps. In this situation, the intake of Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s should be discontinued immediately. The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (caused due to toxins released by the death of bacteria within the body during antibiotic treatment) has been seen in the patients taking Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s for the treatment of Lyme disease. Your ability to perform tasks that require judgment, cognitive, or body movement may be affected and you may have dizziness. So patients taking Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s should be warned to be cautious when driving or operating machinery.
Drug Interactions
Drug-Drug Interaction: You should avoid taking Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s with oral birth control pills, medicines that reduces gastric acidity (like antacids, omeprazole), immuno-suppressing drugs (mycophenolate or mycophenolic acid), medicines used for reducing uric acid (probenecid), and some urinary glucose tests. Besides this, it also interacts with typhoid and BCG vaccines.
Drug-Food Interaction: Grapefruit juice and dietary supplements containing minerals like calcium may also work dampen the effect of antibiotics.
Drug-Disease Interaction: Ceftum 250 mg Tablet 4’s should not be given in the condition of colitis, kidney disease, patient planning for ferricyanide tests, patient on dialysis, liver disease, epilepsy (fits) and diarrhoea.
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