Pefloxacin is an antibacterial medicine known commercially as Peflacin.
This oral and injectable medicine is indicated for the treatment of gynecological, skin or respiratory infections caused by bacteria. The action of Pefloxacin weakens the bacteria that ends up being eliminated from the organism, quickly diminishing the symptoms of the infection.
Indications for Pefloxacin
Endocarditis; meningitis; respiratory infection; infection in the larynx; kidney infection; urinary infection; gynecological infection; infections in the abdomen; infection in the bones.
Price of Pefloxacin
The box of Pefloxacin active ingredient commercially called Peflacin 400 mg with 2 tablets costs approximately 41 reais and the 400 mg Peflacin box containing 10 ampoules costs approximately 430 reais.
Side Effects of Pefloxacin
Pain or discomfort in the belly; diarrhea; nausea; vomiting; photosensitivity; erythema; Stevens-Johnson syndrome; urticaria; muscle aches; convulsions; irritability; mental confusion; Headache.
Contraindications of Pefloxacin
Pregnancy Risk C; women in the lactation phase; history of tendinitis caused by fluoroquinolone; children and adolescents in the growth phase; Hipersensibility to any of the formula's components.
How to use Pefloxacin
Injectable Use
Adults
- Inject 400 mg of Pefloxacin intravenously every 12 hours.
Oral use
Adults
- Administer 400 mg of Pefloxacin once a day. Preferably take the medicine together with the meal.
