Mitrocin 500 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 8.51 (20's pack: ৳ 170.20)

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Erythromycin oral
Company Millat pharmaceuticals ltd
Also available as
Mitrocin 250 mg tablet Mitrocin 125 mg suspension Mitrocin ds 250 mg suspension

Title

  • Mitrocin Antibiotic Suspension

Categories

  • Medicine
  • Healthcare
  • Pharmaceuticals

Description

  • Highly effective in the treatment of a wide variety of clinical infections

Indications

  • Upper respiratory tract infections
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Ear infections
  • Eye infections
  • Skin and Soft tissue infections
  • Gastrointestinal tract infections
  • Prophylaxis
  • Other infections

Microorganisms Susceptible

  • Gram (+)ve: Cocci and bacilli
  • Gram (-)ve: Neisseria catarhalis, N.meningitis, N.gonorrhoea, Haemophilus influenzae, Brodetella, H. pertussis
  • Other micro-organisms: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Bacteroides fragilis, B.oralis, B.melaninogenicus, Fusobacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, Treponema pallidum

Mode of Action

  • Exerts a bacteriostatic or bactericidal action based on specific interference with ribosomal protein synthesis within the bacterial cell

Pharmacology

  • Inhibits microsomal protein synthesis in susceptible organisms by inhibiting the translocation process
  • Active against many Gram-positive bacteria, some Gram-negative bacteria, mycoplasmas, and chlamydia

Dosage & Administration

  • 250-500 mg every six hours for mild to moderate infections in adults and children over 8 years
  • Dosage adjustments for elderly, children aged 2 to 8 years, and infants

Interaction

  • Potential interaction with theophylline leading to increased serum theophylline levels and potential theophylline toxicity

Contraindications

  • Known hypersensitivity to Erythromycin

Side Effects

  • Rare allergic reactions
  • Occasional abdominal discomfort, nausea, and vomiting after oral administration

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Caution advised for pregnant patients and lactating mothers due to erythromycin crossing the placental barrier and excretion in breast milk

Precautions & Warnings

  • Should be given with care in patients with impaired hepatic function

Overdose Effects

  • Mitrocin should be discontinued in case of overdose
  • Prompt elimination of unabsorbed drug and appropriate measures should be instituted

Therapeutic Class

  • Anti-diarrhoeal Antimicrobial drugs
  • Macrolides

Reconstitution

  • Shake the bottle to loosen powder
  • Direction for reconstitution of suspension with boiled and cooled water
  • Shake the suspension well before each use
  • Storage guidelines for reconstituted suspension

Storage Conditions

  • Keep below 25°C temperature, away from light & moisture

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