Active Substance: Tigecycline.
Overview
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This medicine contains an important and useful components, as it consists of
Tigecyclineis available in the market in concentration
Tigecycline
Hypersensitivity to tetracyclines. Use tigecycline in situations when alternative treatments are not suitable. Patients w/ complicated intra-abdominal infections secondary to clinically apparent intestinal perforation. Hepatic impairment. Pregnancy and lactation.
Complicated intra-abdominal infections; Complicated skin and skin structure infections, Community-acquired pneumonia
Hypersensitivity. Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Use during tooth development.
>10% Nausea (29.5%),Vomiting (19.7%),Diarrhea (12.7%) 1-10% Infection (8.3%),Fever (7.1%),Abd pain (6.8%),Headache (5.9%),HTN (4.9%),Anemia (4.2%),Dizziness (3.5%),Dyspnea (2.9%),Pruritus (2.6%),Rash (2.4%),Hypotension (2.3%),Insomnia (2.3%)
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Tigecycline is a glycylcycline antibiotic which prevents protein synthesis of the susceptible bacteria by binding to its 30s ribosomal subunit. It is generally considered as bacteriostatic agent; w/ bactericidal activity against S. pneumonia and L. pneumophilia. Tigecycline antibacterial activity covers facultative gm+ve (including MRSA, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis) and gm-ve bacteria, and anaerobic bacteria.
Increased warfarin serum levels. May decrease efficacy of oral contraceptives.
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