• Bacterial infections caused by gram-negative bacteria and Staphylococci strains:
    • PO 400mg BD *5/7
  • Tablet:
    • 400mg
  • Avoid UV exposure or sun exposure because of the risk of photosensitivity during treatment and for 4 days after stopping treatment.
  • Best taken in the middle of a meal or right after a full meal to avoid causing gastrointestinal upset

Fluoroquinolone.

It inhibits DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV activity necessary bacterial DNA synthesis. This in turn promotes breakage of DNA strand.

  • Nausea
  • Headache
  • Diarrhoea
  • Vomiting
  • Itching
  • Dizziness
  • Difficulty in falling or staying asleep
  • Hypersensitivity to class/components
  • Pregnant women
  • Lactating mothers
  • Children and adolescents
  • History of tendon disorders related to quinolone use
  • Deficient in the enzyme Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD)
  • Dairy products
  • Zinc and iron salts
  • Chlorpropamide
  • Glimepiride
  • Glipizide
  • Glyburide
  • Metformin
  • Tolazamide
  • Tolbutamide
  • Aspirin
  • Warfarin
  • Theophylline

                                   Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Contraindicated
Breastfeeding Contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Pelox-400 400mg Tablet 10’s Wockhardt Ltd Pharma Specialities