What is tazocin prescribed for?
What is tazocin prescribed for?
Indication: What Tazocin is used for Tazocin EF is active against bacteria which cause serious infections such as chest infections, urine infections, stomach infections, skin infections, gynaecological infections, septicaemia (blood poisoning). It is also used to treat many other infections.
What is piperacillin tazobactam used for?
Piperacillin and tazobactam is a combination penicillin antibiotic that is used to treat many different infections caused by bacteria, such as stomach infections, skin infections, pneumonia, and severe uterine infections. This medicine is sometimes given together with other antibiotics.
Is tazocin same as tazobactam?
Piperacillin/tazobactam, sold under the brand names Tazocin and Zosyn among others, is a combination medication containing the antibiotic piperacillin and the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam.
Is zosyn a strong antibiotic?
ZOSYN is a combination product consisting of a penicillin-class antibacterial, piperacillin, and a beta-lactamase inhibitor, tazobactam, indicated for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe infections caused by susceptible isolates of the designated bacteria in the conditions listed below.
Does tazocin affect the liver?
Piperacillin-tazobactam has been linked with idiosyncratic liver injury, including cases of DRESS and cholestatic liver injury that can be prolonged and even fatal.
Has tazocin got penicillin?
The name of your medicine is TAZOCIN EF. It contains the active ingredients piperacillin sodium and tazobactam sodium. They belong to a group of antibiotics called penicillins that work by killing bacteria.
What bacteria does tazocin cover?
Piperacillin/tazobactam is a beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity encompassing most Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria, including many pathogens producing beta-lactamases.
Can tazocin cause liver damage?
How good is tazocin?
Tazocin is effective and well tolerated in patients with lower respiratory tract infections, intra-abdominal infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and febrile neutropenia. Tazocin was approved by the therapeutic committee at Hamad General Hospital many years ago.
What kind of antibiotic is tazobactam used for?
Tazobactam is an antibiotic of the beta-lactamase inhibitor class that prevents the breakdown of other antibiotics by beta-lactamase enzyme producing organisms. It is combined with Piperacillin and Ceftolozane for the treatment of a variety of bacterial infections.
When to use tazobactam in combination with piperacillin?
Tazobactam is used in combination with piperacillin or ceftolozane to broaden the spectrum of piperacillin antibacterial action, treating susceptible infections. As with any other antibiotic, tazobactam should only be used for infections that are either proven or strongly suspected to be susceptible to the tazobactam containing drug.
What are the side effects of Tazocin and Zosyn?
The most common adverse effect is diarrhea (7–11%). Another adverse effect is inhibition of platelets (thrombocytopenia). Apart from Tazocin and Zosyn, the drug is marketed in various countries under other trade names such as Tazact, Biopiper TZ, Brodactam, Piptaz, Maxitaz, Kilbac, Trezora, Du-Tazop, Tazopen, Sytaz, Tazin, and Inzalin TZ.
Are there any drug interactions with tazobactam?
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