N-FLOX ( DROPS, EYE/EAR )

Manufacturer
Laborate Pharmaceuticals India
Drug Type
 Branded Drug
Medicine System
 Allopathy
Drug Availability
 Pharmacy (P)

Ingredients

SKU

Brand NameDosage Form PackQty per PackInquiry
N-FLOXDROPS, EYE/EAR1 Please Inquire

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Related Monographs

Norfloxacin

Pregnancy Category C

Schedule Drug Category: H

Usage / Indications

  • Uncomplicated gonorrhea
  • Chronic bacterial prostatitis
  • Complicated UTI
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Conjunctivitis.

Dosage

Source : NFI National Formulary of India
Oral
Urinary tract infection and upper respiratory tract infections: 200 to 400 mg daily preferably in the morning. Increase if necessary in upper urinary tract infection to 400 mg twice daily.
Uncomplicated gonorrhea: 400 mg as a single dose. Uncomplicated genital chlamydia infections, non-gonococcal urethritis: 400 mg daily in single dose for 7 days or divided doses for 7 days.

 

Contraindications

History of hypersensitivity, tendinitis

Precautions

  • Should be used with caution in patients with a history of epilepsy or conditions that predispose to seizures, in G-6-PD deficiency, myasthenia gravis (risk of exacerbation), in renal impairment
  • During lactation. Exposure to excessive sunlight should be avoided (discontinue if photosensitivity occurs). Quinolones may induce convulsions in patients with or without a history of convulsions
  • Taking NSAIDs at the same time, organ system assessment, haemolytic reaction, pregnancy (Appendix 7c).

Side Effects / Adverse Effects

  • Nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, diarrhoea (rarely, antibiotic-associat- ed colitis), headache, dizziness, sleep dis- orders
  • Rash (rarely, Stevens-Johnson syn- drome and toxic epidermal necrolysis) and pruritus. Less frequent side-effects include anorexia, increase in blood urea and cre- atinine
  • Drowsiness, restlessness, asthenia, depression, confusion, hallucinations, convulsions, tremor, paraesthesia, hypo- aesthesia
  • Photosensitivity, hypersensitivity reactions including fever, urticaria, angioedema, arthralgia, myalgia and ana- phylaxis
  • Blood disorders (including eosi- nophilia, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia)
  • Disturbances in vision, taste, hearing and smell. The drug should be discontinued if psychiatric, neurological or hypersensitiv- ity reactions (including severe rash) occur
  • Rash, heart burn, abdominal cramps, irrita- bility.

Storage

Store protected from light and moisture

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