Flip – 1g (IM) injection

Description

Read all of this leaflet carefully before you are given this medicine because
it contains important information for you.
– Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
– If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
– If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This
includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
What is in this leaflet:
1. What Ceftriaxone is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you are given Ceftriaxone
3. How Ceftriaxone is given
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Ceftriaxone
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Ceftriaxone is and what it is used for
Flip – 1g is an antibiotic given to adults and children (including newborn
babies). It works by killing bacteria that cause infections. It belongs to a group
of medicines called cephalosporins.
Flip – 1g is used to treat infections of:
• the brain (meningitis);
• the lungs;
• the middle ear;
• the abdomen and abdominal wall (peritonitis);
• the urinary tract and kidneys;
• bones and joints;
• the skin or soft tissues;
• the blood;
• the heart.
This medicine can be given:
• to treat specific sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhoea and syphilis);
• to treat patients with low white blood cell counts (neutropenia) who have
fever due to bacterial infection;
• to treat infections of the chest in adults with chronic bronchitis;
• to treat Lyme disease (caused by tick bites) in adults and children including
newborn babies from 15 days of age;
• to prevent infections during surgery.
2. What you need to know before you are given Flip – 1g
You must not be given Flip – 1gif:
• you are allergic to ceftriaxone or any of the other ingredients of this
medicine (listed in section 6);
• you have had a sudden or severe allergic reaction to penicillin or similar
antibiotics (such as cephalosporins, monobactams or carbapenems). The
signs include sudden swelling of the throat or face which might make it
difficult to breath or swallow, sudden swelling of the hands, feet and ankles,
chest pain and a severe rash that develops quickly;
• you are allergic to lidocaine and you are to be given Flip – 1g as an
injection into a muscle.
Flip – 1g must not be given to babies if:
• the baby is premature;
• the baby is newborn (up to 28 days of age) and has certain blood problems
or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes) or is to be given
a product that contains calcium into their vein.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before you are given Flip – 1g if:
• you have recently received or are about to receive products that contain
calcium;
• you have ever had problems with lidocaine;
• you have recently had diarrhoea after having an antibiotic medicine;
• you have ever had problems with your gut, in particular colitis
(inflammation of the bowel);
• you have liver or kidney problems (see section 4);
• you have gall stones or kidney stones;
• you have other illnesses, such as haemolytic anaemia (a reduction in your
red blood cells that may make your skin pale yellow and cause weakness or
breathlessness);
• you are on a low sodium diet;
• you experience or have previously experienced a combination of any of the
following symptoms: rash, red skin, blistering of the lips, eyes and mouth,
skin peeling, high fever, flu-like symptoms, increased levels of liver
enzymes seen in blood tests and an increase in a type of white blood cell
(eosinophilia) and enlarged lymph nodes (signs of severe skin reactions, see
also section 4 “Possible side effects”).