Gudcef Az Tablet

Composition of Gudcef Az Tablet

Gudcef Az Tablet contains Azithromycin (250mg) + Cefpodoxime (200mg). It belongs to the Macrolide and Cephalosporin class of medicines.

Uses of Gudcef Az Tablet

• This medicine is used in the treatment of bacterial infection
• chest infection
• throat infection
• skin infection
• urinary infection
• ear and throat infection and typhoid.

Key benefits

• Useful when penicillin cannot be used
• Short courses are often sufficient
• Effective against a wide range of bacteria
• Available as tablets
• syrups and injections

How Gudcef Az Tablet works

This medicine combines 2 active ingredients: Azithromycin and Cefpodoxime. Azithromycin stops the bacteria causing your infection from making the proteins they need to multiply. Cefpodoxime kills the bacteria causing your infection by destroying the cell wall that holds them together.

How to take Gudcef Az Tablet

Take exactly as prescribed by your doctor.

Side effects of Gudcef Az Tablet

Most side effects of Gudcef Az are mild and settle as the body adjusts. Reported side effects include:

• Nausea
• Stomach pain
• Loose motions
• Vomiting
• Altered taste
• Rash
• Thrush

Stop the medicine and seek help immediately for a rash, swelling of the face or lips, wheezing or difficulty breathing. Tell your doctor about any side effect that persists or worries you.

Safety advice for Gudcef Az Tablet

Warnings and precautions

Finish the whole course even after you feel better. Tell your doctor if you have a heart rhythm problem or take a medicine for one — this group can affect the heart's electrical timing. Report severe or watery loose motions during or after the course rather than treating them yourself. Finish the whole course even after you feel better — stopping early breeds resistant bacteria. Tell your doctor if you have ever had a severe reaction to penicillin; a small proportion of people react to both groups. Several medicines in this group are on Schedule H1 precisely because overuse drives antibiotic resistance. Take it only when a doctor has prescribed it for you.

Do not take Gudcef Az if

Not for anyone with a known allergy to this medicine or to any ingredient in the pack. Not for anyone with a known allergy to macrolide antibiotics, or with certain heart rhythm disorders. Not for anyone with a known allergy to cephalosporin antibiotics.

Interactions with other medicines

Interacts with a long list of medicines, including statins, some heart medicines and blood thinners — tell your doctor everything you take. Antacids reduce absorption; separate them by a couple of hours. Antacids, iron and zinc reduce absorption — separate them by a couple of hours. Tell your doctor if you take a blood thinner.

How to store Gudcef Az Tablet

Store below 30°C in the original pack, away from direct sunlight and moisture. Keep out of the reach of children.

Expert advice for Gudcef Az Tablet

Take it at the same time each day and complete the course. Taking it with food reduces nausea unless the pack says to take it on an empty stomach. Space the doses evenly and complete the course. Keep the reconstituted syrup as the pharmacist instructed and discard it after the stated number of days.

Manufacturer and class

Manufacturer:

MANKIND (PHARMA)

Therapeutic class:

Antibiotic

Drug class:

Macrolide and Cephalosporin