Fosfotas
Fosfotas Products are primarily used for
Bacterial infections of urinary tract
About Fosfotas Products
Uses of Fosfotas Products
Fosfomycin is used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections of urinary tract.
Fosfotas Products side effects
Common
Side Effects of Fosfotas are Headache, Diarrhea, Inflammation of the nose.
How Fosfotas Products work
Fosfomycin is an antibiotic. It kills bacteria by preventing them from forming the bacterial protective covering which is needed for their survival. It also reduces bacterial attachment to cells lining the bladder.
Patient Concerns about Fosfotas Products
Frequently asked questions about Fosfotas Products
Frequently asked questions about Fosfomycin
Q. What kind of antibiotic is Fosfotas Injection?
Fosfotas Injection is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which kills the infection causing bacteria in your body by affecting and damaging the cell wall (covering of bacteria) synthesis. It is also seen that Fosfotas Injection prevents the attachment of bacteria to superficial cells of urinary bladder, hence preventing infection.
Q. What is the use of Fosfotas Injection?
This medication is an antibiotic used in few specific conditions like infections of urinary bladder infections and lower urinary tract infections and the infection of bone marrow. It is also sometimes used to treat infection of meninges (covering of the brain). Whether this medicine should be given to you or not will be decided by your doctor depending upon the type of bacteria causing the infection. It acts only in bacterial infections and is of no use in viral infections (such as common cold and flu).
Q. How often can you take Fosfotas Injection?
The schedule of taking Fosfotas Injection is decided by your doctor. The daily dose is determined on the basis of bacteria causing the infection, severity and site of the infection. While deciding the dose and duration, the doctor will also consider your age, body weight and status of kidney function. Usually, it is given as 2–3 divided doses in whole day.
Q. Can I take Fosfotas Injection if have kidney problems?
Fosfotas Injection should be given with caution if the patient has kidney problems. Your doctor may get regular blood tests done to monitor kidney function. If at all needed to be given to patients with kidney impairment, the doctor may need to adjust the dose according to the severity of the kidney problem.
Q. How long does Fosfotas Injection stay in your system?
The time for which Fosfotas Injection will stay in our body depends upon how well your kidney functions as this medicine is excreted by the kidney. In healthy adults, about 80-90% of the total medicine injected is excreted by kidney within 10 hours after a single injection into the veins. If the patient has kidney dysfunction, the medicine may stay back for a longer time in the body.
Products for Fosfotas
Fosfotas Injection
vial of 1 Injection
MRP
₹4780
Fosfotas Injection
vial of 1 Solution for Injection
MRP
₹314.5