{"id":19228,"date":"2017-12-17T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T14:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=19228"},"modified":"2018-04-26T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T09:22:19","slug":"ceftriaxone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=19228","title":{"rendered":"Ceftriaxone Side Effects &#8211; Causes and Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Category: <\/strong>Antibacterial<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Drug Name: <\/strong>Ceftriaxone<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>General Usage: <\/strong>To Treat Bacterial Infections<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Brief Info about <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Ceftriaxone in <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Drug:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ceftriaxone is marketed under a brand name called as <em>Rocephin.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This drug is used to cure bacterial infections. Ceftriaxone acts by preventing the formation of bacteria\u2019s cell wall so that the cell wall gets ruptured resulting in the death of bacteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Ceftriaxone <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Side<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Effects Explained Better:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">There are lots of medicines that can causes side effects. In some cases, adverse effects were discovered during FDA tests &amp; were deemed an acceptable risk. In others, the negative effects turn out to be but were not identified until after the drug was extensively used. When side effects of a drug are severe, the dosages may be changed or second drug may be recommended. Dietary or lifestyle changes may also help reduce undesired effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Let your doctor know if a patient is younger than 29 days\/newborn with jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia &amp; if you are allergic to some Cephalosporin Antibiotics such as- cefprozil, cephalexin etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Different sorts of side effects are mentioned below-<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Frequent Ceftriaxone Side Effects (Commonly Seen)-<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">These side effects are usually felt by almost all patients. If they persist for a long time you must talk to your doctor about them right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Swelling, or redness at the injection site<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Mild pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Mild diarrhea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Nausea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">VomitingSide Effects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Infrequent Ceftriaxone Side Effects (Professional Point of View)-<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If any of these infrequent noticed by you during the treatment you must seek out medical aid promptly to run from the deleterious effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Signs of allergic reactions<\/em>&#8211;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Rash<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Itching<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Difficulty breathing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Hives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Tightness in the chest<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Chills or fever<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dizziness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Watery or bloody stools<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Yellowing of the eyes or skin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Seizures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Severe diarrhea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Stomach cramps or pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Vaginal discharge or irritation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Unusual weakness or tiredness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Persistent or severe stomach or back pain with vomiting and nausea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Unusually pale skin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Ceftriaxone <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Overdose Side Effects (Require Immediate Medical Attention)-<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Symptoms may include-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Seizures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Muscle spasms<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take this medicine just as suggested by your physician. If it is taken in a huge amount than required, it will cause some unpleasant effects for sure. You must try to get medical help as soon as you ingest more of this medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Ceftriaxone <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Drug Interaction Side Effects (Due to Reaction with Other drugs)-<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you are taking some drugs that are prescribed by other doctor, alcohol, minerals, vitamins, tobacco, some herbal products etc you must inform your doctor about them before you start consuming Ceftriaxone so that drug interaction could not occur. Report to your doctor if you are taking these drugs-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Calcium containing IV medicines such as-<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ringer&#8217;s solution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Parenteral nutrition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Severe and sometimes fatal kidney and lung problems occur, particularly in newborns when any of the above mentioned drugs is taken with Ceftriaxone due to drug interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Aminoglycosides (such as- gentamicin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Cyclosporine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Anticoagulants (such as- warfarin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Heparin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ceftriaxone may increase the risk of above listed medicines\u2019 side effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Certain live vaccines such as-<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BCG<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">oral typhoid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ceftriaxone may reduce effectiveness of above listed vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Ceftriaxone <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Prolonged Use Side Effects (When Used for Longer Periods)-<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Repeated or prolonged use of Ceftriaxone may cause a second infection. Notify your medical healthcare provider if symptoms of a second infection appear. Your medicine may need to be changed to diagnose the problem..<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Category: Antibacterial Drug Name: Ceftriaxone General Usage: To Treat Bacterial Infections Brief Info about Ceftriaxone in Drug: Ceftriaxone is marketed under a brand name called as Rocephin. This drug is used to cure bacterial infections. Ceftriaxone acts by preventing the formation of bacteria\u2019s cell wall so that the cell wall gets ruptured resulting in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17526],"tags":[29649,29650],"class_list":{"0":"post-19228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-side-effects","7":"tag-ceftriaxone","8":"tag-ceftriaxone-side-effects"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}