Septran Tablet

• If you are allergic to sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim or any of the ingredients present in Septran tablet.
• If you have severe liver or kidney disorders.
• If you ever had a decrease platelet count due to this medicine.
• If you have any blood-related disorder such as polyphia.
• This medicine should not be used in a child below 6 weeks of life.

• Fungal infection
• Increased level of potassium
• Headache
• Nausea
• Diarrhoea
• Skin rashes

Other General Warnings

• You may have or experience any allergic reaction after taking this medicine.
• You are suffering from respiratory conditions such as asthma or bronchitis.
• You are elderly.
• You have kidney disease and decrease urine output.
• You have any blood disorders.
• You have an electrolyte imbalance.
• You do not have enough folic acid in your body.
• You have glucose-6 phosphate deficiency.

• Take this medication as a whole with food.
• Take it as advised by the doctor at a prescribed time.
• Make sure that you finish the course of the medication which your doctor has prescribed.

• Keep this medicine away from the reach of children.
• Do not store it above 25°C.
• Do not take the medicines after the expiry shown on the label.
• Do not throw the medication via household waste or wastewater. Ask your pharmacist about the proper disposal of medicines no longer required.

• Septran tablet is an antibiotic medicine. It is used to treat various bacterial infections of the lungs, urinary tract, ears, airways and traveller's diarrhoea.
• Take this medicine as advised by your doctor for the prescribed duration.
• Always complete the entire course of treatment with antibiotics, as incomplete treatment may result in treatment failure and an increased risk of re-infection.
• Before using the Septran tablet, inform the doctor if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding and about your detailed medical history.
• Inform your doctor if you are allergic to sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim or any of the ingredients present in this medicine.
• Diarrhoea, headache, nausea and skin rashes can occur as side effects of this medicine. Inform your doctor if the side effects do not resolve even after completing the course of this medicine.

Overdose

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How Does It Work?

Interactions with other medicines

• Some medicines can affect the way Septran tablet works, or Septran itself can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines taken at the same time.
• Tell your doctor about all the medicines, supplements, or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interaction.
• In particular, if you are taking medicines to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, high/abnormal cholesterol levels, blood thinners, anti-infectives, anti-diabetics, anti-asthmatics, pain killers, immunomodulatory medicines or medicines for the brain-related disorder.
• When blood thinner medicine like warfarin is taken along with septran, it increases the risk of bleeding.
• Concomitant use of Septran with water tablets (diuretics) like spironolactone may decrease blood platelet count.
• The effect of medicines used to treat heart problems like digoxin or procainamide may be increased when used concomitantly with Septran.
• Concomitant use of Septran with medicines used to treat malaria and diarrhoea (pyrimethamine) can increase the risk of anaemia.

Interactions with food items