What is Cefadur DT250?
Cefadur DT250 tablet is an antibiotic medicine that is effective in treating bacterial infections in your body. Doctors recommend this drug to treat the infections of your skin, throat, urinary tract, ears, and soft tissues. It kills harmful bacteria which further improves the symptoms and cures your infection.
Cefadur contains an active ingredient Cefadroxil and belongs to a class of drugs known as cephalosporins. A bacterial infection is a spread of a harmful strain of bacteria on or inside your body.
Intake of this medication will make you feel better after a few days of the treatment. However, you must not stop taking it unless the doctor recommends it even if you feel better after a few days.
How does Cefadur DT250 work?
Cefadur 250mg is an antibiotic that works by killing the bacteria and preventing them from forming the bacterial protective covering required by them to survive. This further helps to treat bacterial infections in your body.
How to use Cefadur DT250?
Read the patient information leaflet carefully provided with the medicine in order to understand the benefits and risks of Cefadur.
Take this tablet in the exact dose as well as duration as directed by your doctor. Before taking the medicine, it is important to dissolve it in a glass of plain water.
Cefadur DT 250mg can be taken with or without food but at a fixed time every day. Make sure to take this medicine at the same time every day so that you remember taking it.
In case, you miss a dose or overdose then immediately call the doctor. Never try to increase the dose or take it more often than prescribed as this will not treat your condition quickly but cause severe side effects. If you stop taking this medicine too early then some bacteria can survive and the infection might return back.
Cefadur DT 250mg is not going to work for treating viral infections like the common cold or the flu. Using any antibiotic when it is not required will make it less effective for treating future infections.
Precautions and warnings
Before starting the treatment with Cefadur DT 250mg, inform the doctor if you are allergic to it or any other antibiotics. It is important for patients to tell the doctor about their medical history, especially liver problems and kidney disorders.
Let the doctor know about all other medicines you take including herbal supplements and prescription & non-prescription medicine. This will help the doctor to recommend Cefadur DT 250mg accordingly and adjust the dosage of other medicines.
Also, pay attention to drug interactions because several medicines interact with the Cefadur tablet and decrease its effectiveness.
Side effects
Just like other antibiotics, Cefadur DT250mg also comes with a few side effects like dizziness, headache, vomiting, nausea, and stomach pain. Some of the mild side effects even start to disappear as the body adjusts to this drug.
Call the doctor immediately, if any of your side effects continue or become worse with time.
