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Cefixime is an antibiotic used to treat various infections caused by bacteria such as bronchitis (infection of the respiratory tract), gonorrhea (sexually transmitted infection), ear infections, gastrointestinal infections, and so on. Cefixime belongs to the cephalosporin class of antibiotics. However, consuming cefixime can sometimes cause some side effects. What are the side effects of cefixime?
Cefixime side effects
Immediately report to your doctor if you begin to experience symptoms:
- Allergic reactions such as rashes on the skin, itching, swelling on the face, lips or tongue.
- You experience diarrhea that is watery and even bloody. Diarrhea often occurs when using antibiotics. Diarrhea with more severe effects is rare, but may occur if you end up taking antibiotics again after a few months of not taking them. You should immediately contact your doctor if your diarrhea starts to bleed.
- You begin to find it difficult to breathe.
- You start to feel out of consciousness. Drinking alcohol and taking certain medications may make these side effects worse.
- Increase in body temperature.
- The onset of pain when urinating.
- Feeling tired.
- Headache.
- There is irritation of the genital or anal area.
- Feeling pain and heat in the stomach (heartburn), nausea to vomiting.
- Stomach cramps after about 2 months after stopping treatment.
What you need to pay attention to when using cefixime
Some other things that need to be considered when consuming Cefixime include:
- As with any antibiotic treatment, do not change the dose as well as go through the whole course of treatment. The use of antibiotics will not overall cause the level of sensitivity of the bacteria being resisted by these antibiotics is reduced. This will in fact make these bacteria more difficult to fight in the future.
- Repeated use of cefixime has the potential to cause a second infection. Immediately notify your doctor if you start experiencing symptoms of infection a second time. Your medication should be changed immediately if this happens.
- Getting the tuberculosis and typhoid vaccines while you are taking cefixime will only end in vain, because the two vaccines may not work properly. Immediately consult your doctor if your vaccination schedule conflicts with the period of your treatment with cefixime.
- The use of cefixime may affect some of the results of lab tests such as the glucose in urine test for diabetes patients. It's best to make sure the doctor who tests you knows about it.
