This medication is a narrow spectrum macrocyclic antibiotic, prescribed for clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD).  It works by killing sensitive bacteria.

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The recommended dose is one 200 mg tablet orally twice daily for 10 days.

It comes as a tablet to take by mouth, with or without food.

• Caution should be exercised in patients with history of infection, any allergy, who are taking other medications, children, during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

•   Blood : Anemia, decrease in white blood cells.
•   Gastrointestinal : Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal distension, abdominal tenderness, indigestion, difficulty in swallowing, flatulence, intestinal obstruction, megacolon.
•   Investigations : Increased blood alkaline phosphatase level, decreased blood bicarbonate, increased hepatic enzymes, and decreased platelet count.
•   Metabolic : Increased blood sugar, metabolic acidosis.
•   Skin : Drug eruption, itching, rash.

Avoid excess dosage.

Store at 20°C-25°C.