Fucidin Suspension
fusidic acid
Please read all of this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine.
- Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
- If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.
- If any of the side effects become serious, or you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
In this leaflet:
- 1. What Fucidin Suspension is and what it is used for
- 2. Before you take Fucidin Suspension
- 3. How to take Fucidin Suspension
- 4. Possible side effects
- 5. How to store Fucidin Suspension
- 6. Further information
What Fucidin Suspension Is And What It Is Used For
Fucidin Suspension contains fusidic acid. It is a type of antibiotic.
Fucidin Suspension works by killing germs (bacteria) that cause infections.
Fucidin Suspension is used to treat infections such as:
- Infections of the skin and wounds
- Infections of the blood such as septicaemia
- Infections of the bone and heart tissue
- Infections of the lungs such as pneumonia
- Infections connected with the condition cystic fibrosis.
Before You Take Fucidin Suspension
Do not take Fucidin Suspension
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to fusidic acid.
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of the other ingredients in your medicine. You can find a list of these ingredients in section 6 of this leaflet.
- If you know that you have any sugar intolerance. You may have inherited this condition from someone else in your family.
Take special care with Fucidin Suspension
Before you take Fucidin Suspension, tell your doctor:
- If you have problems with your liver
- If you have recently been jaundiced.
When you are taking Fucidin Suspension your doctor may take regular blood tests in patients on high doses, with liver problems or taking the medicine for a long time.
Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, or have recently taken any other medicines. This includes any medicines which you have bought without a prescription.
You must tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:
- Other antibiotics, such as lincomycin and rifampicin.
- Oral anti-coagulants (medicines to "thin" your blood). You may be likely to bleed more easily. Your doctor may need to change your dose.
- Medicines to lower blood cholesterol, such as statins. Rarely, this may lead to muscle weakness, tenderness or pain.
- Ciclosporin. This medicine is used to reduce the body's immune reactions.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
Please ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking Fucidin Suspension:
- If you are pregnant, or think you are pregnant
- If you are breast-feeding.
Tell your doctor if you become pregnant while using this medicine.
Driving and using machines
Usually your medicine will have very little effect on your ability to drive or use machines. Check with your doctor if you feel any side effect that may stop you from driving or using machines.
Important information about some of the ingredients of Fucidin Suspension
Fucidin Suspension contains:
- Sodium benzoate. This may increase the risk of jaundice in newborn babies.
- Glucose. This is a type of sugar. If you cannot tolerate any sugar (sometimes called sugar intolerance), contact your doctor before taking this medicine. Your medicine contains 1.25 gram (g) glucose in each 5 millilitres (ml). This should be taken into account in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Sorbitol. This is a type of sugar. If you cannot tolerate any sugar (sometimes called sugar intolerance), contact your doctor before taking this medicine.
- Sodium. Your medicine contains 2 milligrams (mg) sodium in each ml. This should be taken into consideration if you are on a controlled sodium diet.
Please ask your doctor if you are worried about any of the ingredients in this medicine.
How To Take Fucidin Suspension
Always take Fucidin Suspension exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
How much Fucidin Suspension to take
Your doctor will tell you how much Fucidin Suspension to take or to give to your child and how many times each day to take it.
You should take the medicine at equally spaced times in the day.
Shake well before use.
Adults
The usual dose is 15 ml three times each day.
Children
The usual dose for a child:
- Under 1 year is 1 ml/kg bodyweight each day. This dose will be divided into 3 equal doses.
- Between 1-5 years is 5 ml three times each day
- Between 5-12 years is 10 ml three times each day.
If you take more Fucidin Suspension than you should
Tell your doctor straight away. You may need to stop taking this medicine.
If you forget to take Fucidin Suspension
If you forget to take this medicine, take it as soon as you remember. Then next take this medicine at the usual time.
If you stop taking Fucidin Suspension
It is very important to take all the medicine that your doctor has told you to take. You must finish this medicine even if you feel better. You must do this because otherwise your infection may come back.
If you have any further questions about using this medicine, please ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Fucidin Suspension Side Effects
Like all medicines, Fucidin Suspension can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Important side effects to look out for:
You must get urgent medical help if you have any of the following symptoms. You may be having an allergic reaction:
You have difficulty breathing
Your face or throat swell
Your skin develops a severe rash.
You should tell your doctor straight away if you have any of the following symptoms. You may be having problems with your liver or kidneys:
Your skin or the whites of your eyes appear yellow
You are not passing water.
You should tell your doctor straight away if you have any of the following symptoms. The level of some cells in your blood may be changed.
You develop any unexplained bruising or bleeding
You develop persistent or repeated mouth ulcers, sore throats or other infections.
Other possible side effects:
Stomach upset.
If any of the side effects become serious or you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, tell your doctor or pharmacist.
How To Store Fucidin Suspension
- Keep out of the reach and the sight of children.
- Do not use Fucidin Suspension after the expiry date on the carton. The expiry date is the last day of that month.
- This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.
Medicines should not be thrown away in waste water or in household waste. Please ask your pharmacist how to throw away any medicine you do not need any more. If you do this you will help protect the environment.
Further Information
What Fucidin Suspension contains
- The active ingredient is fusidic acid. Fucidin Suspension contains 250 mg of fusidic acid in every 5 ml.
- The other ingredients are acesulfame potassium, banana flavour, orange dry flavour, citric acid, disodium phosphate dihydrate, glucose liquid, hydroxyethylcellulose, methylcellulose, sodium benzoate, sorbitol and purified water.
You can find important information about some of the ingredients in your medicine near the end of section 2 of this leaflet.
What Fucidin Suspension looks like and contents of the pack
Fucidin Suspension is a white to off-white liquid.
Fucidin Suspension comes in a bottle of 50 ml with a measuring cup.
Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
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This leaflet was last revised in December 2009.
This leaflet was last approved in May 2010.
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LEO
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