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UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine) Urobiotic is the trade name of a mixture of a tetracycline, a sulfa drug and a dye. Your own body’s defenses work with this medicine to fight infections.
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UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine)
INSTRUCTIONS
Urobiotic is the trade name of a mixture of a tetracycline, a sulfa drug and a dye. Your own body’s defenses work with this medicine to fight infections.
If you are allergic or hypersensitive to any azo dye, sulfa or tetracycline drug, you should not take Urobiotic.
Follow the instructions on the prescription exactly. Do not take a larger or smaller dose of the medicine than the prescription tells you to. Food, milk, dairy products, antacids, laxatives and cathartics may all interfere with its absorption. So if the prescription suggests that you take the medicine “before meals” or “on an empty stomach,” this means that you should take it at least one hour before you eat a meal or wait two hours after eating. You may take it with a few crackers and water if taking it on an empty stomach causes discomfort.
The dye in this medicine will change the color of your urine to orange-red. This should not cause alarm.
Take all the medicine prescribed, even if you.feel much better before you have taken all of it. It you have an adverse reaction, stop using the medicine and contact your doctor.
PRECAUTIONS UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine)
Using medicines together may sometimes cause unfavorable reactions. So tell your doctor about any medicine you are taking now (including drugs you buy without prescription). This is especially necessary in the case of anticoagulants, methotrexate, or any oral medicine for diabetes.
The use of drugs of the tetracycline class during the last half of pregnancy or in infants or children less than 8 years old may cause permanent discoloration of the teeth (yellow, gray, brown).
Sulfa drugs should not be taken during the last part of pregnancy since they can cause jaundice or even brain damage to the newborn child. They can also cause skin rashes, liver or kidney damage, or damage to other organs. Avoid taking vitamins in high doses—especially Vitamin C —while taking this medicine.
Do not give any of this medicine to anyone else. If you have a severe allergy, liver disorder, asthma, a kidney disease with decreased kidney function, or if you are pregnant or think you are pregnant, tell your doctor before you start taking Urobiotic.
Old tetracyclines are especially dangerous and should never be saved.
UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine)POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Effective medicine may cause “side effects” in some people. New symptoms may be caused by the medicine, the original dis-
order, or a new illness that may develop. Most people experience few or no side effects, and those that do happen tend to disappear in time after you stop using the medicine or when your body adjusts to it.
It is possible that Urobiotic may cause tiredness, hives, swelling around the eyes, ringing in the ears, depression, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, changes in your ability to see, inflammation of the tongue, sore throat, black “hairy” tongue, vaginal discharge, itching of the genitals and anus, fever, skin rashes, skin discoloration (especially after sun exposure), joint pain, blood changes, jaundice, red eyes and blood in the urine. If you should develop any of these symptoms to an uncomfortable degree or think that the medicine is bothering you in some other way, stop taking it temporarily and notify your doctor. He may decide to change your dosage schedule or discontinue the medicine.
YOUR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine)
Until you experience how this medicine
affects you, don’t drive a car or other
vehicle, don’t work around dangerous machinery, don’t climb ladders, and don’t work in high places. Especially follow these restrictions if you also drink any beverage with alcohol, or take any other medicine that might affect your alertness or reflexes, such as tranquilizers, sedatives, anti-histamines, medicine for pain, and others.
OVERDOSAGE: WHAT TO DO
CALL THE DOCTOR OR _
FOR HELP OR AN AMBULANCE. Then
give FIRST AID! The patient is unconscious or very drowsy: (a)
Not breathing: Try mouth-to-mouth breathing.
(b) No heart beat: Use cardiac massage if you know
how; hit the breast-bone hard with your fist.
(c) Don’t try to make him vomit, (d) If you can’t get
help, take the patient to the nearest qualified
Emergency facility.
The patient is alert: (a) Give milk (undiluted evaporated milk is best), (b) Try to induce vomiting with Syrup of Ipecac* if available; otherwise push your finger far back in his throat. Try to save the vomit for tests. Next, give Activated Charcoal.* (c) If no professional help can be found, don’t wait. Take the patienl to the nearest Emergency facility
ALWAYS BRING ANY REMAINING MEDICINE AND EMPTY BOTTLES!
“Syrup of Ipecac and Activated Charcoal with instructions should be in every household for treatment of medication accidents. Ask your doctor tor them.
Please post this information sheet in a conspicuous place close to where you store the medicine so you will see it frequently and can refer to it easily. To avoid future confusion with other medicines, discard this sheet when you finish the course of treatment requiring the use of this drug.
UROBIOTIC (Oxytetracycline, sulfamethizole, phenazopyridine)