All drugs interact differently for person to person. You should check all the possible interactions with your doctor before starting any medicine.
Description
Interaction with alcohol is unknown. It is advisable to consult your doctor before consumption.
Instructions
Interaction with alcohol is unknown. It is advisable to consult your doctor before consumption.
Interaction with Medicine
Disease interactions
Cefipime is filtered by the kidney and moved out of your body through urine. If you have kidney problems, you need special consideration while using Cefipime due to the risk of kidney damage. Dose adjustment may be required based on your clinical condition.
Cefipime can kill the helpful bacteria in your stomach or intestine and lead to diarrhoea. Therefore use this medicine with extreme caution if you have gastrointestinal (stomach and intestine) diseases, particularly colitis (swelling of the inner lining of the colon), since it may worsen your condition.
Cefipime may increase liver enzyme levels and cause swelling of your liver. Hence, use this medicine with caution if you have liver problems due to the risk of liver damage. Dose adjustment should may be necessary based on the clinical condition.
Use Cefipime with caution if you have seizures (fits) because it can trigger the condition. Seizure medicines should be continued in people with a known seizure disorder. Dose adjustment for Cefipime may be required.
Food interactions
Information not available.
Lab interactions
If a copper reduction test is conducted, Cefipime may produce a false-positive reaction for glucose in the urine. Hence, inform your doctor or lab technician that you are taking Cefipime.
This is not an exhaustive list of possible drug interactions. You should consult your doctor about all the possible interactions of the drugs you’re taking.