Fore Safe Use

If your symptoms do not improve within a few days, or if they become worse, check with your family doctor.

For diseaseds with diabetes :

• This drug may cause false test results with some urine sugar tests . Check with your family doctor before changing your diet or the dosage of your diabetes drug.

For diseaseds with phenylketonuria - PKU :

• Cefprozil oral suspension - Cefzil contains phenylalanine. Check with your family doctor before taking this drug.

In some diseaseds, cephalosporins may cause diarrhea:

• Severe diarrhea may be a sign of a serious side effect Do not take any diarrhea drug without first checking with your family doctor . Diarrhea medication may make your diarrhea worse or make it last longer.
• For mild diarrhea, diarrhea drug containing kaolin or attapulgite - Kaopectate tablets, Diasorb may be taken. However, other kinds of diarrhea drug must not be taken. They may make your diarrhea worse or make it last longer.
• If you have any questions about this or if mild diarrhea continues or gets worse, check with your health care professional.

For diseaseds receiving cefamandole, cefoperazone, or cefotetan by injection :

• Drinking alcoholic beverages or taking other alcohol-containing preparations - for example, elixirs, cough syrups, tonics, or injections of alcohol while receiving these medication may cause problems. The problems may occur if you consume alcohol even few days after you stop taking the cephalosporin. Drinking alcoholic beverages may result in increased side effects such as abdominal or stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, headache, fainting, fast or irregular heartbeat, difficult breathing, sweating, or redness of the face or skin. These effects usually start within 15 to 30 minutes after you drink alcohol and may not go away for up to few hours. Therefore, you must not drink alcoholic beverages or take other alcohol-containing preparations while you are receiving these medication and for few days after stopping them .