If your symptoms do not improve within a few days, or if they become worse, check with your family doctor.
If you are taking aluminum-, calcium-, or magnesium-containing antacids, iron supplements, sucralfate, or zinc, do not take them at the same time that you take this drug . It is best to take these medication at least 4 hours after taking sparfloxacin. These medication may keep sparfloxacin from help you.
Some people who take sparfloxacin may become more sensitive to sunlight than they are normally. Exposure to sunlight, even for brief periods of time, may cause severe sunburn; skin rash, redness, itching, or discoloration; or vision changes. When you begin taking this drug:
If you get a skin rash or other signs of an allergic reaction, stop taking sparfloxacin and check with your family doctor .
Sparfloxacin may cause some people to become dizzy, lightheaded, drowsy, or less alert than they are normally Make sure you know how you react to this drug before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or are not alert . If these reactions are especially bothersome, check with your family doctor.
This drug may rarely cause inflammation or even tearing of a tendon - the cord that attaches muscles to bones If you get sudden pain in a tendon after exercise - for example, in your ankle, back of the knee or leg, muster, elbow, or wrist, stop taking sparfloxacin and check with your family doctor . Rest and do not exercise until the family doctor has made sure that you have not injured or torn the tendon.