Consumer medicine information

Blooms the Chemist Cefalexin 500 mg Capsules

Cefalexin

BRAND INFORMATION

Brand name

Blooms the Chemist Cefalexin

Active ingredient

Cefalexin

Schedule

S4

 

Consumer medicine information (CMI) leaflet

Please read this leaflet carefully before you start using Blooms the Chemist Cefalexin 500 mg Capsules.

1. Why am I using Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin?


Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin contains the active ingredient cefalexin monohydrate. Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin is an antibiotic used to treat infections in different parts of the body caused by bacteria. For more information, see Section 1. Why am I using Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin? in the full CMI.

2. What should I know before I use Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin?


Do not use if you have ever had an allergic reaction to Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin or any of the ingredients listed at the end of the CMI. Talk to your doctor if you have any other medical conditions, take any other medicines, or are pregnant or plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding. For more information, see Section 2. What should I know before I use Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin? in the full CMI.

3. What if I am taking other medicines?


Some medicines may interfere with Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin and affect how it works. A list of these medicines is in Section 3. What if I am taking other medicines? in the full CMI.

4. How do I use Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin?

  • The usual adult dose is 500 mg every 6 hours.
  • Your doctor may recommend a different dose depending on your condition.

More instructions can be found in Section 4. How do I use Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin? in the full CMI.

5. What should I know while using Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin?

Things you should do
  • Remind any doctor, dentist, or pharmacist you visit that you are using Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin.
  • If symptoms of your infection do not improve within a few days or if they become worse, tell your doctor.
  • If you get severe diarrhoea, tell your doctor or pharmacist immediately. Do this even if it occurs several weeks after Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin has been stopped.
  • If you get a sore white mouth or tongue while taking or soon after stopping Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin, tell your doctor. Also, tell your doctor if you get vaginal itching or discharge. This may mean you have a fungal infection called thrush.
Things you should not do
  • Do not stop taking Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin because you are feeling better, unless advised by your doctor.
  • Do not give Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin to anyone else, even if they have the same condition as you.
Driving or using machines
  • Be careful driving or operating machinery until you know how Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin affects you.
  • Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin may cause tiredness or dizziness in some people.
Drinking alcohol
  • Tell your doctor if you drink alcohol.
Looking after your medicine
  • Keep your capsules below 25°C.

For more information, see Section 5. What should I know while using Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin? in the full CMI.

6. Are there any side effects?


Common side effects: vaginal thrush - sore and itchy vagina and/or discharge, oral thrush - white, furry, sore tongue and mouth, itching of the genital area and the skin around the back passage, headache, agitation, confusion, painful, swollen joints indigestion, stomach pain or discomfort, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, unusual tiredness.
Serious side effects: confusion and hallucinations (seeing, feeling, or hearing things that are not there), yellowing of the skin and eyes, dark coloured urine, bleeding or bruising more easily than normal.
For more information, including what to do if you have any side effects, see Section 6. Are there any side effects? in the full CMI.

BRAND INFORMATION

Brand name

Blooms the Chemist Cefalexin

Active ingredient

Cefalexin

Schedule

S4

 

1 Name of Medicine

Cefalexin monohydrate.

2 Qualitative and Quantitative Composition

Blooms The Chemist Cefalexin capsules contains cefalexin (as monohydrate) equivalent to 500 mg of cefalexin anhydrous.
For the full list of excipients, see Section 6.1 List of Excipients.

3 Pharmaceutical Form

The capsules are white opaque in colour, containing a white to yellowish powder.

4 Clinical Particulars

4.9 Overdose

There is no definite experience of poisoning or severe overdosage with cefalexin. However, clinical features of overdosage may be similar to those seen with other cephalosporins and penicillins, i.e. convulsions, hallucinations, hyperreflexia, electrolyte imbalance, gastrointestinal disturbances and haematuria.
In the event of severe overdosage, general supportive care is recommended including close clinical and laboratory monitoring of haematological, renal, hepatic functions and coagulation status until the patient is stable.
Forced diuresis, peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis or charcoal haemoperfusion have not been established as beneficial for an overdose of cefalexin.
For information on the management of overdose, contact the Poisons Information Centre on 131126 (Australia).

5 Pharmacological Properties

5.3 Preclinical Safety Data

Genotoxicity. No data available.
Carcinogenicity. No data available.

6 Pharmaceutical Particulars

6.7 Physicochemical Properties

The compound is a zwitterion; i.e. the molecule contains both a basic and an acidic group. The isoelectric point of cefalexin in water is approximately 4.5 to 5. The crystalline form of cefalexin, which is available, is a monohydrate. It is a white or almost white crystalline solid having a bitter taste. Solubility in water is about 1% at room temperature. It is practically insoluble in alcohol and in ether. The cephalosporins differ from penicillins in the structure of the bicyclic ring system. Cefalexin has a d-phenylglycyl group as substituent at the 7-amino position and an unsubstituted methyl group at the 3-position.
Chemical structure.
https://stagingapi.mims.com/au/public/v2/images/fullchemgif/CSCEFAMO.gif Chemical name: (6R,7R)-7-[(R)-2-amino-2-phenylacetamido]-3-methyl-8-oxo-5-thia-1azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid monohydrate.
Molecular formula: C16H17N3O4S.H2O.
Molecular weight: 365.41.
CAS number. 23325-78-2.

7 Medicine Schedule (Poisons Standard)

S4 - Prescription Only Medicine.

Summary Table of Changes

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