Fosfotas 4gm Injection is an antibiotic medicine used to treat bacterial infections in your body. It is effective in some infections of the urinary tract, lungs (eg. pneumonia), bones, brain (eg. meningitis), and blood. However, it is only used when other common antibiotics cannot be used.

It is an antibiotic.

Uses of Fosfotas Injection

Bacterial infections

Benefits of Fosfotas Injection

In Bacterial infections

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is an antibiotic medicine that works by killing the infection-causing bacteria in your body. It is effective for bacterial infections of the throat, ears, urinary tract, skin, and soft tissues. Fosfotas 4gm Injection is given by a doctor or a nurse and should not be self-administered. This medicine usually makes you feel better within a few days, but you should continue taking it as prescribed even when you feel better. Stopping it early may make the infection come back and harder to treat.

Side effects of Fosfotas Injection

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Common side effects of Fosfotas

Injection site reactions (pain, swelling, redness)
Vaginal inflammation
Stomach pain

How to use Fosfotas Injection

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

How Fosfotas Injection works

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is an antibiotic. It kills bacteria by preventing them from forming the bacterial protective covering which is needed for their survival.

Safety advice

Alcohol

SAFE

Consuming alcohol with Fosfotas 4gm Injection does not cause any harmful side effects.

Pregnancy

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies.

Breast feeding

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.

Driving

UNSAFE

Fosfotas 4gm Injection may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.

Kidney

CAUTION

Fosfotas 4gm Injection should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Fosfotas 4gm Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Fosfotas 4gm Injection is not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease.

Liver

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

There is limited information available on the use of Fosfotas 4gm Injection in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.

What if you forget to take Fosfotas Injection?

If you miss a dose of Fosfotas 4gm Injection, consult your doctor.

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Quick tips

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is used for the treatment of bacterial infections when use of other common medicines is considered inappropriate.
It is given as an injection into a vein by your doctor or nurse.
Fosfotas 4gm Injection may cause dizziness or sleepiness. Don't drive or do anything requiring concentration until you know how it affects you.
Your doctor may regularly monitor the level of electrolytes in your blood. A low-sodium diet is recommended during treatment.

Fact Box

Chemical Class

Organic phosphonic acids

Habit Forming

Therapeutic Class

ANTI INFECTIVES

Action Class

Cell wall synthesis inhibitor- UTI

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Patients taking Fosfotas 4gm Injection

Once A Day

44%

Thrice A Day

33%

Once A Week

11%

Twice A Day

11%

What are you using Fosfotas Injection for?

Others

67%

Bacterial inf*

33%

*Bacterial infections of urinary tract

How much was the improvement?

Poor

100%

How do you take Fosfotas Injection?

Empty stomach

100%

Please rate Fosfotas 4gm Injection on price

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FAQs

What kind of antibiotic is Fosfotas 4gm Injection?

Fosfotas 4gm Injection is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which kills the infection causing bacteria in your body by affecting and damaging the cell wall (covering of bacteria) synthesis. It is also seen that Fosfotas 4gm Injection prevents the attachment of bacteria to superficial cells of urinary bladder, hence preventing infection.

What is the use of Fosfotas 4gm Injection?

This medication is an antibiotic used in few specific conditions like infections of urinary bladder infections and lower urinary tract infections and the infection of bone marrow. It is also sometimes used to treat infection of meninges (covering of the brain). Whether this medicine should be given to you or not will be decided by your doctor depending upon the type of bacteria causing the infection. It acts only in bacterial infections and is of no use in viral infections (such as common cold and flu).

How often can you take Fosfotas 4gm Injection?

The schedule of taking Fosfotas 4gm Injection is decided by your doctor. The daily dose is determined on the basis of bacteria causing the infection, severity and site of the infection. While deciding the dose and duration, the doctor will also consider your age, body weight and status of kidney function. Usually, it is given as 2–3 divided doses in whole day.

Can I take Fosfotas 4gm Injection if have kidney problems?

Fosfotas 4gm Injection should be given with caution if the patient has kidney problems. Your doctor may get regular blood tests done to monitor kidney function. If at all needed to be given to patients with kidney impairment, the doctor may need to adjust the dose according to the severity of the kidney problem.

How long does Fosfotas 4gm Injection stay in your system?

The time for which Fosfotas 4gm Injection will stay in our body depends upon how well your kidney functions as this medicine is excreted by the kidney. In healthy adults, about 80-90% of the total medicine injected is excreted by kidney within 10 hours after a single injection into the veins. If the patient has kidney dysfunction, the medicine may stay back for a longer time in the body.

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References

Chambers HF, Deck DH. Beta-Lactam and Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics. In: Katzung BG, Masters SB, Trevor AJ, editors. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 11th ed. New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited; 2009. pp. 788-89.
Briggs GG, Freeman RK, editors. A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. pp. 595-97.

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