What happens if I overdose Lincopat?
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately.
Proper storage of Lincopat:
Lincopat is handled and stored by a health care provider. You will not store it at home. Keep all medicines out of the reach of children and away from pets.
Overdose of Lincopat in details
Serum levels of Lincopat are not appreciably affected by hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
What should I avoid while taking Lincopat?
Antibiotic medicines can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. If you have diarrhea that is watery or has blood in it, call your doctor. Do not use any medicine to stop the diarrhea unless your doctor has told you to.
Lincopat warnings
Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea
Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including Lincopat, and may range in severity from mild diarrhea to fatal colitis. Treatment with antibacterial agents alters the normal flora of the colon leading to overgrowth of C. difficile.
C. difficile produces toxins A and B which contribute to the development of CDAD. Hypertoxin producing strains of C. difficile cause increased morbidity and mortality, as these infections can be refractory to antimicrobial therapy and may require colectomy. CDAD must be considered in all patients who present with diarrhea following antibacterial use. Careful medical history is necessary since CDAD has been reported to occur over two months after the administration of antibacterial agents.
If CDAD is suspected or confirmed, ongoing antibacterial use not directed against C. difficile may need to be discontinued. Appropriate fluid and electrolyte management, protein supplementation, antibacterial treatment of C. difficile, and surgical evaluation should be instituted as clinically indicated.
Hypersensitivity
Serious hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis and erythema multiforme, have been reported with use of Lincopat. If an allergic reaction to Lincopat occurs, discontinue the drug.
Benzyl Alcohol Toxicity in Pediatric Patients (Gasping Syndrome")
This product contains benzyl alcohol as a preservative.
The preservative benzyl alcohol has been associated with serious adverse events, including the "gasping syndrome", and death in pediatric patients. Although normal therapeutic doses of this product ordinarily deliver amounts of benzyl alcohol that are substantially lower than those reported in association with the "gasping syndrome", the minimum amount of benzyl alcohol at which toxicity may occur is not known. The risk of benzyl alcohol toxicity depends on the quantity administered and the hepatic capacity to detoxify the chemical. Premature and low-birth weight infants may be more likely to develop toxicity.
Use in Meningitis — Although Lincopat appears to diffuse into cerebrospinal fluid, levels of Lincopat in the CSF may be inadequate for the treatment of meningitis.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking Lincopat?
You should not receive this medication if you are allergic to Lincopat or clindamycin.
Antibiotic medicine can cause overgrowth of normally harmless bacteria in the intestines. This can lead to an infection that causes mild to severe diarrhea, even months after your last antibiotic dose. If left untreated this condition can lead to life-threatening intestinal problems. Before you receive Lincopat, tell your doctor if you have a history of intestinal disorder such as ulcerative colitis.
Older adults and those who are ill or debilitated may be more sensitive to the effects of diarrhea caused by this medication.
To make sure Lincopat is safe for you, also tell your doctor if you have:
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asthma;
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severe allergies; or
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liver or kidney disease.
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether Lincopat will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.
Lincopat can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while using this medicine.
Lincopat precautions
General
Review of experience to date suggests that a subgroup of older patients with associated severe illness may tolerate diarrhea less well. When Lincopat is indicated in these patients, they should be carefully monitored for change in bowel frequency.
Lincopat should be prescribed with caution in individuals with a history of gastrointestinal disease, particularly colitis.
Lincopat should be used with caution in patients with a history of asthma or significant allergies.
Certain infections may require incision and drainage or other indicated surgical procedures in addition to antibacterial therapy.
The use of Lincopat may result in overgrowth of nonsusceptible organisms— particularly yeasts. Should superinfections occur, appropriate measures should be taken as indicated by the clinical situation. When patients with pre-existing monilial infections require therapy with Lincopat, concomitant antimonilial treatment should be given.
The serum half-life of Lincopat may be prolonged in patients with severe impairment of renal function compared to patients with normal renal function. In patients with abnormal hepatic function, serum half-life may be twofold longer than in patients with normal hepatic function.
Patients with severe impairment of renal function and/or abnormal hepatic function should be dosed with caution and serum Lincopat levels monitored during high-dose therapy.
Lincopat should not be injected intravenously undiluted as a bolus, but should be infused over at least 60 minutes as directed in the DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Section.
Prescribing Lincopat in the absence of a proven or strongly suspected bacterial infection or a prophylactic indication is unlikely to provide benefit to the patient and increases the risk of the development of drug-resistant bacteria.
Laboratory Tests
During prolonged therapy with Lincopat, periodic liver and kidney function tests and blood counts should be performed.
Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment Of Fertility
The carcinogenic potential of Lincopat has not been evaluated.
Lincopat was not found to be mutagenic in the Ames Salmonella reversion assay or the V79 Chinese hamster lung cells at the HGPRT locus. It did not induce DNA strand breaks in V79 Chinese hamster lung cells as measured by alkaline elution or chromosomal abnormalities in cultured human lymphocytes. In vivo, Lincopat was negative in both the rat and mouse micronucleus assays and it did not induce sex-linked recessive lethal mutations in the offspring of male Drosophila. However, Lincopat did cause unscheduled DNA syntheses in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes.
Impairment of fertility was not observed in male or female rats given oral 300 mg/kg doses of Lincopat (0.36 times the highest recommended human dose based on mg/m²).
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Category C
Lincopat Sterile Solution contains benzyl alcohol as a preservative. Benzyl alcohol can cross the placenta. See WARNINGS.
Teratogenic Effects
There are no studies on the teratogenic potential of Lincopat in animals or adequate and well-controlled studies of pregnant women.
Nonteratogenic Effects
Reproduction studies have been performed in rats using oral doses of Lincopat up to 1000 mg/kg (1.2 times the maximum daily human dose based on mg/m²) and have revealed no adverse effects on survival of offspring from birth to weaning.
Nursing Mothers
Lincopat has been reported to appear in human milk in concentrations of 0.5 to 2.4 mcg/mL. Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from Lincopat, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing, or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.
Pediatric Use
Lincopat Sterile Solution contains benzyl alcohol as a preservative. Benzyl alcohol has been associated with a fatal “Gasping Syndrome” in premature infants. See WARNINGS. Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients below the age of one month have not been established.
What happens if I miss a dose of Lincopat?
Since Lincopat is usually given by a healthcare professional, it is not likely that you will miss a dose. If you are using Lincopat at home, call your doctor for instructions if you miss a dose.
References
- DrugBank. "lincomycin". http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01627 (accessed September 17, 2018).
- MeSH. "Protein Synthesis Inhibitors". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68... (accessed September 17, 2018).
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