Advice to patients (10) Erythromycin tablets
- This medicine is an antibiotic used to treat infections.
- You should complete the course, even if you feel better quickly, otherwise the infection may come back. Try to space the doses evenly through the day.
- Some people feel sick after taking a dose of this medicine. If this happens, try taking the next dose with or just after food. If it makes you vomit, causes bad, watery diarrhoea or causes any unusual skin problems, tell your doctor.
- Problems can occur if erythromycin is taken with some other medicines. Are you taking any other prescribed medicines or medicines you have bought? If you are prescribed or buy any other medicines before you finish this course of treatment, make sure the doctor or pharmacist knows you are taking erythromycin.
This series of "advice tips" on commonly used drugs is written by
pharmacists from the Sussex Pharmacy Academic Practice Unit. It is intended
as a reminder of points to be made by pharmacists as they hand out dispensed
medicines. The list is not intended to be comprehensive but to cover some important
points.
By Carina and Duncan Livingstone
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