Vancomycin is used for colitis associated with a bacterial infection and treated with antibiotic treatment.
What is Vancomycin?
Vancomycin is an antibiotic glicopeptidico. Taken orally it kills antibiotics present in the intestine.
How should Vancomycin be taken?
Vancomycin is administered orally in capsule form. The dosage is typically 3-4 capsules a day for 7-10 days.
Side effects associated with Vancomycin
Vancomycin may cause stomach upset. It is important to contact your doctor in case of adverse effects that are rarer such as:
- sore throat, fever, chills and other symptoms of infection
- hives
- skin rash
- itching
- difficulty breathing
- difficulty swallowing
- skin redness at waist level
- pain and muscle tension at the level of the chest and back
- bleeding or bruising
- fainting
- dizziness
- blurred vision
- tinnitus
Contraindications and warnings associated with the use of Vancomycin
If administered orally vancomycin only kills bacteria in the digestive tract.
Moreover, before treatment with vancomycin it's important to tell your doctor if:
- You have any allergies to vancomycin or any other medication
- You are taking other medicines, herbal remedies and supplements, mentioning in particular amikacin, mafotericina B, bacitracin, colistin, gentamicin, kanamycin, cisplatin, polymyxin B Streptomycin and tobramycin
- You suffer (or suffered) from inflammatory bowel disease, peristalsis or kidney disease
- You are in pregnancy and lactation
