How to Take Cloxacillin and it's Dose

Last Updated on Nov 08, 2024

• Oral cloxacillin should be taken on an empty stomach 1 hour before or 2 hours after the meal.
• The powder for oral intake should be reconstituted with sterile water and the injection with sterile water for injection before use.

Dosage & When it is to be taken

• Cloxacillin is usually administered along with another drug.
• The duration of treatment varies with the type of infection.
• It is available as a capsule, dry powder for oral solution or vial for injection.
• The recommended dose of cloxacillin in adults is 250-500mg every 6 hours orally, intramuscular or intravenously.
• Injectable doses up to 2 g every 4 to 6 hours have been recommended by some.

When it is not to be taken (Contraindications)

• Cloxacillin is contraindicated if the patient allergic to cloxacillin, penicillin, or cephalosporin.

Drug Name : Cloxacillin

Cloxacillin is used for to the treatment of several infections that may include endocarditis (infection of the inner layer of the heart), pneumonia (infection of the lung) and other respiratory tract infections, bone and joint infections, sepsis (blood infection), skin and soft tissue infections and urinary tract infection