LEVACIN 500

Levacin works by killing the bacteria that cause infections in your body.

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The name of your medicine is Levacin tablets. Levacin tablets contain a medicine called levofloxacin. This belongs to a group of medicines called antibiotics. Levofloxacin is a ’quinolone” antibiotic. Levacin works by killing the bacteria that cause infections in your body. Levacin can be used to treat infections of: • Sinuses. • Lungs, in people with long-term breathing problems or pneumonia. • Urinary tract, including your kidneys or bladder. • Prostate gland, where you have a long lasting infection. • Skin and underneath the skin, including muscles. This is sometimes called “soft tissue”. In some special situations, Levacin tablets may be used to lessen the chances of getting a pulmonary disease named anthrax or worsening of the disease after you are exposed to the bacteria causing anthrax.

Adults and the elderly Sinuses infection • One tablet of Levacin tablets 500 mg, once daily. Lungs infection, in people with long-term breathing problems • One tablet of Levacin tablets 500 mg, once daily. Pneumonia • One tablet of Levacin tablets 500 mg, once or twice each day. Community Acquired Pneumonia • One tablet of Levacin tablets 750 mg, once daily. For 5 days. Nosocomial Pneumonia • One tablet of Levacin tablets 750 mg, once daily. For 7-14 days. Infection of urinary tract, including your kidneys or bladder • 1/2 or one tablet of Levacin tablets 500 mg, daily. Complicated urinary tract infections • One tablet of Levacin tablets 750 mg, once daily. For 5 days.