Cefalexin 500mg tablets

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Active ingredient:

Cefalexin

Available from:

Kent Pharma (UK) Ltd

ATC code:

J01DB01

INN (International Name):

Cefalexin

Dosage:

500mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Oral tablet

Administration route:

Oral

Class:

No Controlled Drug Status

Prescription type:

Valid as a prescribable product

Product summary:

BNF: 05010201; GTIN: 5015201008040

Patient Information leaflet

PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
CEFALEXIN 250 MG OR 500 MG TABLETS (cefalexin)
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU. • KEEP THIS LEAFLET. YOU MAY NEED TO READ IT AGAIN. • IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, ASK YOUR DOCTOR, PHARMACIST OR
DENTIST (IF THE MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED BY YOUR DENTIST). • THIS MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR YOU ONLY. DO NOT PASS IT ON
TO OTHERS. IT MAY HARM THEM, EVEN IF THEIR SIGNS OF ILLNESS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS. • IF ANY OF THE SIDE EFFECTS GETS SERIOUS, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR,
PHARMACIST OR DENTIST (IF THE MEDICINE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED BY YOUR DENTIST). THIS INCLUDES ANY POSSIBLE SIDE
EFFECTS NOT LISTED IN THIS LEAFLET. SEE SECTION 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1. What Cefalexin Tablets is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you take Cefalexin
Tablets
3. How to take Cefalexin Tablets
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Cefalexin Oral Tablets
6. Contents of the pack and other information
8 hours. This may vary depending on the type of
infection you have. For example a dose of 250 mg
(1 x 250 mg tablet) taken every 6 hours or 500 mg (2
x 250 mg tablets or 1 x 500 mg tablet) every 12
hours is used to treat skin, soft tissue, throat or
urinary tract infections, or those caused by less
susceptible organisms.
OLDER PEOPLE
The dosage for the elderly is the same as for adults,
but may be reduced if you have poor kidney function.
USE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
For most infections, the usual dose is; 125mg (half a
250mg tablet) every 8 hours for children under 5
years, or 250mg (1 x 250mg tablet) every 8 hours for
children 5 years and over.
For skin and soft tissue infections, urinary tract
infections and sore/dry throat caused by bacterial
infections, the total daily dose may be divided and
administered every 12 hours. In severe infections the
dosage may be doubled, for certain infections such
as ear infections doses even higher than double the
normal above may be

Summary of Product characteristics

OBJECT 1
CEFALEXIN TABLETS 500MG
Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 01-Nov-2019 | Sandoz
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1. Name of the medicinal product
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2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
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3. Pharmaceutical form
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4. Clinical particulars
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4.1 Therapeutic indications
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4.2 Posology and method of administration
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4.3 Contraindications
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4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use
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4.5 Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of
interaction
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4.6 Fertility, pregnancy and lactation
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4.7 Effects on ability to drive and use machines
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4.8 Undesirable effects
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4.9 Overdose
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5. Pharmacological properties
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5.1 Pharmacodynamic properties
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5.2 Pharmacokinetic properties
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5.3 Preclinical safety data
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6. Pharmaceutical particulars
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6.1 List of excipients
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6.2 Incompatibilities
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6.3 Shelf life
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6.4 Special precautions for storage
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6.5 Nature and contents of container
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6.6 Special precautions for disposal and other handling
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7. Marketing authorisation holder
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8. Marketing authorisation number(s)
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9. Date of first authorisation/renewal of the authorisation
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10. Date of revision of the text
1. Name of the medicinal product
Cefalexin tablets 500mg
2. Qualitative and quantitative composition
Each tablet contains Cefalexin BP equivalent to 500 mg anhydrous
cefalexin.
Excipient with known effect:
Each tablet contains 135 mg lactose.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3. Pharmaceutical form
Film-coated tablets.
Oblong, biconvex, white to yellowish. Scored on both sides. Odour -
slightly peppermint to characteristic of
the active ingredient.
4. Clinical particulars
4.1 Therapeutic indications
Ospexin/Tenkorex/Cefalexin/Kiflone tablets 500 mg is indicated for the
treatment of respiratory tract
infections (RTI's), urinary tract infections (UTI's), skin and soft
tissue infections, otitis media and other
infections due to sensitive organisms.
4.2 Posology and method of administration
Posology
_Adults_
The dosage is 1-4 g daily in divi