Timentin
- Generic Name: ticarcillin and clavulanate
- Brand Name: Timentin
- Drug Class: Penicillins, Extended-Spectrum
Timentin (Ticarcillin and Clavulanate) side effects drug center
Timentin Side Effects Center
Timentin (ticarcillin disodium and clavulanate potassium) is a combination of a penicillin antibiotic and a form of clavulanic acid, similar to penicillin, used to treat many different infections caused by bacteria, such as urinary tract infections, bone and joint infections, severe vaginal infections, stomach infections, and skin infections. Common side effects of Timentin include:
- mild diarrhea
- gas
- stomach pain
- nausea
- vomiting
- joint or muscle pain
- headache
- skin rash or itching
- injection site reactions (pain, swelling, or burning)
- vaginal yeast infection (itching or discharge)
Tell your doctor if you experience serious side effects of Timentin including:
- watery or bloody diarrhea
- blood in your urine
- feeling an urgent need to urinate
- painful or difficult urination
- easy bruising or bleeding
- unusual weakness
- dry mouth
- increased thirst
- confusion
- increased urination
- muscle pain or weakness
- fast heart rate
- lightheadedness
- fainting
- fever
- chills
- body aches
- flu symptoms: fever, sore throat, and headache with a severe blistering, peeling, and red skin rash
- chest pain
- seizures (convulsions)
The recommended adult dosage for systemic and urinary tract infections is 3.1 grams of Timentin given every 4 to 6 hours. Pediatric dose is based on the child's weight. Other drugs may interact with Timentin. Tell your doctor all prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment with Timentin. Timentin can make birth control pills less effective. Use a second non-hormone method of birth control (such as a condom, diaphragm, spermicide) while using this drug. It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Consult your doctor before breastfeeding.
Our Timentin (ticarcillin disodium and clavulanate potassium) Side Effects Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information on the potential side effects when taking this medication.
Timentin Professional Information
SIDE EFFECTS
As with other penicillins, the following adverse reactions may occur:
Hypersensitivity Reactions
Skin rash, pruritus, urticaria, arthralgia, myalgia, drug fever, chills, chest discomfort, erythema multiforme, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and anaphylactic reactions.
Central Nervous System
Headache, giddiness, neuromuscular hyperirritability, or convulsive seizures.
Gastrointestinal Disturbances
Disturbances of taste and smell, stomatitis, flatulence, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, epigastric pain, and pseudomembranous colitis have been reported. Onset of pseudomembranous colitis symptoms may occur during or after antibiotic treatment. (See WARNINGS.)
Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
Thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, neutropenia, eosinophilia, reduction of hemoglobin or hematocrit, and prolongation of prothrombin time and bleeding time.
Abnormalities of Hepatic Function Tests
Elevation of serum aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT), serum alanine aminotransferase (SGPT), serum alkaline phosphatase, serum LDH, serum bilirubin. There have been reports of transient hepatitis and cholestatic jaundice—as with some other penicillins and some cephalosporins.
Renal and Urinary Effects
Hemorrhagic cystitis, elevation of serum creatinine and/or BUN, hypernatremia, reduction in serum potassium, and uric acid.
Local Reactions
Pain, burning, swelling, and induration at the injection site and thrombophlebitis with intravenous administration.
Available safety data for pediatric patients treated with TIMENTIN demonstrate a similar adverse event profile to that observed in adult patients.
Drug Abuse And Dependence
Neither abuse of nor dependence on TIMENTIN has been reported.
Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Timentin (Ticarcillin and Clavulanate)
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