IB–Clar

Therapeutic Segment: Antibiotics

Generic Name: Clarithromycin

Indication:

Clarithromycin is used to treat certain bacterial infections, such as pneumonia (a lung infection), bronchitis (infection of the tubes leading to the lungs), and infections of the ears, sinuses, skin, and throat.

For treatment of infections due to susceptible organisms. Such infections include:

• Lower respiratory tract infections (e.g., bronchitis, pneumonia)
• Upper respiratory tract infections (e.g. pharyngitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis)
• Skin and soft tissue infections (e.g., folliculitis, cellulitis, erysipelas, impetigo, abscesses)
• Disseminated or localized mycobacterial infections due to MAC.
• To eradicate Helicobacter pylori in treatment regimens for peptic ulcer disease.
• To prevent disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease in patients with advanced HIV infection.
• As an alternative treatment to penicillin’s for prophylaxis of endocarditis.

Available as:

Suspension

• 125MG/5ML