Norfloxacin

What Are The Uses Of Norfloxacin?

Norfloxacin is used for treating a variety of bacterial infections like urinary tract infections and prostate infections. 

What Are The Side Effects Of Norfloxacin?

Some of the common side effects of norfloxacin are:

• Chronic Trouble Sleeping
• Drowsiness
• Feel Like Throwing Up
• Headache
• Infection or inflammation of Vagina
• Irritation of the Stomach or Intestines, Stomach Cramps, Diarrhoea

Less common side effects of norfloxacin are:

• Discharge from the Vagina
• Dizziness
• Dry Mouth
• Feeling Weak
• Loss of Appetite
• Drug or Chemical-Induced Sensitivity to Sunlight

What Are The Contraindications Of Norfloxacin?

Pl. inform your doctor if you have/ had any of the following conditions:

• Lung transplant
• Pseudotumor serebri
• Epileptic Seizure
• Tingling or numbness or pain in hands or feet
• Retinal detachment
• Heart Transplant, inadequate blood flow to the heart muscle
• Very fast heartbeat
• Abnormal EKG with QT changes from Birth
• Prolonged Q-T Interval on EKG
• Hardening of the Arteries in brain
• Involuntary quivering
• Kidney transplant, severe renal impairment
• Inflammation/ rupture of the tendon
• Abnormal Liver Function Tests
• Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency
• Low levels of potassium in the blood
• Anaemia, decreased white blood cells, platelets