Sulphadiazine, a sulphamide drugs, eliminates the bacteria which cause infections, in particular the urinary infections. The antibiotics do not function for the cold, the influenza or other infections viral. This drug is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. How this drug should be used? Return upwards Sulphadiazine comes as a tablet to be taken by the mouth. It is generally taken from three to six times per day. Carefully follow the instructions on your label of regulation, and ask your doctor or your pharmacist to explain any part you do not include/understand. To take sulphadiazine as indicated exactly. Not to take this one more or less or to take more often than prescribed by your doctor. The tablets must be taken with large water glass. Sulphadiazine to continue to take even if you smell yourselves well. Do not stop taking sulphadiazine without in speaking to your doctor. Which particular precautions do I have to follow? Return upwards Before taking sulphadiazine, * Speak to your doctor and to pharmacist if you are allergic to sulphadiazine, all other sulphamides, of diuretic (”water pills”), by oral way drugs against the diabetes, or of any other drug. * Speak to your doctor and to pharmacist which regulation and without ordinance about the drugs which you take, in particular anticoagulants (’ thinners of blood”) like warfarin (Coumadin), drugs against the diabetes, diuretic (”water pills”), and vitamins. * To indicate to your doctor if you have or had already a disease of the liver or kidneys, asthma, serious allergies, or glucose-6-phosphate-déshydrogénase (G-6PD) deprives (a hereditary disease of blood). * To indicate to your doctor if you are pregnant, envisage to become pregnant or nurse. If you become pregnant while it takes sulphadiazine, call your doctor. * Plan or to avoid the exposures prolonged to the sun and to wear protective clothing, glasses and sun lotion. Sulphadiazine can make your skin sensitive in the light of the sun. What dietetic special instructions do I have to follow? Return upwards It is advised to drink many liquids and to take sulphadiazine on an empty stomach. What do I have to make if I forget an amount? Return upwards Take the forgotten amount as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next amount, let make the missing amount and continue the regular catch of the drug. Do not take a double dose for a missed appointment. Which are the adverse effects of this drug can cause? Return upwards Sulphadiazine can cause side effects. Warn your doctor if one of these symptoms are serious or that they do not disappear: * Diarrhoea * Disturbed stomach * Loss of appetite * Dizzy spells If you feel one of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: * Cutaneous eruption or of modifications * Evils of throat * Fever * Headaches * Joint or muscular pains * Yellowing of the skin or the eyes * Swelling of the lips or the language * Problems of swallowing * Tire * Weakness * Blood in the urines * Difficulty of breathing * Unusual bleedings or bruises * Sound with the ears If you feel an adverse effect engraves, you or your doctor can send a report/ratio to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Vent Reporting programs in line [ At http://www.fda.gov/MedWatch/index.html ] or By telephone [ 1-800-332-1088 ]. Which conditions of storage are necessary for this medicine? Return upwards Keep this drug in the container, it arrived, hermetically closed, and out of reach children. Arrange it at the ambient temperature and far from the excess of heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw all the out-of-date drugs or which are not necessary any more. Speak to your pharmacist about suitable elimination about your drug.