If you need to start taking another medicine while you're using hormonal contraception, make sure your GP or pharmacist knows that you're using this type of contraception. As the active substance in Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules is not absorbed, no symptoms of poisoning are to be expected. Your GP or nurse may advise you to use an alternative or additional form of contraception while taking another medicine. The supply of fluids and salts (electrolytes) should be adjusted according to the intensity of the diarrhea, the age and the characteristics of the patient (e.g. accompanying illnesses). This can happen with, for example, drugs used to reduce levels of bile acid, such as cholestyramine.

rifampicin-like antibiotics (see Will antibiotics stop my contraception working? for more information) If you forget to take Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules or have taken too little, please continue to take Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules the next time as described in the dosage instructions.

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There are certain types of medicine that can increase the enzymes in your body. This is known as being "enzyme-inducing". In the event of persistent, unclear or new symptoms as well as diarrhea that lasts longer than 3 days or If you're not sure whether your contraception interacts with other medicines, speak to your GP or pharmacist, or call NHS 111. What medicines can affect contraception? If you have any further questions on the use of the medicinal product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

corticosteroids acting locally ( Prednisolone, Hydrocortisone, Prednisone, Betamethasone, Tixocortol, Budesonide, Beclometasone) This makes the contraceptive less effective. Enzyme-inducing drugs that can affect hormonal contraception include: Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect of Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules is too strong or too weak.

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Antibiotics ( Neomycin, Nystatin, Natamycin, Streptomycin, Polymyxin B, Paromomycin, Amphotericin B, Kanamycin, Vancomycin, Colistin, Rifaximin)

The hard capsules are swallowed with sufficient liquid (preferably a glass of drinking water [200 ml]). Adults take 1 hard capsule 4 times a day or 2 hard capsules 2 times a day (equivalent to 800 mg / day). Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules are used in adults with acute diarrhea of ​​bacterial origin without signs of invasive illness (such as a change in general condition, fever or infectious-toxic symptoms, blood in the stool). Please do not stop your treatment with Pentofuryl 200 mg hard capsules without talking to your doctor. Your illness might worsen by this.Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Unless otherwise prescribed by the doctor, the usual dose is:

If you become pregnant while taking hormonal contraception, it will not usually affect your health or that of your baby. But you should tell your GP if you think you may be pregnant. You may be advised to change how you take the medication or to use a different method of contraception. There are no data that would make a change in the dosage recommendation necessary in the case of renal insufficiency.When you take 2 or more medicines at the same time, the effects of 1 medicine can be altered by the other. This is known as an interaction. If this happens, you'll need to use extra contraception to avoid getting pregnant (such as condoms), change to a different method of contraception, or take your contraception in a different way. Some hormonal contraceptives may change the effect of other medicines, such as the epilepsy treatment lamotrigine and the immunosuppressant drug ciclosporin. Enzyme-inducing medicines speed up the processing of some contraceptive hormones and therefore reduce the levels of these hormones in your bloodstream. The patient information leaflet that comes with medicines may advise that the medicine cannot be used with certain types of contraception.