A 38-year-old member asked:
Whats are the side effects of cefuroxime?
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Dr. Katharine Garnieranswered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Some severe: Mostly stomach cramps and diarrhea for some people but people can have a severe allergic reaction, which causes breathing trouble and can even cause death, rarely seizures, a severe skin condition called toxic epidermal necrolysis and steven-johnson's syndrome. Most people do not have any trouble with it. I always recommend eating yogurt with an active culture to help the stomach issues.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Whats the side effects of cefuroxime antibiotic?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
Cefuroxime SE's: Common: diarrhea/nausea/vomiting; vaginitis; elevated liver enzymes, diaper rash; impaired kidneys; anemia; jarisch-herxheimer rxn. Serious: severe allergic rxns; kidney damage; decreased blood cell elements (rbc's, wbc's, platelets, etc); seizures; clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.
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