Last update Nov. 20, 2020
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Norfloxacin is also known as
Norfloxacin in other languages or writings:
Norfloxacin belongs to these groups or families:
Main tradenames from several countries containing Norfloxacin in its composition:
Variable | Value | Unit |
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Oral Bioavail. | 30 - 40 | % |
Molecular weight | 319 | daltons |
Protein Binding | 15 | % |
Tmax | 1 - 2 | hours |
T½ | 3 - 4 | hours |
Theoretical Dose | < 0.0075 | mg/Kg/d |
Relative Dose | < 0.22 | % |
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Fluoroquinolone with bactericidal effect by inhibition of bacterial DNA synthesis.
Oral or intravenous administration every 12 hours.
It is excreted in breast milk in a negligible or negligible amount: one mother took 200 mg (1/4 of the usual daily dose) and the detection in milk was less than 0.05 mg / L (Takase 1981 cited in AEMPS 2018, Merck 2013 , Dan 1993 and Wise 1984).
Structurally similar Quinolone-related medication has been used in neonates and infants without known side effects (Newby 2017, Dutta 2006, Belet 2004, Drossou 2004, Chin 2001, van den Oever 1998, Gürpinar 1997). There are excreted tiny amounts into breast milk and absorption through the child’s gut may be interfered by calcium in the milk (Fleiss 1992, Neuvonen 1991).
Should it be prescribed to a nursing mother Norfloxacine, Ofloxacine and Ciprofloxacine are to be chosen since they have shown a lowest excretion into the milk (Butler 2014).
The possibility of transient gastroenteritis due to alteration of the intestinal flora in infants whose mothers take antibiotics should be taken into account (Briggs 2017, Ito 1993).
Unreasonably prolonged or repetitive use of antibiotics is harmful to health.
Due to the publication of reports of serious or potentially serious side effects in patients treated with fluoroquinolones, several health authorities propose restricting their indiscriminate outpatient use and reserving them for certain serious diseases (EMA 2018, FDA 2016, Arbex 2010).
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OPHTHALMIC USE:
The small dose and poor plasma uptake of most topical ophthalmologic preparations make it very unlikely that significant amounts will pass into breast milk, so ophthalmic use would be compatible with breastfeeding.