- Brand Name
- As per manufacturer
- Dosage
- As prescribed by physician. Commonly 50mg every 12 hours after initial loading dose.
- Dosage Guidelines
- Administer intravenously over 30 to 60 minutes.
- Drug Type
- General Medicines
- Function
- Other, Antibiotic / Antibacterial
- Indication
- Complicated skin and soft tissue infections, complicated intra-abdominal infections
- Ingredients
- Tigecycline 50mg
- Pacakaging (Quantity Per Box)
- 1 vial
- Recommended For
- Adults and children over 8 years for complicated skin and intra-abdominal infections
- Salt Composition
- Tigecycline
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25C, protect from light. Do not freeze.
Tigecycline injection used to treat certain serious infections including community acquired pneumonia (a lung infection that developed in a person who was not in the hospital), skin infections, and infections of the abdomen (area between the chest and the waist).