Please read this leaflet before you start to take your medicine.

It is essential to follow your doctor's advice. If there is anything you do not understand, please ask your doctor or pharmacist (chemist)

Keep this leaflet until you have finished all your prescribed course of Floxapen. You may want to read it again.

If you are helping someone else to take this medicine, read this leaflet before you give the first dose.

It is one of a group of antibiotics called penicillins. The active ingredient in Floxapen is flucloxacillin.

It is used to treat a range of bacterial infections.

1. This medicine is unsuitable for people who are allergic to penicillin. (You will find more information about this later in the leaflet.)
1. Before taking ANY medicines, you should tell your doctor if you are pregnant (or think you may be) or if you are breast feeding.
1. Take Floxapen as directed by your doctor. Read the dispensing label.
1. Keep taking your Floxapen until your prescribed course is finished. Do not stop just because you feel better.
1. Like all medicines, Floxapen can sometimes cause unwanted effects. (You will find more information about this later in the leaflet.)
1. Always keep medicines out of the reach of children.

For more information about Floxapen, please read the rest of this leaflet.

Do you think or have you been told that you are allergic to penicillin? If so, do not take Floxapen; tell your doctor. You may be given another medicine instead.

Follow your doctor's directions about how and when to take your medicine. Please read the dispensing label carefully. Your pharmacist or doctor can help if you are not sure.

Floxapen capsules should be swallowed with water.

DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN THE DOSE YOUR DOCTOR HAS RECOMMENDED.

Space the doses as evenly as possible through the day and take each dose half to one hour before food. For example, if you have been told to take your Floxapen four times a day:

If you forget to take a dose at the right time, take it as soon as you remember. Then carry on as before, but do not take two doses within an hour or so of each other.

Keep taking your Floxapen until the prescribed course is finished. Do not stop just because you feel better. If you stop too soon, the infection may start up again.

If you still feel unwell at the end of your prescribed course of treatment, tell your doctor.

A few people may find that Floxapen makes them feel sick (nausea) or gives them diarrhoea. If this happens, the symptoms are usually mild. If you suffer badly, tell your doctor.

Tell your doctor if you start to itch or develop a rash or any other unusual problems, while you are taking this medicine.

If your doctor decides to stop the treatment, return any left-over medicine to the pharmacist.

If a large amount has been taken, drink plenty of water and consult your doctor or local hospital casualty department at once.

Keep them in a dry place. Store all medicines out of the reach of children – preferably in a locked cupboard or medicine cabinet.

Remember this medicine has been prescribed just for you. Do not give this medicine to anyone else – it may not be suitable for them, even if their symptoms seem to be the same as yours.

Floxapen capsules are available in two strengths containing either 250 mg or 500 mg of flucloxacillin as nucloxacillin sodium.

Non-proprietary name: Flucloxacillin capsules.

Floxapen capsules also contain inactive ingredients to make the medicine acceptable.

Manufacturer and Product Licence Holder: Beecham Group plc trading as Beecham Research Laboratories, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9BD, England.

In this short leaflet, we can only give you the most important patient information about Floxapen. If you would like to know more, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

BEECHAM RESEARCH

Floxapen is a trade mark.

Leaflet prepared in November 1988.