Author: Unknown

What you should know
about Distaclor MR

Please read this leaflet carefully before you start to take your medicine.  It does not contain all the information about your medicine that you may need to know, so please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.  The leaflet only applies to Distaclor MR tablets.

What is in your medicine?

Your medicine is called Distaclor MR.  Its active ingredient is cefaclor.  It is an 'extended release' tablet.  The oblong tablets are blue.

Each Distaclor MR 375 tablet has 375mg of cefaclor in it.  The tablets also contain the inactive ingredients: mannitol, methylhydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, methacrylic acid copolymer, stearic acid, magnesium stearate and propylene glycol.  The colour is E132.

Distaclor MR is an antibiotic.  Antibiotics help the body fight infections.  Distaclor MR works by destroying certain bacteria that cause infection.

Distaclor MR is made by Eli Lilly Industries Inc., Kilometer 12.7, 65th Infantry Road, Carolina, Puerto Rico and by Eli Lilly Italia SpA, Via Gramsci, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.  The product licence is held by Dista Products Limited, Dextra Court, Chapel Hill, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5SY

Why Distaclor MR?

Distaclor MR treats bacterial infections including some sore throats, bronchitis and pneumonia, cystitis, skin infections such as boils, and infected wounds.

Before taking your medicine

Make sure it is safe for you to take Distaclor MR. It should not be given to children.

It you answer YES to any of the following questions, or you are not sure, tell your doctor or pharmacist.

•	Have you ever had an allergic reaction to antibiotics such as penicillin or cephalosporins or to any other types of medicine?  (An allergic reaction may include rash, itching, swelling or breathing difficulties.)
	
•	Are you pregnant or could you be?
	
•	Are you breast-feeding?
	
•	Do you have kidney trouble or are you on dialysis?
	
•	Are you diabetic?  Distaclor can interfere with some urine sugar tests.
	
•	Are you taking any other medicines, especially warfarin?

If you are taking 'antacids' (a kind of indigestion remedy), please see the next section.

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What you should know about Distaclor MR tablets - continued

Taking your medicine

•	Follow your doctor's instructions.  Check the label for how many tablets to take and how often to take them.

Usual Doses
	
•	Throat infections, bronchitis, lower urinary tract infections or skin infections: take one 375mg tablet twice a day.
	
•	Pneumonia: take two 375mg tablets twice a day.

If you are not sure how many tablets to take, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

•	Swallow the tablets whole with water at mealtimes or with a snack at bedtime.
	
•	Do not cut, crush or chew the tablets.
	
•	Do not take 'antacids' (indigestion remedies) for at least 1 hour after taking the tablets.

•	You must take the tablets for as long as your doctor has told you to.  This will usually be for 7 or 14 days.  Do not stop taking them when you feel better because you may then get worse.
	
•	If you miss a dose, take one as soon as you can.  If you have missed several doses, tell your doctor.
	
•	Do not take more tablets than your doctor tells you to.  If you ever take too many, go to the nearest hospital casualty department or tell your doctor immediately.

While taking your medicine

•	The tablets may cause side-effects such as diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting or indigestion, or vaginal discharge or itching. If the diarrhoea is bloody or has mucus in it, tell your doctor.
	
•	If you have a rash or have difficulty breathing, stop taking the tablets and tell your doctor at once.
	
•	A few patients have had headaches, or felt dizzy or sleepy.  Very occasionally, patients have had nervous conditions, or tests have shown temporary changes in blood counts or in the function of their liver or kidneys.  It is not known whether Distaclor MR can cause these symptoms.
	
•	If you have these or any other side-effects, tell your doctor.  He or she has more information and will tell you what to do.

How to store your medicine

•	Do not take the tablets after the 'Use Before' date.
	
•	Keep your tablets at room temperature in a dry safe place and where children cannot see or reach them.  Your tablets could harm them.
	
•	If your doctor tells you to stop taking the tablets, please take them back to the pharmacist.  Only keep the tablets if your doctor tells you to.

REMEMBER: This medicine is for you.  Only a doctor can prescribe it for you.  Never give it to others.  It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours.

'Distaclor' is a registered trademark of Dista Products Limited.

Date this leaflet was written: October 1995

© Dista Products Limited, 1995