Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD, BCPS, NCMP | Reviewed by Joshua Murdock, PharmD, BCBBS
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Norfloxacin should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit
It is not known if norfloxacin will harm your unborn child
There are no controlled data in human
Duration of Exposure
Berkovitch and colleagues reviewed 35 pregnancies in women who received norfloxacin or ciprofloxacin during the first trimester for urinary tract infection
AU: Tetracyclines are considered safe for use during the first 18 weeks of pregnancy (16 weeks postconception); use should be avoided during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy
AU TGA pregnancy category: B3 US FDA pregnancy category: Not assigned
The timely and correct treatment of bacterial infections during pregnancy may be crucial to the health of both mother and baby
Norfloxacin belongs to the class of medicines known as quinolone antibiotics
2018
If you are under 18 years of age
Norfloxacin, a fluoroquinolone, is 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl)-3 quinolinecarboxylic acid
Side effects of norfloxacin are nausea, stomach cramps, dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea, abnormal heartbeats, and photosensitivity (sun sensitivity)
In addition, fluoroquinolones carry risk of Norfloxacin + Tinidazole is a combination of two antibiotics: Norfloxacin and Tinidazole
Based on available data, an increased risk of teratogenic effects has not been observed following norfloxacin use during pregnancy (Bar-Oz 2009; Padberg 2014)
We prospectively enrolled and followed up 200 women exposed to fluoroquinolones (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin) during gestation
Warnings related to Norfloxacin + Tinidazole's effects on the liver, heart and kidney, if any, have been listed below
Although there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, norfloxacin is not recommended for use in this population because it, like other drugs in this class, causes arthropathy in immature animals
Tinidazole Pregnancy Warnings
Hypersensitivity
Pantoprazole (PAN-D) is a category B drug, which means that it has not been found to cause harm to unborn babies in animal, so it is safe in pregnancy
Norfloxacin + Tinidazole includes two active ingredients: norfloxacin and tinidazole