Who should not take Noroxin?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- a type of blood disorder with a decrease in all types of blood cells called pancytopenia
- decreased blood platelets
- low levels of white blood cells
- psychotic disorder
- pseudotumor cerebri
- a condition with high fluid pressure in the brain
- myasthenia gravis
- a skeletal muscle disorder
- torsades de pointes
- a type of abnormal heart rhythm
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- severe renal impairment
- inflammation of a tendon
- hallucinations
- muscle tremors
- high pressure within the skull
- anemia from pyruvate kinase and G6PD deficiencies
- heart transplant
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
- anemia
- very low levels of granulocytes
- a type of white blood cell
- a low seizure threshold
- a painful condition that affects the nerves in the legs and arms called peripheral neuropathy
- a low supply of oxygen rich blood to the heart
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- severe hardening of the arteries in the brain
- rupture of a tendon
- seizures
- abnormal liver function tests
- lung transplant
- diarrhea from an infection with Clostridium difficile bacteria
- kidney transplant
Allergies:
- Quinolones
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