Who should not take Factive?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)
- diabetes
- low amount of magnesium in the blood
- diarrhea from an infection with Clostridium difficile bacteria
- low blood sugar
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- pseudotumor cerebri
- a condition with high fluid pressure in the brain
- myasthenia gravis
- a skeletal muscle disorder
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- inflammation of a tendon
- seizures
- lung transplant
- heart transplant
- chronic kidney disease stage 3B (moderate)
- toxic psychosis
- a painful condition that affects the nerves in the legs and arms called peripheral neuropathy
- torsades de pointes
- a type of abnormal heart rhythm
- slow heartbeat
- kidney transplant
- rupture of a tendon
- high pressure within the skull
- dissection of the aorta
- chronic kidney disease stage 4 (severe)
- aneurysm of aorta
Allergies:
- Quinolones
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