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Uses:

• Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins. This medicine is given slowly, so the needle will remain in place for about an hour.
• A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine.
• Keep using this medicine for the full treatment time, even if you feel better after the first few doses. Your infection may not clear up if you stop using the medicine too soon.
• Never share your medicine with anyone.

• Call your doctor, pharmacist, or home health caregiver for instructions.

Storage:

• If you store this medicine at home, keep it at room temperature, away from heat and direct light. Do not refrigerate
• Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine and equipment no longer needed.
• Keep this medicine away from children.

Special precautions:

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using arsenic trioxide (Trisenox®), blood thinners (Coumadin®), cyclosporine (Sandimmune®, Neoral®), dofetilide (Tikosyn®), erythromycin (Erythro-Tab®), fluoxetine (Prozac®), probucol (Lorelco®), medicine for depression (such as amitriptyline, imipramine, Norpramin®, Vivactil®), medicines to treat mental illness (such as Haldol®, Serentil®, Mellaril®, Geodon™), pain or arthritis medicine (such as aspirin, diclofenac, ibuprofen, indomethacin, Aleve®, Feldene®, Motrin®, Orudis®, Relafen®), a steroid (such as cortisone, prednisone, prednisolone, Azmacort®, Flonase®, Flovent®, Nasonex®, Vancenase®), diuretics or "water pills" (such as furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide), or medicines to treat abnormal heart rhythm (such as amiodarone, bretylium, disopyramide, procainamide, sotalol, Betapace®, Cardioquin®, Corvert®, Norpace®, Quinaglute®, Quinidex®).
• Avoid caffeine (coffee, soda, chocolate) while you are receiving this medicine.

Warnings:

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have a history of heart disease, heart rhythm problems, kidney disease, liver disease, hypokalemia (low blood potassium), stroke, or seizure disorder (such as epilepsy), or a family history of a heart rhythm condition called Long QT Syndrome.
• This medicine may make your skin more sensitive to sunlight. Use a sunscreen when you are outdoors. Avoid sunlamps and tanning beds.
• Call your doctor if you have pain, swelling, or tearing of a tendon. Tendons are located in the back of your knee or ankle, your shoulder or elbow, or your hand or wrist. You may need to stop taking the medicine.

Side Effects:

• Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
• Chest pain, or fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat
• Diarrhea
• Seizures
• Unusual bleeding or bruising, skin rash, redness, blistering, or peeling
• Your eyes or skin turn yellow
• Dizziness, nervousness, anxiety, confusion, agitation, or trouble sleeping
• Muscle or joint pain
• Nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, constipation
• Pain, swelling, or redness where the IV needle is placed
• Sores or white patches in your mouth or throat
• Vaginal itching or discharge