SURVEYOR Health - Drug Interactions and Side Effects of Moxifloxacin

Drug Interactions and Side Effects of Moxifloxacin

Moxifloxacin has 109 Side Effects total
56 are Life Threatening
4 Occur Most Frequently

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Uses of Moxifloxacin

USES: Moxifloxacin is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. This medication belongs to a class of drugs called quinolone antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for virus infections (e.g., common cold, flu). Unnecessary use or overuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness.

Moxifloxacin has 56 Life Threatening (Critical) Side Effects

Critical Seriousness - Abnormal Heart Electrical Signals - Abnormal ECG is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Abnormal Increase in Muscle Tone - Hypertonia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Abnormal Hepatic Function Tests is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Abnormally Low Blood Pressure - Hypotension is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Acquired Decrease of All Cells in the Blood - Pancytopenia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Acute Kidney Disease - Acute Renal Disease is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Acute Liver Failure - Acute Hepatic Failure is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Allergic Reaction caused by a Drug - Hypersensitivity Drug Reactions is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Allergic Reaction causing Serum Sickness - Serum Sickness is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Anemia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Anxious - Anxiety is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Asthma - Bronchial Asthma is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Atrial Fibrillation is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Chest Pain is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Confused - Impaired Cognition is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Decreased Blood Platelets - Thrombocytopenic Disorder is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Decreased White Blood Cells - Leukopenia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Deficiency of Granulocytes a Type of White Blood Cell - Agranulocytosis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Depression is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Fast Heartbeat - Tachyarrhythmia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Feeling Faint - Fainting is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Fit - Tonic Clonic Seizure is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Fluid Retention in the Legs, Feet, Arms or Hands - Peripheral Edema is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Giant Hives - Angioedema is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Hallucination - Hallucinations is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Hepatitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Increased Eosinophils in the Blood - Eosinophilia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Inflammation in Lungs caused by Allergic Reaction - Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Inflammation of the Liver with Stoppage of Bile Flow - Cholestatic Hepatitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Inflammation of the Tendon - Tendonitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Inflammation or Infection of Vagina - Vaginitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Interstitial Nephritis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Life Threatening Allergic Reaction - Anaphylaxis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Liver Problems - Disease of Liver is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Low Blood Counts due to Bone Marrow Failure - Aplastic Anemia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Nerve Function Blockage that Affects Normal Muscle Action - Neuromuscular Blockade is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Numbness, Tingling or Pain of Hands or Feet - Peripheral Neuropathy is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Painful, Red or Swollen Mouth - Stomatitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Prolonged Q-T Interval on EKG - Prolonged QT Interval is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Puffy Face from Water Retention - Facial Edema is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rapid Ventricular Heartbeat - Ventricular Tachycardia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Reaction due to an Allergy - Allergic Reactions is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rupture of Tendons that Extend the Hand and Wrist - Tendon Rupture Extensor of Hand and Wrist is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rupture of Tendons that Flex the Hand and Wrist - Tendon Rupture Flexor of Hand and Wrist is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rupture of a Tendon - Tendon Rupture is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rupture of a Tendon in the Shoulder Area - Rotator Cuff Tendon Rupture is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Rupture of the Tendon in the Back of the Heel - Non-traumatic Rupture of Achilles Tendon is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Severe Bloody Diarrhea from Antibiotics - Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Throat Swelling - Pharyngeal Edema is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Throwing Up - Vomiting is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Thrush - Oral Candidiasis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Very Rapid Heartbeat - Torsades de Pointes - Torsades de Pointes is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Critical Seriousness - Yellowing of Skin or Eyes from Bile Flow Problems - Obstructive Hyperbilirubinemia is a Life Threatening Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

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Moxifloxacin has 4 Most Frequently Occurring Side Effects

Diarrhea is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Dizzy - Dizziness is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Feel Like Throwing Up - Nausea is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

Stomach Cramps - Abdominal Pain with Cramps is a Frequently Occurring Side Effect of Moxifloxacin

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Moxifloxacin Drug-Drug Interactions

Moxifloxacin has interactions of severe seriousness with 9 drug(s):

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Fareston. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Geodon. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Solage. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Toremifene. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Tretinoin-Mequinol. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Typhoid Vaccine. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Vivotif Berna Vaccine. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Ziprasidone Hcl. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has 1 severe interactions with Ziprasidone Mesylate. Click here to see them

Moxifloxacin has interactions of serious seriousness with 2946 drug(s).

Moxifloxacin has interactions of moderate seriousness with 1500 drug(s).

Moxifloxacin has interactions of unknown seriousness with 0 drug(s).

Moxifloxacin has 20 Condition Contraindications

If you have any of these Conditions then you should carefully evaluate the risks of taking Moxifloxacin.

Moxifloxacin Oral Contraindications
(grouped by decreasing seriouosness level)

Absolute Contraindications

Congenital Long QT Syndrome - Abnormal EKG with QT changes from Birth is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Drug-Induced Hepatitis - Hepatitis caused by Drugs is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Myasthenia Gravis is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Prolonged QT Interval - Prolonged Q-T Interval on EKG is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Torsades de Pointes - Very Rapid Heartbeat - Torsades de Pointes is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Relative Contraindications

Bradycardia - Slow Heartbeat is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Cardiac Transplantation - Heart Transplant is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Conduction Disorder of the Heart - Abnormal Heart Rhythm is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Hypokalemia - Low Amount of Potassium in the Blood is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Lung Transplantation - Lung Transplant is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Myocardial Ischemia - Disease of Inadequate Blood Flow to the Heart Muscle is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Peripheral Neuropathy - Numbness, Tingling or Pain of Hands or Feet is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis - Severe Bloody Diarrhea from Antibiotics is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Renal Transplant - Kidney Transplant is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Tendon Rupture - Rupture of a Tendon is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Tendonitis - Inflammation of the Tendon is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Contraindication Warnings

Abnormal Hepatic Function Tests - Abnormal Liver Function Tests is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Epilepsy - Epileptic Seizure is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Hepatic Cirrhosis - Hardening of the Liver is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Severe Cerebral Arteriosclerosis - Severe Hardening of the Arteries in the Brain is a contraindication of Moxifloxacin.

Moxifloxacin has 6 related brands and strengths:

Avelox 400 Mg Tab Avelox Abc Pack 400 Mg Tab Moxeza 0.5 % Eye Drops Moxifloxacin 0.5 % Eye Drops Moxifloxacin 400 Mg Tab Vigamox 0.5 % Eye Drops

Moxifloxacin - Symptoms of overdose may include
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US National Poison Hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.

Contact poison control
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canadian residents should call their local poison control center directly.