Piperacillin (piperacillin sodium)

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Foetor hepaticus Liver disorder def x x x
Hypotonia def Muscle relaxation def x x x
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Hepatitis cholestatic Hepatitis cholestatic x x x x
Bleeding time prolonged Bleeding time prolonged x
Diarrhoea haemorrhagic Diarrhoea haemorrhagic x x x x
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Blood potassium decreased Serum potassium decreased x x x
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Pseudomembranous colitis Pseudomembranous colitis x x x x
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Parametritis def x x x
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Pneumonia def x x x x
Respiratory tract infection def x x x
Septicemia def x x x x
Urethritis def x x x x
Urethritis gonococcal x x x
Urinary tract infection def x x x x

Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia

ATC Code: J01CA12

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. piperacillin sodium / Pipracil : 21 side effects (FDA MedWatch)
  2. PIPERACILLIN (PIPERACILLIN SODIUM) / PIPERACILLIN FOR INJECTION, USP : 43 side effects (Health Canada)
  3. Piperacillin : 53 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. piperacillin sodium / Pipracil : 54 side effects (FDA MedWatch)