CefaclorOther Brand Names: Ceclor Revised:4/1/2000 
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OverviewSide Effects and InteractionsTaking the MedicineSpecial Precautions | Special Precautions |
If you are allergic to penicillin-type antibiotics, alert your physician immediately.
Some people who are sensitive to penicillin may also react to Ceclor.
Symptoms such as breathing difficulty, wheezing, sneezing, hives, itching, and skin rash require immediate emergency treatment.
Life-threatening anaphylactic shock may produce an inability to breathe and cardiovascular collapse and can occur within minutes of exposure.
People with kidney disease should only take Ceclor under careful medical supervision. Special dosage modifications will have to be made.
This medicine may also interfere with certain diabetes tests.
Prolonged use of an antibiotic like Ceclor sometimes leads to an overgrowth of fungus or resistant bacteria known as superinfection.
If this occurs, the doctor may need to have you discontinue Ceclor and take a different medication.
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