Type of medicine: antibiotic
Generic and brand names: capreomycin, injection; Capastat Sulfate
This medicine is given by injection (shots), usually with other medicines taken by mouth, to treat tuberculosis.
Before using this, tell your healthcare provider if you have ever had:
Females of childbearing age: Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether this medicine will harm an unborn baby. Do not breast-feed while taking this medicine without your healthcare provider's approval.
These shots are given by your healthcare provider. Because you may need to take medicine for a long time, your healthcare provider may have you switch from shots to medicine you can take by mouth.
If your healthcare provider has prescribed other medicines, follow his or her instructions exactly. Take all your medicines regularly as prescribed, even if you feel better. Take them for as long as your healthcare provider prescribes.
While you are being treated with this medicine, you will need to have regular lab tests and hearing tests to see how this medicine is affecting you. Keep all your appointments for these tests.
This medicine can affect your hearing and balance. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you notice ringing in your ears, hearing loss, severe dizziness, or trouble keeping your balance.
This medicine may make you dizzy. Do not drive or operate machinery unless you are fully alert.
Adults over the age of 65 may be at greater risk for side effects. Talk with your healthcare provider about this.
If you need emergency care, surgery, or dental work, tell the healthcare provider or dentist you are taking this medicine.
You may feel pain or burning at the site of injection. Contact your healthcare provider if it becomes severe.
Contact your healthcare provider if your condition does not improve in a few days or if it gets worse.
Along with its needed effects, your medicine may cause some unwanted side effects. Some side effects may be very serious. Some side effects may go away as your body adjusts to the medicine. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effects that continue or get worse.
Life-threatening (Report these to your healthcare provider right away. If you cannot reach your healthcare provider right away, get emergency medical care or call 911 for help): Allergic reaction (hives; itching; rash; trouble breathing; tightness in your chest; swelling of your lips, tongue, and throat).
Serious (report these to your healthcare provider right away): Blood in your urine, decreased or increased urination, increased thirst, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, severe dizziness, trouble keeping your balance, muscle weakness.
Other: Nausea, vomiting, pain or bleeding at injection site.
When you take this medicine with other medicines, it can change the way this or any of the other medicines work. Nonprescription medicines, vitamins, natural remedies, and certain foods may also interact. Using these products together might cause harmful side effects. Talk to your healthcare provider if you are taking:
If you are not sure if your medicines might interact, ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider. Keep a list of all your medicines with you. List all the prescription medicines, nonprescription medicines, supplements, natural remedies, and vitamins that you take. Be sure that you tell all healthcare providers who treat you about all the products you are taking.
This advisory includes selected information only and may not include all side effects of this medicine or interactions with other medicines. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for more information or if you have any questions.
Keep all medicines out of the reach of children.
Do not share medicines with other people.
