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<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = SYNERCID (QUINUPRISTIN AND DALFOPRISTIN) INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION [PFIZER LABORATORIES DIV PFIZER INC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=28f698df-b584-4455-2e94-6efc41313960 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | There are four reports of patients receiving Synercid doses at up to three times that recommended (7.5 mg/kg). No adverse events were considered possibly or probably related to Synercid overdose. Signs of acute overdosage may include dyspnea, emesis, tremors, and ataxia as seen in animals given extremely high doses (50 mg/kg) of Synercid. Patients who receive an overdose should be carefully observed and given supportive treatment. Synercid is not removed by peritoneal dialysis or by hemodialysis. <ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = SYNERCID (QUINUPRISTIN AND DALFOPRISTIN) INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION [PFIZER LABORATORIES DIV PFIZER INC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=28f698df-b584-4455-2e94-6efc41313960 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 05:56, 9 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chetan Lokhande, M.B.B.S [2]
Overdosage
There are four reports of patients receiving Synercid doses at up to three times that recommended (7.5 mg/kg). No adverse events were considered possibly or probably related to Synercid overdose. Signs of acute overdosage may include dyspnea, emesis, tremors, and ataxia as seen in animals given extremely high doses (50 mg/kg) of Synercid. Patients who receive an overdose should be carefully observed and given supportive treatment. Synercid is not removed by peritoneal dialysis or by hemodialysis. [1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.