Journal of Research in Medical Education & Ethics
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

Urticaria by the Fixed Dose Combination of Norfloxacin and Metronidazole: A Case Report

  • Author:
  • Kamalpreet Kaur1,, Bikramdeep2, Kamlesh Kohli3, Harminder Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 282 to 283

1Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot - 151203, Punjab, India.

2Medical Officer, Punjab Civil Medical Services–I, Community Health Centre, Badal, Punjab, India

3Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot - 151203, Punjab, India.

4Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot - 151203, Punjab, India.

*Email id: kamalpreetaneja@gmail.com

Online published on 15 January, 2013.

Abstract

Fixed-dose combinations (FDC) are commonly available and frequently prescribed. All of the combinations available are not rational due to which not only cost is increased but also the incidence of adverse drug reactions is also increased. Norfloxacin and metronidazole is such a combination frequently prescribed for patients of diarrhoea. Here, we present a case of drug-induced urticaria in a child prescribed with this combination, which could have been prevented considering the rationality and contraindications of the prescription.

Keywords

Fixed-dose combination, Irrational prescriptions, Urticaria, Pharmacovigilance, Naranjo scale