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Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, Pack of 1 Tablet
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Written By Veda Maddala , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Bayyarapu Mahesh Kumar , M Pharmacy
Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is used to treat bacterial infections. It contains Cefixime and Dicloxacillin which work by killing infection-causing bacteria. In some cases, this medicine may cause side effects such as vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach pain, and indigestion. Before taking this medicine, inform the doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking any other medication, or have any pre-existing medical conditions.
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Composition :

CEFIXIME-200MG + DICLOXACILLIN-500MG

Consume Type :

ORAL

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Not Returnable

About Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER belongs to a class of drugs called antibiotics used to treat several bacterial infections of the urinary tract, ears, nose, throat, chest, and lungs. A bacterial infection is a condition in which harmful bacteria grow in the body and cause infection. It can infect any part of the body and multiply very quickly. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER does not work against infections caused by the virus.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is a combination of two antibiotics, namely: Cefixime and Dicloxacillin.  Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER works by interfering with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria.

Take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER as prescribed by your doctor. You are advised to take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER for as long as your doctor has prescribed it for you based on your medical condition. You may experience vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain, indigestion, or vaginal itching in some cases. Most of these side effects of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects persist or worsen, please consult your doctor.

If you are allergic to Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, penicillins, or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor before taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER. Dicloxacillin may reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. Therefore, discuss with your doctor about other contraceptive methods such as using non-hormonal birth control measures such as condoms, spermicide, or diaphragm to avoid pregnancy while taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER. Drive only if you are alert as Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may reduce alertness or cause confusion. You are recommended to complete the full course of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER as prescribed by your doctor for effective results.

Uses of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER

Treatment of Bacterial infections

Directions for Use

• Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is best taken before meals to improve absorption and reduce the chance of stomach discomfort.• Follow your doctor's instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication.• Swallow Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER as a whole with a glass of water.• Do not crush, break, or chew it.

Medicinal Benefits

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is a combination of two broad-spectrum antibiotics: Cefixime and Dicloxacillin that act against both aerobic (grow in the presence of oxygen) and anaerobic (grow in the absence of oxygen) gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is used in the treatment of several bacterial infections. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER interferes with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria.

How Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER Works

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is a combination of two antibiotics, namely: Cefixime and Dicloxacillin.  Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER works by interfering with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria.

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Keep Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER out of reach and sight of children.
Side effects of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER
Here are the precise steps to cope with diarrhoea caused by medication usage:
  • Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
  • Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
  • Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
  • Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
  • Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
  • Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
  • Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
To prevent, manage, and treat Constipation caused by medication usage, follow these steps:
  • Preventing Vomiting (Before it Happens)
  • Take medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. This can help minimize side effects, including vomiting.
  • Having a small meal before taking your medication can help reduce nausea and vomiting.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication along with your prescribed medication.
  • Managing Vomiting (If it Happens)
  • Try taking ginger in the form of tea, ale, or candy to help alleviate nausea and vomiting.
  • What to Do if Vomiting Persists
  • Consult your doctor if vomiting continues or worsens, consult the doctor for guidance on adjusting your medication or additional treatment.
Overcome Medication-Induced Nausea: A 9-Step Plan
  • Inform your doctor about the nausea and discuss possible alternatives to the medication or adjustments to the dosage.
  • Divide your daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to reduce nausea.
  • Opt for bland, easily digestible foods like crackers, toast, plain rice, bananas, and applesauce.
  • Avoid certain foods that can trigger nausea, such as fatty, greasy, spicy, and smelly foods.
  • Drink plenty of fluids, such as water, clear broth, or electrolyte-rich beverages like coconut water or sports drinks.
  • Use ginger (tea, ale, or candies) to help relieve nausea.
  • Get adequate rest and also avoid strenuous activities that can worsen nausea.
  • Talk to your doctor about taking anti-nausea medication if your nausea is severe.
  • Record when your nausea occurs, what triggers it, and what provides relief to help you identify patterns and manage your symptoms more effectively.
Here are the precise steps to cope with diarrhoea caused by medication usage:
  • Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
  • Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
  • Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
  • Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
  • Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
  • Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
  • Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
  • Drink water or other clear fluids.
  • To prevent worsening of pain, limit intake of tea, coffee, or alcohol.
  • Include bland foods like rice, toast, crackers, and rice in your diet.
  • Avoid lying down immediately after eating as it may cause indigestion or heartburn.
  • Avoid acidic and spicy food as it may cause indigestion.
Here are the step-by-step strategies to manage the side effects of "indigestion" caused by medication usage:
  • Take medications with food (if recommended): It can help prevent stomach distress and indigestion.
  • Eat smaller, more frequent meals: Divide daily food intake into smaller, more frequent meals to ease digestion.
  • Avoid trigger foods: Identify and avoid foods that trigger indigestion, such as spicy, fatty, or acidic foods.
  • Stay upright after eating: Sit or stand upright for at least 1-2 hours after eating to prevent stomach acid from flowing into the oesophagus.
  • Avoid carbonated drinks: Avoid drinking carbonated beverages, such as soda or beer, which can worsen indigestion.
  • Manage stress: To alleviate indigestion, engage in stress-reducing activities like deep breathing exercises or meditation.
  • Consult a doctor if needed: If indigestion worsens or persists, consult a healthcare professional to adjust the medication regimen or explore alternative treatments.
Dealing with Medication-Induced Headache:
  • Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
  • Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
  • Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
  • Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
  • Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
  • Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
  • To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
  • Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
  • Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
  • Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
  • Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
  • Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.

What if I have taken an overdose of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER

Avoid exceeding the recommended dose as it might cause an overdose. Seek immediate medical attention if you experience any unusual symptoms.

Drug Warnings

If you are allergic to Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, penicillins, or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you have kidney or liver problems, asthma, bleeding or blood clotting disorder, or stomach or intestinal disorder such as inflammation of the large intestine, inform your doctor before taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor before taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER. Dicloxacillin may reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. Therefore, discuss with your doctor about other contraceptive methods such as using non-hormonal birth control measures such as condoms, spermicide, or diaphragm to avoid pregnancy while taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER. Drive only if you are alert as Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may reduce alertness or cause confusion. You are recommended to complete the full course of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER as prescribed by your doctor for effective results. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may interact with certain tests such as glucose (sugar) in urine and give unusual results. Therefore, inform the doctor that you are using Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER before undergoing any tests.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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CefiximeCholera, live attenuated
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DicloxacillinMethotrexate
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Drug-Drug Interactions

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CefiximeCholera, live attenuated
Severe
How does the drug interact with Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER:
Co-administration of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with Cholera vaccine may reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine.

How to manage the interaction:
Talk to your doctor before receiving the cholera vaccine if you are currently being treated with Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER or have been treated within the last 14 days. To ensure adequate vaccine response, you should not receive cholera vaccine until at least 14 days after you complete your antibiotic therapy. Do not discontinue the medication without consulting a doctor.
DicloxacillinMethotrexate
Severe
How does the drug interact with Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER:
Co-administration of methotrexate with Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER can increase the levels and effects of methotrexate. This can increase the risk or severity of serious infections.

How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between methotrexate and Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, mouth ulcers, paleness, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, unusual bleeding or bruising, fever, chills, sore throat, body aches. Consult a doctor immediately. Do not stop using medications without a doctor's advice.

Drug-Food Interactions

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Take probiotics after completing the full course of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER to restore some healthy bacteria in the intestines that may have been killed. Taking probiotics after antibiotic treatment can reduce the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Certain fermented foods like cheese, yogurt, kombucha, sauerkraut, and kimchi can help to restore the good bacteria of the intestine.
  • Include fiber-rich foods, as they can be easily digested by your gut bacteria, which helps stimulate their growth. Thus, fiber-rich foods may help restore healthy gut bacteria after a course of antibiotics. Whole grains such as whole-grain bread and brown rice should be included in your diet.
  • Make sure you drink plenty of water or other fluids every day while you are taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER.
  • Avoid alcohol consumption as it may increase adverse effects.

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Alcohol

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Interaction of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with alcohol is unknown. Please consult a doctor before consuming alcohol while using Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER.

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Pregnancy

Caution

Please consult a doctor if you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is given to pregnant women only if the doctor thinks benefits outweigh risks.

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Breast Feeding

Caution

It is unknown whether Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is excreted in human milk. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is given to breastfeeding mothers if the doctor thinks benefits are more significant than risks. Please consult a doctor if you are breastfeeding.

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Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may decrease alertness or confuse. Therefore, drive only if you are alert after taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER.

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Liver

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Take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with caution, especially if you have a history of Liver diseases/conditions. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required.

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Kidney

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Take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with caution, especially if you have a history of Kidney diseases/conditions. The dose may be adjusted by your doctor as required.

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Children

Caution

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is given to children only if prescribed by a doctor.

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FAQs

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is used to treat bacterial infections of the urinary tract, ears, nose, throat, chest, and lungs.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER contains Cefixime and Dicloxacillin which work by interfering with the formation of the bacterial cell wall (a protective covering) that is necessary for their survival. Thereby damages the bacterial cell wall and kills bacteria.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may be used to treat lung infection caused by bacteria. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is an antibiotic that kills bacteria and prevents the spread of infection. But should be used only when prescribed by a doctor.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER may cause diarrhoea as a common side effect. However, if the condition persists, worsens, or notices blood or mucus in stools, avoid taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER and consult a doctor immediately.

You are not recommended to take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with warfarin as co-administration of these two medicines may increase bleeding risk. However, please consult your doctor before taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER with other medicines.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is not used to treat viral infections. Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER is an antibiotic which is used to treat only bacterial infections.

You are not recommended to stop taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER without consulting your doctor as it may worsen the infection or cause recurring symptoms. Therefore, take Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER for as long as your doctor has prescribed it, and if you experience any difficulty while taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, please consult your doctor.

Dicloxacillin may reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills. Therefore, discuss with your doctor about other contraceptive methods such as using non-hormonal birth control measures such as condom, spermicide or diaphragm to avoid pregnancy while taking Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER.

Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER usually starts working within a few hours, but noticeable symptom improvement may take up to a few days which varies from person to person based on health condition. Always follow the doctor's advice to have optimal results.

If your symptoms persist or fail to improve, consult your doctor. Please note that it may take some time to fully heal your condition, as the treatment process can be gradual. However, if you don't see improvement, your doctor may need to reassess your condition, adjust the dosage, or consider alternative treatments.

Don't stop taking your medication just because you're feeling better! Stopping without completing your prescribed course can lead to incomplete recovery and the return of symptoms. Instead, report your progress to your doctor and follow their advice. They will guide you on how to safely stop the medication.

The common side effects of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER, which may occur in some individuals are vomiting, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach pain, indigestion, or vaginal itching. Most of these side effects of Cafidol DX 200mg/500mg Tablet ER do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects persist or worsen, please consult your doctor.

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M Pharmacy

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Bayyarapu Mahesh Kumar

M Pharmacy

Last Updated

Jul 18, 2025 | 6:48 AM IST

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Reference

  1. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.5534.pdf
  2. https://www.drugs.com/mtm/cefixime.html
  3. https://www.drugs.com/mtm/dicloxacillin.html
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