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FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is used to treat hyperphosphatemia (high phosphorus level in blood). It contains Lanthanum, which works by binding to the phosphate in the gastrointestinal tract and decreasing its absorption. In some cases, this medicine may cause side effects such as vomiting, upper abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach ache, indigestion, and flatulence. Inform the doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking any other medication, or have any pre-existing medical conditions.

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Written By Dr. Priyanka Desai , BDS, MDS
Reviewed By Dr. Syed Akram , MBBS, MD
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More about the Product

Composition :

LANTHANUM-250MG

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Panacea Biotec Ltd

Consume Type :

Oral

Expires on or after :

Jan-27

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

About FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is a prescription medication used to lower high phosphorus levels in the blood of patients with end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis. When kidneys fail, they can no longer remove extra phosphorus, which can lead to serious bone and heart problems. FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET binds to phosphorus in your gut so your body can pass it out safely.

To work effectively, you must take FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET consistently with or immediately after every meal and major snack. It is crucial to chew the tablets completely before swallowing to help the medicine mix with your food and prevent stomach issues. Along with this medicine, following a low-phosphorus diet recommended by your renal dietitian is key to achieving the best results.

While taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, you may experience mild digestive issues like nausea, vomiting, or stomach pain. However, you must contact your doctor immediately if you develop severe constipation, severe abdominal pain, or notice blood in your stool.

Before starting FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, tell your doctor if you have a history of a blocked bowel, severe constipation, stomach ulcers, or recent abdominal surgery. Do not take this medicine if you currently have a blocked bowel or severe, untreated constipation.

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can stop other medications from being absorbed properly, so you must space out your other oral drugs as directed by your pharmacist. If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, breastfeeding, or an older adult, consult your doctor to ensure this treatment is safe for you.

Uses of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is used to lower high phosphorus levels in the blood of patients with end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis. The detailed uses of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET are as follows:

  • High blood phosphorus levels (hyperphosphatemia) in kidney failure: In adults with end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis, FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET binds to the phosphorus present in food within the digestive tract, preventing it from entering the bloodstream and helping to maintain safer mineral levels.

Key Benefits

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET helps control high phosphate levels in people with chronic kidney disease by reducing the absorption of phosphorus from food. By maintaining healthy phosphate levels, it supports bone health and helps reduce complications associated with excess phosphorus.

  • Helps Protect Bone Health: By lowering phosphate levels, FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET helps prevent calcium loss from the bones, reducing the risk of weak, brittle, and painful bones associated with chronic kidney disease.
  • Supports Heart and Blood Vessel Health: Maintaining healthy phosphate levels helps reduce the formation of calcium-phosphate deposits in blood vessels and other tissues, supporting long-term cardiovascular health.
  • Helps Relieve Symptoms of High Phosphate Levels: By controlling excess phosphorus, FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET may help reduce symptoms such as persistent itching and supports better overall wellbeing in people with advanced kidney disease.
Side effects of Fosbait 250mg Tablet
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.
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.
  • 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 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.
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.

Directions for Use

  • FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET should be taken with or immediately after a meal.
  • Your doctor will decide the dosage and timing of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET based on your serum phosphorus level.
  • Chew the tablet completely before swallowing it.
  • Do not swallow it as a whole.

How FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET Works

When you eat, your food contains phosphorus, which is absorbed into your bloodstream through your stomach and intestines. Because damaged kidneys cannot filter out this extra phosphorus, it builds up to dangerous levels in the body. FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET contains lanthanum, which works directly in your digestive system as a chemical magnet. When taken with a meal, it binds tightly to the phosphorus in your food, forming an insoluble compound. Because this compound cannot be absorbed by your digestive tract, it passes safely out of your system through your bowel movements, effectively lowering the amount of phosphorus that enters your blood.
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Alcohol

Caution

You are recommended to avoid alcohol consumption while taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET to avoid unpleasant side-effects.

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Pregnancy

Caution

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is Category C pregnancy medicine. Please consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding this, your doctor will prescribe you FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET only if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Breast Feeding

Caution

The safety of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET has not been established in breastfeeding women. Please consult your doctor if you have any concerns regarding this, your doctor will decide whether FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can be given to breast-feeding mothers or not.

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Driving

Not applicable

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET has no or negligible influence on the ability to drive or operate any machinery or vehicles.

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Liver

Caution

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET should be used with caution in patients with liver impairment/liver disease. Please consult your doctor if you have a liver impairment or any concerns regarding this.

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Kidney

Caution

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET should be used with caution in patients with kidney impairment/kidney disease. Please consult your doctor if you have kidney impairment or any concerns regarding this.

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Children

Caution

The dose needs to be adjusted and recommended by a child specialist only.

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Heart

Consult your doctor

Please inform your doctor if you have a history of heart disease before using FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET. Your doctor will prescribe it only if the benefits outweigh the risks.

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Geriatrics

Consult your doctor

Limited information available for use of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET in elderly patients. Please consult your doctor.

What if I have taken an overdose of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET

If you take too much, seek immediate medical attention or contact a poison control center, especially if you experience severe stomach pain or severe constipation.

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Strictly follow the low-phosphorus diet recommended by your renal dietitian.
  • Limit or avoid foods high in phosphorus, such as dairy products, nuts, seeds, beans, cola drinks, and processed foods with added phosphates.
  • Read food labels carefully and avoid ingredients containing 'phos' (like dicalcium phosphate or sodium acid pyrophosphate).
  • Attend all scheduled dialysis sessions as prescribed, as dialysis is essential for filtering other waste products from your blood.
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How Soon It Starts Working

The time required for FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET to start to work: The time required for FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET to show its action is not clinically established. The time for which the effects of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET last: The duration of action for FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is not clinically established.

What if you forget to take FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET

If you miss a dose of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, skip the missed dose and take your next dose with your next scheduled meal or snack. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

Storage

•Store FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET chewable tablets at room temperature, ideally between 20°C and 25°C (68°F to 77°F). •Keep the container tightly closed to protect the medication from moisture and light.

Drug Warnings

  • Never swallow tablets whole: Swallowing these tablets whole can cause serious, life-threatening blockages or tears in your digestive tract.
  • Inform your radiologist: FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can show up on abdominal X-rays. Tell your doctor or radiologist that you are taking this medicine before undergoing any abdominal imaging tests.
  • Monitor your bowel habits: Keep close track of your bowel movements. If you become constipated or notice a change in your normal bathroom routine, tell your doctor right away to prevent severe blockages.
  • Space other medications: To prevent FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET from binding to other medicines, take your other oral drugs at least one hour before or three hours after taking this medication.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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  • Antibiotics (such as ciprofloxacin or tetracycline): FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can bind to these drugs in your gut, making them less effective. Take these antibiotics at least 1 hour before or 4 hours after taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET.
  • Thyroid hormone (levothyroxine): Taking levothyroxine too close to FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can lower its absorption. Space these medications out by at least 2 hours.
  • Heart or blood pressure medicines: Some medications may have reduced absorption when taken together. Consult your pharmacist for specific timing advice.
No Drug - Drug interactions found in our data. We may lack specific data on this medicine and are actively working to update our database. Consult your doctor for personalized advice

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Drug-Food Interactions

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  • High-phosphorus foods: Eating meals exceptionally high in phosphorus can overwhelm the binding capacity of your prescribed dose of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, making the treatment less effective.
No Drug - Food interactions found in our database. Some may be unknown. Consult your doctor for what to avoid during medication.

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Therapeutic Class

[HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC AGENT]

FAQs

FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET treats hyperphosphataemia (high phosphate levels in the body).
High phosphate levels in the blood generally occur due to kidney disorders that may affect calcium levels. The body starts working in an opposite manner, and as phosphate levels rise, calcium levels will fall.
It is advised to avoid foods already high in phosphorus, such as dairy foods, oatmeal, beans, lentils, nuts, bran cereals, colas, and other drinks with phosphate additives.
FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET is in a class of medications called phosphate binders. FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET works by holding onto phosphate from the diet so that it can pass out of your body.
It is advised not to take ciprofloxacin with FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET as it may interfere with the working of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, and therefore, it should not be taken at the same time as FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET.
Yes, it is advised to go for certain lab tests, like serum phosphate levels, which should be monitored regularly while you are taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET. The use of FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET may decrease the levels of vitamin D, A, E, K, and folic acid, and hence, the levels need to be monitored during the treatment.
It is advised not to stop taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, as it is a phosphate binder used to control the phosphate level in the blood. If you stop taking FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, your phosphate levels may elevate again. Please consult your doctor.
Chewing the tablets completely is vital to increase the surface area of the medicine so it can bind to the phosphorus in your food effectively. Swallowing them whole can also cause serious injury or blockages in your throat or digestive tract. Talk to your doctor if you have trouble chewing.
No, you should not take FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET on an empty stomach. This medicine is designed to bind to the phosphorus in your food, so it must be taken during or immediately after a meal or snack to work properly. Talk to your doctor if your eating patterns change.
No, FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET does not cure kidney disease. It is a supportive treatment used to manage high phosphorus levels, which is a common complication of kidney failure. Talk to your doctor about your complete kidney care plan.
If you develop severe constipation, stop taking the medication and contact your doctor immediately. Constipation can lead to serious bowel blockages while using this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist for advice on managing bowel habits safely.
FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET can appear on abdominal X-rays and may look like a contrast agent, which can interfere with the results of your scan. Always tell your radiologist or doctor that you are taking this medicine before any imaging tests.
While there is no direct chemical interaction between alcohol and FOSBAIT 250MG TABLET, drinking alcohol can negatively affect your kidney health and dietary management. Talk to your doctor about whether it is safe for you to drink alcohol.

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Country of origin

INDIA

Manufacturer/Marketer address

Ambala- Chandigarh Highway, Lalru – 140501, Punjab
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