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Moxinow Tablet is used to treat bacterial infections. It contains Cefixime and Moxifloxacin which work by killing infection-causing bacteria. In some cases, this medicine may cause side effects such as headache, dizziness, stomach pain, nausea, flatulence, and diarrhoea. 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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Written By Veda Maddala , M Pharmacy
Reviewed By Bayyarapu Mahesh Kumar , M Pharmacy
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More about the Product

Manufacturer/Marketer :

Lupin Ltd

Consume Type :

Oral

Expires on or after :

Jan-27

Return Policy :

Not Returnable

About Moxinow Tablet

Moxinow Tablet is a prescription oral antibiotic that combines two different antibiotics (a fixed-dose combination, meaning two medicines in one tablet) to treat certain bacterial infections. It works by killing susceptible bacteria, helping reduce symptoms such as fever, pain, swelling, and inflammation while preventing the infection from spreading. Moxinow Tablet treats bacterial infections only and does not work against viral illnesses such as the common cold, flu, or COVID-19. This fixed-dose combination is not universally recommended in major international antibiotic guidelines and should only be used when specifically prescribed by a qualified healthcare professional for selected infections.

Take Moxinow Tablet exactly as prescribed by your doctor. It can be taken with or without food, although taking it with food may help reduce stomach upset. Try to take it at the same time every day and complete the full course, even if you start feeling better. Treatment usually lasts 5 to 14 days, depending on the infection being treated. Drinking plenty of fluids, eating a balanced diet, and getting enough rest can also support your recovery.

Most people tolerate Moxinow Tablet well, but some may experience mild side effects such as nausea, stomach discomfort, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, or changes in taste. Because moxifloxacin belongs to the fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics, it may rarely increase the risk of tendon inflammation, tendon rupture, changes in heart rhythm, or nerve-related side effects. Broad-spectrum antibiotics may also occasionally cause fungal overgrowth, such as oral thrush or vaginal yeast infection. If you develop severe or persistent diarrhea, sudden tendon pain or swelling, irregular heartbeat, severe rash, difficulty breathing, or signs of an allergic reaction, stop taking Moxinow Tablet and contact your doctor immediately.

Before taking Moxinow Tablet, tell your doctor if you have kidney disease, liver disease, epilepsy, heart rhythm problems, myasthenia gravis (a condition that causes muscle weakness), or a previous tendon injury related to fluoroquinolone antibiotics. People with kidney disease may require a lower dose, particularly because the cefixime component is removed from the body through the kidneys. Do not take Moxinow Tablet if you are allergic to cefixime, moxifloxacin, cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, or any of the ingredients in the Moxinow Tablet.

Moxinow Tablet may interact with antacids, iron or zinc supplements, blood thinners, medicines used to treat irregular heart rhythms, and certain anti-inflammatory medicines, which may affect its effectiveness or increase the risk of side effects. Avoid alcohol if it worsens dizziness, and follow your doctor's advice regarding all other medicines you take. If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, breastfeeding, or are an older adult, consult your healthcare provider before using this medicine.

Uses of Moxinow Tablet

Moxinow Tablet is used in the treatment of various bacterial infections. The detailed uses of Moxinow Tablet are as follows:

  • Severe respiratory tract infections: Moxinow Tablet helps clear deep chest infections, such as severe bronchitis or pneumonia, by killing the bacteria in the airways.
  • Complicated urinary tract infections: It targets and eliminates bacteria in the urinary tract, relieving painful urination and lower abdominal discomfort. This combination is generally reserved for selected or more complicated infections when your doctor believes broader antibiotic coverage is needed.
  • Typhoid fever: It works by stopping the spread of bacteria in the digestive system and blood, helping you recover from high fevers and stomach distress.

Key Benefits

Moxinow Tablet helps treat susceptible bacterial infections by combining two antibiotics that work in different ways to fight a broad range of bacteria. By effectively controlling the infection, it supports faster recovery and improved overall health.

Benefits may include:

  • Helps treat susceptible bacterial infections, including infections requiring broader antibacterial coverage when prescribed by your doctor.
  • Combines two antibiotics that work in different ways to eliminate infection-causing bacteria.
  • Helps relieve symptoms such as fever, pain, swelling, and discomfort as the infection improves.
  • Supports faster recovery and helps reduce the risk of infection-related complications.
  • Helps prevent the infection from returning when the full prescribed course is completed.
  • Supports responsible antibiotic use by helping reduce the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Side effects of Moxinow Tablet
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.

Directions for Use

  • Moxinow Tablet 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 Moxinow Tablet as a whole with a glass of water.
  • Do not crush, break, or chew it.

How Moxinow Tablet Works

Moxinow Tablet contains Cefixime and Moxifloxacin. Cefixime: It is an antibiotic that helps treat bacterial infections by stopping the growth of bacteria and destroying them, helping the body clear the infection. Moxifloxacin: It is an antibiotic that helps treat bacterial infections by stopping the growth and multiplication of bacteria. This helps eliminate the infection and prevents it from spreading further.
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Alcohol

Caution

Moxinow Tablet may cause unpleasant side effects. So please consult your doctor before taking Moxinow Tablet.

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Pregnancy

Caution

Moxinow Tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing this medicine. Please consult your doctor before taking your Moxinow Tablet if you are pregnant.

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Breast Feeding

Caution

Moxinow Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing. If you are breastfeeding, please consult your doctor before taking your Moxinow Tablet.

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Driving

Caution

You might experience side effects from Moxinow Tablet that would impair your driving ability. You might feel lightheaded or woozy after using Moxinow Tablet, you might briefly lose consciousness, or you might suddenly lose your vision. This might impair your ability to drive.

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Liver

Caution

Moxinow Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. A dose adjustment may be needed. Please consult your doctor before taking Moxinow Tablet.

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Kidney

Caution

Moxinow Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. A dose adjustment may be needed. Please consult your doctor before taking Moxinow Tablet.

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Children

Caution

Moxinow Tablet to be used with caution in children below 12 years. Your doctor will decide the dose of Moxinow Tablet based on your child's condition and age.

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Heart

Caution

Moxinow Tablet should be taken with caution in patients with heart problems. Therefore, please inform your doctor before using Moxinow Tablet.

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Geriatrics

Caution

Moxinow Tablet should be given with caution in elderly patients due to an increased risk of side effects. Please consult your doctor before using Moxinow Tablet.

What if I have taken an overdose of Moxinow Tablet

If you suspect an overdose, seek emergency medical care or call a poison control center immediately. Symptoms of an overdose may include severe dizziness, fainting, or seizures.

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Drink plenty of fluids: Staying well hydrated helps your body recover from the infection and supports normal kidney function.
  • Take mineral supplements at the correct time: If you use antacids or supplements containing magnesium, aluminum, calcium, iron, or zinc, take them at least 4 hours before or 8 hours after your antibiotic. These minerals mainly interfere with the absorption of the moxifloxacin component.
  • Be careful with dairy products: Normal meals containing dairy products usually do not significantly affect treatment. However, avoid taking Moxinow Tablet together with large amounts of calcium-rich foods or calcium-fortified drinks alone, as they may reduce the absorption of the moxifloxacin component. Cefixime is much less affected by dairy products.
  • Protect yourself from sunlight: The moxifloxacin component may make your skin more sensitive to sunlight. Wear protective clothing, apply sunscreen, and avoid tanning beds during treatment.
  • Support healthy gut bacteria: Consider eating yogurt with live cultures or taking probiotics a few hours apart from your antibiotic dose to help maintain a healthy balance of gut bacteria.
  • Get enough rest and eat nutritious meals: A balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, protein, and whole grains supports your immune system during recovery.
  • Avoid alcohol during treatment: Although alcohol does not directly reduce the effectiveness of Moxinow Tablet, avoiding it is strongly recommended because it may increase dizziness, stomach irritation, or dehydration while you recover.
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How Soon It Starts Working

The time required for Moxinow Tablet to start to work: Moxinow Tablet ideally shows its action within 1 to 3 hours after administration. The time for which the effects of Moxinow Tablet last: The duration of action for Moxinow Tablet is clinically unknown.

What if you forget to take Moxinow Tablet

If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose, skip the missed one and return to your regular schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

Storage

• Store the tablets at room temperature, between 20°C to 25°C (68°F to 77°F).

Drug Warnings

  • Inspect Moxinow Tablet before use: Do not use Moxinow Tablet if the blister strip is damaged, opened, or if the tablets appear discolored or altered.
  • Complete the full course of treatment: Continue taking Moxinow Tablet exactly as prescribed, even if you feel better, to help prevent treatment failure, recurrence of the infection, and antibiotic resistance.
  • Watch for tendon problems: Stop taking Moxinow Tablet and contact your doctor immediately if you develop sudden pain, swelling, or stiffness in a tendon, especially around the Achilles tendon. Avoid exercise until you have received medical advice.
  • Use caution during activities requiring alertness: If you experience dizziness, light-headedness, or blurred vision, avoid driving, operating machinery, or performing hazardous tasks until you feel completely well.
  • Do not self-treat severe diarrhea: Contact your doctor immediately if you develop severe, watery, or bloody diarrhea during treatment. Do not use over-the-counter anti-diarrheal medicines unless advised by your healthcare provider.
  • Use with caution in children and adolescents: Moxinow Tablet is generally not recommended for people under 18 years of age unless a specialist determines that the potential benefits outweigh the risks.
  • Monitor your response to treatment: Contact your doctor promptly if your symptoms do not improve within 48 to 72 hours, become worse, or if new symptoms develop during treatment.

Drug-Drug Interactions

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  • Antacids and mineral supplements (e.g., magnesium, aluminum, calcium, iron, or zinc): These products may reduce the absorption of the moxifloxacin component. Take Moxinow Tablet at least 4 hours before or 8 hours after these products.
  • Blood thinners (e.g., warfarin): Taking these medicines alongside Moxinow Tablet may increase the risk of bleeding. Your doctor may monitor your blood clotting more closely.
  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): Combining these with the moxifloxacin component of Moxinow Tablet may rarely increase the risk of seizures in susceptible individuals.
  • Medicines that affect heart rhythm (e.g., antiarrhythmics, certain antidepressants, or antipsychotics): Taking these alongside Moxinow Tablet may increase the risk of a serious irregular heartbeat (QT prolongation).
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  • Calcium-rich foods and calcium-fortified drinks: Large amounts taken at the same time as Moxinow Tablet may reduce the absorption of the moxifloxacin component. Ordinary meals containing dairy products usually have much less effect.
     
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FAQs

Moxinow Tablet is used to treat bacterial infections of the ears, lungs and urinary tract.
Moxinow Tablet is a combination of two medicines: Cefixime and  Moxifloxacin. Cefixime is a cephalosporin antibiotic that prevents the formation of the bacterial protective covering, which is essential for the survival of bacteria in the human body. Moxifloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that stops bacteria from making a copy of their genetic material (DNA), thereby killing and stopping bacterial infection growth. Thus together, Moxinow Tablet treats your infection effectively.
Moxinow Tablet may cause common side effects like headache, dizziness, stomach pain, nausea, flatulence, and diarrhoea. These side effects need not require any medical attention. If it persists, please consult your doctor immediately.
Moxinow Tablet cannot be stopped suddenly, even if you feel better. Please complete the course of Moxinow Tablet. Discontinuing the Moxinow Tablet might result in recurring infection or not curing the infection completely.
Do not take Moxinow Tablet with antimalarial drugs. When taken together,Moxinow Tablet and antimalarial drugs might cause harmful side effects such as increased heartbeat or other serious heart problems. So please consult your doctor before taking Moxinow Tablet with an anti-malarial drug.
Moxinow Tablet should be used with caution in diabetes, low potassium levels, epilepsy or hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), heart diseases, kidney diseases and liver diseases.
Inform your doctor if your symptoms are not relieved after completing the full course of Moxinow Tablet. If you notice any undesirable effects that bother you while taking Moxinow Tablet, consult your doctor.
You are not recommended to stop taking Moxinow Tablet even if you feel better, as you may experience unwanted side effects. Take Moxinow Tablet as long as advised by a doctor for the effective response. However, contact a doctor if you have any concerns.
If you miss taking a dose Moxinow Tablet, then take it as soon as you remember and if it is the time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with the regular dose. Avoid taking more to make up for the missed one.
Yes, Moxinow Tablet may cause diarrhoea. It is not necessary for everyone taking Moxinow Tablet to experience this side effect. Therefore, please contact a doctor if this condition persists longer after taking Moxinow Tablet.
No. Moxinow Tablet only treats bacterial infections. It will not work against viral illnesses such as the common cold, influenza (flu), or COVID-19. Taking antibiotics when they are not needed can contribute to antibiotic resistance and make future bacterial infections harder to treat.
Completing the full course helps remove all of the bacteria causing your infection. Stopping treatment too early may allow some bacteria to survive, which can lead to the infection returning, treatment failure, and the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
It is strongly recommended to avoid alcohol during treatment. Although alcohol does not directly reduce the effectiveness of Moxinow Tablet, it may increase dizziness, stomach irritation, and dehydration, making it harder for your body to recover.
Products containing magnesium, aluminum, calcium, iron, or zinc can reduce the absorption of the moxifloxacin component, making the antibiotic less effective. Take these products at least 4 hours before or 8 hours after your antibiotic dose, or follow your doctor's instructions.
Yes. The moxifloxacin component may increase your skin's sensitivity to sunlight. While taking Moxinow Tablet, limit direct sun exposure, wear protective clothing, and use a broad-spectrum sunscreen to reduce the risk of sunburn.
Yes. Moxifloxacin, one of the active ingredients, can rarely cause tendon inflammation or tendon rupture. The risk is higher in older adults, people taking corticosteroids, and those with a history of tendon disorders. If you notice sudden tendon pain, swelling, or difficulty moving a joint, stop taking Moxinow Tablet, avoid exercise, and contact your doctor immediately.
Moxinow Tablet is generally not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding unless your doctor decides that the expected benefits outweigh the possible risks. Always inform your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding before starting treatment.
No. This fixed-dose combination is not routinely recommended in major international antibiotic guidelines for all bacterial infections. Doctors prescribe it only in selected situations where they believe it is the most appropriate treatment based on your infection, medical history, and sometimes culture and antibiotic sensitivity test results. Never take Moxinow Tablet without a prescription or share it with others.

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Lupin Ltd, 3rd floor Kalpataru Inspire, Off. W E Highway, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400 055. India Country of Origin: India
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