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Trobicin Drug Center

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Trobicin Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

Trobicin® (spectinomycin) Structural Formula Illustration

TROBICIN Sterile Powder is indicated in the treatment of acute gonorrheal urethritis and proctitis in the male and acute gonorrheal cervicitis and proctitis in the female when due to susceptible strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Men and women with known recent exposure to gonorrhea should be treated as those known to have gonorrhea.

To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of TROBICIN Sterile Powder and other antibacterial drugs, TROBICIN Sterile Powder should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are pr...

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What is Patient information?

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Trobicin Patient Information: Side Effects

If you experience a rare but serious allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives), stop taking spectinomycin and seek emergency medical attention.

Other less serious side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to use spectinomycin and talk to your doctor if you experience:

  • nausea;
  • dizziness;
  • soreness at the injection site; or
  • fever.

Side effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems...

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