Moxapt

What Moxapt (Moxifloxacin) is used for

Moxifloxacin is an antibiotic from the fluoroquinolone (quinolone) group. It kills the bacteria that cause an infection. It comes as tablets that a doctor prescribes, can be given through a drip into a vein in hospital, and is also made as eye drops. Because it can cause rare but serious side effects that may last a long time or not go away, UK prescribing information says the tablets should only be used when the antibiotics usually recommended for an infection are not suitable, for example because of resistance, allergy or side effects, or because they did not work.

• Sinus infections caused by bacteria
• Flare-ups of long-term lung disease (COPD), including bronchitis
• Pneumonia caught in the community, when it is not severe
• Mild to moderate pelvic inflammatory disease (infection of the womb and nearby organs)
• A sexually transmitted infection called Mycoplasma genitalium
• Finishing a course of treatment started with moxifloxacin through a drip in hospital, for pneumonia or complicated skin infections

Side effects, warnings and interactions for Moxifloxacin

Prepared from the sources listed by the MedInfoBase team. General information, not medical advice: it gives no doses. Your doctor or pharmacist decides the medicine and dose for you.