Fucidin Tablets

Country: Australia

Language: English

Source: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

Active ingredient:

Sodium fusidate

Available from:

CSL Limited

Class:

Medicine Registered

Patient Information leaflet

FUCIDIN
®
 TABLETS

(few-si-din)
_Sodium fusidate 250 mg_
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION

WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET?
This leaflet answers some common
questions about Fucidin
® 
Tablets. It
does not contain all the available
information. It does not take the
place of talking to your doctor and
pharmacist.
All medicines have risks and
benefits. Your doctor has weighed
the risks of you taking Fucidin
®
Tablets against the benefits the
medicine is expected to have for you.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
TAKING EITHER OF THESE MEDICINES,
ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST.
KEEP THIS LEAFLET.
You may need to read it again.
WHAT FUCIDIN
®
 TABLETS
IS USED FOR
Fucidin
®
 Tablets contain an
antibiotic which kills certain bacteria
which can cause serious illness.
Fucidin
®
 Tablets are active against
Staphylococci or "Staph", which can
cause severe infections. Infection
may occur in different parts of the
body, for example, the lung, bone,
blood, heart, joints, eyes, skin and
wounds.
This medicine may be used with
other antibiotics to treat infections.
Fucidin
®
 Tablets will not work
against infections caused by viruses,
such as cold or flu, and certain other
bacteria.
This medicine is available only with
a doctor's prescription.
Your doctor may have prescribed
Fucidin
®
 Tablets for another reason.
Ask your doctor why Fucidin
®
Tablets has been prescribed for you.
There is no evidence that this
medicine is addictive.
BEFORE YOU TAKE
FUCIDIN
®
 TABLETS
_WHEN YOU MUST NOT TAKE IT_
DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IF YOU
HAVE AN ALLERGY TO:
•
any medicine containing sodium
fusidate or fusidic acid
•
any of the ingredients listed at the
end of this leaflet (see
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION).
Some of the symptoms of an allergic
reaction may include shortness of
breath, wheezing or difficulty
breathing; swelling of the face, lips,
tongue or other parts of the body;
rash, itching or hives on the skin.
DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IF YOU
ARE TAKING CERTAIN MEDICINES FOR
CHOLESTEROL LOWERING CALLED STATINS
OR HMG-COA RED

Summary of Product characteristics

 
1

FUCIDIN
®

TABLETS 

(SODIUM FUSIDATE)

AUST R 125822

SUSPENSION 

(FUSIDIC ACID)

AUST R 12991

POWDER FOR INJECTION 
(SODIUM FUSIDATE)

AUST R 49738

PRODUCT INFORMATION 

NAME OF THE MEDICINE 

Sodium fusidate is sodium (17Z)-
16β-acetoxy-3α, 11α-dihydroxyfusida-17(20), 24-dien-21-oate; C
31
H
47
NaO
6
; a 
white or almost white crystalline powder, slightly hygroscopic, and
freely soluble in water and alcohol. The CAS 
number is 751-94-0. 

Fusidic acid is (17Z)-
16β-acetoxy-3α, 11α-dihydroxyfusida-17(20), 24-dien-21-oic acid
hemihydrate; C
31
H
48
O
6
; 
a white crystalline powder. The CAS number is 6990-06-3. 

Both are antimicrobial substances produced by the growth
of certain strains of _Fusidium coccineum_.  Sodium 
fusidate and fusidic acid have the following structure: 

SODIUM FUSIDATE 
FUSIDIC ACID 

C
31
H
47
Na0
6

Mw 538.7  
C
31
H
48
0
6
 , ½ H
2
0 
Mw 525.7 

DESCRIPTION 

Fucidin
®
 Tablets are approximately 7.8x16.0mm white to off-white greyish
marble film coated oval biconvex 
tablets without embossing. They contain sodium fusidate
250mg, lactose, magnesium stearate, silica, talc, 
crospovidone, cellulose, alpha-tocopherol, hypromellose and
titanium dioxide. 

Fucidin
®
  Suspension contains fusidic acid
50mg/mL, glucose, saccharin, sodium phosphate, citric acid, 
potassium sorbate, banana flavour, methylcellulose and
hydroxethylcellulose in an aqueous base. 

Fucidin
®
 Powder for Injection contains sodium fusidate 500mg as a white
to off-white crystalline powder.  
The associated sterile
buffer contains sodium phosphate – dibasic dihydrate, citric acid
monohydrate, 

2

disodium edetate and Water for Injections. 

PHARMACOLOGY 

Fusidic acid is an antibiotic derived from the
fungus _Fusidium coccineum_. 

The mode of action is by inhibition of p