【缺藥訊息】 公告日期：2024/6/14 (更新日期：2024/7/17)。 缺藥品項：錠劑 Fucidin 250 mg。 缺藥原因：廠商停產。 替代藥品：Disfect 錠 250 mg 配套措施：藥品用罄關檔停用，同成分規格替代品已到貨。

All staphylococcal infections due to susceptible organisms such as: cutaneous infections, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, septicaemia, wound infections, endocarditis, superinfected cystic fibrosis.

Fusidic acid is a steroidal antibacterial with a bacteriostatic or bactericidal activity, mainly against Gram-positive bacteria.

Excretion: Urine, sweat, sloughing of intestinal mucosa, and by menses.

Common: Drowsiness, Dizziness, Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Dyspepsia, Nausea.
Uncommon: Rash, Urticaria, Pruritus, Asthenia.
Rare: Allergic reaction.
Frequency unknow: Pancytopenia, Leukopenia, Thrombocytopenia, Anaemia. Rhabdomyolysis.
Ref: Fucidin Tablets - Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) - (eMC)

For staphylococcal cutaneous infections:
Standard Dose: 250mg (one tablet) sodium fusidate (equivalent to 240mg fusidic acid) twice daily for 5-10 days.
For staphylococcal infections such as osteomyelitis, pneumonia, septicaemia, wound infections, endocarditis, superinfected cystic fibrosis.
Standard dose: 500mg (two tablets) sodium fusidate (equivalent to 480mg fusidic acid) three times daily.