This medicine is a combination product used to treat ear infections and other conditions.

Proper Use

You can take this medicine with or without meals. Take it with a full glass of water.

Take this medicine exactly as your doctor prescribes, in regularly spaced doses day and night. Do not miss doses, and do not take double doses. If you do miss a dose, take the medicine at the next scheduled time.

Take this medicine for as long as your doctor tells you, even if you feel better.

Please Note

Contact your doctor if your condition does not improve in a few days or if it gets worse.

This medicine may make your skin more sensitive to the sun and may cause you to sunburn more easily. While you are taking this medicine, avoid long exposure to the sun and sunlamps. While you are in the sun, wear protective clothing and sunscreen lotion until you know how you will react to the sun. Do not use a sunlamp. If you get a severe sunburn, contact your doctor right away.

This medicine may make you dizzy. Do not drive or operate machinery unless you are fully alert.

Females of childbearing age: Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breast-feeding an infant. Breast-feeding is not recommended while you are taking this medicine.

Possible Side Effects

Serious (report these to your doctor right away): Rash, itching, muscle pain, sore throat, fever, bleeding, abdominal cramps.

Other: Sensitivity to sun, diarrhea, dizziness, nausea, vomiting.

Tell your doctor if you have any side effects that continue or get worse.

Possible Drug Interactions

When you take this medicine with other medicines, it may increase or decrease the effects of the medicines. Or the combination may cause harmful side effects. Some medicines that may interact with this medicine are:

• blood thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin)
• bromocriptine (Parlodel)
• cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral)
• digoxin (Lanoxin)
• disopyramide (Norpace)
• ergot medicines (Ergomar, Ergostat, Cafergot, Ercaf, Wigraine)
• lovastatin (Mevacor)
• medicines used to treat diabetes such as acetohexamide (Dymelor), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), glimepiride (Amaryl), glipizide (Glucotrol), glyburide (DiaBeta, Glynase, Micronase), tolbutamide (Orinase), and tolazamide (Tolinase)
• phenytoin (Dilantin)
• theophylline
• triazolam (Halcion).

Be sure that you tell all doctors who treat you about all medicines you are taking, including nonprescription products.

This educational document includes selected information only and may not include all side effects of this medicine or interactions with other medicines. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more information or if you have any questions.

Keep all medicines out of the reach of children.
Other Names For This Medication:

erythromycin and sulfisoxazole, oral; Eryzole (erythromycin and sulfisoxazole, oral); Pediazole (erythromycin and sulfisoxazole, oral)