Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to tigecycline injection, other tetracycline antibiotics like demeclocycline, doxycycline (Monodox, Oracea, Vibramcyin), minocycline (Dynacin, Minocin, Solodyn), or tetracycline (Achromycin V, in Pylera), alternatives, including tigecycline injection’s constituents, or any other drugs. Ask your pharmacist to give you a list of what’s in it.
Consult your physician and pharmacist about all the medications, including any you buy without a prescription, as well as any vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplements you take or intend to take. Include “blood thinners” like warfarin in your discussion on anticoagulants (Coumadin, Jantoven). You may require a dose adjustment or close monitoring by your doctor to detect any unwanted effects from the medication.
Tell your doctor whether you have or have previously had liver illness.
You should know that taking tigecycline can make hormonal birth control less effective (birth control pills, patches, rings, or injections). Talk to your doctor about other ways to keep from getting pregnant.
You should tell your doctor if you are pregnant or want to get pregnant. If you use tigecycline injection and get pregnant, you should call your doctor.
If you are breastfeeding, tell your doctor. Your doctor may tell you not to breastfeed while taking tigecycline and for 9 days after taking it.
Plan to stay out of the sun and UV light (tanning beds and sun lamps) as much as possible and to wear protective clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Your skin may become more sensitive to sunlight or UV light if you get an injection of tigecycline.
When tigecycline injection is given to a woman in her second or third trimester of pregnancy or to a baby or child under the age of 8, it can permanently stain the teeth and temporarily slow bone growth. Tigecycline shouldn’t be given to kids under 8 unless their doctor says it’s necessary.