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Tobramycin

5 known interactions
3 brand names

Indications

  • Local treatment of infections
  • Local treatment of infections (severe infection)
  • Septicaemia, Meningitis and other CNS infections, Biliary-tract infection, Acute pyelonephritis or prostatitis, Pneumonia in hospital patients
  • Urinary-tract infection
  • ChronicPseudomonas aeruginosainfection in patients with cystic fibrosis

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Drug Interactions

Moderate interactions

5 drug interactions identified for Tobramycin. Check the full interaction details, severity ratings, and clinical recommendations in the MedNext app.

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Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🫘Renal impairment guidance
⚠️Requires renal dose adjustment

Cautions

aminoglycosides (by injection) Auditory disorder; care must be taken with dosage (the main side-effects of the aminoglycosides are dose-related); conditions characterised by muscular weakness (aminogl...

Side Effects

aminoglycosides (by injection) Common or very common Aphonia; appetite decreased; bronchospasm; chest discomfort; cough; diarrhoea; dizziness; dysphonia; fever; haemoptysis; headache; hearing impairme...

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Brand Names

Tobi(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)Tobramycin(IN)+ 1 more in app
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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