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Tigecycline Intravenous for Adults
Who can administer
May be administered by registered competent doctor or nurse/midwife
Important information
- Red light antimicrobial: Restricted for indications in the antimicrobial prescribing guidelines, or following approval by microbiology/infectious diseases
Available preparations
Tigecycline Accord 50mg vial
Tygacil 50mg vial
Reconstitution
Sodium Chloride 0.9% or Glucose 5%
- Add 5.3ml to each 50mg vial
- Swirl gently to dissolve.
- This produces a 10mg per ml solution (overage in vial)
- Dilute further prior to administration.
- Reconstituted solutions are yellow to orange in colour - if not the solution should be discarded
- Also discard if any particulate matter or discoloration (e.g. green or black) noted
Infusion fluids
Sodium chloride 0.9% or Glucose 5%
Methods of intravenous administration
Intermittent intravenous infusion
- Add required dose to 100ml infusion fluid and administer over 30 to 60 minutes
Dose in adults
Loading (initial) dose
- Give 100mg as a stat dose followed by maintenance dose below
Maintenance dose
- Give 50mg every twelve hours
- Treatment is normally continued for 5 to 14 days
- Higher loading and maintenance doses may be recommended by microbiology or ID
Hepatic impairment
- In patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child Pugh C) the dose should be reduced to 25mg every twelve hours following the initial 100mg loading dose. Child-Pugh classification applies to patients with cirrhosis. If the patient has hepatic impairment but does not have cirrhosis, dosage adjustment should be discussed with Micro/ID
- Patients should be treated with caution and monitored for treatment response
Renal impairment
- No dosage adjustment is necessary in patients with renal impairment.
Monitoring
- Monitoring of coagulation tests such as PT, aPTT and fibribogen advised when using tigecycline
- Special care is recommended in seriously ill patients and in patients also using anticoagulants
Further information
- Patients hypersensitive to tetracycline class antibiotics may be hypersensitive to tigecycline
Storage
Store below 250C
References
Tygacil SPC September 2022
Tigecycline Accord SPC July 2023
Therapeutic classification
Glycylcycline antibiotic
IV Guide Type