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Daptomycin is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections of the skin and underlying tissues, and infections that have entered the bloodstream.
Daptomycin is used for complicated infections, including MRSA or "super bug" infections. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Daptomycin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Follow all directions on your medicine label and package. Tell each of your healthcare providers about all your medical conditions, allergies, and all medicines you use.
You should not use daptomycin if you are allergic to it.
Tell your doctor if you have ever had:
kidney disease; or
a nerve or muscle disorder.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.
Daptomycin is given as an infusion into a vein. A healthcare provider will give your first dose and may teach you how to properly use the medication by yourself.
Read and carefully follow any Instructions for Use provided with your medicine. Do not use daptomycin if you don't understand all instructions for proper use. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have questions.
Daptomycin must be mixed with a liquid (diluent) before using it. Prepare your injection only when you are ready to give it. Do not use if the medicine has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your pharmacist for new medicine.
You may need frequent blood and urine tests.
daptomycin may cause false results with certain medical tests. Tell any doctor who treats you that you are using daptomycin.
Use this medicine for the full prescribed length of time, even if your symptoms quickly improve. Some infections must be treated for up to 6 weeks. Skipping doses can increase your risk of infection that is resistant to medication. Daptomycin will not treat a viral infection such as the flu or a common cold.
Store daptomycin in the refrigerator. Do not freeze. After mixing daptomycin with a diluent, store in the refrigerator and use it within 48 hours.
You may also store mixed daptomycin for up to 12 hours at room temperature.
Each vial (bottle) is for one use only. Throw it away after one use, even if there is still medicine left inside.
Use a needle and syringe only once and then place them in a puncture-proof "sharps" container. Follow state or local laws about how to dispose of this container. Keep it out of the reach of children and pets.
Call your doctor for instructions if you miss a dose.
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
Antibiotic medicines can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. If you have diarrhea that is watery or bloody, call your doctor before using anti-diarrhea medicine.
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have:
severe stomach pain, diarrhea that is watery or bloody (even if it occurs months after your last dose);
fever, flu symptoms, mouth and throat ulcers, rapid heart rate, shallow breathing;
pain or burning when you urinate;
numbness, tingling, or burning pain in your hands or feet;
easy bruising, unusual bleeding;
new or worsening cough, fever, trouble breathing; or
unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness.
Common side effects may include:
chest pain, trouble breathing;
headache, dizziness;
stomach pain, vomiting;
swelling;
abnormal liver function tests;
rash, itching, sweating;
trouble sleeping;
sore throat; or
increased blood pressure.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Tell your doctor about all your other medicines, especially a "statin" cholesterol medicine such as:
atorvastatin (Lipitor, Caduet);
fluvastatin (Lescol);
lovastatin (Mevacor, Altoprev, Advicor);
pitavastatin (Livalo);
pravastatin (Pravachol);
rosuvastatin (Crestor); or
simvastatin (Zocor, Simcor, Vytorin);
This list is not complete. Other drugs may affect daptomycin, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Not all possible drug interactions are listed here.
Further informationRemember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.
Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.
Medically reviewed by USARx EDITORIAL TEAM Last updated on 1/27/2021.
Source: Drugs.com Daptomycin (www.drugs.com/mtm/daptomycin.html).
Applies to daptomycin: intravenous powder for solution
Along with its needed effects, daptomycin may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur while taking daptomycin:
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Some side effects of daptomycin may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
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Applies to daptomycin: intravenous powder for injection
GeneralIn phase 3 complicated skin and skin structure infection trials, this drug was discontinued in 2.8% of patients due to a side effect, while comparator was discontinued in 3% of patients. In the Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia/endocarditis trial, this drug was discontinued in 16.7% of patients due to a side effect, while comparator was discontinued in 18.1% of patients.
In phase 3 community-acquired pneumonia trials, the death rate and rates of serious cardiorespiratory side effects were higher with this drug than comparator due to lack of therapeutic efficacy.
MusculoskeletalCommon (1% to 10%): Elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK), limb pain
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Myalgia, muscle cramps, myositis, increased myoglobin, muscle weakness, muscle pain, arthralgia, muscle pain/weakness symptoms associated with CPK elevations to greater than 4 times the upper limit of normal (4 x ULN)
Frequency not reported: Pain in extremity, back pain, osteomyelitis, muscle twitching, myopathy (with minor increases in CPK), rhabdomyolysis (with secondary acute renal failure), severe myopathy (with possible hepatotoxicity)
Postmarketing reports: Rhabdomyolysis (some cases involved coadministration with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors)
In clinical studies, 0.2% of patients had symptoms of muscle pain or weakness associated with CPK elevations to greater than 4 x ULN. After discontinuation of this drug, CPK returned to normal within 7 to 10 days and symptoms resolved within 3 days.
A 45-year-old female with refractory acute myeloid leukemia was admitted to the blood and marrow transplant unit for a second attempt to induce remission with myeloablative chemotherapy of high-dose cytarabine. Two months prior, the patient's first course of induction therapy was complicated by neutropenic fever and vancomycin- resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) bacteremia that was treated with linezolid for 14 days. The patient was also receiving aztreonam, levofloxacin, acyclovir, amphotericin B lipid complex, and azithromycin. Once her clinical status stabilized, she was transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) back to the blood and marrow transplant unit. After receiving 8 of 12 scheduled doses of cytarabine, the patient required readmission to the medical ICU due to a decrease in mental status, supraventricular tachycardia, and hypotension. Cultures of blood and urine samples at the time of her transfer showed VRE with intermediate resistance to linezolid. The patient, who was neutropenic at this time, was started on IV daptomycin 550 mg (6 mg/kg) every 24 hours. The patient's baseline CPK was 108 units/L and serum creatinine level was 0.8 mg/dL. Over the following 7 days, the patient's CPK level gradually increased, and on day 10 of daptomycin therapy, her CPK level was 996 units/L, BUN was 73 mg/dL, and serum creatinine level was 1.9 mg/dL. To evaluate for rhabdomyolysis, urine myoglobin was measured and reported at 30,890 ng/mL. Rhabdomyolysis was diagnosed based on increased CPK and urine myoglobin level in a patient with acute renal failure. Daptomycin was discontinued and the patient was started on treatment for rhabdomyolysis. Despite aggressive hydration and diuresis, CPK and urine myoglobin levels continued to increase up to 5350 units/L and 47,166 ng/mL, respectively. Over 2 weeks, the patient's CPK and urine myoglobin levels slowly resolved. The final CPK and urine myoglobin levels measured were 3395 units/L and 451 ng/mL, respectively.
In another case, a 53-year-old African-American female with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral vascular disease was admitted to the hospital and an MRI revealed L5-S1 discitis and osteomyelitis. After an 8-week course of empirical antibiotic therapy with vancomycin and levofloxacin, an open biopsy was performed. Specimens from the biopsy cultured positive for Torulopsis glabrata, VRE, and methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) and the patient was started on daptomycin 360 mg (6 mg/kg) IV as a single daily dose and voriconazole 250 mg twice daily. Ten days after starting this drug, the patient developed generalized muscular weakness that progressed to the point she was unable to get out of bed. The patient then developed nonoliguric acute renal failure with a serum creatinine of 27 mg/mL up from baseline of 9 mg/mL. A CPK level drawn was elevated to 21,243 units/L and was associated with elevated levels: AST 375 units/L, ALT 219 units/L, and LDH 666 units/L. Urinalysis was positive for hemoglobin, myoglobin, and RBCs which conferred a diagnosis of acute renal failure secondary to drug-induced rhabdomyolysis. After this drug was discontinued and IV fluid was administered to alkalinize the urine, renal function, CPK, and liver function tests returned to baseline as well as dissipation of muscular weakness. Myoglobin, hemoglobin, and RBCs disappeared from urine as well.
In another similar case, a 52-year-old male with a history hepatitis C, IV drug abuse, idiopathic thrombocytopenia, and hyperlipidemia was admitted to the hospital and an MRI revealed findings compatible with L3-L4 discitis and osteomyelitis. He was started on vancomycin but it was discontinued after a rash developed. Daptomycin was started at 500 mg (6.5 mg/kg) IV as a single daily dose. The patient was also on simvastatin; however, it was discontinued prior to starting this drug. After 9 days of therapy, the patient developed generalized muscle weakness progressing to the point where he was unable to get out of bed. The patient's CPK rose to 20,771 units/L from a baseline of 102 units/L. AST 239 units/L and ALT 40 units/L were elevated from baseline and alkaline phosphatase was elevated to 118 units/L. This drug was discontinued and the patient was admitted to the ICU for close monitoring and hydration. The patient slowly improved and recovered all muscle strength and within 2 weeks his enzymes returned to baseline.
Increased myoglobin has also been reported during postmarketing experience.
PsychiatricCommon (1% to 10%): Insomnia, anxiety
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Mental status change
Frequency not reported: Hallucination, confusion
OtherCommon (1% to 10%): Pyrexia, asthenia, serious gram-negative infections (including bloodstream infections, cholangitis, alcoholic pancreatitis, sternal osteomyelitis/mediastinitis, bowel infarction, recurrent Crohn's disease, recurrent line sepsis, recurrent urosepsis), chest pain, edema, sepsis, bacteremia, fungal infections, candidal infection
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Fatigue, weakness, rigors, flushing, taste disturbance, fungemia, pain, chills
Frequency not reported: Discomfort, jitteriness, pneumonia, chapped lips, peripheral edema
Postmarketing reports: Infusion reactions (including tachycardia, wheezing, pyrexia, rigors, systemic flushing, vertigo, syncope, metallic taste)
Serious gram-negative infections (including bloodstream infections) were reported in 10/120 daptomycin-treated patients in the S aureus bacteremia/endocarditis trial compared to 0/115 in comparator-treated patients. Gram-negative infections included cholangitis, alcoholic pancreatitis, sternal osteomyelitis/mediastinitis, bowel infarction, recurrent Crohn's disease, recurrent line sepsis, and recurrent urosepsis.
One patient developed S aureus endocarditis with a 2 cm mitral vegetation, bowel infarction, and polymicrobial bacteremia that ultimately lead to death following mitral valve repair complicated by sternal osteomyelitis.
Pyrexia has also been reported during postmarketing experience.
RespiratoryCommon (1% to 10%): Pharyngolaryngeal pain, dyspnea
Frequency not reported: Pleural effusions, sore throat, adenoviral upper respiratory infection, upper respiratory tract infection (not otherwise specified), dyspnea with hypoxic respiratory insufficiency, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates
Postmarketing reports: Cough, eosinophilic pneumonia, organizing pneumonia
Symptoms of eosinophilic pneumonia have included fever, dyspnea with hypoxic respiratory insufficiency, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, cough, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing.
GastrointestinalCommon (1% to 10%): Abdominal pain, diarrhea, gastrointestinal and abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, flatulence, bloating and distension
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abdominal distention, stomatitis, dyspepsia, glossitis
Frequency not reported: Dry mouth, epigastric discomfort, gingival pain, oral candidiasis, oral hypoesthesia, loose stools, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, abnormal bowel sounds, aphthous stomatitis
Postmarketing reports: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea
Nausea and vomiting have also been reported during postmarketing experience.
DermatologicCommon (1% to 10%): Pruritus, increased sweating, rash
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Eczema, urticaria
Frequency not reported: Heat rash, generalized pruritus, vesicular rash, erythema, cellulitis, papular rash
Postmarketing reports: Serious skin reactions (including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, vesiculobullous rash [with or without mucous membrane involvement]), acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
CardiovascularCommon (1% to 10%): Hypertension, hypotension
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Supraventricular arrhythmia, supraventricular tachycardia, extrasystole
Frequency not reported: Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, cardiac arrest, cardiac failure, cardiac disorders (unspecified)
Nervous systemCommon (1% to 10%): Headache, dizziness
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Vertigo, paresthesia, taste disorder, tremor
Frequency not reported: Peripheral nervous system events (such as paresthesias, dysesthesias, peripheral neuropathies), tinnitus, dyskinesia
Postmarketing reports: Peripheral neuropathy
HepaticCommon (1% to 10%): Abnormal liver function tests (increased ALT, increased AST, increased alkaline phosphatase)
Rare (less than 0.1%): Jaundice
Frequency not reported: Hepatobiliary disorder
GenitourinaryCommon (1% to 10%): Urinary tract infections
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Vaginitis
Frequency not reported: Vaginal candidiasis, fungal urinary tract infection, proteinuria, vaginal discharge, asymptomatic foamy urine
HematologicAnemia and thrombocytopenia have also been reported during postmarketing experience.
Common (1% to 10%): Anemia
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, eosinophilia, increased INR, thrombocythemia
Rare (less than 0.1%): Prolonged prothrombin time
Frequency not reported: Lymphadenopathy
Postmarketing reports: Decreased platelet count
LocalCommon (1% to 10%): Infusion site reactions
Frequency not reported: Injection site reactions, injection site erythema, injection site phlebitis
MetabolicUncommon (0.1% to 1%): Hypomagnesemia, increased serum bicarbonate, electrolyte imbalance/disturbance, decreased appetite, hyperglycemia, increased serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
Frequency not reported: Increased blood phosphorous, elevated alkaline phosphatase, hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, hyperkalemia
HypersensitivityUncommon (0.1% to 1%): Hypersensitivity
Postmarketing reports: Anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity reactions (including angioedema, drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms [DRESS], pruritus, hives, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, truncal erythema, pulmonary eosinophilia, vesiculobullous rash with mucous membrane involvement, sensation of oropharyngeal swelling)
OcularUncommon (0.1% to 1%): Eye irritation
Frequency not reported: Blurred vision
Postmarketing reports: Visual disturbances
RenalRenal insufficiency and renal failure have also been reported during postmarketing experience.
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Renal impairment (including renal failure, renal insufficiency), increased serum creatinine
Frequency not reported: Renal impairment (including interstitial nephritis, toxic nephropathy, acute prerenal failure, acute or chronic renal failure, renal impairment, renal tubular necrosis), worsening CrCl/decreased renal function
Postmarketing reports: Acute kidney injury
OncologicFrequency not reported: Benign and malignant neoplasms (unspecified)
Medically reviewed by USARx EDITORIAL TEAM Last updated on 1/27/2021.
Source: Drugs.com Daptomycin (www.drugs.com/mtm/daptomycin.html).
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