Indications: Treatment of serious and complicated infections caused by bacteria such as stomach and abdominal infection, skin and soft tissue infections, diabetic foot infections due to diabetes and pneumonia.

TAZOPIP contains the active ingredients piperacillin and tazobactam. This medicine belongs to a group of medicines called antibiotics called penicillins. It works by killing bacteria. Piperacillin is an antibiotic that kills many types of bacteria. Tazobactam belongs in the penicillin group but does not have activity against bacteria. It helps piperacillin to overcome bacteria which have become resistant to piperacillin.

This medicine is active against bacteria which cause serious infections such as:

• Chest infections
• Urine infections
• Stomach infections
• Skin infections
• Gynaecological infections
• Septicaemia (blood poisoning).

TAZOPIP is also used to treat many other infections. In hospitalised children aged 2 to 12 years, TAZOPIP is used to treat serious infections in the abdomen. TAZOPIP is not recommended to treat abdominal infections in children under 2 years. TAZOPIP will not work against infections caused by viruses such as cold or flu.