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Symptoms: There have been post-marketing reports of overdose with Piperacillin/Tazobactam. The majority of those events experienced including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea have also been reported with the usual recommended dose. Patients may experience neuromuscular excitability or convulsions if higher than recommended doses are given intravenously (particularly in the presence of renal failure).
Treatment: In the event of an overdose, Piperacillin/Tazobactam treatment should be discontinued. No specific antidote is known.
Treatment should be supportive and symptomatic according to the patient's clinical presentation.
Excessive serum concentrations of either piperacillin or tazobactam may be reduced by haemodialysis.
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