Cefotaxime

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Respiratory, urinary, bone, soft tissue infections. Gonorrhoea. Meningitis.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity to Cephalosporins. Severe renal failure.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

If pseudomembranous colitis occurs drug should be discontinued.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Urticaria, drug fever, anaphylaxis. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia. Rise in SGOT and SGPT>

Drug Category/Class

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Antibacterials for Systemic Use
  • Antiinfectives for Systemic Use
  • Third-Generation Cephalosporins
  • Third-generation cephalosporins
Prescribed Used to treat gonorrhoea, meningitis, and severe infections including infections of the kidney (pyelonephritis) and urinary system. Also used befor...
Weight :455.465
Structure Cefotaxime
Generic Drug Cefotaxime prescribed Used to treat gonorrhoea, meningitis, and severe infections including infections of the kidney (pyelonephritis) and urinary system. Also used befor...
Formula

C16H17N5O7S2

Cefotaxime has 294 Brands listed


Acrotex (1000 mg)Acrotex (250 mg)
Acrotex (500 mg)Afitax (1000 mg)
Altaxim (1000 mg)Altaxim (250 mg)
Altaxim (500 mg)Amcil T (250 mg)
Amcil T (500 mg)Amcil T DS (1000 mg)
Amtaxime (1000 mg)Amtaxime (250 mg)
Avicef (1000 mg)Avicef (250 mg)
Avicef (500 mg)Axiom (1 gm)
Bestax (1000 mg)Bestax (500 mg)
Biotax (1000 mg)Biotax (125 mg)
Biotax (250 mg)Biotax (500 mg)
Blutax (1000 mg)Blutax (125 mg)
Blutax (250 mg)Blutax (500 mg)
Bolotax (1000 mg)Bolotax (250 mg)
Bolotax (500 mg)C Tax (1000 mg)
C Tax (125 mg)C Tax (1500 mg)
C Tax (250 mg)C Tax (500 mg)
C Tax inj (1000 mg)C Tax inj (250 mg)
C Tax inj (500 mg)Cefaden (1000 mg)
Cefaden (250 mg)Cefaden (500 mg)
Cefantral (1000 mg)Cefantral (125 mg)
Cefantral (250 mg)Cefantral (500 mg)
Cefatox (1000 mg)Cefatox (125 mg)
Cefatox (250 mg)Cefatox (500 mg)
Cefaxil (1000 mg)Cefaxil inj (250 mg)
Cefaxil inj (500 mg)Cefcare (1000 mg)
Cefcare inj (250 mg)Ceflin (1000 mg)
Ceflin (125 mg)Ceflin (250 mg)
Ceflin (500 mg)Cefokil (1000 mg)
Cefokil (125 mg)Cefokil (250 mg)
Cefokil (500 mg)Cefored (1000 mg)
Cefored (125 mg)Cefored (250 mg)
Cefored (500 mg)Ceformarc (250 mg)
Cefosys (1000 mg)Cefosys (250 mg)
Cefosys (500 mg)Cefotaxime (250 mg)
Cefotim (1000 mg)Cefotim (250 mg)
Cefotim (500 mg)Cefox (1000 mg)
Cefox (1000 mg) (Mak Pharma)Cefox (250 mg)
Cefox (500 mg)Cefox (500 mg) (Mak Pharma)
Ceftag (1000 mg)Ceftag (250 mg)
Ceftax (1000 mg)Ceftax (125 mg)
Ceftax (250 mg)Ceftax Inj (1000 mg)
Ceftex (1000 mg)Ceftex (125 mg)
Ceftex (250 mg)Ceftex (500 mg)
Ceftodin (1000 mg)Ceftodin (250 mg)
Ceftodin (500 mg)Cetexim (1000 mg)
Cetoxim With Water (1000 mg)Cgtax (250 mg)
Claforan (1000 mg)Claforan (250 mg)
Claforan (500 mg)Coretax (1000 mg)
Cotax (1000 mg)Cotax (125 mg)
Cotax (250 mg)Cotax (500 mg)
CT (1000 mg)CT (250 mg)
CT (500 mg)Cutex (1000 mg)
Cytox (1000 mg)Cytox (250 mg)
Desatax (1000 mg)Desatax (250 mg)
Desatax (500 mg)Efotax (1000 mg)
Efttex (1000 mg)Efttex (250 mg)
Efttex (500 mg)Eratax (1000 mg)
Eratax (250 mg)Evacef (1000 mg)
Evacef (125 mg)Evacef (250 mg)
Evacef (500 mg)Faxim (1000 mg)
Faxim (250 mg)Faxim (500 mg)
Fintaxim (500 mg)Flamotax (1000 mg)
Haltax (1000 mg)Haltax (250 mg)
Haltax (500 mg)Intax (1000 mg) (Intra Labs)
Intax (250 mg)Intax (500 mg)
Ivitax (1000 mg)Ivitax (125 mg)
Ivitax (250 mg)Ivitax (500 mg)
Jexime (1000 mg)Jexime (250 mg)
Jpcef (1000 mg)Jpcef (250 mg)
Jpcef (500 mg)Kefotex (1000 mg)
Kefotex (250 mg)Kefotex (500 mg)
Labicef (1000 mg)Labicef (250 mg)
Labicef (30 ml)Labicef (500 mg)
Lyforan (1000 mg)Lyforan (250 mg)
MI Tax (1000 mg)MI Tax (250 mg)
MI Tax (500 mg)Multixime (1000 mg)
Mutax (1000 mg)Mutax (250 mg)
Mutax (500 mg)Nacxime (500 mg)
Natocef (1000 mg)Nectax (1000 mg)
Nectax (250 mg)Nectax (500 mg)
Nepotax (1000 mg)Nepotax (250 mg)
Nepotax (500 mg)Nitaxim (1000 mg)
Nitaxim (250 mg)Nitaxim (500 mg)
Novatax (1000 mg)Novatax (250 mg)
Novatax (500 mg)Novatex (1000 mg)
Novatex (250 mg)Nutaxin (1000 mg)
Nutaxin (125 mg)Nutaxin (250 mg)
Nutaxin (500 mg)Ominax (1000 mg)
Ominax (125 mg)Ominax (250 mg)
Ominax (500 mg)Omnatax (1000 mg)
Omnatax (250 mg)Omnatax (500 mg)
Omnicef (1000 mg)Omnicef (125 mg)
Omnicef (250 mg)Omnicef (500 mg)
Oritaxim (1000 mg)Oritaxim (250 mg)
Oritaxim (500 mg)Oritaxime (1000 mg)
Oritaxime (250 mg)Oritaxime (500 mg)
Osotax (1000 mg)Osotax (250 mg)
Osotax (500 mg)Otax (1000 mg)
Otax (250 mg)Otax (500 mg)
P Tex (1000 mg)P Tex (250 mg)
P Tex (500 mg)Pecas (1000 mg)
Pecas (250 mg)Pecas (500 mg)
Petxime (1000 mg)Petxime (1000 mg) (Petrosolv India)
Postop (1000 mg)Postop (250 mg)
Procef (1000 mg)Procef (250 mg)
Procef (500 mg)Qutax (1000 mg)
Qutax (250 mg)Qutax (500 mg)
Reotax (1000 mg)Reotax (250 mg)
Reotax (500 mg)Roxim (1000 mg)
Roxim (250 mg)Roxim (500 mg)
Sancef (1000 mg)Sancef (250 mg)
Sancef (500 mg)Sanocef (1000 mg)
Sanocef (250 mg)Sanocef (500 mg)
Sifotaxim (1000 mg)Sifotaxim (250 mg)
Sifotaxim (500 mg)Siltax (1000 mg)
Siltax (250 mg)Softex (1000 mg)
Softex (250 mg)Softex (500 mg)
Spinocef (1000 mg)Spinocef (250 mg)
Spinocef (500 mg)Swiftax (1000 mg)
Swiftax (250 mg)Taurcef (1000 mg)
Taurcef (250 mg)Tax O bid (1000 mg)
Tax O bid (125 mg)Tax O bid (250 mg)
Tax O bid (500 mg)Taxcef (1000 mg)
Taxcef (250 mg)Taxcef (500 mg)
Taxcor (1000 mg)Taxim (1000 mg)
Taxim (125 mg)Taxim (2000 mg)
Taxim (250 mg)Taxim (500 mg)
Taxobid (1000 mg)Taxobid (250 mg)
Taxobid (500 mg)Tazon (250 mg)
Tazox (1000 mg)Tazox (250 mg)
Tazox (500 mg)Tot (250 mg)
Tox (1000 mg)Tox (250 mg)
Tox (500 mg)Troycef (1000 mg)
Troycef (250 mg)Udicef (1000 mg)
Udicef (125 mg)Udicef (250 mg)
Udicef (500 mg)Unitaxa (1000 mg)
Unitoxime (1000 mg)Unitoxime (250 mg)
Unitoxime (500 mg)Valocef (1000 mg)
Vertox (1000 mg)Vitax (1000 mg)
Vitax (250 mg)Vitax (500 mg)
Vorcef (250 mg)Vorcef (500 mg)
Wytax (1000 mg)Wytax (1000 mg) (Yacca Pharma)
Wytax (250 mg)Wytax (250 mg) (Yacca Pharma)
Wytax (500 mg)Zecef (1000 mg)
Zecef (125 mg)Zecef Inj (250 mg)
Zecef Inj (500 mg)Zotaxime (1000 mg)

Search Generic Drugs alphabetically