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 |
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| Formula | C16H17N5O7S2 |
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