Cef-3 DS 400mg (Capsule)
Manufactured by: Square Cephalosporins Ltd.
Cefixime Similar medicine
Cef-3 DS is indicated for
- Pneumonia
- Pharyngitis
- Typhoid fever
- Susceptible infections
- Sinusitis
- Otitis media
- Tonsillitis
- Soft tissue infections
- Respiratory tract infections
- Acute Exacerbations of Chronic bronchitis
- Gonococcal urethritis
- Acute bronchitis
Precautions and warnings
This medicine may include inactive components that cause adverse responses, particularly in patients with a history of penicillin allergy, pregnant women, mothers who breastfeed their babies, renal failure, and GI disorders.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist about your medical history, especially if you have kidney illness or a specific intestinal ailment, before using this drug.
Cefixime may impair the effectiveness of live bacterial vaccinations, such as the typhoid vaccine. Unless your doctor advises otherwise, do not get any immunizations while using this medicine.
Aspartame may be present in the chewable form of this drug. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about using this medication safely if you have phenylketonuria or any other illness that requires you to reduce aspartame in your diet.
During pregnancy, this medicine should only be used when absolutely necessary. Consult your doctor about the dangers and advantages.
Side-effects
- Diarrhoea
- nausea
- vomiting
- abdominal pain; headache
- dizziness
- thrombocytopenia
- eosinophilia. Potentially Fatal: Pseudomembranous colitis.
Drug Interactions
Warfarin is one of the drugs that may interact with this one.
Certain diabetic urine testing products, such as cupric sulfate-type, may produce false-positive findings when taken with this drug. Certain lab tests may be affected by this medication.
Anticoagulants may increase prothrombin time, which could be fatal.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to the active ingredient to cephalosporin.
Mode of actions
Cefixime binds to one or more penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), which inhibits the last transpeptidation stage of peptidoglycan production in bacterial cell walls, halting biosynthesis and causing bacterial cell death.
Dosage & Administration
Adult and child over 12 years: 200 or 400 mg daily as a single dose or in two divided doses
Gonorrhea: 400 mg as a single dose.
Powder for Suspension & DS Powder for Suspension:
Children above 6 months: 8 mg/kg daily in 1-2 divided doses or
6 months-1year: 75 mg daily
1-4 years: 100 mg daily
5-10 years: 200 mg daily
Typhoid fever: 20 mg/kg body weight daily in two divided dose for 8 days.
The usual treatment of Cefixime is 7 days. This may be continued for up to 14 days according to the severity of infection.
Renal impairment: Dose reduction is necessary.
CrCl (ml/min)
Pregnancy & Lactation
Although animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect even sometimes unable to demonstrate the risk on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, but during pregnancy, this medicine can be used just when definitely required.
Discuss with your doctors and tell them feedback about this medicine.
There is no specific information about whether this medicine is passed on to the baby through breast milk. Discuss with your doctor before breastfeeding.
Pack Size & Price
6's pack Price : ৳301.16
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