CEFIXIME-MEDICINES ABOUT CHEMICAL FORMULA, USES, MECHANISM, RECOMMENDED DOSAGE OF, ADVISE, AVAILABILITY, SIDE EFFECT, DRUG INTERACTION, MARKETED WITH OTHER DRUGS, EXAMPLES.

CEFIXIME

CHEMICAL FORMULA OF CEFIXIME: C₁₆H₁₅N₅O₇S₂

 

 

USES OF CEFIXIME:

Used to treat many bacterial infections like

Bronchitis

Gonorrhea

Infections of the ears

Throat

Tonsillitis

pharyngitis

Typhoid fever

Urinary tract infection

 

 

MECHANISM OF CEFIXIME:

(inhibition of bacterial cell wall synthesis)

 

cefixime is beta-lactam antibiotics.cefixime enter to bacterial cell and binds to specific penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs){transpeptidase}.it cause inhibit the transpeptidation reaction and block cross-linking of the cell wall.so bacterial cell wall is destroy.

 

Bacteria like:

Escherichia coli 

Haemophilus influenzae

Moraxella catarrhalis

Streptococcus pneumoniae 

typhoid fever  (Salmonella)

 

 

RECOMMENDED DOSAGE OF CEFIXIME:

(This is ideal dose for your knowledge.Do not take without consult your DOCTOR or PHARMACIST)

 

FOR ADULT:

Adult dosage:

take 200 mg twice a day for 10 days.

 

Child dosage: (6 months to 12 years)

take 4 mg/kg twice a day for 10 days.

 

 

ADVISE OF CEFIXIME:

SCHEDULE H PRESCRIPTION DRUG-mean- Not to be sold by retail without the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner.

Finish taking all of your medication of antibiotics. Even if you feel better, do not stop taking medication unless your doctor tells you to stop. otherwise resistance may be occur.

Using more use of any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause resistance . that mean that antibiotics not work for future infections.

Tell your doctor if you have ever had any allergic reaction to cefixime class medicines.

pregnant, trying for a baby or breastfeeding woman consult with doctor.

 

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF CEFIXIME:

Capsule

Tablet

Powder Form Dry Syrup

 

 

SIDE EFFECT OF CEFIXIME :

Nausea

Indigestion

Vomiting

Diarrhea

Headache

Loss of appetite

Stomach pain

Gas

Heartburn

 

 

 

DRUG INTERACTION WITH CEFIXIME:

Desogestrel

Dienogest

Drospirenone

Estradiol

Ethinyl Estradiol

Gestodene

Levonorgestrel

Mestranol

carbamazepime

Nomegestrol

Norethindrone

Norgestimate

Norgestrel

Warfarin

 

 

MARKETED CEFIXIME WITH OTHER DRUGS:

Cefixime  + Clav

Cefixime  + Ofloxacin

Cefixime  + Azithromycin Anhydrous

Cefixime  + Ornidazole

Cefixime  +Dicloxacillin + Lactobacillus Sporogenes

Cefixime  + Lactobacillus Sporogenes

 

 

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