Cefiget 100 mg/5 ml (Powder for Suspension)

50 ml bottle: ৳ 205.00

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Cefixime trihydrate
Company Get well limited
Also available as
Cefiget 200 mg capsule Cefiget 400 mg capsule Cefiget 25 mg pediatric drop

Indications

  • Treatment of upper respiratory tract infections
  • Treatment of lower respiratory tract infections
  • Treatment of urinary tract infections
  • Marked in-vitro bactericidal activity against a wide variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms

Pharmacology

  • Third generation semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic
  • Bactericidal against a broad spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria
  • Interferes in the synthesis of bacterial cell wall
  • Highly stable in the presence of Beta-lactamase enzyme

Dosage & Administration

  • Usual course of treatment is 7 days
  • Recommended adult dosage is 200-400 mg daily
  • Recommended dosage for children is 8 mg/kg/day
  • Recommended dosage in typhoid for children is 5 mg/kg body weight twice daily for 10-14 days

Interaction

  • Increases in prothrombin times noted in a few patients
  • Care should be taken in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy

Contraindications

  • Known hypersensitivity to cephalosporin antibiotics

Side Effects

  • Diarrhea and stool changes
  • Nausea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, vomiting, and flatulence
  • Headache, dizziness
  • Allergies in the form of rash, pruritis, urticaria, drug fever, and arthralgia
  • Thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and eosinophilia
  • Mild transient change in liver and renal function tests
  • Genital pruritis and vaginitis

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Not enough studies in pregnant women
  • Caution should be exercised when administered to a nursing woman

Precautions & Warnings

  • Given with caution to patients who have shown hypersensitivity to other drugs
  • Given with caution to penicillin-sensitive patients
  • Administered with caution in patients with markedly impaired renal function
  • Broad spectrum antibiotics alter the normal flora of the colon

Overdose Effects

  • Gastric Lavage may be indicated
  • No specific antidote exists

Therapeutic Class

  • Third generation Cephalosporins

Storage Conditions

  • Keep below 30°C temperature
  • Protected from light & moisture
  • Keep out of the reach of children

Chemical Structure

  • Molecular Formula: C16H15N5O7S2

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