Deotrim 400 mg+80 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 1.20 (10 x 10: ৳ 120.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 12.00

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Sulphamethoxazole trimethoprim
Company Desh pharmaceuticals ltd
Also available as
Deotrim ds 800 mg tablet Deotrim 200 mg suspension

Indications

  • Respiratory tract infections
  • Genito-urinary tract infections
  • Gastro-intestinal tract infections
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Chronic cystitis
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Prostatitis
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Brucellosis
  • Skin infections
  • Septicaemia
  • Bacillary dysentery
  • Cholera
  • Nocardiosis
  • Mycetoma

Pharmacology

  • Broad spectrum bactericidal activity
  • Gram-positive bacteria
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Protozoa
  • Biosynthesis of folinic acid
  • Microorganism

Dosage & Administration

  • Double strength tablet
  • Tablet
  • Suspension
  • Mild to moderate infections
  • Severe infections
  • Long-term therapy
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Under 12 years
  • Over 12 years
  • Twice daily
  • Thrice daily

Contraindications

  • Hypersensitivity to trimethoprim or sulphonamides
  • Megaloblastic anaemia due to folate deficiency
  • Liver parenchymal damage
  • Blood dyscrasia
  • Severe renal insufficiency
  • Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Side Effects

  • Crystalluria
  • Allergic reactions
  • Haemolysis
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Neutropenia
  • Agranulocytosis
  • Malaise
  • Headache
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Pass the placenta
  • Excreted in the breast milk
  • Kernicterus

Precautions & Warnings

  • Prolonged full dose treatment
  • Risk of macrocytic anaemia
  • Interference in the conversion of Folic acid into Folinic acid
  • Reversal by giving Folinic acid
  • Diabetic patients
  • Sulphonylurea drug

Therapeutic Class

  • Anti-diarrhoeal Antimicrobial drugs
  • Sulphonamides & Trimethoprim

Storage Conditions

  • Below 30°C temperature
  • Away from light & moisture
  • Out of the reach of children

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