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Details About Generic Salt :: Cefpodoxime
Main Medicine Class:: Anti Infectives Sub Medicine Class :: Cephalosporins
| 13B. CEPHALOSPORINS in 13. ANTI-INFECTIVES |
| CEFPODOXIME |
| THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN | ANTI-INFECTIVE |
| PK: A: Rapid & well absorbed D: Extensive E: Urine |
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Indications & Dose: BACTERIAL EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC BRONCHITIS PO Adult 200mg BID 10days Child 15 days–6 months: 4mg/kg BID, 6 months–2 yr: 40mg BID, 3-8 yr: 80mg BID, 9-12 yr: 100mg BID, 12-18 yr:100mg BID, max 200mg BID | COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA Acute/Mild-to-moderate PO Adult 200mg BID 2 wks Child >12 yr: Same as adult dose | GONORRHEA AND ASSOCIATED INFECT PO Adult 200mg as single dose Child >8 yrs (> 45 kg): Same as adult dose | MAXILLARY SINUSITIS Acute/Mild-to-moderate PO Adult 200mg BID 10days Child 2 months-12 yr: 5mg/kg BID, 12-18 yr: 100mg BID, max 200mg BID | OTITIS MEDIA Acute PO Child 2 months-12 yr: 5mg/kg (upto 200mg) BID 5days, 12-18 yr: 100mg BID | PHARYNGITIS/TONSILLITIS PO Adult 100mg BID 5-10days Child 15 days–6 months: 4mg/kg BID, 6 months–2 yr: 40mg BID, 3-8 yr: 80mg BID, 9-12 yr: 100mg BID, 12-18 yr: 100mg BID | SKIN/SKIN STRUCTURE INFECT Mild-to-moderate/Uncomplicated PO Adult 400mg BID 1-2 wks Child 15 days–6 months: 4mg/kg BID, 6 months–2 yr: 40mg BID, 3-8 yr: 80mg BID, 9-12 yr: 100mg BID, 12-18 yr: 100mg BID, max 200mg BID | URINARY TRACT INFECT Uncomplicated PO Adult 100mg BID 7days Child 15 days–6 months: 4mg/kg BID, 6 months–2 yr: 40mg BID, 3-8 yr: 80mg BID, 9-12 yr: 100mg BID, 12-18 yr: 100mg BID |
| Contra: Hypersensitivity
Precautions: Penicillin-sensitive patients, history of allergy, renal impairment, false positive Coombs’ test, false Jaffé method of measuring creatinine levels, false-positive reactions for glucose using copper-reduction reactions ADR: Serious: Hypersensitivity reactions, transient increases in liver enzyme values, cholestatic jaundice, acute interstitial nephritis, hepatitis, nephrotoxicity, anaphylaxis, bleeding complications, hypoprothrombinemia, platelet dysfunction, thrombophlebitis, pseudomembranous colitis, blood disorders, CNS toxicity, convulsions, Others: Skin rashes, urticaria, eosinophilia, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pain at Inj site, local reactions DDI: Serious Famotidine/Antacids/Ranitidine reduce drug bioavailability Diet: With food Monitor: Signs & symptoms of anaphylaxis during first dose |