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PRODUCT TYPE:- CEFATAMET PIVOXIL HYDROCHLORIDE
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CEFETAMET PIVOXIL HYDROCHLORIDE: Cefetamat picoxil is an oral third generation cephalosporin, which is hydroylsed to from the active agent, cefetamet. It has good penetration through the It has good penetration through theouter membrane permeability barrier of several gram-negative. The promary target enzymes of the drugh are PBp 1a & 3.
Indications: In both upper and lower community acquired respiratory tract infections due to streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influezae, aoraxella catrrhalis, group-A beta haemolytic strep tococci, has marked acticity aganist neisseria gonorrhea and enterobaceriaceae
Dosage: 500mg bid for adults and children over 12 years and 10mg/kg bid for children upto 12 years.
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to any components of the formulations or to cephalosproinsclass of drugs.
Special Precautions: In cases of diarrhea, Colitis, peseudomembranous colitis, renal insufficiency, patients with active liver disease or with serum ananine transaminase level (ALT0 above 2.5 times the upper limit of normal figures
Side-effects: Gastrointestinal disturbances (diarrhea or vomiting).
Drug Interactions: No clinically evident sings or symptoms of interaction where reported in severely ill patients or no impairment of renal function has so far been observed with diuretics.