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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Influenzae.Advice to PatientsImportance of completing full course of therapy, even if feeling better after a few days.Advise patients to maintain an adequate fluid intake to prevent crystalluria and stone formation. Importance of discontinuing drug and informing clinician if rash or any sign of adverse reaction (sore throat, fever, arthralgia, pallor, purpura, jaundice) occurs. Importance of informing clinicians of existing or contemplated therapy, including prescription and OTC drugs, and any concomitant illnesses.Importance of women informing clinicians if they are or plan to become pregnant or to breast-feed.Importance of advising patients of other important precautionary information. (See Cautions.)PreparationsExcipients in commercially available drug preparations may have clinically important effects in some individuals; consult specific product labeling for details.Please refer to the ASHP Drug Shortages Resource Center for information on shortages of one or more of these preparations.* available from one or more manufacturer, distributor, and/or repackager by generic (nonproprietary) nameCo-trimoxazoleRoutesDosage FormsStrengthsBrand NamesManufacturerOralSuspensionTrimethoprim 40 mg/5 mL and Sulfamethoxazole 200 mg/5 mL*Septra SuspensionMonarchSeptra Grape SuspensionMonarchSulfatrim Pediatric SuspensionAlpharmaSulfatrim SuspensionAlpharmaTabletsTrimethoprim 80 mg and Sulfamethoxazole 400 mg*Bactrim (scored)Women First HealthCareSeptra (scored)MonarchSulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim TabletsTrimethoprim 160 mg and Sulfamethoxazole 800 mg*Bactrim DSWomen First HealthCareSeptra DS (scored)MonarchParenteralFor injection concentrate, for IV infusionTrimethoprim 16 mg/mL and Sulfamethoxazole 80 mg/mLSulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim Concentrate for InjectionAHFS DI Essentials™. © Copyright 2025, Selected Revisions September 4, 2013. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc., 4500 East-West Highway, Suite 900, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.† Off-label: Use is not currently included in the labeling approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.Reload page with references includedFrequently asked questionsWhat drugs should be avoided with a sulfa allergy?Does Bactrim cause headaches?Can I drink alcohol when taking sulfamethoxazole / trimethoprim DS?What dose of co-trimoxazole is used in a patient with a UTI?Medical Disclaimer
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