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Side Effects & Adverse Reactions

BEFORE THERAPY WITH SUPRAX IS INSTITUTED, CAREFUL INQUIRY SHOULD BE MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PATIENT HAS HAD PREVIOUS HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO CEPHALOSPORINS, PENICILLINS, OR OTHER DRUGS. IF THIS PRODUCT IS TO BE GIVEN TO PENICILLIN-SENSITIVE PATIENTS, CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED BECAUSE CROSS HYPERSENSITIVITY AMONG BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS HAS BEEN CLEARLY DOCUMENTED AND MAY OCCUR IN UP TO 10% OF PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF PENICILLIN ALLERGY. IF AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO SUPRAX OCCURS, DISCONTINUE THE DRUG. SERIOUS ACUTE HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS MAY REQUIRE TREATMENT WITH EPINEPHRINE AND OTHER EMERGENCY MEASURES, INCLUDING OXYGEN, INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS, INTRAVENOUS ANTIHISTAMINES, CORTICOSTEROIDS, PRESSOR AMINES AND AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, AS CLINICALLY INDICATED.

Anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions (including shock and fatalities) have been reported with the use of cefixime.

Antibiotics, including Suprax, should be administered cautiously to any patient who has demonstrated some form of allergy, particularly to drugs.

Treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics, including Suprax, alters the normal flora of the colon and may permit overgrowth of clostridia. Studies indicate that a toxin produced by Clostridium difficile is a primary cause of severe antibiotic-associated diarrhea including pseudomembranous colitis.

Pseudomembranous colitis has been reported with the use of Suprax and other broad-spectrum antibiotics (including macrolides, semisynthetic penicillins, and cephalosporins); therefore, it is important to consider this diagnosis in patients who develop diarrhea in association with the use of antibiotics. Symptoms of pseudomembranous colitis may occur during or after antibiotic treatment and may range in severity from mild to life-threatening. Mild cases of pseudomembranous colitis usually respond to drug discontinuation alone. In moderate to severe cases, management should include fluids, electrolytes, and protein supplementation. If the colitis does not improve after the drug has been discontinued, or if the symptoms are severe, oral vancomycin is the drug of choice for antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis produced by C. difficile. Other causes of colitis should be excluded.

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Uses

To reduce the development of drug resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Suprax (cefixime) and other antibacterial drugs, Suprax should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. When culture and susceptibility information are available, they should be considered in selecting or modifying antimicrobial therapy. In the absence of such data, local epidemiology and susceptibility patterns may contribute to the empiric selection of therapy.

Suprax is indicated in the treatment of the following infections when caused by susceptible strains of the designated microorganisms:

Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections caused by Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis.

Otitis Media caused by Haemophilus influenzae (beta-lactamase positive and negative strains), Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, (most of which are beta-lactamase positive) and S. pyogenes*.

Note: For information on otitis media caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, see CLINICAL STUDIES section.

Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis, caused by S. pyogenes.

Note: Penicillin is the usual drug of choice in the treatment of S. pyogenes infections, including the prophylaxis of rheumatic fever. Suprax is generally effective in the eradication of S. pyogenes from the nasopharynx; however, data establishing the efficacy of Suprax in the subsequent prevention of rheumatic fever are not available.

Acute Bronchitis and Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis, caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae (beta-lactamase positive and negative strains).

Uncomplicated gonorrhea (cervical/urethral), caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (penicillinase-and non-penicillinase- producing strains).

Appropriate cultures and susceptibility studies should be performed to determine the causative organism and its susceptibility to cefixime; however, therapy may be started while awaiting the results of these studies. Therapy should be adjusted, if necessary, once these results are known.

* Efficacy for this organism in this organ system was studied in fewer than 10 infections.

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Other Information

Suprax (cefixime) is a semisynthetic, cephalosporin antibiotic for oral administration. Chemically, it is (6R,7R)-7-[2-(2-Amino-4-thiazolyl)glyoxylamido]-8-oxo-3-vinyl-5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 72-(Z)-[O-(carboxymethyl) oxime] trihydrate.

Molecular weight = 507.50 as the trihydrate. Chemical Formula is C16H15N5O7S2.3H2O

The structural formula for cefixime is:

Cefixime

Suprax is available for oral administration as 400 mg film coated tablets and as powder for oral suspension which when reconstituted provides either 100 mg/5 mL or 200 mg/5 mL of cefixime as trihydrate.

Inactive ingredients contained in the 400 mg tablets are: dibasic calcium phosphate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, lactose monohydrate, polyethylene glycol, triacetin, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and pregelatinized starch.

The powder for oral suspension contains the following inactive ingredients: strawberry flavor, sodium benzoate, sucrose, colloidal silicon dioxide and xanthan gum.

Suprax Manufacturers


  • Pd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet [Pd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.]
  • Lupin Pharma
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet, Chewable [Lupin Pharma]
  • Bryant Ranch Prepack
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet [Bryant Ranch Prepack]
  • A-s Medication Solutions Llc
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet [A-s Medication Solutions Llc]
  • Pd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Suprax (Cefixime) Capsule [Pd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.]
  • Lupin Pharma
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet Suprax (Cefixime) Capsule Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet, Chewable Suprax (Cefixime) Powder, For Suspension [Lupin Pharma]
  • Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Suprax (Cefixime) Powder, For Suspension [Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.]
  • Lupin Limited
    Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet Suprax (Cefixime) Capsule Suprax (Cefixime) Tablet, Chewable Suprax (Cefixime) Powder, For Suspension [Lupin Limited]

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