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Cefadroxil Monohydrate ·UniMed UniHealth Pharmaceuticals Ltd.·Powder for Suspension

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Packages & prices

Pack	Price	Details
100 ml bottle	৳	100 ml bottle: BDT 90.00

Administration

Adult:

Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis: 1 g per day in one or two divided doses.
Urinary Tract Infections: 1 or 2 g per day in one or two divided doses.
Skin and Skin Structure Infections: 1 g per day in one or two divided doses.

Children: 30 mg/kg daily in divided doses every 12 hours.

It may be taken with meals or on empty stomach. Administration with food may be helpful in diminishing potential gastrointestinal complaints.

Effects

Generally Cefadroxil is well tolerated. However, the most commonly reported side effects are gastrointestinal disturbances and hypersensitivity phenomena.

Indications

It is indicated for the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (pharyngitis and tonsillitis) caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (group-A beta-hemolytic Streptococci) and Streptococcus pneumoniae; urinary tract infections caused by E. coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Klebsiella species and skin & soft tissue infections caused by Staphylococci (including penicillinase producing bacteria) and Streptococci.

Pharmacology

Cefadroxil inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to 1 or more of the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) which in turn inhibit the final transpeptidation step of peptidoglycan synthesis in bacterial cell walls, thus inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis and arresting cell wall assembly resulting in bacterial cell death.

Precautions

Use of this antibiotic may cause pseudomembranous colitis; so caution should be taken during diagnosis in patients who develop diarrhea in association with Cefadroxil therapy.