GENERIC BRAND CLASSIFIC INDICATION CONTRAINDIC MECHANISM OF DOSAGE AND ADVERSE NURSING

NAME NAME ATION ATION ACTION FREQUENCY EFFECTS CONSIDERATION

Cefuroxime Zoltax Antibiotic Pharyngitis, *Contraindicated Second- rash Determine
tonsillitis, in patients generation  itching history
infections of hypersensitive to cephalosporin  hives of hypersensitivity reactions to
the urinary drug. that inhibits cell-  difficulty cephalosphorins, penicillins and
and lower wall synthesis, breathing or history of
respiratory * Use cautiously promoting swallowing allergies particularly to drugs
tracts, and in patients osmotic wheezing before therapy is
skin and skin hypersensitive to instability; usually  swelling of initiated.
structure infections penicillin because bactericidal. the face,  
caused by of possibility of throat, Report onselt of loose stools.
Streptococcus cross-sensitivity tongue, lips, Absorption of cefuroxime is
pneumonia and with other beta- or eyes enhanced by food. 
S.pyogenes, lactam antibiotics.  watery or
Haemophillus bloody Notify prescriber about rashes
influenzae, * Use with stools, or superinfections
Staphylococcu caution in breast- stomach
s aureus, feeding women cramps, or
Escherichia and inpatients fever during
coli. with history of treatment
colitis or renal or for up to
sufficiency. two or more
months
after
stopping
treatment
 a return of
fever, sore
throat,
chills, or
other signs
of infection