Sulfadoxine
- TRADE NAMES: Cryodoxin; Fansidar (Roche); Malocide; Methipox
- INDICATIONS: Malaria
- CLASS: Antibiotic, sulfonamide, Antimalarial
- HALF-LIFE: 5–8 days
CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
None known
PREGNANCY CATEGORY: C
Sulfadoxine is a sulfonamide and can be absorbed systemically. Sulfonamides can produce severe, possibly fatal, reactions such as toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Fansidar is sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine (this combination is almost always prescribed).
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SKIN
MUCOSAL
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC
GASTROINTESTINAL/HEPATIC
GENITOURINARY
NEUROMUSCULAR/SKELETAL
OTHER
Page last updated 09/19/2018
Symbol key
Incidence 
- <1%
- 1-5%
- 5-10%
- 10-15%
- 15-20%
- 20-30%
- >30%
Seriousness
- Hospitalization possible
- Life threatening
- Fatal
Warnings in other populations
- Breast feeding
- Geriatric
- Pediatric
