Sulfisoxazole is a sulfonamide and can be absorbed systemically. Sulfonamides can produce severe, possibly fatal, reactions such as toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
- TRADE NAMES: Gantrisin (Roche); Isoxazine; Novo-Soxazole; Oxazole; Pediazole; Sulfazin; Sulfazole; Sulizole; Thiazin; Urazole
- INDICATIONS: Various infections caused by susceptible organisms
- CLASS: Antibiotic, Antibiotic; sulfonamide, Antimicrobial
- HALF-LIFE: 3–7 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Anticoagulants, Cyclosporine, Methotrexate, Warfarin
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
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