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  • 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

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.

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Page last updated 07/31/2023

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Incidence

<1% 1‑5% 5‑10% 10‑15% 15‑20% 20‑30% >30%

Seriousness

Hospitalization possible
Life threatening
Fatal

Warnings in other populations

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GeriatricGeriatric

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