Cefixime is an oral third generation cephalosporinantibiotic. It was sold under the trade name Suprax in the USA, until 2003 when it was taken off the market by drug manufacturer Wyeth after its patent expired. Cefixime is still available in Canada. It is used to treat gonorrhea. The cephalosporins, are a class of β-lactam antibiotics. ... An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. ... Wyeth, formerly known as American Home Products, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a person for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive and... Gonorrhoea (USA spelling: gonorrhea, slang term the clap) is among the most common curable sexually transmitted diseases in the world caused by the Gram-negative bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. ...
To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Suprax (cefixime) tablets and oral suspension and other antibacterial drugs, Suprax (cefixime) should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria.
In these studies, patients were randomized and treated with either cefixime at dose regimens of 4 mg/kg BID or 8 mg/kg QD, or with a standard antibiotic regimen.
(cefixime) Tablets, 200 mg, are convex, rectangular, white, film coated tablets with rounded corners and beveled edges and a divided break line on each side, engraved with SUPRAX across one side and LL to the left and 200 to the right on the other side, supplied as follows:
Cefixime is the only CDC-recommended oral antimicrobial agent to which Neisseria gonorrhoeae has not developed significant resistance (1).
gonorrhoeae infections may be treated with single-dose regimens of cefixime 400 mg orally, ceftriaxone 125 mg intramuscularly, or an oral fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin 500 mg, levofloxacin 250 mg, or ofloxacin 400 mg).
In the absence of cefixime, the primary recommended treatment option for gonorrhea in Hawaii and California is ceftriaxone.
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