If you have a sulfa allergy, you should avoid antibiotics such as Bactrim or Septra (TMP/SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole). Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is the most commonly used sulfa antibiotic.

Sulfa drugs, incuding trimethoprim, are used to treat UTIs, as well as inflammatory bowel disease, malaria and various skin, eye and vaginal infections. Doncaster-based GP Dr Dean Eggitt says both ...

Sulfamethoxazole 400mg, trimethoprim 80mg; scored tabs. Sulfamethoxazole inhibits bacterial synthesis of dihydrofolic acid by competing with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). Trimethoprim blocks the ...

Clinicians should continue to prescribe trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for women without sulfa allergy, unless the likelihood of resistance is high (based on community resistance rates >20% ...

The antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfa (30 mg per kg body weight, Medical Arts Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD) was administered subcutaneously twice daily in 1 ml 0.9% saline. This treatment was continued for ...

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Sulfamethoxazole 80mg, trimethoprim 16mg; per mL; contains sulfites, benzyl alcohol. Sulfamethoxazole inhibits bacterial synthesis of dihydrofolic acid by competing with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA).