Cefuroxime Copharma 1500 mg Pulver till injektionsvätska, lösning

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

Source: Läkemedelsverket (Medical Products Agency)

Active ingredient:

cefuroximnatrium

Available from:

Copharma ApS

ATC code:

J01DC02

INN (International Name):

Cefuroxime sodium

Dosage:

1500 mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Pulver till injektionsvätska, lösning

Composition:

cefuroximnatrium 1578 mg Aktiv substans

Prescription type:

Receptbelagt

Therapeutic area:

Cefuroxim

Authorization status:

Avregistrerad

Authorization date:

2010-04-16

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
PRODUCT SUMMARY
1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Cefuroxime 1.5g powder for solution for Injection
2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each vial contains Cefuroxime (as 1578 mg cefuroxime Sodium).
For a full list of excipients see section 6.1
3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Powder for Solution for Injection.
Cefuroxime Sodium is a white to almost white powder.
4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
Cefuroxime is indicated in the parenteral treatment of the following
infections caused by
organisms that are sensitive to cefuroxime:
Lower respiratory tract infections: acute exacerbation of chronic
bronchitis and bacterial
pneumonia
Upper urinary tract infections: pyelonephritis.
Consideration should be given to official guidance on the appropriate
use of antibacterial
agents.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
USUAL DOSAGE:
_Adolescents (age 12 to 17 years), adults and elderly_
Most infections will respond to cefuroxime 750 mg three times a day.
For more severe infections, the dose may be increased to 1.5 g three
times a day by
intravenous injection.
If necessary, the frequency of administration of cefuroxime can be
increased to four times a
day 750 mg
_ _
up to total daily doses of 3 g or four times a day 1500 mg up to total
daily doses
of 6 g.
Dosage in
_ _
impaired renal function for adolescents, adults and elderly:
It is not necessary to reduce the dose if creatinine clearance 
                                
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