III. Indications
- Respiratory tract infections
- Acute Sinusitis
- Otitis Media
- Community Acquired Pneumonia (esp. Cefuroxime and Cefprozil)
- Urinary Tract Infection (esp. Cefuroxime and Cefprozil)
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (esp. Cefuroxime and Cefprozil)
IV. Preparations
- Loracarbef (Lorabid)
- Adult: 200 to 400 mg po bid
- Child
- Otitis Media: 30 mg/kg/day divided bid
- Other infections: 15 mg/kg/day divided bid
- Directions
- Take more than 1 hour before or 2 hours after food
- Cefprozil (Cefzil)
- Adult: 250 to 500 mg orally divided daily to twice daily
- Child
- Otitis Media: 15 mg/kg/dose orally twice daily
- Pharyngitis: 7.5 mg/kg/dose orally twice daily for 10 days
- Cefuroxime (Ceftin, Zinacef)
- Adult
- Parenteral: 750 to 1500 mg IM or IV every 8 hours
- Oral: 250 to 500 mg orally twice daily
- Child
- Parenteral: 50-100 mg/kg/day IV divided every 6-8 hours
- Oral: 20-30 mg/kg/day orally divided twice daily
- Reported to have unpleasant taste
- Directions
- Take with food
- Adult
- Cefaclor (Ceclor)
- Listed for historical reference only
- Risk of significant serum-sickness type reaction
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| cefuroxime (on 5/17/2017 at Medicaid.Gov Survey of pharmacy drug pricing) | ||
| CEFUROXIME AXETIL 250 MG TAB | Generic | $0.84 each |
| CEFUROXIME AXETIL 500 MG TAB | Generic | $1.26 each |
| cefprozil (on 5/17/2017 at Medicaid.Gov Survey of pharmacy drug pricing) | ||
| CEFPROZIL 125 MG/5 ML SUSP | Generic | $0.24 per ml |
| CEFPROZIL 250 MG TABLET | Generic | $1.01 each |
| CEFPROZIL 250 MG/5 ML SUSP | Generic | $0.45 per ml |
| CEFPROZIL 500 MG TABLET | Generic | $1.35 each |
| ceftin (on 1/1/2017 at Medicaid.Gov Survey of pharmacy drug pricing) | ||
| CEFTIN 125 MG/5 ML ORAL SUSP | $1.43 per ml | |
| CEFTIN 250 MG/5 ML ORAL SUSP | $2.37 per ml | |