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Sulfadoxine
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Definition
: A long acting sulfonamide that is used, usually in combination with other drugs, for respiratory, urinary tract, and malarial infections.
Pharmacological Action
Anti-Infective Agents
;
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
;
Antimalarials
Other names
Sulforthomidine; Sulformethoxine; Sulfadoxine Roche Brand; Ro 44393; Ro 4 4393; Sulphorthodimethoxine; Sulphormetoxin; Sulformetoxine; Roche Brand of Sulfadoxine; Ro 4-
4393; Fanasil
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
*
mefloquine-
sulfadoxine-
pyrimethamine
69191-18-0 Benzenesulfonamide, 4-
amino-
N-
(5,6-
dimethoxy-
4-
pyrimidinyl)-
, mixt. with 5-
(4-
chlorophenyl)-
6-
ethyl-
2,4-
pyrimidinediamine and (R*,S*)-
(+-
)-
alpha-
2-
piperidinyl-
2,8-
bis(trifluoromethyl)-
4-
quinolinemethanol monohydrochloride
*Pyrimethamine
*Sulfadoxine
Drug Combinations
Mefloquine/*analogs & derivatives.
Pharma Action
Antimalarials
Bull WHO 1985;63(3):611
N(4)-
acetylsulfadoxine
5018-54-2
Sulfadoxine/*analogs & derivatives.
J Chromatogr 1984;305(2):502
sulfadoxine-
pyrimethamine
37338-39-9
*Pyrimethamine
*Sulfadoxine
Drug Combinations.
Pharma Action
Antimalarials
Br Med J 1(6058):447;1977; Mil Med 144(3):160;1979; Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2(1):39;1971
FANSIDAR
trimethoprim, sulfadoxine drug combination
39295-60-8
*Sulfadoxine
*Trimethoprim
Drug Combinations.
Schweiz Arch Tierheilk 387;1971