CEFOPROX 100MG 5 F.C.TAB. (N/A)

ABOUT CEFPODOXIME THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN ANTIBIOTIC ORAL ANTIBIOTIC. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CEFPODOXIME CEFPODOXIME IS A 3RD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN WHICH EXERTS ITS BACTERICIDAL ACTION MAINLY AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE ORGANISMS BY INHIBITING BACTERIAL CELL WALL SYNTHESIS. CEFPODOXIME INHIBITS TRANSPEPTIDASE & THUS PREVENTS CROSS LINKING OF BACTERIAL CELL WALL. TRANSPEPTIDASE & ASSOCIATED PROTEINS CONSTITUTE VARIOUS TYPES OF SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS WHICH HAVE AFFINITY FOR CEPHALOSPORINS LIKE CEFPODOXIME. IT IS ACTIVE AGAINST ENTEROBACTERIACEAE STREPTOCOCCI STAPHYLOCOCCI AUREUS & H. INFLUENZAE. INDICATIONS FOR CEFPODOXIME 1.PNEUMONIA BRONCHITIS &OTHER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 2.SINUSITIS 3.URINARY TRACT &GENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS 4.GONORRHEA & RECTAL GONOCOCCAL INFECTIONS 5.SKIN INFECTIONS 6.OTITISMEDIA 7.TONSILLITIS PHARYNGITIS