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If you have trouble swallowing, talk with your doctor
To treat gonorrhea, cefuroxime is taken as a single dose, and to treat Lyme disease, cefuroxime is taken every 12 hours for 20 days
Ceftin® oral liquid works differently than Ceftin® tablets, even at the same dose (number of milligrams)
To treat
Oral (tablets): 13 years or older: 250 mg orally every 12 hours for 7 to 10 days Parenteral: 3 months or older: 50 to 100 mg/kg/day IV or IM in equally divided
5 g (1 ea) Suspension Reconstituted, Oral, as axetil [strength expressed as base]: Ceftin: 125 mg/5 mL (100 mL [DSC]); 250 mg/5 mL (50 mL [DSC]
Other dosage forms: powder for solution; Serious side effects of Ceftin
CEFTIN Tablets are film-coated and contain the equivalent of 125, 250, or 500 mg of cefuroxime as cefuroxime axetil
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bloody, black, or tarry stools
Cefuroxime axetil has little, if any, microbiologic activity until hydrolyzed in vivo to cefuroxime
Cefuroxime axetil tablets and cefuroxime axetil for oral suspension are not bioequivalent and are therefore not substitutable on a milligram-per-milligram basis [see Clinical Pharmacology (12
Cefuroxime is an antibiotic that can be used to treat many types of bacterial infections throughout your body
Last reviewed on December 8, 2022
in the dosage guidelines
Do not switch from the tablets to the oral liquid unless your doctor tells you to
For oral dosage form (film-coated tablets): Adults and teenagers—250 to 500 milligrams (mg) two times a day for 10 days
cefuroxime axetil tablets and cefuroxime axetil for oral suspension are not bioequivalent and are therefore not substitutable on a milligram-per-milligram basis (see clinical pharmacology)
cefuroxime axetil tablets and cefuroxime axetil for oral suspension are not bioequivalent and are therefore not substitutable on a milligram-per-milligram basis (see clinical pharmacology)
Cefuroxime, like the penicillins, is a beta-lactam antibiotic
The pharmacokinetics of cefuroxime is linear over the oral dosage range of 125 to 1000 mg
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment