Cefotaxime (injection)

🧮 Dose calculator

Sepsis / serious hospital infection (refer) · Regimen source: FDA Claforan · Dosage and Administration

👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Claforan · Precautions/Warnings – Pregnancy

  “Category B: Reproduction studies have been performed in pregnant mice given CLAFORAN intravenously at doses up to 1200 mg/kg/day (0.4 times the recommended human dose based on mg/m 2 ) or in pregnant rats when administered intravenously at doses up to 1200 mg/kg/day (0.8 times the recommended human dose based on mg/m …”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Claforan · Precautions/Warnings – Nursing Mothers

  “Caution should be exercised when CLAFORAN is administered to a nursing woman.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Claforan · Precautions/Warnings – Pediatric Use

  “See Precautions above regarding perivascular extravasation.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Claforan · Precautions/Warnings – Geriatric Use

  “Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, and it may be useful to monitor renal function (see PRECAUTIONS, General ).”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.