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sulfacetamide (Sulfacet)
Indications:
- see sulfacetamide topical, sulfacetamide ophthalmic
Contraindications: sulfa allergy
Antimicrobial activity:
- Chlamydia [4]
- Gardnerella vaginalis [4]
Adverse effects:
- see sulfacetamide ophthalmic
Mechanism of action:
- inhibition of bacterial folic acid synthesis
Interactions
drug interactions
drug adverse effects (more general classes)
monitor with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
Specific
Sulfacetamide Ophthalmic (Sulamyd, Bleph-10, Sulf-10)
Sulfacetamide Topical (Klaron, Sulfacet-R)
General
sulfanilamide
Properties
MISC-INFO: pregnancy-category C
safety in lactation ?
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed.
Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996
- Drug Information & Medication Formulary, Veterans Affairs,
Central California Health Care System, 1st ed., Ravnan et al
eds, 1998
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Regional Drug
Formulary, 1998
- Deprecated Reference
Component-of
fluorometholone/sulfacetamide
phenylephrine/sulfacetamide
prednisolone/sodium phosphate/sulfacetamide
prednisolone/sulfacetamide (Blephamide, Cetapred, Metimyd)
sulfabenzamide/sulfacetamide/sulfathiazole (Koro-Sulf, Sultrin, Triple Sulfa)
sulfacetamide/sulfur (Rosula, Clenia)
sulfacetamide/urea