• Typhoid fever
  • UTI
  • Respiratory tract infection
  • Nosocomial infections
  • Soft tissue infections
  • Surgical prophylaxis
  • Intra-abdominal infections

Dose: 1 tab BD

  • Tablet:
    • 200mg/200mg
  • Taken without regards to meals
  • Limit the consumption of eating a high-fat meal as this makes it harder for your body to absorb the drug

Cefixime: 3rd generation cephalosporin with broad-spectrum gram-negative activity. Inhibits cell-wall synthesis by binding to 1 or more penicillin-binding proteins thus bactericidal.

Ofloxacin: Fluoroquinolone. It inhibits DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV activity necessary bacterial DNA synthesis. This in turn promotes breakage of DNA strand.

  • Diarrhoea
  • Nausea
  • Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
  • Loose stools
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Blood dyscrasias
  • Children
  • Pregnancy
  • Lactating mothers
  • History of tendon disorder
  • History of fits or any other brain-related disorders
  • Hypersensitivity to class or components
  • Furosemide
  • BCG vaccine
  • Cholera vaccine
  • Typhoid vaccine
  • Carbamazepine
  • Warfarin
  • Cimetidine
  • Sucralfate
  • Methotrexate
  • Theophylline
  • Ibuprofen
  • Magnesium hydroxide
  • Aluminum hydroxide
  • Loratadine

                                   Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Contraindicated
Breastfeeding Contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Fixem-O 200mg Tablet 10’s Bharat-Parenterals Dolopharma Healthcare