Ceftin
Ceftin is a antibiotics medication containing Cefuroxime, available as 250/500mg tablets.
- Category
- Antibiotics
- Active ingredient
- Cefuroxime
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 250/500mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Ceftin vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Pharyngitis · Otitis media · Urinary tract infection · Pneumonia · Acute bacterial sinusitis · Acute otitis media · Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
- Alternative Name
- Zinnat
- Therapeutic Class
- Cephalosporin Antibiotic
- Pharmacological Class
- Second-Generation Cephalosporin
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, diarrhoea, headache
- Moderate Side Effects
- rash, vaginal candidiasis
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- GSK
- Onset Time
- 1–2 hours
- Duration
- within 12 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store away from heat and light.
- Drug Interactions
- Probenecid, Antacids
- Age Restrictions
- Available in formulations for children.
What you will receive
Ceftin is the originator brand name, made by GSK. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with GSK and do not ship the original Ceftin.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Cefuroxime) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.