Sulfamethoxazole Information

What's inside Sulfamethoxazole

Recent Sulfamethoxazole Side Effects

Posted by sulfatenightmare 6 days ago
Nothing short of nightmarish. 10 minutes after I took a pill, I experienced extreme itchiness which escalated to a sense of b...

Posted by be7kev7har 13 days ago
whole body rash,very high fever,swollen face & neck,over half of body turned purple,face & neck started peeling,chills,cough,...

Posted by snowestress 16 days ago
Thank goodness for this website! I thought "Just my luck, sick on top of a uti/kidney infection" I just got back from the Dr ...

Sulfamethoxazole in the News

Local water authorities say impact on health is unanswered question - Charleston Post Courier
The system's untreated water included traces of Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic, but none was detected in the processed water piped to consumer's homes. ...
Mon Mar 10 00:47:43 -0400 2008

Pharmaceuticals in water gain national attention - Water Technology Online
... an antibiotic administered to cattle; sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic that can be used to treat infections in humans and animals; and triclocarban, ...
Mon Mar 10 17:12:10 -0400 2008

Drug traces in nation's water pique Yuma concern - Yuma Sun
Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections, was found only in untreated water - 2.5 parts per trillion. ...
Tue Mar 11 00:00:53 -0400 2008

Sulfamethoxazole Chemical Information

sulfamethoxazole - A broad-spectrum, short-acting sulfanilamide and a synthetic analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with antibacterial property. Sulfamethoxazole competes with PABA for the bacterial enzyme dihydropteroate synthase, thereby preventing the incorporation of PABA into dihydrofolic acid, the immediate precursor of folic acid. This leads to an inhibition of bacterial folic acid synthesis and de novo synthesis of purines and pyrimidines, ultimately resulting in cell growth arrest and cell death.