Sulfadoxine

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Sulfadoxine is a member of the drug class sulfonamides.

Scheme

Rec.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0002447-57-6

Chemical Formula

C12-H14-N4-O4-S

Molecular Weight

310

Therapeutic Category

Antibacterial: Sulfonamid

Chemical Name

Benzenesulfonamide, 4-amino-N-(5,6-dimethoxy-4-pyrimidinyl)-

Foreign Names

• Sulfadoxinum (Latin)
• Sulfadoxin (German)
• Sulfadoxine (French)
• Sulfadoxina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Sulfadoxina (OS: DCIT)
• Sulfadoxine (OS: USAN, DCF, JAN, BAN)
• Ro 4-4393 (IS)
• Sulfometoxinum (IS)
• Sulformetoxin (IS)
• Sulforthomidine (IS)
• Sulphorthodimethoxine (IS)
• Sulfadoxin (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Sulfadoxine (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Sulfadoxinum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Bimotrim (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Bimeda, United Kingdom; Bimeda, Luxembourg; CEVA Vetpharma, Sweden



• Borgal (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Intervet, Austria; Intervet, Germany; Intervet, Finland; Intervet, United Kingdom; Intervet, Netherlands; Intervet, Poland; Intervet International B.V., Luxembourg; Veterinaria, Switzerland; Virbac, France



• Delvoprim (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Intervet, Netherlands



• Dofatrim Ject (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Dopharma, Poland; Eurovet, Belgium



• Dofatrim (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Dopharma, Netherlands; Dopharma, Portugal



• Duoprim (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Essex Tierarzneimittel, Germany; Intervet, France; Schering-Plough, Luxembourg; Schering-Plough Vet, Netherlands; Vetcare, Finland



• Fansidar (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Chugai, Japan; Roche, United Arab Emirates; Roche, Australia; Roche, Burkina Faso; Roche, Benin; Roche, Brazil; Roche, Congo; Roche, Cote D'ivoire; Roche, Cameroon; Roche, Ethiopia; Roche, France; Roche, Gabon; Roche, Ghana; Roche, Guinea; Roche, Israel; Roche, Kenya; Roche, Madagascar; Roche, Mali; Roche, Mauritania; Roche, Malaysia; Roche, Niger; Roche, Nigeria; Roche, Oman; Roche, Philippines; Roche, Pakistan; Roche, Saudi Arabia; Roche, Senegal; Roche, Togo; Roche, United States; Roche, Yemen; Roche, South Africa; Roche, Zaire; Roche, Zimbabwe



• Forthoprim (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Serumber, Germany



• Gorban (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Hoechst Roussel Vet, Portugal



• Laridox (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Ipca Laboratories, Ethiopia



• Malareich (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  GlaxoSmithKline, Ethiopia



• Malaria Med (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Unibios Laboratories, Ethiopia



• Malastin
  Emil, Ethiopia



• Nopyrin (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Flamingo Pharmacueticals, Ethiopia



• Plasmodin (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Ifars, Indonesia



• Suldox (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Actavis, Indonesia



• TMPS (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Bomac Animal Health, Australia



• Tribactral (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Jurox, Australia



• Trimetox (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Veyx, Germany



• Trimosulf (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  WDT, Germany



• Trivetrin (Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim (veterinary use))
  Jurox, Australia; Schering-Plough Animal Health, South Africa; Schering-Plough Veterinária, Lda, Portugal



• Vitadar (Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine)
  Mediplata, Peru

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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