- Approval Id
- 1cf5552f4022db75
- Drug Name
- B.S. SUSPENSION
- Product Name
- B.S. SUSPENSION
- Approval Number
- SIN00526P
- Approval Date
- 1988-04-28
- Registrant
- APEX PHARMA MARKETING PTE. LTD.
- Licence Holder
- APEX PHARMA MARKETING PTE. LTD.
- Drug Type
- Therapeutic
- Forensic Classification
- Prescription Only
- Dosage Form
- SUSPENSION
- Dosage
- **Dosage and Administration**
To be administered orally.
By body weight:6 mg Trimethoprim plus 30mg
Sulphamethoxazole per kg body weight per dayChildren 6 weeks to 5 months:2.5 ml, every 12 hours6 months to 5 years:5 ml, every 12 hours6 to 12 years:10 ml, every 12 hours.
- Route Of Administration
- ORAL
- Indication Info
- **Indications**
Treatment of infections caused by susceptible organisms, as in: respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, gastro-intestinal tract infections, including typhoid and paratyphoid fever; cholera; skin and soft tissues infections; brucellosis (generally in combination with other agents), septicaemia due to sensitive organisms, nocardiosis, mycetoma (except when caused by the true fungi). For South American blastomycosis, **BS** is suppressive but not curative.
- Contraindications
- **Contraindications**
**BS** should not be used in patients with marked liver parenchymal damage; severe renal insufficiency; or patients with serious megaloblastic bone marrow; or patients with documented megaloblastic anemia due to folate deficiency.
**BS** is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to trimethoprim or sulphonamides, in patients with a history of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia with use of trimethoprim and/or sulphonamides.
Its use in pregnancy should be avoided, unless the expected therapeutic benefits outweigh the possible risks. **BS** should not be used in nursing mothers. **BS** is contraindicated in premature and newborn infants within 1 to 2 months of birth because of the risk of producing kernicterus.
- Atc Code
- J01EE01
- Atc Item Name
- sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim
- Pharma Manufacturer Name
- APEX PHARMA MARKETING PTE. LTD.
- Company Detail Path
- /organization/apex-pharma-marketing-pte-ltd
