Name
Sulfadiazine
Alternate Names
Neotrizine
Ovoquinol
Sodium Sulfadiazine
Soluble Sulphadiazine
sulfadiazinum natricum
Sulphadiazine
Sulphadiazine sodium
Triple Sulfa No. 2
Trisulfaminic
Trisulfapyrimidines
Abbreviations
None
Category
Ancillary Agent
AIDS drug
Subcategory
None
NSC Number
None
Primary Site
AIDS
Opportunistic infection
Histology
None
Remarks
A sulfonamide antiinfective used to treat urinary tract infections, toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients, rheumatic fever prophylaxis (non-labeled indication), malaria and other various infections. The drug has received Orphan drug status for use in the treatment of toxoplasma gondii encephalitis in combination with pyrimethamine.
Coding
This drug should NOT be coded