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
Glossary