Co-Trimoxazole

Co-trimoxazole is indicated in adults and children over 12 years.

Co-trimoxazole tablets are indicated for the treatment of the following infections when owing to sensitive organisms:

- Treatment and prevention of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonitis.

- Treatment and prophylaxis of toxoplasmosis

- Treatment of nocardiosis.

The following infections may be treated with co-trimoxazole where there is bacterial evidence of sensitivity to co-trimoxazole and good reason to prefer the combination of antibiotics in co-trimoxazole to a single antibiotic:

- Acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection

- Acute otitis media

- Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis