Cefuroxime

Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic that has been widely available in the USA since 1977. Cefuroxime is manufactured as tablets as well as a sodium salt, the latter designed for medical injection.

Cefuroxime is generally well tolerated and side effects are usually transient. Cefuroxime if taken with food is both better absorbed and less likely to cause its commonest upsets of diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.