{"id":1270,"date":"2020-02-08T11:14:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T11:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barakat.ecastalia.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1270"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T12:04:26","slug":"barkatrim","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/product\/barkatrim\/","title":{"rendered":"Barkatrim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PROPERTIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BARKATRIM is an antibacterial. It is a mixture of the sulphonamide Sulphamethoxazole with Trimethoprim in the proportions (5: 1).<\/p>\n<p>The two antibiotics act synergistically to produce abacteriostatic action against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>BARKATRIM blocks two consecutive steps in the biosynthesis of nucleic acids and proteins essential to many bacteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Respiratory tract infections: acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, pharyngitis, sinusitis and otitis media.<\/li>\n<li>Urinary tract infections: acute and chronic cystitis, pylonephritis, urethritis and prostatitis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CONTRAINDICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hypersensitivity to sulphonamida.<\/li>\n<li>Patients with severe renal, hepatic or blood disorders and patients with documented megaloblastic anemia.<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy and lactation.<\/li>\n<li>Prenatal and newborn infants during six weeks of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SIDE EFFECTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It may cause: nausea, vomiting, stomatitis, skin rashes, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and jaundice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRECAUTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment should be discontinued immediately a rash appears because of the risk of severe allergic reaction.<\/li>\n<li>Adequate fluid intake is necessary to reduce the risk of crystalluria.<\/li>\n<li>Dosage should be reduced in renal impairment and elderly patients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DRUG INTERACTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BARKATRIM may increase the effects of warfarin, phenytoin and digoxin.<\/li>\n<li>BARKATRIM increases the hypoglycemic effect of sulphonylurin.<\/li>\n<li>Should not be given to patients with reduced CCPD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adults:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BARKATRIM: 2 tablets twice daily.<\/li>\n<li>BARKATRIM FORT: 1 tablet twice daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Children:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 weeks to 5 months: 1 teaspoonful (2.5 ml) of BARKATRIM suspension twice daily.<\/li>\n<li>6 months to 5 years: 1 spoonful (5 ml) of BARKATRIM suspension twice daily.<\/li>\n<li>6 to 12 years: 2 spoonfuls (5 ml) of BARKATRIM suspension twice daily, or 1 spoonful ( 5 ml ) of BARKATRIM FORT suspension twice daily. Or 8mg\/kg\/day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRESENTATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BARKATRIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carton box containing 20 tablets.<\/li>\n<li>Bottles of 100 ml suspension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BARKATRIM FORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carton box containing 10 tablets.<\/li>\n<li>Carton box containing 20 tablets.<\/li>\n<li>Bottles of 100 ml suspension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dosage Form:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspension<\/li>\n<li>Tablets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>COMPOSITION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BARKATRIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each tablet contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sulphamethoxazole\u00a0\u00a0 400 mg<\/li>\n<li>Trimethoprim\u00a0\u00a0 80 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each 5 ml Suspension contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sulphamethoxazole\u00a0\u00a0 200 mg<\/li>\n<li>Trimethoprim\u00a0\u00a0 40 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BARKATRIM FORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each tablet contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sulphamethoxazole\u00a0\u00a0 800 mg<\/li>\n<li>Trimethoprim\u00a0\u00a0 160 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each 5 ml Suspension contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sulphamethoxazole\u00a0\u00a0 400 mg<\/li>\n<li>Trimethoprim\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a080 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1274,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barakat-pharma.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}