Latamoxef
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Routes of administration | Intramuscular, intravenous |
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Protein binding | 35 to 50% |
Metabolism | Nil |
Elimination half-life | 2 hours |
Excretion | Mostly renal, unchanged; also biliary |
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Melting point | 117 to 122 °C (243 to 252 °F) (dec.) |
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Latamoxef (or moxalactam) is an oxacephem antibiotic usually grouped with the cephalosporins. In oxacephems such as latamoxef, the sulfur atom of the cephalosporin core is replaced with an oxygen atom.
Latamoxef has been associated with prolonged bleeding time, and several cases of coagulopathy, some fatal, were reported during the 1980s.[1][2] Latamoxef is no longer available in the United States. As with other cephalosporins with a methylthiotetrazole side chain, latamoxef causes a disulfiram reaction when mixed with alcohol. Additionally, the methylthiotetrazole side chain inhibits γ-carboxylation of glutamic acid; this can interfere with the actions of vitamin K.[citation needed]
It has been described as a third-generation cephalosporin.[3]
Synthesis
Oxa-substituted third generation cephalosporin antibiotic (oxacephalosporin).
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References
- PMID 6217353.
- PMID 3778044.
- PMID 3296254.
- ^ DE 2713370, Nagata W, Narisada M, "1-Oxadethiacephalosporine, Verfahren zu Arzneimittel [1-oxadethiacephalosporins, procedure for medicinal products]", published 1977-09-29, assigned to Shionogi & Co. Ltd.
- ^ US 4138486, Nagata W, Narisada M, issued 1979, assigned to Shionogi
- PMID 448673.
- S2CID 45623930.
- doi:10.3987/S-1977-02-0839 (inactive 2024-02-07).)
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