Cefotetan Injection

Name: Cefotetan Injection Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

4 interactions 183 cited references

Also sold as: Cefotan

About Cefotetan Injection

Cefotetan injection is used to treat infections of the lungs, skin, bones, joints, stomach area, blood, female reproductive organs, and urinary tract. Cefotetan injection is also used before surgery to prevent infections. Cefotetan injection is in a class of medications called cephalosporin antibiotics. It works by kil… Read the full Cefotetan Injection drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

Most serious with: Cholera Vaccine, Live Furosemide

2 Major 2 Moderate

All (4) Major (2) Moderate (2)

Major

Cefotetan Injection Cholera Vaccine, Live Reduced immune response to the cholera vaccine Details Cefotetan Injection Furosemide Disal Increased risk of cephalosporin-induced nephrotoxicity Details

Moderate

Cefotetan Injection Typhoid Vaccine, Live Vivotif A decreased immunological response to the typhoid vaccine Details Cefotetan Injection Warfarin Coumadin An increased risk of bleeding Details

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