Cefoxitin Injection

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

3 interactions 232 cited references

Also sold as: Mefoxin®

About Cefoxitin Injection

Cefoxitin injection is used to treat infections caused by bacteria including pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract (lung) infections; and urinary tract, abdominal (stomach area), female reproductive organs, blood, bone, joint, and skin infections. Cefoxitin injection may also be used before and during surgery, in… Read the full Cefoxitin 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 1 Moderate

All (3) Major (2) Moderate (1)

Major

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

Moderate

Cefoxitin Injection Typhoid Vaccine, Live Vivotif A decreased immunological response to the typhoid vaccine Details

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