Cefuroxime Injection

19 interactions 161 cited references
Also sold as: Kefurox® Zinacef®
About Cefuroxime Injection

Cefuroxime injection is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria including pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract (lung) infections; meningitis (infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord); gonorrhea (a sexually transmitted disease); and skin, blood, bone, joint, and urinary trac… Read the full Cefuroxime Injection drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
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 →

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17 Major 2 Moderate
All (19) Major (17) Moderate (2)

Major

Cefuroxime Injection Cholera Vaccine, Live Reduced immune response to the cholera vaccine Details Cefuroxime Injection Desogestrel Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Dienogest Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Drospirenone Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Estradiol Delestrogen Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Ethinyl Estradiol Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Ethynodiol Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Exenatide Bydureon Reduced oral antibiotics absorption and reduced efficacy of oral antibiotics Details Cefuroxime Injection Furosemide Disal Increased risk of cephalosporin-induced nephrotoxicity Details Cefuroxime Injection Gestodene Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Levonorgestrel After banger Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Mestranol Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Methotrexate Jylamvo Increased methotrexate exposure, an increased risk of methotrexate-related severe adverse reactions, reduced active metabolite for... Details Cefuroxime Injection Nomegestrol Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Norethindrone Aygestin Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Norgestimate Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details Cefuroxime Injection Norgestrel Decreased contraceptive effectiveness Details

Moderate

Cefuroxime Injection Lixisenatide Delayed therapeutic effect Details Cefuroxime Injection Typhoid Vaccine, Live Vivotif A decreased immunological response to the typhoid vaccine Details

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