Ceftizoxime: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Ceftizoxime is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 3 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- 3 products — Cefizox, Cefizox in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container and Cefizox in Plastic Container
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every ceftizoxime product we track (3)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72/100 | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → | |
| 2 | 72/100 | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → | |
| 3 | 72/100 | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → |
Ceftizoxime and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for ceftizoxime: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadCeftizoxime is no longer marketed in the US. Limited information indicates that ceftizoxime produces low levels in milk that are not expected to cause adverse effects in breastfed infants. Occasionally disruption of the infant's gastrointestinal flora, resulting in diarrhea or thrush have been reported with cephalosporins, but these effects have not been adequately evaluated. Ceftizoxime is acceptable in nursing mothers.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised November 15, 2024. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about ceftizoxime
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 97 reports naming ceftizoxime, and the FDA flagged 92% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- white blood cell count decreased11 reports
- pyrexia9 reports
- hepatic function abnormal6 reports
- liver injury6 reports
- anaemia5 reports
- rash5 reports
- alanine aminotransferase increased4 reports
- haemoglobin decreased4 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean ceftizoxime caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take ceftizoxime with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run ceftizoxime against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is ceftizoxime sold under?
We track 3 ceftizoxime-containing products in the U.S.: Cefizox, Cefizox in Dextrose 5% in Plastic Container and Cefizox in Plastic Container. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does ceftizoxime come in?
Across the brands we track, ceftizoxime is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic ceftizoxime?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled ceftizoxime product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Ceftizoxime: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ceftizoxime
- MLA
- “Ceftizoxime: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ceftizoxime.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for ceftizoxime on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.