Medicine pack check sheet

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• “400 mg/80 mg” and “800 mg/160 mg” each label two active ingredients, not one number to self-add, split or convert. DS (double strength) is an identity term for the exact pack; the shared name or doubled numbers do not permit self-substitution, combining or make-up use between regular and DS tablets.
• The pictured NDC 49708-146-01, 100-tablet count and “BACTRIM DS 800 mg/160 mg” are combined clues for one U.S. bottle. Pack count is not a course length, and appearance cannot authenticate a medicine or establish that another pack, market or dosage form is the same.
• This page covers oral tablets; it does not cover BACTRIM's historical intravenous label or another sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim product. Even with the same generic names, an oral-tablet page cannot derive infusion, conversion, division or another route of administration.
• The label includes warnings related to serious skin reactions, blood, kidney, potassium and multiple co-medications. With an anticoagulant, glucose-lowering medicine, diuretic/blood-pressure medicine, methotrexate, supplement or multiple medicines, or with widespread rash, mouth/eye mucosal problems, fever, marked weakness or another severe concern, use timely local medical support and have professionals review the complete list; do not self-repeat, combine, stop/switch or share an antibacterial.