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Status:
US Approved Rx (2010)
First approved in 1961

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfamethoxazole is a synthetic antibacterial drug,which is used in combination with trimethoprim (Bactrim, Septra) for the treatment or prevention of infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by bacteria. Sulfamethoxazole acts by...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2023)
First approved in 1955

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Dapsone was synthesized in 1908 by Fromm and Wittmann. The drug was approved by FDA for the treatment of such conditions as acne vulgaris, leprosy and dermatitis herpetiformis, also the drug is used off-label for many skin diseases. Although the exac...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2009)
First approved in 1941

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfacetamide is a synthetic sulfonamide antibiotic, which exerts its effect through inhibition of bacterial dihydrofolate synthetase, an enzyme responsible for the conversion of p-aminobenzoic acid into folic acid in bacterias. The topical formulati...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1994)
First approved in 1941

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic. The sulfonamides are synthetic bacteriostatic antibiotics with a wide spectrum against most gram-positive and many gram-negative organisms. However, many strains of an individual species may be resistant. Sul...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1966

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfametoxydiazine (INN) or sulfamethoxydiazine (USAN: sulfameter) is a long-acting sulfonamide antibacterial, shows bacteriostatic effects against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria in vivo. It is used as a leprostatic agent and in the treatme...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1963

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfaphenazole is an oral antibiotic, which was used for the treatment of bacterial infections under the name Sulfabid. The drug was found to block folate synthesis in bacterias by inhibiting the enzyme dihydropteroate synthase. Sulfaphenazole is als...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1962

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfachlorpyridazine is a broad spectrum antibacterial compound which is effective in the treatment of infections caused by gram-positive and gram-negative organisms that are commonly susceptible to sulfonamide therapy and which has been proven by la...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfamethizole is an oral antiobiotic, which was used against urinary tract infections under the name Thiosulfil. Sulfamethizole blocks bacterial growth by inhibiting folic acid synthesis via enzyme called dihydropteroate synthase. The drug is no lon...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1948

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfisoxazole is a sulfonamide antibacterial antibiotic. The sulfonamides are synthetic bacteriostatic antibiotics with a wide spectrum against most gram-positive and many gram-negative organisms. However, many strains of an individual species may be...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1947

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfamethazine is a sulfonamide used to treat a variety of bacterial diseases in animals. It inhibits bacterial synthesis of dihydrofolic acid by competing with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) for binding to dihydropteroate synthetase (dihydrofolate s...