Cefotaxime Sodium 250 mg injection

Cefotaxime · sold as Altaxim, Amcil T, Amtaxime

What is Cefotaxime Sodium used for?

Cefotaxime is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. It may also be used to prevent infection from certain surgeries. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as cephalosporin antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria.

From the medicine catalogue, not written by us. It describes the molecule in general, not your situation — what you were prescribed it for is on your prescription.

What it costs

SourcePackPricePer injection
Jan Aushadhi
Government generic
Vial & Wfi₹9.38
NPPA ceiling
Legal maximum
1 Vial₹18.15₹18.15

MRP is subject to change. These prices come from a dated snapshot — always check the price printed on the pack.

No single branded MRP is shown because this page covers the composition rather than one brand — branded prices vary by manufacturer and pack.

How much of it to take

This catalogue does not carry dosing information. How much to take, and how often, depends on you — your age, weight, kidney function and the other medicines you are on — so it comes from your prescription or your doctor, not from here.

Before you switch to a cheaper version

These products have the same composition, strength and dose form. Prices vary by brand and pharmacy — confirm cost and suitability with your doctor or pharmacist before switching.

Two cautions worth carrying into that conversation. A modified-release product (marked SR, XR, CR or ER) is not interchangeable with a plain one of the same strength. And for a small group of medicines with a narrow safe range — warfarin, thyroxine, phenytoin, lithium, some immunosuppressants — staying on one brand is the safer default, and any change should be monitored.

Other products with the same composition (122 in the catalogue)

Listed alphabetically, with products sold under the molecule name first — those are typically the cheapest on the shelf.

ProductMakerMRP
Cefotax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectiongeneric-namedAbbott Healthcare Private Limited
Cefotax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectiongeneric-namedModern Laboratories Private Limited₹12.06
Altaxim (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionAlpa Laboratories Limited₹14.35
Amcil T (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionPerk Pharmaceuticals Limited₹14
Amtaxime (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionHealth Biotech Limited₹14.4
Antax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionShrinivas Gujarat Laboratories Private Limited₹14.65
Apxime (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionApkavit Lifesciences₹23.5
Avicef (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionAdmac Pharma Limited
Awnatax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionShawn & Co.
Bestax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionBiological E. Limited
Bestax injection (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionBiological E. Limited
Biotax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionBiochem Pharmaceutical Industries Limited₹17.69
Biotex (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionBiochem Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Blutax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionBlue Cross Laboratories Private Limited₹32
C Tax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionZuventus Healthcare Limited₹17.7
C Tox (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionAlliaance Biotech Labs Limited
C-Tax injection (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionZuventus Healthcare Limited
Cefaden inj (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionEden Health Care Private Limited
Cefantral (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionLupin Laboratories Limited
Cefatax (cefotaxime) 250 mg/1 vial powder for solution for injectionPci Pharmaceuticals Private Limited

Showing 20 of 40 matched products.

Where to buy the generic

Jan Aushadhi Kendras are government-run stores selling the same molecules under their generic names. There are several thousand across India; the prices above are the PMBI list price. Any pharmacy can also dispense a generic if you ask for the composition rather than the brand.

General information, not medical advice. Prices are from a dated snapshot and change — the pack is the authority. Always talk to a qualified doctor or pharmacist about your own medicines.

Medicine data: Common Drug Codes for India (NRCeS, C-DAC Pune), CC BY 4.0, containing SNOMED CT content. Price information sourced from the Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), Government of India, and NPPA ceiling-price notifications. medicalfile.in is not affiliated with or endorsed by PMBI or the Government of India.