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Sulphamethoxazole & Trimethoprim

Antibiotics

Mechanism of action

The drugs exert their action on two step enzymatic pathway for tetrahydrofolic acid synthesis. Sulphamethoxazole inhibits PABA incorporation into folic acid; trimethoprim inhibits reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate.

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Mechanism of action

The drugs exert their action on two step enzymatic pathway for tetrahydrofolic acid synthesis. Sulphamethoxazole inhibits PABA incorporation into folic acid; trimethoprim inhibits reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate.

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