Warnings for Rocephin
Roche Laboratories is warning about the danger of administering the antibiotic Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium) along with IV products that contain calcium, such as parenteral nutrition, because harmful precipitates can occur.
The labeling describes cases of fatal reactions in neonates where precipitates were found in the infants’ lungs or kidneys. In some of these cases, the Rocephin [...]