sulfa drug

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of sulfa drug

: any of various synthetic organic bacteria-inhibiting drugs that are sulfonamides derived especially from sulfanilamide

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Recent Examples of sulfa drug from the Web

The strongest connection between antibiotics and kidney stones was found in the category called sulfa drugs, which includes Bactrim.

— tom avril, Philly.com, "CHOP study links antibiotic use with risk of kidney stones," 10 May 2018
The drugs ranged from broad-spectrum penicillins, which increased the risk by 27 percent, to sulfa drugs, which were associated with more than double the risk.

— nicholas bakalar, New York Times, "Antibiotics May Raise the Risk for Kidney Stones," 10 May 2018
Patients who had taken sulfa drugs were more than twice as likely to develop kidney stones three to 12 months afterward than people who had not taken the medicines, the researchers found.

— tom avril, Philly.com, "CHOP study links antibiotic use with risk of kidney stones," 10 May 2018

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