Ceftriaxone (ceftriaxone)

• Lower respiratory tract infections: adults and children with lung infections (lower respiratory tract infections).
• Acute bacterial otitis media: children with a middle ear infection caused by bacteria (acute bacterial otitis media), given as one shot into a muscle.
• Skin and skin structure infections: adults and children with infections of the skin and the tissue under it.
• Urinary tract infections: adults and children with complicated or uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
• Uncomplicated gonorrhea: people with uncomplicated gonorrhea (a sexually transmitted infection) of the cervix, urethra, rectum or throat, given as one shot into a muscle.
• Pelvic inflammatory disease: people with pelvic inflammatory disease (an infection of the female reproductive organs) caused by gonorrhea germs.
• Bacterial septicemia: adults and children with septicemia (a serious blood infection).
• Bone and joint infections: adults and children with bone and joint infections.
• Intra-abdominal infections: adults and children with infections inside the belly (intra-abdominal infections).
• Meningitis: adults and children with meningitis (an infection of the lining around the brain and spinal cord).
• Prevention of infection around surgery: people having certain surgeries, as one dose before surgery to help prevent infection afterward.

A prescription is required. Your prescriber decides whether Ceftriaxone is right for you.

IV infusion, given by a healthcare professional. When your prescriber agrees it can be given at home, we send a skilled nurse from an accredited nursing agency to give it.

Injection into a muscle, given by a healthcare professional. When your prescriber agrees it can be given at home, we send a skilled nurse from an accredited nursing agency to give it.

Before the first dose, your prescriber may ask for:

• a lab test of a sample, such as blood or fluid from the infection (a culture), to find the germ and the antibiotics it is sensitive to
• questions about any past allergic reactions to cephalosporins, penicillins, other beta-lactam antibiotics or other medicines

Read the Medication Guide and the full Ceftriaxone prescribing information, and ask your prescriber or our pharmacists about side effects. Our pharmacists are on call 24 hours a day.

Health plans often require prior authorization for Ceftriaxone. Our intake team checks your coverage and works with your prescriber’s office on the paperwork before your first delivery.

Offices can call (844) 671-2600 or fax a referral to (844) 671-2601. Referral forms for each specialty are on our referral forms page.