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1. is a sulphonamide
2. MOA inhibits folic acid synthesis
3. is bacteriostatic
4. is less potent than sulfamethoxazole
please give explanations.
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| mitty
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2) inhibits folic acid synthesis.Sulfonamides also inhibit folic acid synthesis but they inhibit dihydropteroate syhthase where the trimetoprium inhbit dihydrofolate reductase.
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| tolito
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answer is 3.
trimethoprim is not a sulphonamide, its MOA is inhibition of folate reduction, it is 20 -50x more potent than sulfamethoxazole
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