CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL vs CEFTAZIDIME

I am a 27F 5”1 122 lbs I had a bad ear infection last week when I was traveling, I managed to see an ENT and she said that I have an upper respiratory tract infection spread to ears and gave me orinase spray and SPNPOD-CV ( Cefpodoxime Proxetil + Clavulanic Acid). The pain worsened with air travel

Hello, I'm 26 years old female. I've already posted on AskDocs a day ago about my sinusitis and ent symptoms and struggles with antibiotics and other prescribed medications. I had been on Cefpodoxime proxetil for about 2 weeks. While taking medications, I told the doctor that I had stomach discomf

83M, 51 kg One of the doctors gave a nasal spray (that delivers 50 mcg of fluticasone propionate with every spray), tablets - meftal forte, nurobion forte and levocetrizine. That sort of helped to an extent but I came to know about the nasal spray being a steroid and not good to use. So we went to a

26 Female About 2 weeks ago, both of my nasal passages were completely blocked, which led to difficulty in breathing at night, and when doing yoga, nasal breathing, swallowing, or trying to blow the one side of the nose, there was a crackling, popping sound or a sound that felt like the air is escap

26F, 13 weeks pregnant , currently taking cefpodoxime proxetil, no other health problems On Monday I experienced UTI symptoms and was able to do virtual urgent care to get antibiotics prescribed which I started same day. On Tuesday I provided a urine sample for testing Today (Wednesday) I got th

I Have been on IV antibiotics and was discharged from hospital yesterday, now this is what my Picc looks like, I am in emergency as my arm is really hot and feels like it is on fire, I am having heart palpitations, am extremely tired, supper nausea and 8 mg of zofran is not covering it. As well I n

I have a patient with a history of multiple myeloma, currently in remission about a year after autologous stem cell transplant, currently in pomalidomide maintenance. PMH is notable for multiple DVTs and PEs and probably an undiagnosed hypercoagulable state, for which he's on warfarin. Also paroxy

Hi there, I'm Throwaway PharmD. Let me type up a few new Rx's for you that showed up in my hospital electronic RX queue: >Metformin 800mg supp 500mgMISC Sig: TAKE >Rosiglitazone 8mg Sig:take 0.5 tab in AM >pioglitazone 22.5mg Sig:take 0.5 tab in AM >Ceftazidime 1gm for 5 doses Frequency:

When I'm reconning ceftazidime/avibactam(avycaz) there is a ton of positive pressure in the vial after the powder fully recon's. I know that's normal, however, I notice after a short while, maybe an hour, the bubbles go away and there is no more positive pressure in the vial, even if none of the sol

My Dad has been an alcoholic for decades and has been drinking every night since he was 25 years old. There have been moments in the past several months when we had to have him checked by physicians because we were worried about his health, given that he is not getting any younger. Surprisingly, his

Nurse here. I have a question for reconstituting ceftazidime via IV push. I notice specifically for this medication, when I inject 20 ml’s of sterile water into the vial, it seems like there’s carbonated bubbles once I draw it back into my syringe. It also leaks a whole lot. I don’t inject any addi

Hi everyone, and sorry for the photo (in the comments). A relative developed (F30, no smoker) a wound on their hip after an afternoon at the beach. This happened in July. We went to the ER, and a plastic surgeon also examined it. They were prescribed antibiotics and painkillers (amoxicillin, flucona

Howdy, nerds. Anyone know why the ceftazidime package insert indicates that vials should be reconstituted with SWFI, and then diluted further with NSS? Can I just use NSS for the initial recon? Most importantly, can I use a mini-bag? TYIA.