CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL vs CEFUROXIME

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

Hello, my name is Daniel and I'm 19 years old. I'm 1.82 cm and around 70 kgs, which is around 6 ft 154 lbs. I'm a smoker, I've been smoking for about 4 to 5 years and I also have asthma. I've followed a treatment when I was around 9-10 years old for it, I had the luck to stumble upon a really good p

Per package insert, cefuroxime tablets are not supposed to be crushed or chewed. The reason behind this is persistent bitter/bad taste. Our formulary only has 500mg tabs. What are your thoughts on splitting the tab given it’s not recommended due to the bitterness? No safety concerns noted in package

Had an Rx for Azithromycin 250mg bd for 5 days. Patient indicated this was for a kidney infection. I asked if it was an STI but was assured it was a kidney infection. I rang the prescriber thinking it may be a mistake and they wanted Cefuroxime instead (Zinnat instead of zithromax) But no, correct m

So we have this elderly tech challenged temp lady with "hospital experience" at our LTC who only checks filled prescriptions. We stopped letting her verify antibiotic IV's because she keeps acting like it's acute care and wants to check CrCl on every other order and ends up disrupting workflow even

Can we as pharmacist alter a script without calling provider? Example today. Cefuroxime 250mg/5mL susp The solution does not exist in a generic. Can I change the cefuroxime 250 mg tab without verbal approval? Also. —Changing tabs to capsules? The RX is written for 5 mg but only 10 mg available, can

* Age: 86 * Sex: Male * Height: 172 - 178 cm * Weight: 54 kilograms * Race: not sure (Indian) * Duration of complaint: \~1 week * Location (Geographic): India * Location (on body): not applicable? * Recreational drug use: none since at least 1.5 decades. Smoked cigarettes for 5-10 years before that.

Hi all, I am 32 years old, female, around 120 pounds, nonsmoker/social drinker. No health issues besides a UTI that I have been fighting off since January (currently on Cefuroxime 500/ 2X a day for 5 days, have taken Monurol 3X as well)....I just saw a urologist who put me on a treatment plan which

Hello! I am a 23-year-old Black female, no significant past medical history So I tested positive for strep on 05/27 and started and completed a 10-day course of amoxicillin. I began feeling better by day 2 or 3 of the amoxicillin but still completed the full course. On the morning of 06/10 (4 days