CEPHALEXIN vs CIPROFLOXACIN

usually when a prescriber writes macrodantin 100 mg bid, i generally call them up and they're okay with changing it to macrobid 100 mg bid. but today i talked to a dr who pushed back a little bit (although still very polite and professional.) I said my usual spiel about how out of the 2, macrobid i

Tell me what would you do? The caveat is I told them we’re closing in 5 minutes and it’s not a good idea to call the Dr now (on the phone) ) to send it at our location and that there’s a 24 h pharmacy a block away. At 2 minutes she shows up and tells me Dr just sent it? And what if the line was long

I’m a 71F (5’2”, 190 lbs, non-smoker/non-drinker, no regular medications) and I’ve had recurring swelling of my eyelids since last May that has been getting worse with each flare. Both upper eyelids become red, swollen and very itchy (not painful) and more recently the skin has started to crack, wee

Hey! My wife (F29) got a blister on the pinky finger a few days ago. Initially we both thought it was just a blister, but it has progressed quite significantly now to the point where we are unsure what it is. [Here is what the pinky finger looks like](https://imgur.com/a/NAzODn0) (note: it looks sli

So, I went to urgent care on Monday since I noticed a few things were happening. My first symptom was two swollen lymph nodes on the back left side of my neck. Then a general swelling started the day after, in that area. That evening I had pretty intense chills while going to bed and the next mornin

15M, 166 cm, 84 kg(??), 11 months of Ear Infection , currently drinking Amoxiclav ​ I'm in dire need of your advice. I might also vent throughout the post because I feel frustrated at their superstitions over health. I was washing my face when a small water droplet entered my right ear i

Can someone explain the point of this to me? Assuming you're treating cellulitis. Bactrim would cover both MRSA and MSSA...keflex would cover MSSA... So if you think there is a risk of MRSA why not just do Bactrim. Or, if you think MSSA why not just do Bactrim. Why do both? I did a quick uptoda

To preface and head off some obvious advice, we've seen a pediatrician several times and upon receiving a referral scheduled the earliest ENT appointment we could. However, that's still several weeks away and it would set my mind at ease to get an idea what we're dealing with. My daughter 7F has had

Mine is tizanidine and ciprofloxacin, because it is so off the wall random to me. They are contraindicated together. Can you guess why? Cipro inhibits CYP1A2, which metabolizes tizanidine, causing a 10-fold increase in tizanidine Cmax, leading to respiratory depression, bradycardia, hypotension, pos

Need a second opinion because I can be sensitive. My pharmacist took a verbal Rx for ciprofloxacin 250 mg and wrote the sig as "2D x 6 days". I was data entry-ing it and thought that 2D wasn't a valid sig code? Surely she just meant 2 a day, since it was an antibiotic and typically those are dosed i

29F, 5'4, 180lbs, white, skin infection I do not drink, smoke, or use recreational drugs. Current antibiotic: Levofloxacin 750mg once daily I will post photos of the infection and my culture results I’m so desperate for answers I’m willing to give a reward to someone that can tell me what is

I'm 21F, 117lb, Asian (American). I do not drink or smoke ever. I have been going to my primary provider, hospital, and specialists constantly for my pain but to no avail. Every single time I've gone, the lab results, CT scans, and urine samples are all normal, nothing irregular. For a year now, I

So this has been ruining my life for the past 5 months and I don’t know what else to do anymore. Hoping someone here can give me some direction, or at least help me feel less alone. I’m 28 years old, 6 feet tall, and currently weigh about 64 kg — which is low for my height. I’ve always been on the l

So I had a kid with otitis externa. I wrote for “CIPRODEX.” Because insurances can be squirrelly about that, I wrote in the instructions: “May sub ofloxacin or ciprofloxacin gtt, same sig.” About a half hour later, I get a prior authorization notification in my E-mail asking me to consider formula

Came up with a simple mnemonic to remember what inhibits OATP activity: * Orange juice * Apple juice * Tea (green) * Pomelo (actually Grapefruit) juice And what has absorption inhibited by OATP inhibition? A canal in Florida or "FL CANAL": * Fexofenadine * Levofloxacin * Ciproflo