Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, antibiotics can save lives. They either kill bacteria or keep them from reproducing. Your body's natural defenses can usually take it from there.
Antibiotics and Pregnancy: Some antibiotics are generally considered safe to take throughout pregnancy. These include penicillin, cephalosporins (Amoxicillin), erythromycin (Rulide::Roxithromycin 150mg) and azithromycin (Zithromax). Other antibiotics — such as streptomycin, quinolones (Cipro::Ciprofloxacin} and tetracycline — pose known risks to a developing fetus and should be avoided during pregnancy
Antibiotics for chlamydia: Examples: amoxicillin Amoxil Trimox azithromycin Zithromax doxycycline Doryx Vibramycin Vibra-Tabs erythromycin E-Base Erythrocin erythromycin ethylsuccinate E.E.S. 400 EryPed levofloxacin Levaquin ofloxacin Floxin. All of these medicines are prescribed for men and for women who are not pregnant. Pregnant women can take only erythromycin, amoxicillin, and azithromycin. Only erythromycin is given to babies
Antibiotics for urinary tract infections in children: moxicillin Amoxil Trimox amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium Augmentin ampicillin Omnipen Polycillin cefaclor cefixime Suprax cefpodoxime Vantin ceftriaxone Rocephin cephalexin Keflex loracarbef Lorabid nitrofurantoin Furadantin Macrobid Macrodantin sulfamethoxazole with trimethoprim Bactrim Cotrim Septra sulfisoxazole.
Antibiotics for strep throat: amoxicillin Amoxil cephalexin Keflex erythromycin penicillin.
Penicillin is often the first choice of antibiotic for strep throat unless you are allergic to it
Antibiotics for an abscessed tooth: clindamycin Cleocin HCl erythromycin E-Mycin Erythrocot Filmtab metronidazole Flagyl Protostat penicillin amoxicillin
Antibiotics for gonorrhea: cefixime Suprax:: Cefixime 100mg/200mg ceftriaxone Rocephin
Antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis: metronidazole Flagyl:: for 4 weeks [oral] MetroGel-Vaginal, clindamycin phosphate 2% Cleocin [oral, vaginal] Clindesse [vaginal].
Sulfonamides for urinary tract infections: Bactrim sulfadiazine Microsulfon sulfamethizole Thiosulfil, Urobiotic sulfamethoxazole with trimethoprim, Septra sulfisoxazole Gantrisin
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