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Gatifloxacin is an antibiotic of the fourth-generation fluoroquinolone family, that like other members of that family, inhibits the bacterial enzymes DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV. Bristol-Myers Squibb introduced Gatifloxacin in 1999 under the proprietary name Tequin for the treatment of respiratory tract infections, having licensed the medication from Kyorin Pharmaceutical Company of Japan. Allergan produces an eye-drop formulation called Zymar. Gatifloxacin is available as tablets and in various aqueous solutions...


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I am diabetic.I took gatifloxacin 400mg 2 tablets per day for two days.The first day...

The manufacturers of Tequin (gatifloxacin) sent out a letter to doctors in Feb 2006 letting them know that even in non-diabetic persons, that hypergycemia and hypoglycemia could occur. As...

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