Oral Antibiotics Overview

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An antibiotic is a chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits or abolishes the growth of micro-organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, or protozoa. The term originally referred to any agent with biological activity against living organisms; however, "antibiotic" now refers to substances with anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasitical activity. The first widely used antibiotic compounds used in modern medicine were produced and isolated from living organisms, such as the penicillin class produced by fungi...


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Can oral antibiotics like liquid augmentin clear an infection in a port (portacath)?
My mom was running a fever and her doctor took some blood samples out of...

Yes it can, provided that the patient is not resistant in that kind of narrow spectrum antibiotic. The doc should take a sensitivity test if possible infection is leat...

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  • Oral antibiotics and birth control pills - 3 replies

    Although it was believed that oral antibiotics would decrease the effectiveness of birth control to confirm that antibiotics do not impair the effectiveness of oral contraceptives...

    Mar 22, 2006

  • OT: PUBLIX fills Oral Antibiotics for - 8 replies

    Im not sure if this is just FL or nationwide but Publix supermarkets will fill oral antibiotics for free. I just filled 2 scripts for antibiotics(cephalexin & erythromycin) and it cost nothing

    Oct 20, 2008

  • Zyvox Oral Antibiotics - 7 replies

    For those who have taken the Zyvox oral antibiotics, how often do you take them? They cleared up my it on here.Zyvox (along with Ketek in combination with Bactrim DS) are the only oral...

    Jan 09, 2008

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  • What if the motion of a 2month baby is in...

    I have never worked with infants. I have worked in the medical field all of my life but only with adults. Medications, especially antibiotics, can cause discoloration of feces in any human. I do not know...

  • If a woman is only on antibiotics on her inactive...

    The short answer: Depending on the birth control and antibiotic, it may not have any effect no matter what point in the pills she is on. The long answer: Early data about 20 years ago seemed to...


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