Archive for January, 2009

Pediatric News - Amoxicillin, penicillin fail too often vs. strep throat

Monday, January 12th, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — So many children with group A [beta]-hemolytic streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis failed treatment with amoxicillin or penicillin that neither drug should be used for this indication alone, investigators reported at two separate poster presentations at the annum Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Among 1,080 children aged 2-18 years who were treated for confirmed strep throat, 25% of 591 children treated with amoxicillin and 36% of 28 patien…

Buy Omnicef 300mg drug online no rx

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Omnicef is a semi-synthetic (partially man-made) oral antibiotic in the cephalosporin family of antibiotics. The cephalosporin family includes cephalexin (Keflex), cefaclor (Ceclor), cefuroxime (Zinacef), cefpodoxime (Vantin), cefixime (Suprax), cefprozil (Cefzil) as well as many injectable antibiotics. Like other cephalosporins, cefdinir stop…

Pediatric News - Cipro

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

(ciprofloxacin, Bayer Pharmaceuticals)
The Food and Drug Administration approved ciprofloxacin for patients aged 1-17 years to treat complicated urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli (not as first-line therapy).
* Recommended Dosage: For complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) or pyelonephritis, the i…