what is so great about the antibiotic Levaquin?
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Levaquin \nPronounced: LEAV-ah-kwin \nGeneric name: Levofloxacin \n\n\nWhy is this drug prescribed?\n\nLevaquin cures a variety of bacterial infections, including several types of sinus infection and pneumonia. It is also prescribed for flare-ups of chronic bronchitis, acute kidney infections, certain urinary infections, and skin infections. Levaquin is a member of the quinolone family of antibiotics. \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nMost important fact about this drug\n\n\nLevaquin has been known to cause dangerous allergic reactions as soon as you take the first dose. Stop taking the drug and call your doctor immediately if you develop any of the following warning signs: \nSkin rash, hives, or any other skin reaction \nRapid heartbeat \nDifficulty swallowing or breathing \nSwelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat\n\n\n\n\nHow should you take this medication?\n\n\nTake your complete prescription exactly as directed, even if you begin to feel better. If you stop taking Levaquin too soon, the infection may come back. \n\nYou may take Levaquin at mealtimes or in between, but you should avoid taking it within 2 hours of the following: \nAluminum or magnesium antacids such as Maalox, Mylanta, or Gaviscon \nIron supplements such as Ferro-Sequels or Feosol \nAny multivitamin preparation containing zinc \nVidex chewable tablets or pediatric powder \nThe ulcer medication Carafate\n\nBe sure to drink plenty of fluid while taking Levaquin. \n\n--If you miss a dose...\n\nTake it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the one you missed and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once. \n\nStorage instructions...\n\nStore at room temperature. Keep container tightly closed. \n\n\n\n\nWhat side effects may occur?\n\n\nSide effects cannot be anticipated. If any develop or change in intensity, tell your doctor as soon as possible. Only your doctor can determine if it is safe for you to continue taking Levaquin. \n\n\nMore common side effects may include: \nHeadache, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, difficulty sleeping\n\n\nLess common or rare side effects may include: \nAbdominal pain, abnormal dreams, abnormal vision, aggressiveness, agitation, anemia, angina, anxiety, asthma, bad taste, back pain, bone inflammation, blood abnormalities, blood clot, bursitis, changeable emotions, chest pain, circulatory failure, colitis, coma, confusion, coughing, decreased senses, dehydration, depression, difficulty breathing, difficulty concentrating, disorientation, disturbed sense of smell, dizziness, double vision, drowsiness, dry mouth, exaggerated sense of well-being, fainting, fever, fungal infection, gas, general feeling of unwellness, genital infection and itching, hallucination, heart attack, heart failure, high or low blood pressure, high or low blood sugar, hives, impaired thinking, impotence, indigestion, intestinal bleeding, intestinal inflammation, involuntary muscle movement, irregular heartbeat, itching, joint inflammation and pain, kidney disorders, lack of muscle coordination, liver disorders, loss of appetite, lung inflammation, muscle pain, muscle tension, muscle weakness, nervousness, nosebleed, pancreatitis, paralysis, purple or red spots on skin, rapid or slow heartbeat, rash, ringing in the ears, seizures, skin disorders, sinus or nasal inflammation, sleep disorders, speech difficulty or disorder, sweating, swelling, swollen tongue, trembling, tendon inflammation, tremor, tumor, vaginal inflammation, vertigo, vomiting, weakness, weight loss, yeast infection, yellowing of eyes and skin\n\n\n\n\nWhy should this drug not be prescribed?\n\n\nIf any other quinolone antibiotic—such as Cipro, Floxin, Maxaquin, Noroxin, or Penetrex—has ever given you an allergic reaction, avoid Levaquin. \n\n\n\n\nSpecial warnings about this medication\n\n\nIn rare cases, Levaquin has caused convulsions and other nervous disorders. If you develo
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Knowing how a bacteria works and how it is structured means knowing how it can affect humans.  For example, if a bacteria can make a person ill, but it has something called a beta-lactam ring in its cell wall, that is good to know because a drug that works on the beta-lactam ring is able to kill the bacteria.\n\nUnknown bacteria may also have clinical uses.  Many pharmaceutical drugs are based on products made by organisms.  Penicillins (which may work in the above-described scenario) is actually isolated from a fungus.  Digitalis and digoxin, cardiac drugs, come from the foxglove plant.  It is very possible that this unidentified bacteria may have something it produces that would lead to a medical breakthrough.
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Its an antibiotic.. look it up on a search engine.
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hi my name is Geeth Prajwal from India i hope this will help you\n\n\n\nIn order to be useful in treating human infections, antibiotics must selectively target bacteria for eradication and not the cells of its human host. Indeed, modern antibiotics act either on processes that are unique to bacteria--such as the synthesis of cell walls or folic acid--or on bacterium-specific targets within processes that are common to both bacterium and human cells, including protein or DNA replication. Following are some examples. \n\nMost bacteria produce a cell wall that is composed partly of a macromolecule called peptidoglycan, itself made up of amino sugars and short peptides. Human cells do not make or need peptidoglycan. Penicillin, one of the first antibiotics to be used widely, prevents the final cross-linking step, or transpeptidation, in assembly of this macromolecule. The result is a very fragile cell wall that bursts, killing the bacterium. No harm comes to the human host because penicillin does not inhibit any biochemical process that goes on within us. \n\nBacteria can also be selectively eradicated by targeting their metabolic pathways. Sulfonamides, such as sulfamethoxazole, are similar in structure to para-aminobenzoic acid, a compound critical for synthesis of folic acid. All cells require folic acid and it can diffuse easily into human cells. But the vitamin cannot enter bacterial cells and thus bacteria must make their own. The sulfa drugs such as sulfonamides inhibit a critical enzyme--dihydropteroate synthase--in this process. Once the process is stopped, the bacteria can no longer grow. \n\nAnother kind of antibiotic--tetracycline--also inhibits bacterial growth by stopping protein synthesis. Both bacteria and humans carry out protein synthesis on structures called ribosomes. Tetracycline can cross the membranes of bacteria and accumulate in high concentrations in the cytoplasm. Tetracycline then binds to a single site on the ribosome--the 30S (smaller) ribosomal subunit--and blocks a key RNA interaction, which shuts off the lengthening protein chain. In human cells, however, tetracycline does not accumulate in sufficient concentrations to stop protein synthesis. \n\nSimilarly, DNA replication must occur in both bacteria and human cells. The process is sufficiently different in each that antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin--a fluoroquinolone notable for its activity against the anthrax bacillus--can specifically target an enzyme called DNA gyrase in bacteria. This enzyme relaxes tightly wound chromosomal DNA, thereby allowing DNA replication to proceed. But this antibiotic does not affect the DNA gyrases of humans and thus, again, bacteria die while the host remains unharmed. \n\nMany other compounds can kill both bacterial and human cells. It is the selective action of antibiotics against bacteria that make them useful in the treatment of infections while at the same time allowing the host to live another day.
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I had it for over 6 months and I'm 25 years old.  I got it from Ampicillin and Gentamycin during labor.  I USED to post on www.cdiffsupport.com - there is a lot of info there that you may find helpful.  Just dont post questions that have been answered - the mods are psycho.  So search first so they dont jump all over you "CHECK THE FAQ" bla bla bla type answers.\n\nAnyway, I had profuse watery yellow diarrhea, rapid pulse, didnt feel quite right, and I lost weight.  The front line treatment is Flagyl that has horrible side effects that just add to the symptoms of C.diff.  If Flagyl fails, then Vancocin is prescribed - highly expensive stuff.  \n\nI finally got 'cured' by seeing an Infectious disease doctor.. My GI was clueless.\n\nI have kids and they never picked it up from me - sanitation, hand washing, and keeping things clean will help with infection control.
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I have written for doxy for patients - As I recall maybe 100mg two times a day for 7 days.   It's good for patient compliance (if they can't remember to take 4 pills a day, for ex.) and it's not bad for infections resistant to penicillins.  \n\nI believe you want to be aware of photo sensitivity as a side effect; wear sunglasses.  Also, if you get severe diarrhea, discontinue.\n\nWarning - if you feel you have a tooth infection and you just have some meds lying around in your mom's medicine cabinet and figure you can save some money by taking them,.... DON'T!   they might be expired and then your'e just making the bacteria stronger cuz it's only paritally effective.  Also, you need to go to a dentist anyway to have the tooth assessed, or the infection is going to keep coming back, becuase an antibiotic will "knock down" the infection but it will always return w/o dental treatment.
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yes its an antibiotic, that will help clear up infections.
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Hi there, I'm a pharmacist from Oklahoma.\n\nCiprofloxacin is in a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. The antibiotics in this class act by preventing bacteria from transcribing their genes. That is, it prevents the bacteria from creating proteins and other molecules correctly that are essential for the survival and reproduction of the bacteria.
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yes. however taking levaquin with nexium or zantac may decrease its absorption. there should be an interval between doses.
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It's a great antioxydent...\n\nCoenzyme Q10 is a vitamin like compound also called ubiqueinone.  It is an essential component of cells and is utilized by the mitochondria in the normal process of energy production.  CoQ10 is constantly being reduced and oxidized as an energy carrier.
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I started taking it recently and I've gotta say that John indeed deserves his sainthood for discovering the beneficial properties of this herb.  I noticed a difference the first day, enough so that I kept on taking it...and I'm not one to take medicine either.\n\nI've noticed zero side effects, only positive attributes associated with it, my only regret being that I waited this long to try it. I certainly won't stop taking it in the near future either as this is the best I've felt in some years.  Good luck and I hope it works for you as well.
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When I first started taking probiotics, some bacteria actually infected my eyes, the bacteria was verified as being probiotic bacteria, it was not just a coincidence. The hypothesis was some bacteria entered my blood stream due to leaky gut syndrome and it survived just long enough to make it to my eyes and set up base. There was no symptoms other than my eyes were puffy and in the morning I would have lots of white discharge around my eyes. I got some drops that cleared it right up and then decreased the amount of probiotics I was taking to just one capsule a day. I haven't had the problem since. Despite this I would never recommend against taking probiotics they have helped my digestion tremendously! I learned about them at http//www.bartenblends.com
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Lysogeny broth (LB), a nutritionally rich medium, is primarily used for the growth of bacteria. It is also known as Luria broth or Luria-Bertani broth.\n\nLB media formulations have been an industry standard for the cultivation of Escherichia coli as far back as the 1950s. These media have been widely used in molecular microbiology applications for the preparation of plasmid DNA and recombinant proteins. It continues to be one of the most common media used for maintaining and cultivating recombinant strains of Escherichia coli.\n\nThere are several common formulations of LB. Although they are different, they generally share a somewhat similar composition of ingredients used to promote growth, including the following:\n\nPeptides and casein peptones \nVitamins (including B vitamins) \nTrace elements (e.g. nitrogen, carbon, sulfur) \nMinerals \nPeptides and peptones are provided by tryptone. Vitamins and certain trace elements are provided by yeast extract. Sodium ions for transport and osmotic balance are provided by sodium chloride. Bacto-tryptone is used to provide essential amino acids to the growing bacteria, while the bacto-yeast extract is used to provide a plethora of organic compounds needed for bacterial growth
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From what I've learned it is far from being a wonder cure as some have made it out to be. In support of claims made for it's curative qualities they give this quote. "The most powerful concept in disease prevention and treatment today is inflammation. Inflammation may well turn out to be the elusive Holy Grail of medicine - the single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness and health." \n~Meggs, WJ. The Inflammation Cure. (we don't know who this is: His expertise, qualifications, training or ...?) But MonaVie reps claim that by reducing inflamation they will help to cure "heart disease, cancer, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's, and allergies(2004)".The response that can be made to that: "Inflammation is not a disease, and it is not the cause of disease. It is a symptom of disease. You cannot cure pneumonia with a cough suppressant.... it's no real facts, just hype."\nOne person claimed that a lab report he obtained, showed MonaVie is only 5% Acai juice, that the rest is mostly water. There are complaints about other treatment/cure claims of MonaVie, such as severe pain from arthritis or a fall from a 30 foot ladder being eliminated within 1-2 days. People also criticise because MonaVie is network marketing or MLM which is viewed by many as a legal pryamid enterprise. Price of MonaVie is outrageous, one bottle costs $45 (& price keeps shooting up)and recommended amount is 4 bottles a month! You don't have to pay absurd amounts to get any of the questionable benefits claimed. Just do as I and many others do; follow a careful organic vegetarian wholefood balanced diet with lots of raw food. It's far cheaper and better. And you know what you are getting.
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It is an antibiotic. It could be used if you have an infection.
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Bacterias and virus's are evolving, new antibiotic's are being created. We have over used these antibiotic's over the years and they no longer are as effective. \n\nSome times it is healthier to just not take the antibiotic and let the virus run its course.  You kill everything good and bad in your body when you take antibiotic's.  Try asking the doctor for local, topical treatments when ever possible when you have an injury and tell the doctor you do not want to take an antibiotic if you can help it.  It is to your benefit.
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I Think you Would Feel Better In At Least 24 Hrs., Amoxicillin is a Beta-Lactam, I Would Expect Almost Immediate Killing (Bacteriocidal) of Bacteria.