Just wanted to ask a quick question before I try to get imitation sleep.
My doc wants to try Vanco IV. She did try Zithro IV last year with no success. Are they in the same class?? Does anyone know? Maybe Vanco won't do much if the Zithro didn't?
Any thoughts?? Anyone try Vancomycin IV with success?
Thank you mucho.
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lymie tony z
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Yes,
This would be in the same class...
Vanco...has long been the drug of last resort!
It's very caustic to the gall bladder(lots of sludge)...and usually folks have to have that bladder removed after treatments.
Your designation of IV after the two mycins is somewhat unknown to me...so they may be newer derivatives of previous parent drugs they were derived from.
Ketek would be in the same category........
Folks may correct me if I am wrong...
I believe these are Macrolides......zman
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Yeah I heard it's tuff ABX for the body. I definitely worried. Especially if it doesnt help.
Has anyone has success?? Dosage? Side effects??
Thanks,
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Not a Marcolide but a very powerful lyme antibiotic.
Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It has traditionally been reserved as a drug of "last resort", used only after treatment with other antibiotics had failed, although the emergence of vancomycin-resistant organisms means that it is increasingly being displaced from this role by linezolid and the carbapenems.
It was developed by Eli Lilly, which marketed vancomycin hydrochloride under the trade name Vancocin. In 2004, Eli Lilly licensed Vancocin to ViroPharma in the U.S., Flynn Pharma in the UK and Aspen Pharmacare in Australia. The patent expired in the early 1980s and generic versions of the drug are also available under various trade names.
Glycopeptide antibiotics are a class of antibiotic drugs. They consist of a glycosylated cyclic or polycyclic nonribosomal peptide. Important glycopeptide antibiotics include vancomycin, teicoplanin, ramoplanin, and decaplanin.
This class of drugs inhibit the synthesis of cell walls in susceptible microbes by inhibiting peptidoglycan synthesis. Due to their toxicity, their use is restricted to those patients who are critically ill or who have a demonstrated hypersensitivity to the β-lactams. Principally effective against gram positive cocci, they exhibit a narrow spectrum of action. They are the last line of effective defence in MRSA.
Vancomycin is usually given intravenously and can cause tissue necrosis and phlebitis at the injection site if given too rapidly. Indeed pain at site of injection is a common adverse event.
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Thanks Mat for the correction!
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IV Vanco saved my life, literally. I love the stuff. If I ever have to go back on IV meds, I won't unless I get Vanco... Not like it'll hurt my GB-it already did when I had it paired up with IV rocephin, and I just had it removed.
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