Quinolones ciprofloxacin

Quinolones Ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, and levofloxacin Urinary tract infections... 

Azalides azithromycin Azoles fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, and voriconazole Macrolides erythromycin, clarithromycin Protease inhibitors amprenavir, indinavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, and saquinavir Quinolones ciprofloxacin, gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin. 

As with other quinolones, ciprofloxacin should be used with caution in epileptic patients (since it may precipitate seizures), in children, during pregnancy and breast-feeding (due to risk of arthropathy in weight-bearing joints). 

MAO inhibitors, phenothiazines, propafenone, quinidine, quinolones (ciprofloxacin), thioamines, and thyroid hormones. 

Among the antimycobacterials often a differentiation is made between first-choice and second-choice agents. The first-choice agents include iso-niazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide and streptomycin or as alternatives the other aminoglycosides amikacine or kanamycine. The second-choice agents include the quinolones ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin and also the rifamycin derivative rifabutin. 

THYROID HORMONES QUINOLONES -CIPROFLOXACIN i levels of levothyroxine and possible therapeutic failure The mechanism has not been elucidated the concurrent administration of ciprofloxacin with levothyroxine may interfere with the absorption of levothyroxine and result in lower than expected levels The interaction may be minimized by separating dosing of the two agents ciprofloxacin should be taken several hours before or after taking levothyroxine... 

PROBENECID QUINOLONES -CIPROFLOXACIN, LEVOFLOXACIN, NALIDIXIC ACID, NORFLOXACIN t ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid and norfloxacin levels Uncertain Watch for t incidence of side-effects. Moxifloxacin, ofloxacin and sparfloxacin do not seem to interact and could be used as alternative therapy... 

CALCIUM ANTIBIOTICS -QUINOLONES (CIPROFLOXACIN) TETRACYCLINES 1 antibiotic levels 1 absorption due to formation of unabsorbable chelates Separate doses by at least 2 hours... 

Nalidixic acid Oxolinic acid Cinoxacin Quinolones Ciprofloxacin Norfloxacin Ofloxacin... 

Reports of adverse interactions between other quinolones and NSAIDs are extremely rare. The general warning about convulsions with quinolones and NSAIDs issued by the CSM in the seems to be an extrapolation from the interaction between enoxacin and fenbufen, and from some animal experiments. In addition to the data cited above, an epidemiological study of 856 users of quinolones (ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, nalidixic acid) and a range of NSAIDs found no cases of convulsions. The overall picture would therefore seem to be that although a potential for interaction exists, the risk is very small indeed and normally there would seem to be little reason for most patients taking quinolones to avoid NSAIDs. Epileptic patients are a possible exception (see Antiepileptics H- Quinolones , p.522) and it would seem prudent to avoid quinolones and NSAIDs wherever possible in these patients. 

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