Saturday, April 7, 2018

Some antibiotics in the US and their trade names

When you start your rotations, you'll hear many drug names that will sound new to you and since the drug names written in qbanks and books are the scientific ones, here is a brief list of some antibiotics and their trade names in the US:


Scientific name
Trade name
Cephalexin
Keflex
Ceftriaxone
Rocephin
Cefdinir
Omnicef
Cefadroxil
Duracef
Azithromycin
Zithromax
Ampicillin - Sulbactam
Unasyn
Piperacillin - Tazobactam
Zosyn ( also called Piptazo)
Levofloxacin
levaquin
Linezolid
Zyvox
Nitrofurantion
Macrobid
Dalfopristin - Quinupristin
Synercid


Comment below for more “commonly used” antibiotics (or drugs in general) that may be added to this table.


-Murad

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