Other Names: Cefixime. Commonly Prescribed For: Suprax is a cephalosporin antibiotic, generally prescribed for treating infections due to bacteria like urinary tract infections, pneumonia, throat infections, bronchitis, lung infections and gonorrhea. Suprax is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Suprax is available in the form of a tablet, and as liquid to [...]

Other Names: Isoniazid, Nydrazid, INH. Commonly Prescribed For: Rifater can be used alone or combined with other medications for treating tuberculosis. This medication can also be used for preventing tuberculosis in patients who had some contact with tuberculosis bacteria. It I commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Rifater is available in the [...]

Other names: Surlid, Rulide, Biaxsig, Roxar. Commonly Prescribed For: Roxithromycin is generally prescribed for treating respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and soft tissue infections. This medication can also be used for treating various bacterial infections. It is commonly used with other medications. How to take it: Roxithromycin is available in the form of tablets or [...]

Other names: Roxithromycin. Commonly prescribed for: Rulide is generally prescribed for treating different types of bacterial infections, such as acute bronchitis, soft tissue infections, acute pharyngitis, skin infections, impetigo, pneumonia, and tonsillitis. This medication can also be used for treating mild to moderate infections of throat, ears, skin, respiratory tract, and genitor-urinary tract infections caused [...]

Other Names: Ampicillin. Commonly Prescribed For: Polycillin-N is generally prescribed for treating certain types of infections caused due to bacteria, including urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections, bronchitis, and lung infections. Polycillin-N is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Polycillin-N is available in the form of a capsule, pediatric drops, and as [...]

Other Names: Amoxicillin, Amoxycillin, Amoxyl Commonly Prescribed For: Polymox is generally prescribed for treating certain types of infections caused due to bacteria, like pneumonia, skin infections, urinary tract infections, bronchitis, ear infections, and gonorrhea. This medication can also be used with other medications for eliminating H. pylori (bacteria that leads to ulcers) How to Take [...]

Other Names: Cleocin. Commonly Prescribed For: Clindamycin is generally prescribed for treating certain kinds of bacterial infections, such as lung infections, infections of the female reproductive organs, and skin infection. How to Take it: Clindamycin is available in the form of a capsule, and as a liquid to be taken via mouth. This medication is [...]

Other Names: Clindamycin. Commonly Prescribed For: Cleocin is generally prescribed for treating certain kinds of bacterial infections, such as infections of internal organs, lungs, female reproductive organs and skin infections. How to Take it: Cleocin is available in the form of a capsule, and as a liquid to be taken via mouth. This medication is [...]

Other Names: Chloramphenicol Injection. Commonly Prescribed For: Chloromycetin is generally prescribed for treating certain kinds of infections due to bacteria. How to Take it: Chloromycetin is available in the form of a liquid that is to be injected through a vein. This medication is generally given every 6 hours.  It also comes as tablets to [...]

Other Names: Chloromycetin Injection. Commonly Prescribed For: Chloramphenicol is generally prescribed for treating certain types of infections due to bacteria that includes Rickettsia and Mycoplasma. How to Take it: Chloramphenicol is available in the form of a liquid that is to be injected through the vein. Take this medication as prescribed. How it Works: Chloramphenicol [...]

Other Names: Keflex Pulvules. Commonly Prescribed For: Cephalexin is a cephalosporin antibiotic, generally prescribed for treating certain infections due to bacteria, including urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections and ear infections. Cephalexin is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cephalexin is available in the form of a capsule, tablet, and as liquid [...]

Other Names: Ceftin, Zinacef. Commonly Prescribed For: Cefuroxime is generally prescribed for treating certain infections due to bacteria like bronchitis, skin infections, gonorrhea, urinary tract infections, and lymph disease, sinuses, and infections of the throat. How to Take it: Cefuroxime is available in the form of a tablet, and as a suspension liquid o be [...]

Other Names: Cefuroxime, Vantin. Commonly Prescribed For: Cefpodoxime is generally prescribed for treating infections due to bacteria, including urinary tract infections, pneumonia, throat infections, bronchitis, skin infections and gonorrhea. Cefpodoxime is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cefpodoxime is available in the form of a tablet, and as liquid to be taken [...]

Other Names: Suprax. Commonly Prescribed For: Cefixime is a cephalosporin antibiotic, generally prescribed for treating infections due to bacteria like urinary tract infections, pneumonia, throat infections, bronchitis, lung infections and gonorrhea. Cefixime is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cefixime is available in the form of a tablet, and as liquid to [...]

Other Names: Maxipime. Commonly Prescribed For: Cefepime is an antibiotic, generally prescribed for treating various kinds of bacterial infections that includes respiratory infections, joint infections, urinary tract infections and other infections. Cefepime is commonly used with other infections. How to Take it: Cefepime is available in the form of injection that is generally injected into [...]

Other Names: Omnicef Commonly Prescribed For: Cefdinir is generally prescribed for treating some infections due to bacteria, including skin infections, pneumonia, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis and ear infections. Cefdinir is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cefdinir is available in the form of a capsule, an oral suspension to be taken via mouth. [...]

Other Names: Duricef Commonly Prescribed For: Cefadroxil is generally prescribed for treating some infections caused by bacteria, including urinary tract infections and skin infections. Cefadroxil is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cefadroxil is available in the form of a capsule, as liquid, and as tablet to be taken via mouth. This [...]

Other Names: Ceclor. Commonly Prescribed For: Cefaclor is generally prescribed for treating certain kinds of infections caused due to bacteria, including pneumonia, skin infections, lung infections and urinary tract infections. Cefaclor is commonly used with other medications. How to Take it: Cefaclor belongs to a group of drugs known as cephalosporin antibiotics. This medication works [...]

Other Names: Pulvules, Cefaclor. Commonly Prescribed For: Ceclor is generally prescribed for treating some infections caused due to bacteria, including skin infections, ear infections, lung infections and urinary tract infections. How to Take it: Ceclor is available in the form of a capsule, as a suspension liquid, and as an extended-release tablet to be taken [...]

Other Names: Ofloxacin Commonly Prescribed For: Floxin is prescribed for the treatment of bacteria found in the body which can cause urinary tract infections, Chlamydia, pneumonia, skin infections, bronchitis, gonorrhea and infections of the prostate.  It is part of a group of antibiotics which are called fluroquinolones. How To Take It: Floxin should only be [...]

Other Names: Amoxicillin, Amoxyl, Amoxil. Commonly Prescribed For: Augmentin is combined with clavulanic acid for treating some infections caused due to bacteria including urinary tract infections, sinus, lung infections and skin infections. How to Take it: Augmentin is available in the form of a tablet, as a suspension liquid and a chewable tablet to be [...]

Other Names: Principen. Commonly Prescribed For: Ampicillin is a penicillin-like antibiotic, normally prescribed for treating certain types of infections due to bacteria including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, bronchitis, skin infections and ear infections. Ampicillin is commonly used with other medications.  How to Take it: Ampicillin is available in the form of a capsule, pediatric drops [...]

Other Names: Amoxicillin. Commonly Prescribed For: Amoxyl is an antibiotic drug, normally prescribed for treating different types of infections including bladder infections, salmonella, ear infections and pneumonia. Amoxyl is generally combined with another drug called Clarithromycin for treating stomach ulcer due to Helicobacter pylori. How to Take it: Amoxyl is available in the form of [...]

Other Names: Septra, Sulfatrim Pediatric Commonly Prescribed for: Bactrim is an antibiotics used to treat different types of bacterial infection commonly occur on ears, urinary tract, bronchii, colon and lungs. Bactrim is not prescribed for viral infections such as the common flu. How to Take It: Bactrim should be orally taken for the full prescribed [...]

Other Names: Levofloxacin. Commonly Prescribed For: Levaquin is used for treating infections like chronic bronchitis, skin infections, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and sinus. It is commonly used for preventing anthrax. How to Take it: Levaquin is available in the form of solution (liquid), injected through needle in your vein. It is normally injected into the [...]

Other Names: Levaquin. Commonly Prescribed For: Levofloxacin is normally prescribed for treating several infections like pneumonia, skin infections, chronic bronchitis, prostrate, urinary tract infections and sinus. It is usually used to prevent anthrax. How to Take it: Levofloxacin is available in tablets and injections. Levofloxacin injection is available in the form of solution injected through [...]

Other Names: Azithromycin Commonly Prescribed for: Often prescribe to adults to treat mild to moderately serious skin disorders, tract infections, tonsillitis, sinus infections and STD’s of the urinary or cervix tact. It can also be administered to children to treat pneumonia, tonsillitis, and ear infections. How to take it: For mild pneumonia, tonsillitis and skin [...]

Other Names: Fortaz, Duricef, Mandol, Cefizox. Commonly Prescribed for: If you’ve recently had surgery you could receive cephalosporins to prevent the possibility of infections. Very powerful and effective at fighting bacteria but useless against colds, flues or common viruses. How to take it: Keftab can be taken through injection (before or after surgery) but usually [...]

Other Names: Zithromax Commonly Prescribed For: Azithromycin is used for treating certain infections due to bacteria including pneumonia, lung infection, bronchitis, throat infections, sexually transmitted diseases, skin infections and ear infections. How to Take it: Azithromycin is available as a tablets and suspension (liquid) to be taken by mouth. It is normally taken once for [...]

Other Names: Amoxicillin, Trimox, Amoxil, Amoxil Pediatric Drops, Moxatag. Commonly Prescribed For: Trimox is an antibiotic prescribed to treat different types of infection like respiratory tract infections, gonorrhea, genital infections, bladder infections, middle ear infections, urinary tract infections and skin infections. Trimox may be combined with other another drug named Clarithromycin to treat duodenal ulcers [...]

Other Names: Achromycin V, Ala-Tet, Panmycin, Sumycin. Commonly Prescribed For: Tetracycline is an antibiotic normally prescribed for treating different types of bacterial infections like Chlamydia, urinary tract infections, typhus fever, amoebic infections, tick fevers, pneumonia and gonorrhea. How to Take it: Take Tetracycline tablets an hour prior or two hours after eating with a glass [...]

Other Names: Tetracycline, Achromycin, Helidac Therapy. Commonly Prescribed For: Sumycin is an antibiotic drug, which is prescribed for treating different types of bacterial infections like urinary tract infections, gonorrhea and acne. Sumycin is used to fight against bacteria. It can also be used for other medications. How to Take it: Take Sumycin orally one hour [...]

Other Names: Norfloxacin Commonly Prescribed For: Noroxin is an antibacterial drug, prescribed for treating urinary tract infections, including cystitis and prostatitis (swelling of the prostate gland).  It is also used for treating sexually transmitted disease like gonorrhea. How to Take it: Noroxin comes in the form of tablets to be taken by mouth. It is [...]

Other Names: Noroxin. Commonly Prescribed For: Norfloxacin is normally prescribed for treating some types of infections of urinary tract and prostate. How to Take it: Norfloxacin comes in the form of tablets taken orally. It is usually taken two times a day for a period of 28 days. It is advisable to take Norfloxacin at [...]

Other Names: Dynacin, Minocin, Myrac. Commonly Prescribed For: Minocycline is used in treating bacterial infections like pneumonia and some other respiratory tract infections, urinary systems, genital and acne. Bacteria that may cause to meningitis in the nose and throat can be eliminated using Minocycline. How to Take it: Minocycline comes in the form of tablets, [...]

Other Names: Flagyl, Flagyl 375, Flagyl ER. Commonly Prescribed For: Metronidazole is an antibiotic, prescribed for treating several bacterial infections of the joints, vagina, urinary tract and respiratory tract. Metronidazole is also combined with other antibiotics to treat swellings in the liver, brain and abdomen due to susceptible anaerobic bacteria. It may be used for [...]

Other Names: Metronidazole, Flagyl I.V., Flagyl I.V. RTU, Metronidazole Injection RTU. Commonly Prescribed For: Flagyl is a prescription antibiotic. Flagyl is prescribed for treating bacterial or amoebic infections. How to Take it: Flagyl comes in capsules, short-acting tablets, injections and long-acting tablets. The capsules and tablets should be taken on an empty stomach and shouldn’t [...]

Other Names: Cefuroxine Commonly Prescribed For: Ceftin is used as a treatment to many types of bacterial infections of the ear, lung, throat, urinary tract and skin. How to Take it: Ceftin comes in tablets and suspension (liquid) both taken orally. It is recommended to take Ceftin with food. Ceftin dosage is generally based on [...]

Other Names: Biaxin Commonly Prescribed For: Clarithromycin is a renowned drug that is used in treating infections due to the effects of certain bacteria. Some of the infections include pneumonia, bronchitis, and several infections associated with ears, skin and throat. It is used in preventing a type of infection called Mycobacterium avium complex. Quite often [...]

Other Names: Clarithromycin Commonly Prescribed For: Biaxin is used for treating several infections caused by bacteria that include pneumonia, infection of the ears, bronchitis, throat and skin infections. It is used in the treatment of MAC, abbreviated to Mycobacterium avium complex. It is a kind of infection that often affects people suffering from HIV. How [...]