7 April 2016 - US-based biotech and pharmaceutical company Pragma Pharmaceuticals has acquired the
Keflex antibiotic product line from US-based pharmaceutical firm Shionogi Inc., the company said.
Keflex and oxacillin have been replaced by Bactrim or clindamycin for outpatients, and sicker patients requiring hospitalization are likely to be given vancomycin.
All it takes is one stumble and a fall on cruel oysters, and you're off to the nearest Doc-in-the-Box for stitches and
Keflex antibiotic--standard treatment for oyster wounds.
in the past, it was thought that anyone with a penicillin (or amoxicillin, or ampicillin) allergy couldn't take any antibiotics from the class of "cephalosporins," like Omnicef, Ceftin, Vantin,
Keflex or many others.
MiddleBrook currently markets the
Keflex brand of cephalexin and has received regulatory approval for Moxatag -- the first and only once-daily amoxicillin product approved for marketing in the United States.
Precautions Adjust dose in renal impairment Drug Name Cephalexin (
Keflex) Description First-generation cephalosporin, which is usually effective against Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species.
In early January he was again seen with what was then diagnosed as recurrent staphylococcal skin lesions on his arms and was prescribed
Keflex 250 mg TID with application of Mupirocin (Bactroban[R]) to the nares to try to limit bacterial spread.
Following the launch of its first type of cephalosporins, called Keflin, Lilly proceeded to introduce four additional forms of the drug:
Keflex, Loridine, Kafocin, and Kefzol.
"We recommend treating people with skin and soft tissue infections with Bactrim and
Keflex or clindamycin in addition to early incision and drainage," Dr.
Cherwin discharged the patient from BMC that day with a prescription for
Keflex, an antibiotic.
Drug Retail/100 Tabs Cost Mark Up % Celebrex 100mg $130.27 $0.60 21,712% Claritin 10mg $215.17 $0.71 3,306%
Keflex 250mg $157.39 $1.88 8,372% Lipitor 20mg $272.37 $5.80 4,696% Norvasc 10mg $188.29 $0.14 134,493% Paxil 20mg $220.27 $7.60 2,898% Prevacid 30mg $44.77 $1.01 34,136% Prilosec 20mg $360.97 $0.52 69,417% Drug Retail/100 Tabs Cost % Mark Up Prozac 20mg $247.47 $0.11 224,973% Tenormin 50mg $104.47 $0.13 80,362% Vasotec 10mg $102.37 $0.20 51,185% Xanax 1mg $136.79 $0.024 569,958% Zestril 20mg $89.89 $3.20 2,809% Zithromax 600mg $1,482.19 $18.78 7,892% Zocor 40mg $350.27 $8.63 4,059% Zoloft 50mg $206.87 $1.75 11,821%
At the time of the case, 1975, Lilly manufactured five different cephalosporin products: Keflin;
Keflex; Loridine; Kafocin; and Kefzol.
His physician then treated him with cephalexin (
Keflex), and he began to wear a cam walker.
Keflex powder for oral suspension (cephalexin) is available in two strengths (125 and 250 mg/5 mL) and bottle sizes (100 and 200 mL).
