Author： Garey K. Suda Katie Danziger L.
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0928-1231
Source： Pharmacy World and Science, Vol.27, Iss.2, 2005-04, pp. : 81-82
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Abstract
We observed four cases of therapeutic failures while patients were simultaneously taking medications that contained divalent cations and oral fluoroquinolones. Patients improved after conversion to the intravenous formulation of the same antibiotics, proper spacing of the divalent cation, or conversion to a different antibiotic class. Patients prescribed oral fluoroquinolones should receive instructions on proper separations of these antibiotics with divalent cations. Health care professionals should be cognizant of these interactions and educated on their potential deleterious effect.
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