Miscellaneous Antibiotics

*Prices reflect U.S. average retail price

Coly Mycin M (colistimethate)

Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antibiotic medication used as a last-resort treatment for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections including pneumonia....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $40/vial

Azactam (aztreonam)

Aztreonam, sold under the brand name Azactam among others, is an antibiotic used primarily to treat infections caused by gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may include bone infections, endometritis, intra abdominal infections, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Azactam                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $40/vial

Monurol (fosfomycin)

Fosfomycin, sold under the brand name Berny among others, is an antibiotic primarily used to treat lower UTI. It is not indicated for kidney infections. Occasionally it is used for prostate infections....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: $110/packet

Flagyl (metronidazole)

Metronidazole, marketed under the brand name Flagyl among others, is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication. It is used either alone or with other antibiotics to treat pelvic inflammatory disease, endocarditis, and bacterial vaginosis. It is effective for dracunculiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, and amebiasis. It is an option for a first episode of mild-to-moderate Clostridium difficile colitis if vancomycin or fidaxomicin is unavailable....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not available                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $194/14 tabs

Nebupent (pentamidine)

Pentamidine is an antimicrobial medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Balamuthia infections, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with poor immune function. In African trypanosomiasis it is used for early disease before central nervous system involvement, as a second line option to suramin. It is an option for both visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: $199/vial

Solosec (secnidazole)

Secnidazole (trade names Flagentyl, Sindose, Secnil, Solosec) is a nitroimidazole anti-infective. Effectiveness in the treatment of dientamoebiasis has been reported. It has also been tested against Atopobium vaginae.In the United States, secnidazole is approved for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis in adult women....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Solosec                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $330/1 packet

Lampit (nifurtimox)

Nifurtimox, sold under the brand name Lampit, is a medication used to treat Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. For sleeping sickness it is used together with eflornithine in nifurtimox-eflornithine combination treatment. In Chagas disease it is a second-line option to benznidazole....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: $425/135 tabs

Xenleta (lefamulin)

Lefamulin, sold under the brand name Xenleta, is an antibiotic medication used it to treat adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Xenleta                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $1,632/10 tabs

Mepron (atovaquone)

Atovaquone, sold under the brand name Mepron, is a quinone antimicrobial medication for the prevention and treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: $1,900/210 ml

Xifaxan (rifaximin)

Rifaximin, sold under the brand name Xifaxan (USA) and Zaxine (Canada) among others, is an antibiotic medication used to treat travelers' diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, and hepatic encephalopathy...Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Xifaxan                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $2,360/42 tabs

Cubicin (daptomycin)

Daptomycin, sold under the brand name Cubicin among others, is a lipopeptide antibiotic used in the treatment of systemic and life-threatening infections caused by Gram-positive organisms. It is a naturally occurring compound found in the soil saprotroph Streptomyces roseosporus. Its distinct mechanism of action makes it useful in treating infections caused by multiple drug-resistant bacteria....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Cubicin                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: *

 

* This drug is administered by your healthcare practitioner, which usually means it may be expensive.

Pentam 300 (pentamidine)

Pentamidine is an antimicrobial medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Balamuthia infections, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with poor immune function. In African trypanosomiasis it is used for early disease before central nervous system involvement, as a second line option to suramin. It is an option for both visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not available                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: *

 

* This drug is administered by your healthcare practitioner, which usually means it may be expensive.

Cayston (aztreonam)

Aztreonam, sold under the brand name Cayston among others, is an antibiotic used primarily to treat infections caused by gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may include bone infections, endometritis, intra abdominal infections, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and sepsis....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Cayston                                                                                                                                Average retail cost: *

 

* This drug is only available at select specialty pharmacies, which usually means it may be expensive.

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