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Amoxicillin: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Amoxicillin

Amoxicillin: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Amoxicillin Binds to penicillin-binding proteins involved in bacterial cell wall synthesis, thereby decreasing cell wall strength and rigidity, affecting...
Amphotericin B: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects

Amphotericin B

Amphotericin B: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects Overview It binds to sterols in fungal cell membrane creating pores and allowing leakage of contents. 50 mg/vial...
Ampicillin: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects

Ampicillin

Ampicillin: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects Overview It binds to penicillin-binding proteins involved in bacterial cell wall synthesis, thereby decreasing cell wall strength and rigidity,...
Amikacin: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Amikacin

Amikacin: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Amikacin is one of Aminoglycosides which inhibits bacterial protein synthesis with a concentration-dependent mechanism of killing, leading to a marked...
Aciclovir: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Aciclovir

Aciclovir: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Aciclovir inhibits viral replication (viral DNA polymerase); depends on viral thymidine kinase for phosphorylation. Uses of Aciclovir  Treatment of feline...
Zidovudine In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Zidovudine

Zidovudine In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Competitive inhibition of reverse transcriptase. Requires activation to the 5’-triphosphate form by cellular kinases. Uses...

Tobramycin

Tobramycin In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Aminoglycosides inhibit bacterial protein synthesis; their mechanism of killing is concentration-dependent, leading to a...
Ticarcillin In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Ticarcillin

Ticarcillin In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Time-dependent, beta-lactam antibiotic. Binds to penicillin-binding proteins, disrupting cell wall synthesis. Reduces bacterial cell...
Trimethoprim/Sulphonamide In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Trimethoprim/Sulphonamide

Trimethoprim/Sulphonamide In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview Trimethoprim and sulphonamides work together to block sequential steps in the synthesis of tetrahydrofolate,...
Tylosin In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects

Tylosin

Tylosin In Dogs & Cats: Uses, Dosage and Side Effects Overview A time-dependent macrolide antibiotic that binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit, suppressing bacterial protein...

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