Antibiotics are medications used to treat or prevent bacterial infections only, typically in one of two ways, says Christina Kim, PharmD, BCIDP, a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Cleveland Clinic.

Two common types of antibiotics are metronidazole and ciprofloxacin. While these lines of treatment effectively reduce symptoms and maintain remission, several adverse effects have links to these ...

After 30 years, the most commonly prescribed antibiotic used to fight it, metronidazole, known commonly by the brand name Flagyl, is no longer as effective as it used to be.

But a new study suggests that the most routinely prescribed antibiotic is not the best treatment for severe cases. Scientists at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah report ...

Metronidazole resistance was far more rare at 0.5 percent and did not increase after treatment.

In the age 65 and older Medicare cohort, there were 17,639 newly prescribed users of metronidazole-with-fluoroquinolone and 2,709 new users of amoxicillin-clavulanate. The higher 1-year CDI risk ...

Pairing carbon monoxide with metronidazole “can sensitize bacteria toward the same antibiotic by 25-fold,” said Binghe Wang, PhD, study author and director of the Center for Diagnostics ...