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Select Antiretroviral and Non–Rifamycin-based Antituberculosis Drug Overlapping Toxicities and Potential Adverse Drug–Drug Interactions
 • Arrhythmias, QT
Antituberculosis Drug ... Potential Adverse DrugDrug ... prolongation - Fluoroquinolones ... , ethionamide, fluoroquinolones ... , cycloserine, fluoroquinolones
Antibiotics and CNS Diffusion

1. Drugs with good CNS diffusion:

- Fluoroquinolones, Fluconazole, voriconazole, Rifampin, Oxazolidinones, Metronidazole

2. Drugs
Drugs with good ... diffusion: - Fluoroquinolones ... Drugs with moderate ... Drugs with low CNS ... Drugs of no use
The 8 A’s — drugs that interact with warfarin
Antibiotics 
 - Most agents, but especially co-trimoxazole,
The 8 A’s — drugs ... macrolides and fluoroquinolones ... Warfarin #Coumadin #Drug
Some Mechanisms of Resistance to Antibiotics
 • Drug resistance due to altered targets
Antibiotics • Drug ... resistance to fluoroquinolones ... • Drug resistance ... efflux of the drug ... • Drug resistance
False Positive Urine Drug Screens
Amphetamines - Amantadine, brompheniramine. bupropion, chlorpromazine, desipramine, ephedrine, isometheptene, isoxsuprine, labetalol, phentermine,
Positive Urine Drug ... diphenhydramine, fluoroquinolones ... Positive #UDS #Urine #Drug
Methadone Drug-Drug Interactions
Meds that increase methadone metabolism/decrease methadone effect (INCREASED RISK FOR OPIOID WITHDRAWAL):
 • Phenytoin,
Methadone Drug-Drug ... Antidepressants, Fluoroquinolones ... Azoles #Methadone #Drug
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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Regimen for Multi-Drug ... using five or more drugs ... preferably with drugs ... • Choice of drugs ... later-generation fluoroquinolone
Drugs associated with worsening of Myasthenia Gravis (MG):
•	D-penicillamine 
•	Botulinum toxin.
•	Telithromycin
•	Fluoroquinolones 
•	Quinine
•	Magnesium
•	Macrolide antibiotics 
•	Corticosteroids (may cause transient
Drugs associated ... Telithromycin • Fluoroquinolones
Summary of Agents Potentially Contributing to False Positives on Urine Drug Screens (UDS)
Marijuana Metabolites
 • dronabinol,
Positives on Urine Drug ... dextromethorphan, fluoroquinolones
IDSA Summary of recommendations on drugs for use in a treatment regimen for patients with
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis,
recommendations on drugs ... Bedaquiline • Fluoroquinolone