Difference b/w Keflex/Omnicef--Azith---Augmentin? for other uses...

[eljomom]

I can't remember what article I saw it in, but think it was the one by Leckman, Murphy,etc about Beta-lactams and penicillin (ceftriaxone) being used for glutamate modulation? What class are all the above drugs in??

[lismom]

You're right. The penicillin family, the b-lactam for the glutamate. I've read a little on it. It caught my attention because I wonder with the PANDAS issue we have I think my son has problems with methylation system. That is why in the past we have been on strict diet to help detox and keep things as anti-immflamatory as possible. We are on zithromax and the thought to add augmentin for co-infection I think he has also may double for the glutamate. We keep on having flare of symptoms.

 

What made you think about glutamate? Thanks, Kathy

[Kayanne]

Penicillins: Penicillin (pen vk) and injectible Pen (Pen G or benzathine), Amoxicillin, Augmentin

 

Cephalosporins: Kefelx, Omnicef, Duricef and many others

 

Macrolides: Erythromycin, Zithromax, Biaxin -- possibly clindamycin (some sources class this a a macrolide others call it a lincomycin antibiotic -- I've never gotten full clarification)

 

This is not an extensive list at all...I just listed the common ones that are mentioned on this forum.