Tetanus : Drugs

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Penicillin G potassium is an antibiotic that fights bacteria in your body.
Source:MULTUM
Diazepam rectal is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens). Diazepam rectal affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause seizure.
Source:MULTUM
Diazepam is a mild tranquilizer in the class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. It is most commonly sold in the United States under the brand name Valium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Diazepam is an antianxiety medication that is also useful in the treatment of muscle spasms and some types of seizures . The drug belongs to the class of medications known as benzodiazepines that depress activity of the central nervous system .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Benzodiazepine; anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, sedative, and skeletal muscle relaxant.
Source:AHFS
Antibacterial; macrolide antibiotic produced by Saccharopolyspora erythraeus .
Source:AHFS
Erythromycins, also called macrolides, are a group of antibiotics , medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth. The antibiotics in this group are: azithromycin (Zithromax) clarithromycin (Biaxin) clindamycin (Cleocin) erythromycin (EES, Pediazole) lincomycin (Lincocin) These drugs are chemically related and have similar uses, but because they are distributed differently in the body, they may be used for different purposes.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Erythromycins are medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth. Purpose Erythromycins are antibiotics , medicines used to treat infections caused by microorganisms.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Erythromycins are medicines that kill bacteria or prevent their growth. Purpose Erythromycins are antibiotics , medicines used to treat infections caused by microorganisms.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Specific immune globulin (hyperimmune globulin). Tetanus immune globulin (TIG) contains tetanus antitoxin and is used to provide temporary passive immunity to tetanus. TIG commercially available in the US is prepared from plasma of donors immunized with tetanus toxoid. Other tetanus antitoxin preparations (e.g., equine tetanus antitoxin) may be available in other countries.
Source:AHFS
Metronidazole is an antibiotic. It fights bacteria in your body.
Source:MULTUM
Antibacterial and antiprotozoal;. nitroimidazole derivative.
Source:AHFS
Penicillin V is an antibiotic in the penicillin group of drugs. It fights bacteria in your body.
Source:MULTUM
Antibacterial; β-lactam antibiotic; natural penicillin.
Source:AHFS
Penicillins are a group of closely related antibiotics that kill bacteria. There are several types of penicillins, each used to treat different kinds of infections, such as skin infections, dental infections, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and other infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The first of the first-generation antibiotics, Penicillium notatum is naturally produced by a mold. It was discovered serendipitously by British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming in 1928, and later developed successfully as a powerful therapeutic weapon by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Antibacterial; β-lactam antibiotic; natural penicillin. Available as penicillin G benzathine, penicillin G potassium, penicillin G procaine, and penicillin G sodium.
Source:AHFS
Erythromycin is in a group of drugs called macrolide antibiotics. Erythromycin fights bacteria in the body.
Source:MULTUM
Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are serious diseases caused by bacteria.
Source:MULTUM
Fixed-combination preparations containing formaldehyde-treated tetanus and diphtheria toxins (toxoids) and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed onto aluminum adjuvants. Used to stimulate active immunity to diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Commercially available as diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (DTaP; Daptacel ® , Infanrix ® , Tripedia ® ) and tetanus toxoid and reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Tdap; (Adacel ® , Boostrix ® ). Antigen potency varies depending on the manufacturer. DTaP also commercially available in a fixed-combination vaccine containing diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B virus, and poliovirus antigens (DTaP-HepB-IPV; Pediarix ® ) and in a kit (DTaP/Hib; TriHIBit ® ) containing both DTaP (Tripedia ® ) and Haemophilus b (Hib) conjugate vaccine (ActHIB ® ).
Source:AHFS
Diazepam is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens). Diazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
Source:MULTUM
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