- Prodrugs that release pivalic acid when broken down by the body-such as pivampicillin, pivmecillinam, and cefditoren pivoxil-have long been known to deplete levels of carnitine. (wikipedia.org)
- Pivampicillin is a pivaloyloxymethyl ester of ampicillin. (wikipedia.org)
- Pivampicillin, a pivalate ester analog of Ampicillin, is used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in children and young adults. (targetmol.com)
- It is a prodrug, which is thought to enhance the oral bioavailability of ampicillin because of its greater lipophilicity compared to that of ampicillin. (wikipedia.org)
- This study aims to report the outcome of a pregnant woman with an acute overdose of oral ampicillin+pyridium in the 14th week of pregnancy. (imrpress.com)
- The present authors' aim in this case report is to describe the outcome of a pregnant woman who had an acute overdose of oral ampicillin and pyridium with suicidal intention. (imrpress.com)
- A 27-year-old woman was referred to Teratology Information Service with a suicide history of ingesting 28 ampicillin+pyridium (500+50 mg) tablets. (imrpress.com)
- Worldwide, pivampicillin is only available in Denmark, where it is sold as Pondocillin® by PharmaCoDane, or Miraxid® by LEO Pharma. (wikipedia.org)
- The combination of ampicillin and sulbactam sodium combines a third generation aminopenicillin and a beta-lactamase inhibitor and is used to treat serious bacterial infections due to susceptible organisms. (nih.gov)
- The reactions have been attributed to ampicillin rather than sulbactam and resemble the hepatic injury that occurs with ampicillin or amoxicillin alone. (nih.gov)
- Given parenterally, ampicillin and sulbactam can cause mild transient aminotransferase elevations and has been linked to very rare instances of acute liver injury. (nih.gov)
- The combination of ampicillin (am" pi sil' in) with sulbactam (sul bak' tam) is a parenterally administered, broad spectrum, potent antibiotic which combines a third generation, aminopenicillin with a beta lactamase inhibitor. (nih.gov)
- The combination of ampicillin and sulbactam is available in a parenteral form generically and previously under the name Unasyn. (nih.gov)
- Parenteral therapy with ampicillin-sulbactam has been reported to cause transient low level elevations in serum aminotransferase levels in 5% to 10% of patients, but these resolve rapidly once the therapy is stopped, and similar rates of enzyme elevations are found with comparable agents. (nih.gov)
- Acute liver failure and vanishing bile duct syndrome have been reported with aminopenicillin induced liver injury, but not specifically with ampicillin-sulbactam. (nih.gov)
- Use of ampicillin in the therapy of infections of the biliary tract and of the urogenital system]. (nih.gov)