• 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)
  • Worldwide, pivampicillin is only available in Denmark, where it is sold as Pondocillin® by PharmaCoDane, or Miraxid® by LEO Pharma. (wikipedia.org)
  • To compare the efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally twice daily with pivampicillin 700 mg orally twice daily for 10 days in men with acute epididymitis and over 40 years of age. (nih.gov)
  • The study comprised 172 men who entered a prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blind, trial of pivampicillin and ciprofloxacin. (nih.gov)
  • in 15 of 76 (20%) receiving ciprofloxacin and in 33 of 82 (40%) receiving pivampicillin. (nih.gov)