Canadian Pharmacy Blog

A clinical trial involving 371 patients in eight countries has shown that the antibiotic linezolid (Zyvox drug, Pharmacia) is at least as effective as two older therapies for treating foot infections in diabetic patients. This is important news for patients with infections that are increasingly caused by bacteria resistant to standard antibiotics and for those [...]

The FDA has alerted prescribers of new safety concerns about linezolid (Zyvox generic, Pfizer). A recent open-label, randomized trial compared linezolid with vancomycin (Vancocin, Viro Pharma), oxacillin (Bactocill, SmithKlineBeecham; Prostaphlin, Apothecon), or dicloxacillin (Dycill, GlaxoSmithKline; Dynapen, Apothecon) in seriously ill patients with intravascular catheter-related bloodstream and catheter-site infections. Patients receiving linezolid had a higher chance [...]