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-^Type of substance ^ Varieties ^ Recommendation  ^Rationale ^
+^ Type of substance ^ Varieties ^ Recommendation  ^Rationale ^
 | **[[.:othertreatments:anesthetics|anesthetics for surgical procedures and allergic reactions
 ]]**  | general anesthetics – epinephrine, norepinephrine, levonordefrine; local anesthetics – lidocaine (xylocaine), mepivicaine (Isocaine), prilocaine (Citanest) |{{:home:warning.png?nolink}} avoid epinephrine and other general anesthetics when possible; consult with MD about epi-pen |epinephrine can have side effects |
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 | [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:betalactams|antibiotics, beta-lactam]]  |amoxicillin, ampicillin, cephalosporin (Rocephin/Ceftriaxone), penicillin, imipenem/cilastatin (Primaxin) |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean |leads to formation of L-form bacteria|
-| [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:takingnonmpantibiotics|antibiotics, prefer]]  |Ceftin,  Zinacef  ( cefuroxime ),  and  Biaxin ( clarithromycin ) |{{:home:ok.png?nolink}} these two | are acceptable for acute infection|
+| [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:takingnonmpantibiotics|antibiotics - prefer]]  |cefuroxime   ( Ceftin,  Zinacef ),  and clarithromycin  (Biaxin ) |{{:home:ok.png?nolink}} these two | are acceptable for acute infection|
 | [[home:othertreatments:antibacterials:fluoroquinolones|antibiotics, fluoroquinolone]]  |ciprofloxacin (Cipro), gatifloxacin (Tequin), levofloxacin (Levaquin/Quixin), moxifloxacin (Avelox), norfloxacin (Noroxin), ofloxacin (Ocuflox/Floxin/Floxacin) |{{:home:warning.png?nolink}} can be used only for acute infections  |ineffective, possibility of resistance    |
 | [[.:othertreatments:anticoagulants|anticoagulants]]  |aspirin, Heparin, warfarin (Coumadin)  |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean all use of anticoagulants except aspirin and only in the event of a cardiac emergency |possibly unpredictable effects  |
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 | [[.:othertreatments:hypoglycemics|hypoglycemics]]  |Avandamet (contains rosiglitazone), exenatide (Byetta), pioglitazone (Actos), metformin (Glucophage, Glumetza, Ratio-Metformin), nateglinide (Starlix),   rosiglitazone (Avandia) |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean    |affects TNF-alpha secretion and atherosclerotic development, or interacts with olmesartan (Benicar)   |
 | [[.:othertreatments:immuneboosters|immune boosters]]  |allergy shots (immunotherapy), gamma-Globulins,  glyconutrients (D-mannose, D-ribose) |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean   |limited evidence of efficacy, the last thing the majority of MP patients need is an elevated immune response    |
-| **immunosuppressants**  |alefacept (Amevive),  azathioprine (Imuran), basiliximab (Simulect), chlorambucil (Leukeran), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar, Revimmune), cyclosporine (Restasis), Muromonab-CD3, pentoxifylline (Trental),  [[home:othertreatments:rapamycin|sirolimus (rapamycin, Rapamune)]], tacrolimus (Advagraf, Prograf, Protopic)   |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean   |immunomodulatory  |
+| **immunosuppressant**  |alefacept (Amevive),  azathioprine (Imuran), basiliximab (Simulect), chlorambucil (Leukeran), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Neosar, Revimmune), cyclosporine (Restasis), Muromonab-CD3, pentoxifylline (Trental),  [[home:othertreatments:rapamycin|sirolimus (rapamycin, Rapamune)]], tacrolimus (Advagraf, Prograf, Protopic)   |{{:home:stop.png?nolink}} wean   |immunomodulatory  |

home/othertreatments.txt · Last modified: 04.02.2019 by sallieq