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Antibiotic Food Interactions
Preparations
Antibiotics to take with food
Food may reduce gastrointestinal upset
Augmentin
Chloroquine
Erythromycin
Ethambutol
Ethionamide
Hydroxychloroquine
(
Plaquenil
)
Ketoconazole
Methenamine
Metronidazole
(
Flagyl
)
Nalidixic Acid
Niclosamide
Praziquantel
Primaquine
Pyrimethamine
Quinacrine (with food and full glass of water)
Quinine
Rifabutin
Sulfasalazine
(may require
Folic Acid
supplement)
Thiabendazole
Food increases absorption or
Bioavailability
Atovaquone
(
Mepron
)
Cefuroxime
(
Ceftin
)
Cefpodoxime
(
Vantin
)
Clofazimine
Griseofulvin
(take with fatty meal)
Itraconazole
(
Sporanox
)
Mebendazole
(Chew or crush tablet)
Mefloquine
(with food and a full glass of water)
Nitrofurantoin
Preparations
Antibiotics to take on an empty
Stomach
Food decreases or delays absorption
Ampicillin
Azithromycin
Carbenicillin
Chloramphenicol
Ciprofloxacin
Cloxacillin
Dicloxacillin
Didanosine
Enoxacin
Isoniazid
(may take with food if GI upset occurs)
Lincomycin
Loracarbef
(
Lorabid
)
Nafcillin
Norfloxacin
Floxin
Oxacillin
Penicillin G
Piperazine
Rifampin
(may require
Vitamin D
Supplementation)
Sulfonamide
s (with a full glass of water)
Tetracycline
(no food or milk within 3 hours)
Zidovudine
(may take with food other than fatty meal)
Zalcitabine
(ddc)
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