Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: CIPROFLOXACIN IN DEXTROSE 5 versus QUIXIN.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: CIPROFLOXACIN IN DEXTROSE 5 versus QUIXIN.
CIPROFLOXACIN IN DEXTROSE 5% vs QUIXIN
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV, thereby interfering with bacterial DNA replication, transcription, repair, and recombination.
Quixin (levofloxacin) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV, thereby interfering with DNA replication, transcription, repair, and recombination.
400 mg IV every 8 hours.
One to two drops in affected eye(s) every 2 hours while awake, up to 8 times daily for 7-14 days.
None Documented
None Documented
Terminal elimination half-life 3.5-5 hours in healthy adults, prolonged to 6-10 hours in elderly or mild renal impairment, and up to 12-24 hours in severe renal impairment (CrCl <30 mL/min).
Terminal elimination half-life: 6–8 hours in adults with normal renal function; prolonged in renal impairment (up to 20 hours if CrCl <30 mL/min).
Renal excretion accounts for approximately 50-70% of an administered dose as unchanged drug; biliary/fecal excretion accounts for about 20-35% (including active drug and metabolites).
Renal (approximately 70% unchanged in urine); biliary/fecal (~30%, partly as metabolites and unchanged drug).
Category C
Category C
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic