Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: MOXAM versus QUIXIN.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: MOXAM versus QUIXIN.
MOXAM vs QUIXIN
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
Moxifloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase (topoisomerase II) and topoisomerase IV, thereby interfering with 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 orally every 24 hours for 7-14 days.
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: 6-8 hours; prolonged in renal impairment (up to 20 hours with 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: ~70% unchanged; biliary/fecal: ~20% as unchanged drug and metabolites; minor metabolism via glucuronidation.
Renal (approximately 70% unchanged in urine); biliary/fecal (~30%, partly as metabolites and unchanged drug).
Category C
Category C
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic