Dicloxacillin

Dicloxacillin Brand Name– Dynapen

What is Dicloxacillin

Dicloxacillin is an oral semisynthetic isoxazolyl antistaphylococcal penicillin. Like other antistaphylococcal penicillins, dicloxacillin is stable against penicillinase, is active against many of the penicillinase-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus, and is used mainly in the treatment of infections caused by these organisms.

It is the most active of the isoxazolyl antistaphylococcal penicillins. Clinical uses of dicloxacillin include skin and soft-tissue infections, bone and joint infections, and urinary and respiratory tract infections.

Dicloxacillin was approved by the FDA in 1968.

Indications

  1. bacteremia
  2. bone and joint infections
  3. endocarditis
  4. impetigo
  5. infectious arthritis
  6. mastitis
  7. osteomyelitis
  8. pneumonia
  9. skin and skin structure infections
  10. Staphylococcus sp.

Side Effects

  1. abdominal pain
  2. agranulocytosis
  3. anaphylactic shock
  4. anaphylactoid reactions
  5. angioedema
  6. arthralgia
  7. bronchospasm
  8. diarrhea
  9. elevated hepatic enzymes
  10. eosinophilia
  11. exfoliative dermatitis
  12. fever
  13. hematuria
  14. hypotension
  15. interstitial nephritis
  16. laryngeal edema
  17. laryngospasm
  18. malaise
  19. myalgia
  20. nausea
  21. neutropenia
  22. proteinuria
  23. pruritus
  24. pseudomembranous colitis
  25. rash
  26. renal tubular necrosis
  27. seizures
  28. serum sickness
  29. Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  30. stomatitis
  31. superinfection
  32. tongue discoloration
  33. toxic epidermal necrolysis
  34. urticaria
  35. vomiting

Monitoring Parameters

  • LFTs
  • serum creatinine/BUN

Contraindications

  • asthma
  • breast-feeding
  • carbapenem hypersensitivity
  • cephalosporin hypersensitivity
  • colitis
  • diarrhea
  • eczema
  • geriatric
  • GI disease
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • penicillin hypersensitivity
  • pregnancy
  • pseudomembranous colitis
  • ulcerative colitis

Interactions

  • Acetaminophen; Aspirin, ASA; Caffeine
  • Acetaminophen; Caffeine; Magnesium Salicylate; Phenyltoloxamine
  • Aspirin, ASA
  • Aspirin, ASA; Butalbital; Caffeine
  • Aspirin, ASA; Butalbital; Caffeine; Codeine
  • Aspirin, ASA; Caffeine; Dihydrocodeine
  • Aspirin, ASA; Caffeine; Orphenadrine
  • Aspirin, ASA; Carisoprodol
  • Aspirin, ASA; Carisoprodol; Codeine
  • Aspirin, ASA; Citric Acid; Sodium Bicarbonate
  • Aspirin, ASA; Dipyridamole
  • Aspirin, ASA; Omeprazole
  • Aspirin, ASA; Oxycodone
  • Aspirin, ASA; Pravastatin
  • Choline Salicylate; Magnesium Salicylate
  • Colchicine; Probenecid
  • Dichlorphenamide
  • Dienogest; Estradiol valerate
  • Digoxin
  • Drospirenone
  • Drospirenone; Estradiol
  • Drospirenone; Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Drospirenone; Ethinyl Estradiol; Levomefolate
  • Elagolix; Estradiol; Norethindrone acetate
  • Erythromycin; Sulfisoxazole
  • Estradiol; Levonorgestrel
  • Estradiol; Norethindrone
  • Estradiol; Norgestimate
  • Ethacrynic Acid
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Desogestrel
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Ethynodiol Diacetate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Etonogestrel
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Levonorgestrel
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Levonorgestrel; Ferrous bisglycinate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Levonorgestrel; Folic Acid; Levomefolate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norelgestromin
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norethindrone
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norethindrone Acetate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norethindrone Acetate; Ferrous fumarate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norethindrone; Ferrous fumarate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norgestimate
  • Ethinyl Estradiol; Norgestrel
  • Furosemide
  • Indomethacin
  • Leuprolide; Norethindrone
  • Levonorgestrel
  • Magnesium Salicylate
  • Mestranol; Norethindrone
  • Methotrexate
  • Norethindrone
  • Norgestrel
  • Oral Contraceptives
  • Probenecid
  • Pyrimethamine; Sulfadoxine
  • Salsalate
  • Segesterone Acetate; Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Sodium Benzoate; Sodium Phenylacetate
  • Sodium picosulfate; Magnesium oxide; Anhydrous citric acid
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim, SMX-TMP, Cotrimoxazole
  • Sulfasalazine
  • Sulfisoxazole
  • Sulfonamides
  • Tetracyclines
  • Typhoid Vaccine
  • Warfarin
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