Levofloxacin

Levaquin · Fluoroquinolone

Generic
levofloxacin
Brand
Levaquin
Class
Fluoroquinolone
Say it
LEE-voe-FLOX-a-sin

What technicians need to know

Tendon rupture BBW; aux labels: "Avoid prolonged sun exposure"; "Take 2 hours before or 2 hours after antacids, sucralfate, iron, multivitamins, or dairy" (calcium/dairy chelation is a fluoroquinolone class effect)

Commonly mispronounced

"lev-OH-flox-uh-sin"

The -floxacin pattern

Levofloxacin ends in -floxacin, which marks a fluoroquinolone antibiotic — used for infection. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

Other fluoroquinolones

ciprofloxacin

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