AboutMary E Scott, RPh, CGP Expertise I am a certified geriatric pharmacist with over 23 years experience as a long-term care consultant to nursing homes. I also do community-based consulting on an individual basis. My facility-based monthly newsletter on pharmacy topics is read by nurses in over 200 long-term care facilities in 5 states.
Experience I received a BS in Pharmacy in 1980 with post-graduate work in public health. I have had a Consultant Pharmacist license since 1984.
Organizations American Society of Consultant Pharmacists .I received certification in geriatric pharmacy in 1998.
Question If your prostatitis treatment no longer responds to levaquin, does that mean that ciproflaxin won't work either or other drugs in that class? Are levaquin and cipro the same and treat the same thing?
Answer Hi,Mike!
Levaquin and Cipro are both in the quinolone class of antibiotics. Basically, they work against the same bacteria,but if you think Levaquin is not working,the best way to check if another antibiotic should be tried is for your doctor to take a urine sample and do a urine culture and sensitivity. This determines which antibiotic is sensitive to and which is resistant to the particular bacteria causing the prostatitis. Hope this helps, Mary
