Cubicin, Cubicin RF and Tolinase

• Generic Name: daptomycin
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Cubicin, Cubicin RF

Treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA; also known as oxacillin-resistant S. aureus or ORSA]), Streptococcus pyogenes (group A β-hemolytic streptococci, GAS), S. agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS), S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, and Enterococcus faecalis (vancomycin-susceptible strains only).

Bacteremia and Endocarditis

Treatment of bacteremia (blood stream infection) caused by susceptible S. aureus (including MRSA).

Also used for treatment of S. aureus bacteremia in patients with right-sided infective endocarditis. Efficacy not established in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis caused by S. aureus; limited data suggest a poor outcome in such patients despite daptomycin treatment.

Not studied in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis.

• Generic Name: tolazamide
• Dosage Forms: Tablets, USP
• Other Brand Names: Tolinase

Tolazamide is used to treat high blood sugar levels caused by a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, your body does not work properly to store excess sugar and the sugar remains in your bloodstream. Chronic high blood sugar can lead to serious health problems in the future .

Proper diet is the first step in managing type 2 diabetes, but often medicines are needed to help your body. Tolazamide belongs to a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It causes your pancreas to release more insulin into the blood stream .

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription .