EES Oral Suspension and Krystexxa

• Generic Name: erythromycin
• Dosage Forms: suspension, granule for oral suspension; tablet, granule, for oral suspension
• Other Brand Names:

  EES. Granules, EES-400 Filmtab, EryPed 200, EryPed 400, Ery-Tab, Erythrocin Lactobionate, Erythrocin Stearate Filmtab, PCE Dispertab, E. E. S, EryPed, Erythrocin, Erythromycin Filmtabs, Erythromycin Lactobionate - IV

Erythromycin is used to prevent and treat infections in many different parts of the body, including respiratory tract infections, skin infections, diphtheria, intestinal amebiasis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, Legionnaire's disease, pertussis, and syphilis. This medicine is also used to prevent recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever in patients who have had an allergic reaction to penicillin or sulfa drugs.

Erythromycin belongs to the class of medicines known as macrolide antibiotics. It works by killing bacteria or preventing their growth.

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

• Generic Name: pegloticase
• Dosage Forms: injection, solution
• Other Brand Names: Krystexxa

Krystexxa (pegloticase) is an enzyme that metabolizes uric acid into a harmless chemical that is eliminated from the body in urine.

Krystexxa injection is a prescription medicine used in adults to help reduce the signs and symptoms of gout that are not controlled by other treatments.

Krystexxa is usually given after other gout medications have been tried without successful treatment of symptoms.