Levaquin and Olsalazine Sodium

• Generic Name: levofloxacin
• Dosage Forms: tablets, oral solution, injection
• Other Brand Names: Levaquin

Levaquin (levofloxacin) is a fluoroquinolone (flor-o-KWIN-o-lone) antibiotic that fights bacteria in the body.

Levaquin is used to treat different types of bacterial infections. Levofloxacin is also used to treat people who have been exposed to anthrax or certain types of plague.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics can cause serious or disabling side effects.

Levaquin should be used only for infections that cannot be treated with a safer antibiotic.

• Generic Name: olsalazine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Dipentum

Used to maintain clinical remission in patients who are intolerant of sulfasalazine.

May be beneficial in the management of Crohn’s disease involving the colon.