User:Mr. Ibrahem/Tigecycline

Tigecycline, sold under the brand name Tygacil, is a tetracycline antibiotic used for a number of bacterial infections. This includes intra abdominal infections, pneumonia, and skin and skin structure infections. Use is only recommended when other antibiotics are not suitable, as it is less effective. It is given by injection into a vein.

Common side effects include nausea and diarrhea. Other side effects may include sunburns, pancreatitis, liver problems, Clostridioides difficile infection, and anaphylaxis. Use during pregnancy may damage the babies bones or teeth. It is a glycylcycline and works by blocking the bacteria’s ribosomes.

Tigecycline was approved for medical use in the United States in 2005 and Europe in 2006. It was removed from the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines in 2019. The World Health Organization classifies it as critically important for human medicine. It is available as a generic medication. A five day course of treatment costs about 800 USD in the United States as of 2021. In the United Kingdom this amount costs the NHS £290.