List of Antibiotics Not Recommended by WHO

The use of the fixed-dose combinations of multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics listed here is not evidence-based, nor recommended in high-quality international guidelines. WHO does not recommend their use in clinical practice.

1. acetylspiramycin/metronidazole
2. amikacin/cefepime
3. amoxicillin/bacillus coagulans/cloxacillin
4. amoxicillin/bacillus coagulans/dicloxacillin
5. amoxicillin/clavulanic acid/lactic ferments
6. amoxicillin/clavulanic acid/lactobacillus acidophilus
7. amoxicillin/clavulanic acid/nimesulide
8. amoxicillin/cloxacillin
9. amoxicillin/cloxacillin/lactic acid
10. amoxicillin/cloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus/serrapeptase
11. amoxicillin/cloxacillin/lactobacillus lactis
12. amoxicillin/cloxacillin/serrapeptase
13. amoxicillin/dicloxacillin
14. amoxicillin/dicloxacillin/saccharomyces boulardii
15. amoxicillin/flucloxacillin
16. amoxicillin/flucloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
17. amoxicillin/metronidazole
18. amoxicillin/pivsulbactam
19. amoxicillin/sulbactam
20. ampicillin/bacillus coagulans/cloxacillin
21. ampicillin/cloxacillin
22. ampicillin/cloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
23. ampicillin/cloxacillin/saccharomyces boulardii
24. ampicillin/dicloxacillin
25. ampicillin/dicloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
26. ampicillin/flucloxacillin
27. ampicillin/lidocaine/sulbactam
28. ampicillin/oxacillin
29. ampicillin/sultamicillin
30. ascorbic acid/metamizole sodium/penicillin g /streptomycin
31. azithromycin/cefixime
32. azithromycin/cefixime/lactobacillus acidophilus
33. azithromycin/cefpodoxime proxetil
34. azithromycin/fluconazole/secnidazole
35. azithromycin/levofloxacin
36. azithromycin/ofloxacin
37. benzyl penicillin/streptomycin
38. bromelains/doxycycline/lactobacillus reuteri/lactobacillus rhamnosus/ornidazole
39. bromhexine/sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
40. cefaclor/clavulanic acid
41. cefadroxil/clavulanic acid
42. cefadroxil/trimethoprim
43. cefalexin/trimethoprim
44. cefdinir/clavulanic acid
45. cefepime/sulbactam
46. cefepime/tazobactam
47. cefixime/cefpodoxime proxetil
48. cefixime/clavulanic acid
49. cefixime/clavulanic acid/lactobacillus acidophilus
50. cefixime/cloxacillin
51. cefixime/cloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
52. cefixime/dicloxacillin
53. cefixime/lactobacillus acidophilus/ofloxacin
54. cefixime/levofloxacin
55. cefixime/linezolid
56. cefixime/moxifloxacin
57. cefixime/ofloxacin
58. cefixime/ornidazole
59. cefoperazone/sulbactam
60. cefoperazone/tazobactam
61. cefotaxime/sulbactam
62. cefpodoxime proxetil/clavulanic acid
63. cefpodoxime proxetil/cloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
64. cefpodoxime proxetil/dicloxacillin
65. cefpodoxime proxetil/dicloxacillin/lactobacillus acidophilus
66. cefpodoxime proxetil/levofloxacin
67. cefpodoxime proxetil/ofloxacin
68. cefpodoxime proxetil/sulbactam
69. ceftazidime/sulbactam
70. ceftazidime/tazobactam
71. ceftazidime/tobramicin
72. ceftibuten/clavulanic acid
73. ceftriaxone/sulbactam
74. ceftriaxone/tazobactam
75. ceftriaxone/vancomycin
76. cefuroxime axetil/clavulanic acid
77. cefuroxime axetil/linezolid
78. cefuroxime axetil/sulbactam
79. cefuroxime/clavulanic acid
80. cefuroxime/sulbactam
81. chloramphenicol/tetracycline
82. ciprofloxacin/metronidazole
83. ciprofloxacin/ornidazole
84. ciprofloxacin/tinidazole
85. doxycycline/tinidazole
86. erythromycin/sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
87. erythromycin/trimethoprim
88. fosfomycin/trimethoprim
89. gatifloxacin/ornidazole
90. kanamycin/penicillin g
91. levofloxacin/metronidazole
92. levofloxacin/ornidazole
93. meropenem/sodium/sulbactam
94. meropenem/sulbactam
95. metronidazole/norfloxacin
96. metronidazole/spiramycin
97. metronidazole/tetracycline
98. mezlocillin/sulbactam
99. ofloxacin/ornidazole
100. oleandomycin/tetracycline
101. piperacillin/sulbactam
102. rifampicin/trimethoprim
103. sulfadiazine/sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim

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