Cost of Carbenicillin

[loren joseph]

In article <David_Nunn-...@tsikar1.life.uiuc.edu> David...@qms1.life.uiuc.edu (David Nunn) writes:
>In article <gibbs.7...@husc.harvard.edu>, gi...@husc4.harvard.edu
>(James Gibbs) wrote:
>>
>> Just yesterday I posted a question as to the use of carbenicillin as a
>> replacement for ampicillin in bacterial plates. I've already received
>> about a dozen e-mail replies, so I decided to post a summary. If you're
>> just dying to tell me your variation, I'd be happy to read your e-mail. :)
>>
>> Suppliers: Sigma and USB. The sigma product dissolves clear and the USB
>> product is less soluble, but allegedly more stable. Much more expensive
>> than ampicillin ($49.70/G Sigma).
If you work in an institution affiliated with a hospital, contact
the pharmacy. They can usually provide antibiotics at significant
savings. The down side is that the therapeautic preparations often
have poorly specified additives (calling the companies has not been
helpful in general), but the bacteria don't seem to mind.

Hope this helps.

Loren Joseph

[David Nunn]

In article <1993Aug4.0...@midway.uchicago.edu>,
lj...@quads.uchicago.edu (loren joseph) wrote:
>

> If you work in an institution affiliated with a hospital, contact
> the pharmacy. They can usually provide antibiotics at significant
> savings. The down side is that the therapeautic preparations often
> have poorly specified additives (calling the companies has not been
> helpful in general), but the bacteria don't seem to mind.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Loren Joseph

You will not find carbenicillin in a hospital anymore. It is no longer
therapeutically used as of a couple of years ago. It produced a sodium
problem in patients. Unfortunately stocks in hospitals dried up a long
time ago.

David Nunn
Department of Microbiology
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-6131