Talk:Gentamicin
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Text from Gentamicin toxicity was copied into gentamicin with this edit. Gentamicin toxicity now serves to provide attribution for that content in gentamicin and must not be deleted so long as gentamicin exists. For attribution and to access older versions of the copied text, please see this history; for its talk page, see Talk:Gentamicin toxicity. |
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Gentamicin can also be used topically, but this use is not mentioned in the article.
Done. Should I take out the sign? I only added two words... 84.42.146.44 03:12, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
i think somone should remove the link for "wobblers anonymous" from the side effects, and possibly put it into another paragraph - i rekon it is out of context in that part of the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.146.160 (talk) 16:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Would this Wiki be an appropriate place to comment on the reason this drug is spelled "-mIcin" instead of "-mYcin" as is the case with many other antibiotics, including the other aminoglycoside agents? I realize this is somewhat trivial, but this is often a source of frustration when clinicians try to search for "gentamycin" and are not successful because they don't realize that this is not the correct spelling. (I actually don't the reason for the naming convention and was hoping to find an explanation here.) Thanks for your consideration. --71.123.231.198 (talk) 03:33, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
- It's more likely than not a name, rather than a naming convention for a class of antibiotics. There are other 'mycins' (macrolides for example) out there that aren't aminoglycosides. The only thing in common is that they are all derived from Streptomyces species. --Nikbro (talk) 01:24, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merger proposal
I've proposed that the page Gentamicin toxicity be merged into the "side effects" section of this page. Any discussion? Agathman (talk) 22:21, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
do it Mba123 (talk) 19:06, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
good idea!
--Kischel (talk) 13:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Definitely, ASAP. --Cpt ricard (talk) 18:56, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
I've merged the two, and now for some clean-up --Cpt ricard (talk) 19:18, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Disappointed
While this page isn't terrible, particularly by general wiki standards, compared to most other medications on here this page is really lacking. The side effects take up more than half of the article! I might be able to make some additions at some point, but it is definately in need of some work.McPat (talk) 13:40, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Deafness
The article does mention "ototoxic", but it would be good to use language known to the layman, such as "deaf". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.134.139.72 (talk) 20:06, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Wrong structure
The schematic structure given at the top is missing a N-methyl substitution (compare it with the ball and stick model which is correct). The C6-N is a secondary amine. It is the amine to the right in the schematic structure. Would someone be able to fix this? Silasmellor (talk) 11:20, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
