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What is the difference between metronidazole and ofloxacin?

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Completely different: These are two separate types of antibiotics. Ofloxacin is a fluorinated quinolone often used in treating urinary infections. Metronidazole is both an amoebicide and an antibiotic effective against obligate anaerobic bacteria. Different drugs, different uses.

Answered 10/19/2017

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Stinging feeling comes &goes in urethra , std tests all negative I've tried metronidazole now levofloxacin no difference what can it be See my urologist again Friday red urethra and looks like clear fluid when I look inside &warm tingle thighs HSV?

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