Blood ketones are sometimes ordered, along with other tests such as blood gases, glucose, and electrolytes, to detect ketoacidosis in non-diabetics if they have signs and symptoms of DKA due to, for example, ingestion of excessive amounts of alcohol. ^ Back to top.
Ribavirin is a guanosine (ribonucleic) analog used to stop viral RNA synthesis and viral mRNA capping, thus, it is a nucleoside inhibitor.Its brand names include Copegus, Rebetol, Ribasphere, Vilona, and Virazole.either of these mechanisms explains ribavirin's effect on many DNA viruses, which is more of a mystery, especially given the complete inactivity of ribavirin's 2' deoxyribose analogue, which suggests that the drug functions only as an RNA nucleoside mimic, and never a DNA nucleoside mimic.
A: Levaquin (levofloxacin) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic which is used to treat many types of bacterial infections including urinary tract infection, and acute pyelonephritis (kidney infection). The most common side effects with Levaquin are headache, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, insomnia, dizziness and rash.evaquin is the brand name for levofloxacin, a prescription drug used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, such as: 1  Pneumonia. 2  Acute bacterial sinusitis.