Talk:Vancomycin

message: Could we make the line, "Likely it is okay during breastfeeding." in the opening paragraph a little more specific?  Even something like "Likely it is not harmful to those who are breastfeeding." sounds better. Lukejodonnell (talk) 15:10, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That did sound vague and informal. I changed it to say that it is safe in this context (per the cited ref). I did not use your actual wording suggestion because it only seemed to focus on the mother, whereas the ref notes that the chemical is transmitted to the child but that even that doesn't matter. DMacks (talk) 15:18, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vague Sentence 

message: VANCOmycin is mainly used for patients with Cystic Fibrosis and is commonly used as the first and foremost the antibiotic used to treat exacerbations. VANCOmycin is very hard on the kidneys and can cause problems if not dealt with immediately.--198.184.147.19 (talk) 23:56, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not mainly used. But used yes. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:53, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  VANCOmycin:: Cystic Fibrosis 

message: I noticed one of the chemical structures has only 1 chlorine in the picture so i am not sure weather vancomycin has 1 chlorine or 2 chlorines in its chemical formula or if there are 2 forms of vancomycin  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.169.163.170 (talk) 20:03, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Vancomycin has two chlorine atoms.  Both images in the infobox and also the images below in the text all show both chlorine atoms, as far as I can tell.  Am I missing something?  Which image only has one chlorine atom?  -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:09, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  1 or 2 chlorines in the chemical formula  

message: I've noticed a gross inconsistency and relative rarity of actually stating what the class of an antibiotic is clearly in a rapidly accessible location. Vancomycin is a great example:the majority of people who look up Vancomycin (I'm guessing medical students) probably don't care about the KEGG, and yet, there it is in the sidebar, easily accessible. But if I wanted to quickly know what class Vanc was in, I'd have to scroll through the text to figure out its glycopeptide antibiotic. This is inefficient and borderline absurd...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.173.105.212 (talk) 11:56, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should be more easy to find.  I have now added the text "class = Glycopeptide antibiotic" to the infobox so that information is now a bit easier to locate.  Please feel free to make this type of change to other articles yourself where you see the same problem.  Regards,  -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:21, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Antibiotic classes 

message: Dear Wiki-heros,
Shouldn't all instances of 'by mouth' be replaced by 'administered orally'. Orally is the standard and well-recognised term for this, by mouth to me is ambiguous. If orally is not understandable enough for laypeople, I would suggest to link to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_administration 
J  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasperlevink~enwiki (talk • contribs) 20:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  by mouth -> orally 

message: would history not be better placed at the beginning? w. ought to have a degree of uniformity in these articles, i have seen others with history immediately after the summary, and this type, which has it at the bottom. or does it depend on whether a person vs a drug company finds the grail du jour? 64.229.175.25 (talk) 18:00, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  re history 

message: I added a "Research directions" sections where I mentioned on the combination of vancomycin powder and povidone-iodine lavage, based on a meta-analysis. 
See 
Does the source I given corroborate well with the information I added, and is that appropriate for inclusion in "Research directions"?
I read Wikipedia rules that "Research directions" section should not contain primary sources and should not be a description of studies, it should instead be based on very solid major sources to cover trends. 
My hope is that the meta-analysis I given satisfies these requirements. Maxim Masiutin (talk) 16:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Research directions on the combination of vancomycin powder and povidone-iodine lavage