Avelox is not a penicillin antibiotic. It is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, and so should be safe Some alternatives to penicillin are:ciprofloxacin (Cipro), levofloxacin (Levaquin) and the newer drugs moxifloxacin ( Avelox) and gatifloxacin (Tequin).macrolides erythromycin (E-mycin), clarithromycin...