In 1982, after investing eight years of effort, Pfizer was preparing to end its work in macrolide research. Its work in finding an improved version of erythromycin had come up empty. But, as happens ...

Azithromycin is a generic prescription drug used to treat certain bacterial infections. The drug comes as an oral tablet. It’s usually taken once per day. Azithromycin is used in adults and some ...

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 75% of hospitalized COVID patients received antibiotics on admission, ...

Azithromycin was used early in the pandemic to treat COVID-19 in patients and has continued to be used to fight respiratory ...

Azithromycin use is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes among patients at high baseline risk. Whether azithromycin confers a similar risk in the unselected general ...

Azithromycin was effective for the treatment for women with Ureaplasma urealyticum, showing a similar therapeutic effect to that of doxycycline. Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

A randomized controlled trial found that patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive poulmonary disease (COPD) experienced reduced rates of treatment failure when adding ...

Although several macrolide antibiotics are proarrhythmic and associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, azithromycin is thought to have minimal cardiotoxicity. However, published ...

Azithromycin has replaced clindamycin oral suspension for prophylaxis against IE in children. Patient compliance with azithromycin should be good as it only needs to be taken once a day for 3 days.

Azithromycin is a generic drug prescribed for certain bacterial infections. It is available as the brand-name drug Zithromax. Azithromycin’s cost with and without insurance can depend on several ...

Azithromycin for premature newborns requiring breathing support failed to improve rates of survival without moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age, though it ...

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