Drug Name

Zithromax (Azithromycin)

Drug Uses

Zithromax is familiar for treating mild to reasonable infections caused by irrefutable bacteria. It may also be employed alone or with other medicines to therapy or prevent certain infections in persons with advanced HIV infection. It may also be in use accustomed to for other conditions as resolute by your doctor.

How to use

Use Zithromax as directed by your doctor. Check a depart the label on the medicine for accurate dosing instructions. Past Zithromax by mouth with or without comestibles. If stomach upset occurs, contain with food to slacken up on stomach irritation. Do not court an antacid that has aluminum or magnesium in it within 1 hour formerly or 2 hours after you nick Zithromax. Zithromax works greatest if it is taken at the same period each day. To scram up your infection exactly, use Zithromax for the full by all means of treatment. Keep using it tied if you feel better in a few days.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Zithromax is a macrolide antibiotic. It slows the excrescence of, or sometimes kills, touchy bacteria by reducing the producing of important proteins needed by the bacteria to pull through.

Missed Dose

If you about a dose of Zithromax, see it as soon as possible. If it is little short of time for your next dose, jump the missed dose and go servants' to your regular dosing schedule. Do not have recourse to 2 doses at once.

Storage

Zithromax tablets should be stored between 15 to 30 degrees C (59 to 86 degrees F). Reservoir constituted suspension between 5 to 30 degrees C (41 to 86 degrees F) and jettison when full dosing is completed or within 10 days. Shaking well before each use. Oversized hold provides shake accommodation. Keep tightly closed.

Warnings/Precautions

Do NOT use Zithromax if: * you are allergic to any ingredient in Zithromax, to other macrolide antibiotics (eg, erythromycin), or to ketolide antibiotics (eg, telithromycin) * you are enchanting pimozide Communicate with your doctor or form care provider fist away if any of these pay attention to you. Some medical conditions may interact with Zithromax. Asseverate your doctor or posologist if you have any medical conditions, markedly if any of the following apply to you: * if you are enceinte, planning to become charged, or are breast-feeding * if you are irresistible any prescription or nonprescription medication, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement * if you force allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances * if you induce liver or kidney problems or queer heart rhythms Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Zithromax. Apprise your health be enamoured of provider if you are taking any other medicines, chiefly any of the following: * Rifampin because it may dec

Possible Side Effects

All medicines may case side effects, but innumerable people have no, or bush-league, side effects. Check into with your doctor if any of these most Overused side effects persist or be proper bothersome: * Diarrhea; inconvenience; loose stools; nausea; inclination pain; upset suffer; vomiting. Solicit medical attention settle away if any of these Punishing side effects transpire: * Severe allergic reactions (multitude; hives; itching; strain breathing; tightness in the breast; swelling of the mouth, fa�ade, lips, or tongue); bloody stools; casket pain; dark red, raised areas of the overlay; hearing loss; pounding in the box; ringing in the ears; turbulent diarrhea; stomach cramps/ass effort; yellowing of the skin or eyes.

More Information

If you experience any questions about Zithromax, suit talk with your doctor, druggist, or other health sadness provider. Zithromax is to be hardened only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not dole out it with other people. Do not use Zithromax for other strength conditions. If your symptoms do not overhaul within a few days or if they be proper worse, check with your doctor.