Azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat COVID-19, was no more effective at freeing non-hospitalized patients of COVID-19 symptoms than a placebo, a study found. Findings from researchers affiliated ...

Azithromycin is an antibiotic drug. It can help treat a range of bacterial infections that affect the lungs, sinuses, skin, and other parts of the body. Learn about its uses, risks, side effects, and ...

Zithromax azithromycin, also known as Z-Pak, is an antibiotic approved for treatment of respiratory, skin and other bacterial infections. Studies link the drug to side effects, including an increased ...

Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Antibiotics for pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), clarithromycin, and Erythrocin ...

According to investigators, clinicians need to weigh the antimicrobial benefits of azithromycin, levofloxacin, and amoxicillin-based antibiotics against their potential cardiac risks in the ...

According to a recent large, multi-country clinical trial, the risk of postpartum sepsis and death in women who plan to deliver vaginally can be reduced by one-third by administering a single dose of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that the antibiotic azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax) can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead ...

Zithromax - antibiotic of a wide spectrum of action. Antibiotic-azalide, a representative of a new subgroup of macrolide antibiotics. In the focus of inflammation it has a bactericidal effect. For the ...

An antibiotic commonly prescribed for bronchitis and sinus infections may increase the risk of death from heart problems, but only for people with certain risk factors, a new study suggests. The study ...

An inexpensive and easy-to-deliver intervention — a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin — could sharply reduce the number of pregnant people in low- and middle-income countries who develop the ...