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AZIVA 500
COMPOSITION
Azithromycin 500 mg tab
DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM
Azithromycin is a semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic chemically related to erythromycin and clarithromycin .It is effective against a wide variety of bacteria organisms, such as Hemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and mycobacterium avium, and many others. It is unusual in that it stays in the body for quite a while, allowing for once a day dosing and for shorter treatment courses for most infections. Azithromycin, like all macrolide antibiotics, prevents bacteria from growing by interfering with their ability to make proteins. Due to the differences in the way proteins are made in bacteria and humans, the macrolide antibiotics do not interfere with humans' ability to make proteins.
PREPERATIONS: Tablet: 500 mg
PRESCRIBED FOR
Azithromycin is effective against susceptible bacteria causing infections of the middle ear, tonsillitis, throat infections, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and sinuses. It is also effective against certain sexually transmitted infectious diseases, such as gonococcal & nongonococcal urethritis and cervicitis
DOSING
Azithromycin should be taken at least one hour before or two hours after meals since it may bind to food and not be absorbed from the intestine. For most infections, azithromycin is taken once daily for a relatively short course of treatment (usually five days). The first dose is often a "double dose," twice as much as the remainder of the doses given. For acute bacterial sinusitis, azithromycin way be taken once daily for three days
DRUG INTERACTION
Unlike erythromycin and clarithromycin, azithromycin is generally considered free of interactions with most other medicines. It is recommended that azithromycin not be taken at the same time as aluminum- or magnesium- based antacids because antacids will bind the azithromycin and prevent it from being absorbed from the intestine.
PREGNANC
There are no adequate studies of azithromycin in pregnant women. However, studies in animals suggest no important effects on the fetus. Azithromycin therefore can be used in pregnancy if the physician feels that it is clearly necessary.
NURSING MOTHERS
It is not known if azithromycin is secreted in breast milk.
SIDE EFFECTS
Azithromycin is generally well tolerated. The most common side effects are diarrhea or loose stools, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting, each of which may occur in fewer than one in twenty persons who receive azithromycin. Rarer side effects include abnormal liver tests, allergic reactions, and nervousness
EBAHIST 10 Mg/20 Mg
LIVA 500
PROTO 40
PROTO D
MPRED 4/8/16 mg
MPRED 4/8/16
MPRED8
MPRED16
SALFER
X TENT
X TENT PLUS
URITOR 10
URITOR 20

 

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