Azithromycin

Product Type : Tablet

Available Strengths : 250 mg & 500 mg

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Azithromycin is a semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic chemically related to erythromycin and clarithromycin . It is effective against a wide variety of bacteria such as  Hemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, mycobacterium avium, and many others. Azithromycin, 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 production of proteins in humans. It is an unusual antibiotic in that it stays in the body for quite a while (has a long half-life), allowing for once a day dosing and for shorter treatment courses for most infections. The FDA approved azithromycin in November 1991