It is effective against many bacteria that commonly cause UTIs, including Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus species
Azithromycin belongs to the class of drugs known as macrolide antibiotics
Gonorrhea should now be treated with just one higher dose (500 mg) injection of ceftriaxone, and dual therapy is no longer the recommended approach
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Use: For the treatment of mild to moderate pharyngitis/tonsillitis due to S pyogenes as an alternative to first-line therapy in patients who cannot use first-line therapy
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Community-acquired pneumonia
In addition to removing azithromycin from prior regimens, the CDC now recommends increasing the dose of ceftriaxone from a 250 mg intramuscular dose to 500 mg
The first-line treatment for gonorrhea is an injection of an antibiotic called ceftriaxone
Treatment with azithromycin alone has been reported to select for resistance (705,954,955), with treatment of macrolide-susceptible infections with a 1-g dose of azithromycin resulting in selection of resistant-strain populations in 10%–12% of cases
Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor
30), and low-quality evidence found that there may be 72 more people cured per 1000 with azithromycin versus amoxicillin (RR 1
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Cefixime, which was once the first-line agent for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is rapidly waning in efficacy, as are
Azithromycin tablets come as either 250mg or 500mg strengths
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Azithromycin belongs to the class of drugs known as macrolide antibiotics
The typical dosage is injecting 500mg of ceftriaxone intramuscularly 2
Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor
Current treatment guidelines recommend either azithromycin 1 g single dose or doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 7 days
Zithromax is licensed to treat a number of conditions
Gonorrhea treatment in adults Due to emerging strains of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that uncomplicated gonorrhea be treated with the antibiotic ceftriaxone — given as an injection — with oral azithromycin (Zithromax)