What Is Azithromycin?

Possible Uses

Patients may receive this antibiotic to treat ear and sinus infections. It appears to also help with skin, throat, and maybe respiratory infections. Specific conditions that it might be able to treat include pneumonia and sinusitis. It seems to help patients with pneumonia who could be allergic to penicillin. It may also treat patients with folliculitis or impetigo.

Some individuals who have pelvic inflammatory disease appear to benefit from this medication as well. If doctors want to prescribe this antibiotic for 'off-label' uses, they may do so for acne. It also may be useful for cat-scratch disease. Some bacterial endocarditis patients may receive a prescription too.

Discover some of the potential side effects linked to this medication next.