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What is Azithromycin?

Azithromycin is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections such as throat infections, sinusities, and pneumonia. As an ophthalmic preparation it is used to treat bacterial conjunctivitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Cystic Fibrosis 68 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bronchitis 32 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 26 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pneumonia 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
chronic rejection 7 1 Efficacy_major
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) 6 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 112 patients currently taking Azithromycin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 4
Mild
 15
None
 29

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Azithromycin

Nausea and vomiting 2
Diarrhea 2
Decreased appetite 1
Stomach pain 1
Elevated liver enzymes 1
Hives (urticaria) 1
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Azithromycin. See all 24 dosages ►

  250 mg m,w,f 750 mg weekly 1,000 mg weekly 1,200 mg weekly 200 mg/5 mL daily 500 mg m,w,f 1,500 mg weekly 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  15 Number of Patients: 15 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 4 Number of Patients: 4 34 Number of Patients: 34 13 Number of Patients: 13 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Azithromycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 80   Course of treatment ended: 65%
Doctor's advice 20   Doctor's advice: 16%
Other 11   Other: 9%
Did not seem to work 8   Did not seem to work: 7%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 7%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 118 patients who’ve stopped taking Azithromycin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Azithromycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Azithromycin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Azithromycin

Always
 41 79%
Usually
 4 8%
Sometimes
 3 6%
Never
 4 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Azithromycin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 4%
A little
 11 21%
Not at all
 39 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Azithromycin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 6%
< $25
 30 94%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.