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What is Erythromycin?

Erythromycin is an antibiotic which has an antimicrobial spectrum similar to or slightly wider than that of penicillin, and is often used for people who have an allergy to penicillin.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sinusitis 5 0
Gastroparesis 4 1 Efficacy_none
Other 3 0
Gastroparesis 3 0
Acne 2 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Respiratory infections 2 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 2

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

Stomach upset 1
Stomach irriation if not enough food in stomach 1
Gastritis 1

Reported Dosages

  1 other daily 4 daily ethylsuccinate 200 mg/5 mL daily 250 mg daily 4 x estolate 125 mg/5 mL daily 500 mg daily 3 x ethylsuccinate 200 mg/5 mL daily 750 mg daily 1,600 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Erythromycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 46%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 23%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 15%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 15%
Other 2   Other: 15%

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

Currently Taking Erythromycin

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

Stopped Taking Erythromycin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Erythromycin

Always
 2 40%
Usually
 2 40%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 20%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Erythromycin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 20%
A little
 3 60%
Not at all
 1 20%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Erythromycin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.