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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 7 0
Bronchitis 3 1
General health 1 1
Flu-like symptoms 1 0
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 1 1
Lyme Disease 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 33%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
1 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Nausea/Vomiting
1 33%
Temporarily effects stability
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  as needed 1500 mg weekly 250 mg daily 500 mg daily 1000 mg daily
  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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Azithromycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
6 60% Course of treatment ended: 60%
Doctor's advice
2 20% Doctor's advice: 20%
Side effects too severe
1 10% Side effects too severe: 10%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Azithromycin

Currently Taking Azithromycin

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

Stopped Taking Azithromycin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.