The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Tuesday that the popular antibiotic azithromycin, sold as Zithromax, can cause a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm in some patients. The agency ...

The FDA is notifying healthcare professionals of a new study reporting a small increase in cardiovascular death, and in the risk of death from any cause, in patients treated with a 5-day course of ...

Azithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. For the best effect, take this antibiotic at evenly spaced times. To help you remember, take this medication at the same time s ...

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a sharp new warning about the antibiotic azithromycin (Zithromax, ZMax, "Z-Pak", NYSE:PFE, and various generic manufacturers). In today's "drug safety ...

Sometimes science is like the weather. Wait a few weeks and it changes. Such is the case with Zithromax (azithromycin), an important antibacterial drug that is a member of the macrolide class of ...

A large observational study found no increased risk for cardiovascular events associated with azithromycin (Zithromax, Pfizer) in a general population of young and middle-age adults. In a paper ...

Azithromycin (Zithromax, Pfizer) is an interesting antibiotic commonly used in the treatment of common pediatric infections. Recently, readers of Infectious Diseases in Children have inquired about ...

Zithromax is a macrolide antibiotic to treat infections of upper and low respiratory tract, especially ear infections, pneumonia. As a Macrolide antibiotic Zithromax inhibits bacterial protein ...

An antibiotic widely used for bronchitis and other common infections seems to increase chances for sudden deadly heart problems, a rare but surprising risk found in a 14-year study. Zithromax, or ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer Inc. announced today it will extend its donation of the antibiotic Zithromax® (azithromycin) to the International Trachoma Initiative through 2025, building on the ...

Wockhardt Ltd has announced plans for the immediate launch of Azithromycin tablets in the US markets for which it had earlier received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US ...