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 ...

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CHICAGO (AP) -- 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.

WASHINGTON -- Azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax), an antibiotic generally used to treat infections of the lung, sinuses, and skin, should not be given long term to patients with cancers of the blood or ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A single-dose of the antibiotic azithromycin, sold in the U.S. under the trade name Zithromax, is recommended as the first therapy to use against traveler's diarrhea, ...

Antibiotic shortages have become a big challenge for child health. For example, amoxicillin and cephalexin are among the most commonly prescribed antibiotics for children, used to treat a variety of ...

The antibiotics Zithromax and Zmax SR (azithromycin) can cause potentially fatal irregular heart rhythms, Health Canada says. Azithromycin is used for bronchitis, pneumonia, chest infections, urinary ...

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

Azithromycin use outside the hospital setting is associated with significantly higher risk of death—both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular—but not sudden cardiac death, according to a retrospective ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors and patients that a widely used antibiotic from Pfizer can cause rare but deadly heart rhythms in some patients. The agency is adding new warnings ...

Nearly 1 in 4 deaths among children under 6 months were prevented by azithromycin Giving the antibiotic azithromycin twice a year to young children in sub-Saharan Africa reduced childhood deaths by 13 ...