According to the study's lead author, Vanderbilt University Preventive Medicine Professor Wayne Ray, many physicians
prescribe azithromycin rather than amoxicillin because the former's regimen is easier, involving less pills over less days.
Not exact matches
The data tracked monthly prescription rates for all antibiotics, including the five
prescribed most often in outpatient settings:
azithromycin, amoxicillin, amoxicillin / clavulanate, ciprofloxacin, and cephalexin.
Poor neonatal outcomes were observed with all antimicrobials
prescribed, and the use of
azithromycin, the currently recommended anti-rickettsial drug, was not significantly associated with improved neonatal outcomes (p = 0.610).
The data also show that prescriptions of penicillin, the antibiotic recommended to treat strep throat, remained at 9 percent while
prescribing for
azithromycin, a more expensive antibiotic, increased from being too infrequent to measure reliably in1997 - 1998 to 15 percent of visits in 2009 - 2010.
If you have any questions or concerns about
azithromycin or for the condition it was
prescribed, contact your veterinarian.
As with all
prescribed medicines,
azithromycin should only be given to the dog / cat for which it was
prescribed.