Sentences with phrase «taking azithromycin»

Ray and his colleagues, who examined Medicaid patients from ’92 — ’06 and studied millions of prescriptions, determined that patients taking azithromycin were 2.5 times more likely to die from a cardiovascular condition while on the drug than patients taking the drug amoxicillin.

Per the study, taking azithromycin over five days appears to slightly increase the changes of death compared to in other patients that were taking other antibiotics.

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This generally means that the patient is likely to take all the pills, decreasing his / her chances of getting a bug resistant to the antibiotic (Azithromycin is usually ingested over five days, while many other antibiotics must be taken for 10 days.)