Azithromycin extended-release (Zmax) for sinusitis and pneumonia

Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics

Volumn 47, Issue 1218, 2005, Pages 78-80

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AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERY TAB; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TRI PAK; WARFARIN; Z PAK; ZMAX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; NAUSEA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; SINUSITIS; VOMITING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AZITHROMYCIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; SINUSITIS;

EID: 26944472860     PISSN: 0025732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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