Zimbabwe:Drug Resistant Typhoid Is Real
[The Herald] This strain of typhoid is not responding to traditionally used medicines such as ciprofloxacin and health workers have resorted to using the last line of antibiotics, azithromycin in defence against typhoid while waiting for approvals to embark on mass vaccinations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 21, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
FDA Warns Against Long - Term Azithromycin Use for Some
Warning for blood cancer patients who have undergone donor stem cell transplant (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - August 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Infections, Oncology, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
FDA Warns Against Long-Term Azithromycin Use for Some
MONDAY, Aug. 13, 2018 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients with cancers of the blood or lymph nodes who undergo a donor stem cell transplant not to take azithromycin, as long-term use of the antibiotic has been associated... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 13, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
La FDA advierte acerca del incremento del riesgo de reincidencia del c áncer con el uso del antibiótico azitromicina (Zithromax, Zmax) a largo plazo posterior a un trasplante de células madre de donante
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 8, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
La FDA advierte acerca del incremento del riesgo de reincidencia del c á ncer con el uso del antibi ó tico azitromicina (Zithromax, Zmax) a largo plazo posterior a un trasplante de c é lulas madre de donante
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 8, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
FDA Warns Against Long-Term Zmax Use in Certain Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Heightened risk of relapse, death seen in study of stem cell transplant recipients (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 3, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA: Don't Use Azithromycin for Lung Condition in Cancer Patients FDA: Don't Use Azithromycin for Lung Condition in Cancer Patients
The FDA warns of an increased risk for relapse of hematologic malignancy and for death when azithromycin is used to prevent bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.News Alerts (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Alert Source Type: news
FDA warns about increased risk of cancer relapse with long-term use of azithromycin (Zithromax, Zmax) antibiotic after donor stem cell transplant
(Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 3, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Blood biomarker can help predict disease progression in patients with COPD
(Elsevier) Some patients with COPD demonstrate signs of accelerated aging. In a new study published in the journal CHEST ® researchers report that measuring blood telomeres, a marker of aging of cells, can be used to predict future risk of the disease worsening or death. Further, they have determined that the drug azithromycin may help patients with short telomeres, an indicator of more rapid biological aging, stave off negative clinical outcomes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Azithromycin Cuts Pulmonary Exacerbation in CF With Early Pa
WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018 -- For children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and early Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infection, the risk of pulmonary exacerbation is significantly reduced with the addition of azithromycin to tobramycin inhalation solution... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 27, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Pfizer announces extension of Zithromax ® Antibiotic Donation Program through 2025 to help eliminate world's leading infectious cause of blindness
Pfizer Inc. will extend its donation of the antibiotic Zithromax® (azithromycin) to the International Trachoma Initiative through 2025, building on the company's 20-years of work to help eliminate the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. Approximately 163 million people are at risk of developing the disease and this recommitment ensures that Pfizer, through the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), will continue to provide trachoma endemic countries with donated antibiotics that are a critical component of the global strategy to eliminate this neglected tropical disease (NTD). (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - June 14, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Pfizer Business and Industry Source Type: news
Macrolide antibiotics for bronchiectasis
This Cochrane Review of 15 RCTs found that long-term macrolide therapy may reduce the frequency of exacerbations and improve quality of life, although supporting evidence is derived mainly from studies of azithromycin, and predominantly among adults rather than children. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Randomised controlled trial tests azithromycin efficacy for asthma exacerbation
Wed, 05/16/2018 - 15:05News blog (Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - updates - May 16, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: ROrritt Source Type: news
Azithromycin: A Generic Antibiotic That Continues To Provide Surprising Life-Saving Benefits
Decades after it was synthesized in a lab in Groton, Connecticut, new uses of azithromycin are still being found to save lives. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 15, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John LaMattina, Contributor Source Type: news
Trovan - Zithromax (Trovafloxacin and Azithromycin) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - May 14, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
