Name: Azithromycin 500mg Tablets
Brand: British Chemist
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Description

Azithromycin belongs to a group of medicines called macrolide antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to treat infections
caused by micro-organisms like bacteria. Azithromycin is used for the treatment of certain infections caused by bacteria that are sensitive to it, such as Travellers’ diarrhoea.

Uses / Instructions

Take ONE tablets daily for 3 days

Warnings

Talk with your doctor or pharmacist before taking Azithromycin if:

you have severe liver or kidney problems
you have severe heart problems or problems with your heart beat such as long QT syndrome (shown on an electro-cardiogram or ECG machine)
your blood levels of potassium or magnesium are too low
you develop signs of another infection
you are taking any ergot derivatives such as ergotamine (to treat migraine) as these medicines should not be taken together with Azithromycin
you have a certain type of muscle weakness called myasthenia gravis
you have nervous (neurological) or mental (psychiatric) problems.

Side Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Very common (may affect more than 1 in 10 people)

• diarrhoea

Common (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

• headache
• being sick (vomiting), stomach pain or cramps, loss of appetite
• change in the quantity of the white blood cells and the concentration of bicarbonate in the blood.

See patient information leaflet for a full list of side effects.