Read this Patient Information leaflet before you start taking azithromycin tablets and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or your treatment.
What are azithromycin tablets?
Azithromycin tablets are a macrolide antibiotic prescription medicine used in adults 18 years or older to treat certain infections caused by certain germs called bacteria. These bacterial infections include:
Azithromycin tablets are also used in children to treat:
Azithromycin should not be taken by people who cannot tolerate oral medications because they are very ill or have certain other risk factors including:
Azithromycin tablets are not for viral infections such as the common cold.
It is not known if azithromycin tablets are safe and effective for genital ulcers in women.
It is not known if azithromycin tablets are safe and effective for children with ear infections, sinus infections, and community-acquired pneumonia under 6 months of age.
It is not known if azithromycin tablets are safe and effective for infected throat or tonsils in children under 2 years of age.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking azithromycin tablets?
Before you take azithromycin tablets, tell your healthcare provider if you:
Contact your healthcare provider immediately if you are giving azihtromycin tablets to a young child (less than 6 weeks of age) and he or she vomits or becomes irritable when fed.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take,including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Azithromycin tablets and other medicines may affect each other causing side effects. Azithromycin tablets may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how azithromycin tablets work.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:
Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
How should I take azithromycin tablets?
What are the possible side effects of azithromycin tablets?
Azithromycin tablets can cause serious side effects, including:
These are not all the possible side effects of azithromycin tablets. Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800- FDA-1088.
How should I store azithromycin tablets?
Keep azithromycin tablets and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about the safe and effective use of azithromycin tablets.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in the Patient Information leaflet. Do not use azithromycin tablets for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give azithromycin tablets to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
This Patient Information leaflet summarizes the most important information about azithromycin tablets. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about azithromycin tablets that is written for health professionals.
For more information, call 1-800-397-9228.
What are the ingredients in azithromycin tablets?
Active ingredient: azithromycin dihydrate
Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, dibasic calcium phosphate anhydrous, FD&C Blue #1 aluminum lake and lecithin, FD&C Red #40 aluminum Lake, FD&C Yellow #6 aluminum Lake, macrogol/PEG, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, pregelatinized starch, talc, and titanium dioxide.