AZITHROMYCIN vs CLARITHROMYCIN

He is fully vaccinated (including flu and COVID vaccines). He is currently taking a 5 day course of azithromycin (250 MG tablet) for the sinus infection and started the tamiflu today. How long should we keep him home to prevent him from spreading it to others? I have a benign brain tumor and am

Case 1) A physician prescribed his wife #180 plaquenil 200mg BID + #30 azithromycin 250 mg QD. Paying with GoodRx. (we didn’t fill it of course) One of my new tech typed it in, i caught it and called him asking for diagnosis code. He started out saying his wife has asthma and needed it for prophyla

Our pharmacy is being physically expanded right now and the ScriptPro machine we have was moved for the first time in who knows how long. There were about 60 vials/caps found underneath plus a dusty ahh Zpak that expired in 2010… Also these pics were taken by an overnight technician not me so shout

(34F, 5'5", non-smoker, USA) I feel terrible for even writing this, but it's been absolutely bothering me since I found out. I know someone that has told their husband they have cancer. But she's insisting it be kept a secret from everyone. Here's where I'm suspicious and maybe that's just my lack o

Hey everyone, So I work in a rural community pharmacy and a patient brought in a prescription for amoxi-clav for an ENT infection (otitis media, cough, sinus infection). I noticed that the amoxi-clav was severely under dosed and the doctor wrote to give 1/4 of what she’d need for her weight. Second

Amoxicillin and augmentin are all completely gone. Same with cefdinir. I have some azithromycin and penicillin and clindamycin left but we’re out of options. What are folks doing? Have we seen doctors trying any other antibiotics after having failed augmentin and cefdinir? Also just a shout out to a

I’m a new pharmacist, recently came across a situation and was wondering how other pharmacists would handle it. So a kid was prescribed H.pylori medication (Amoxicillin, clarithromycin and Omeprazole) by their primary. The next day they were in an urgent care, diagnosed with otitis media and prescri

**28M, 174cm (5'8"), 62kg (136lbs), white european, not smoking, not taking drugs, mild drinking on ocasion.** TLDR: 48 days of reocurring fever, dry cough fits, unable to take a deep breath without coughing. **Updates**: **28/3/2020** \- added bloodwork and photo of what I cough up in the morning *

https://ibb.co/PpxKYts it’s 4am and i can’t sleep due to the intense pain 31 year old female. based in england. i have experienced recurrent boil/abscess like swelling for the past 13 years in exactly the same place. the frequency varies between once a month and once every 4 months or so. for a peri

“He also described treatments with a steroid, budesonide, and an antibiotic, clarithromycin, as well as cod liver oil.” -CNN article

Had a patient come into the pharmacy with a pretty nasty chest infection. They worked close to the pharmacy at a local chicken take-away. He did not have a lot of money so I said to him I'd give him his antibiotics at the most affordable price I could but he would have to get the generic. The prescr

I (F28) went to my own local doctor because of a lump near my armpit and she told me I had an infected ingrown hair. She prescribed me Dicloxacillin (capsules) but I had a really bad reaction to it (swollen eyelids, bad rashes on the legs) so I called the emergency doctors today. I live in Denmark s

Yesterday, my mother took me (17F) to the doctor's office for my yearly checkup. There, she told my PCP that I tend to have bad breath, and my mother suspects that I have too much acid in my stomach. My doctor then suspected I have H. pylori bacteria (told me that people of Asian descent were more l

https://ibb.co/mXc6Pyw My daughter, 15F, started feeling ill Apr 28. It started with fever, body ache, and congestion/sinus pain and cough and ear ache, and deep fatigue. We treated with advil/tylenol, figuring it was just a normal cold. It was getting worse and throat was very inflamed (though not

Both macrolides, but clarithro has many drug interactions, is dosed BID and usually for longer duration. What advantage does clarithromycin have?