Macrolides

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Zithromax (azithromycin)

Azithromycin is an antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes middle ear infections, strep throat, pneumonia, traveler's diarrhea, and certain other intestinal infections. Along with other medications, it may also be used for malaria. It can be taken by mouth or intravenously with doses once per day....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                                         Average retail cost: $160/1 z-pak

Zmax (azithromycin)

Azithromycin is an antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes middle ear infections, strep throat, pneumonia, traveler's diarrhea, and certain other intestinal infections. Along with other medications, it may also be used for malaria. It can be taken by mouth or intravenously with doses once per day....Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                           Average retail cost: $200/bottle

EryPed (erythromycin)

Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis. It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, as well as to improve delayed stomach emptying...Wikipedia

 

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not Available                                                                                                                          Average retail cost: $340/1 bottle

E.E.S. Granules (erythromycin)

Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis. It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, as well as to improve delayed stomach emptying...Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not available                                                                                                                                  Average retail cost: $560/bottle

Erythrocin (erythromycin)

Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis. It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, as well as to improve delayed stomach emptying...Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not available                                                                                                                                  Average retail cost: $780/60 tabs

Ery-Tab (erythromycin)

Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis. It may also be used during pregnancy to prevent Group B streptococcal infection in the newborn, as well as to improve delayed stomach emptying...Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Not available                                                                                                                                  Average retail cost: $800/90 tabs

Dificid (fidaxomicin)

Fidaxomicin, sold under the brand name Dificid among others, is the first member of a class of narrow spectrum macrocyclic antibiotic drugs called tiacumicins. It is a fermentation product obtained from the actinomycete Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subspecies hamdenesis. Fidaxomicin is minimally absorbed into the bloodstream when taken orally, is bactericidal, and selectively eradicates pathogenic Clostridium difficile with relatively little disruption to the multiple species of bacteria that make up the normal, healthy intestinal microbiota...Wikipedia

 

Manufacturer's Website: Dificid                                                                                                                                        Average retail cost: $5,000/20 tabs

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