Azithromycin long term - How many times per week?

This a quick clarification about using the antibiotic called azithromycin on a long term basis. Azithromycin taken as one tablet on only three days of the week (i.e. Mon, Wed, Fri) is sometimes recommended to patients who have very many chest infections. The use of azithromycin in this way should only be at your doctor's advice! The effect is more to modulate how your body's immune response reacts to various bacteria than to act as an antibiotic. There is always a small risk of developing bacterial resistance, so this is not something that is recommended to everyone. There is also a potential risk of heart rhythm disturbance in some people, so your doctor will weigh up the risks and potential benefits before starting you on such a treatment.
Please check with your doctor first before starting this treatment!

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[der-weidi]

My doctor here in the PH said no but i tried it it for 2 month and i had no more chest infection. Now its getting hot and i don't need it. Will use it again in June when the rainy season starts. I also switched from Symbicort 160 to Seretide 250. My anxiety and panic attacks are gone and my asthma is now well controlled. No more problems. Can do sports too. Thanks to your videos Dr. Stefan.

[steveking]

My doctors over the years always fight me on prescribing Z-Pak. It’s the only thing that quickly fixes flu, sinus/ear infections, and green mucus in my lungs and sinus infections that I get every year or two.
I purchase Z-Pak on my own so I don’t have to suffer through the infections for 3-4 weeks while the doctors say “Tough it out!”
I know several doctors who start taking Z-Pak, Cipro, and Bactrim at the first sign of illness.
Good for them, but the sheeple have to “let it go away on its own.”
No more, I’ve evened the playing field!
If the mucus is green, I’m on the 5-day Z-Pak treatment from now on!

[getefile]

I got swere chest infection, with cough mucus etc Dr prescribed azythro.., i took one week, but i still has cough and mucus .... one week more past and after I left taking azythro.. so I ask can azythro be repeated after one week gape and interval????

[angiea]

Antibiotics should not be used, ever, and because doctors are so quick to prescribe we now have SUPERBUGS. I have very little patience and zero confidence in physicians with Western Training.