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==Contraindications== | |||
ZITHROMAX is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to [[azithromycin]], [[erythromycin]], any [[macrolide]] or [[ketolide]] antibiotic. Zithromax is contraindicated in patients with a history of [[cholestatic jaundice]]/[[hepatic dysfunction]] associated with prior use of azithromycin.<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first =|title =http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | url =http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | publisher = |date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | |||
<ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | url =http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | <ref>{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | url =http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:42, 5 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Contraindications
ZITHROMAX is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to azithromycin, erythromycin, any macrolide or ketolide antibiotic. Zithromax is contraindicated in patients with a history of cholestatic jaundice/hepatic dysfunction associated with prior use of azithromycin.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ "http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/050710s039,050711s036,050784s023lbl.pdf" (PDF). External link in
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Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.