The Z-Pak is a favorite antibiotic because you take it for only five days instead of 10. "I took my Z-Pak and it worked great. After a day, I was feeling back to my normal self," Melinda Roskos said.

A commonly prescribed five-day course of azithromycin antibiotics, often referred to as Z-Pak, may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart ...

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The antibiotic, sold under the brand names Zithromax and Zmax as Z-Pak capsules, is produced by Pfizer and is commonly used to treat bronchitis, pneumonia and other infections. Z-Pak is more expensive ...

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The FDA is alerting patients and the public that they are going to include a warning for risk of fatal irregular heartbeats on the drug label for antibiotic Zithromax ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The Food and Drug Administration has issued an important warning about one of the most popular antibiotics. As CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, azithromycin – known by the brand ...

The popular Z-Pak antibiotic, linked to heart-rhythm problems in March, may not be risky for the average patient, a new study suggests. The FDA maintains that patients with certain risk factors--those ...