A total of 1641 acute exacerbations of COPD occurred during the study — 741 among the 558 participants who received at least one dose of azithromycin and 900 among the 559 who received at least ...

‘Using a low dose of azithromycin(500mg/day ... Previous studies have shown that azithromycin prevents acute COPD exacerbations, but whether the antibiotic could reduce the need to intensify ...

During the study, patients received a low dose of azithromycin in ... “Previous studies have shown that azithromycin prevents acute COPD exacerbations, but whether that antibiotic could reduce ...

His physician recommends the use of azithromycin at a dose of 250 mg daily to reduce the frequency of acute exacerbations. COPD is characterized by chronic airway inflammation resulting in ...

At the end of one year, the researchers found that those who took daily dose of azithromycin ... whether adding azithromycin to standard therapy would decrease COPD exacerbations, and it did.

An extended course of low-dose azithromycin (multiple ... in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), new data suggest. Although the clinical ...

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with COPD who experienced exacerbations even after receiving maximal inhaled triple therapy to determine whether add-on low-dose maintenance azithromycin therapy is cost-effective over 20 years ...

In "Azithromycin during Acute COPD Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization ... Trial," researchers in Belgium report that adding a low dose of azithromycin to the medicines prescribed while ...

A study of azithromycin in patients with COPD from 2011 also is of interest. [5] Its randomized, double-blind protocol did not commence with an acute exacerbation but rather during a nonacute period.

Taking a daily dose of the antibiotic azithromycin may help prevent life-threatening complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers say. These complications are commonly ...