Azithromycin has been tried in protozoal infections such as babesiosis (below), crytosporidiosis, and toxoplasmosis. It is given orally or by intravenous infusion usually as the dihydrate; doses are expressed in terms of the anhydrous substance. Azithromycin dihydrate 524 mg is equivalent to abou...
Tablets: No effect Distribution Protein bound: 51% (0.02 mcg/mL); 7% (2 mcg/mL) Elimination Clearance: 630 mL/min (single 500-mg oral and IV dose) Half-life Oral (3-day regimen): 71.8 hr Oral (5-day regimen): 68.9 hr Excretion ...
Intravenous therapy should be followed by azithromycin by the oral route at a single, daily dose of 500 mg, administered as two 250 mg tablets to complete a 7- to 10-day course of therapy. The timing of the switch to oral therapy should be done at the discretion of the physician and ...