Azithromycin & Hearing Loss: An Ototoxic Antibiotic?
Azithromycin (i.e. Zithromax) is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections (gram-positive, gram-negative, and atypical). Azithromycin is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, costs about $4 for a standard course of treatment, and remains one of the most-prescribed antibiotic medications in the United States. Despite the fact that azithromycin is extremely …