Azithromycin

Zithromax, Z-Pak · Macrolide

Generic
azithromycin
Brands
Zithromax, Z-Pak
Class
Macrolide
Say it
a-zith-roe-MYE-sin

What technicians need to know

QT prolongation

Commonly mispronounced

"a-zith-RO-mi-sin"

The -mycin pattern

Azithromycin ends in -mycin, which marks a macrolide or aminoglycoside antibiotic — used for infection. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

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