Suggest Alternative Medication In Place Of Erythromycin

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2015

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Question : Thanks ,, My wife is having hernial surgery and the Dr. has prescribed Erythromycin . None seems available in my area and is very expensive , are there any equivalents or ant bacterials for this type of surgery . Please and thanks .

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
clarithromycin or azithromycin

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

erythromycin is a macrolide. Other macrolides include clarithromycin, azithromycin, roxithromycin.

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