Suggest Treatment For Severe Heart Palpitations And Sinus Arrhythmia

Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2017

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Question : i have taken 2doses of zpak and hav irregular heart rate at intervals. stopped zpak will the irregular heartbeat subside. no dizziness or faint feeling

Answered by Dr. Rishu Saxena (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Azithromycin takes 24 hours to clear from the blood.

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.

Though Azithromycin is a very safe antibiotic, yet palpitation and sinus arrhythmia can be a side effect of this medicine.

Time of action of Azithromycin is 24 hours. It will take 24hours from the last dose for the things to settle down. However I would suggest you to get an EKG done at the nearest emergency room to know the nature of those faulty beats to be on safer side.

Let me know if I can assist you further.
Thank you!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee