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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The Food and Drug Administration has issued an important warning about one of the most popular antibiotics. As CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, azithromycin – known by the brand ...

The antibiotic, sold under the brand names Zithromax and Zmax as Z-Pak capsules, is produced by Pfizer and is commonly used to treat bronchitis, pneumonia and other infections. Z-Pak is more expensive ...

The Z-Pak is a favorite antibiotic because you take it for only five days instead of 10. "I took my Z-Pak and it worked great. After a day, I was feeling back to my normal self," Melinda Roskos said.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors and patients that a widely used antibiotic from Pfizer can cause rare but deadly heart rhythms in some patients. The agency said Tuesday that it is ...

Like many kids, I was plagued with regular strep throat infections. And, like some kids, my penicillin allergy prevented me from taking the first-line antibiotics to treat those illnesses. So, like ...

A little over a year ago, a study suggested that people who take the common antibiotic azithromycin A/K/A a "Z-pack" may be at an increased risk of death from a heart problem. Scary stuff, since ...