For days, the most used antibiotic for Covid patients has been practically unavailable in Italian pharmacies, both in hospital and in home care.

Zithromax is no longer available, nor are all generic drugs containing azithromycin, the active ingredient. In the midst of the fourth wave, with hundreds of thousands of positives per day, there has been "huge" usage in the past two months. And the hoarding race has also started by those who have not contracted the disease but are afraid of being infected.

Missing - according to what is learned - would be the molecule necessary for the production of the drug that is prescribed in association with anti-inflammatories.

Zithromax and the generic are used in the therapy against Covid following various scientific studies that have demonstrated its effectiveness both to counteract any complications in patients due to bacteria, and with the value of immuno modulating against the Sars-Cov2 virus.

According to what is learned, the shortage of the medicine will be affected by Aifa, the Italian drug agency. Among the possibilities is also the indication to use another family of antibiotics in place of the missing one.

(Unioneonline / L)

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