ROMA. For days, the most used antibiotic for Covid patients at home and in the hospital has no longer been found in Italian pharmacies. Zithromax and the generic.
Missing would be the raw material, or molecule necessary for the production of the drug that is prescribed in association with anti-inflammatories.
The difficulty in finding the medicine is due to the enormous use in the last 2 months linked to the increase in infections and probably also to the hoarding by those who have not contracted the disease but are afraid of contagion.
The antibiotic Zithromax and the generic are used in the therapy against Covid following several scientific studies that have demonstrated its efficacy both to counteract any complications in patients due to bacteria, both with an immuno-modulating value against the Sars-Cov2 virus.
According to what is learned, of the shortage of the medicine Aifa, the Italian drug agency will be interested.
Among the possibilities there is also the indication to use aother family of antibiotics in place of the missing one.