Azithromycin and APS?

[Wittycjt]

I think I’ve taken it before but I am not sure. Has anyone else been prescribed it when you’ve had diag of Hughes? I am taking it for a very bad case of the flu. Not looking for medical advice but want to know if anyone else has used it safely? Ty in advance

[henyrjonze]

Why are you taking an antibiotic for a viral infection?

[Wittycjt in reply to henyrjonze]

Because i have a history of it turning into pneumonia quickly and they want to be preventative. Do you have an answer to my question?

[KellyInTexas Administrator]

sorry Witty…. Awful flu surge this winter. Mean ole bully!

Other than keeping an eye on inr, ( if you are warfarin, I can’t remember what you are currently on) , the only antibiotics that need a watchful eye for if you have a connective tissue disease like Ehlers Danlos Syndrome/ Loeys Dietz syndrome, Marfans Syndrome are “levoquin” family antibiotics that have the risk of causing tendon injury/ damage/ rupture .

You might ask your doctor (s) if it would put you at any risk for that.

The issue I am speaking of specifically are genetic mutations like SMAD, TGFB3, etc.

( I have Loeys Diets Syndrome, TGFB3, the signaling doesn’t work to make to collagen effective. I’m starting to spontaneously tear tendons , etc…) So in can’t have this kind of antibiotic.

[Wittycjt in reply to KellyInTexas]

Thank you Kelly

[myarabella]

I have taken it several times without incidence.

[Wittycjt in reply to myarabella]

Thank you myarabella

[henyrjonze]

Yes. I have used it for strep throat. Took it at the same time as warfarin, lamotrigine, and all my other meds.

[Pooky7]

All antibiotics mess with my INR. I just get tested more. Another thing is take probiotics and eat sauerkraut if you can. Get your gut biome working again. I have never had pneumonia, be well.

[Wittycjt in reply to Pooky7]

Thank you