Eryfast 500mg

Description

Erythromycin is used to treat:

Streptococcal infections of the throat (“strep throat”) and skin
Lung infections, for example, pneumonia caused by streptococcal pneumoniae, mycoplasma pneumoniae, and legionella pneumophila (legionnaires disease)
Pelvic inflammatory disease:

Erythrasma
Whooping cough
Listeriosis
Intestinal amebiasis

It is used for the treatment of staphylococcal infections of the skin and as an alternative antibiotic for the treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.

Erythromycin is used in patients who are allergic to penicillin for the prevention of recurrent rheumatic fever and infections of the hearts’ valves (endocarditis) in patients with valvular abnormalities of the heart before they undergo dental treatments.