azithromycin improves immunity and reduces inflammation

• related: chronic bronchiectasis, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis
• tags: #permanent

---

Azithromycin promotes host defense by stimulating immune and epithelial cells. It also helps to promote inflammation resolution by reducing tissue injury.¹

• use azithromycin 250 daily for COPD and three times weekly for chronic bronchitis

Links to this note

• COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • azithromycin improves immunity and reduces inflammation

• chronic bronchiectasis

  • azithromycin improves immunity and reduces inflammation

Footnotes

1. Parnham MJ, Erakovic Haber V, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Perletti G, Verleden GM, Vos R. Azithromycin: mechanisms of action and their relevance for clinical applications. Pharmacol Ther. 2014;143(2):225-245. doi:10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.03.003 ↩