Researchers have found that the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin) lowers the risk of death for people who have pneumonia, but it also slightly increases the risk of them having a heart attack.
During the study, researchers analyzed data from 64,000 seniors with pneumonia at VA acute care hospitals. Roughly half of the subjects received azithromycin; the other half did not. After 90 days of hospitalization, the death rate was around 17 percent for those who received the zithromycin and 22 percent for those who did not.
The researchers found that those in the azithromycin group had a slightly higher risk of heart attack (5.1 percent versus 4.4 percent). The risk of cardiac arrythmias, heart failure and any cardiac event were about the same.
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