Long COVID problems improved on azithromycin, then came back
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2024
In their words
- Now: Relapsed
it worked great initially but problems came back
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Did you long covid ever come back after the azithromycin? I did a 500 mg 5 day course
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Summary
Badger 25366 reported in November 2024 that they had taken a five-day course of 500 mg azithromycin for long COVID. It worked great initially, but their problems came back afterwards. They asked whether the problems tended to return in the long run after the antibiotic, and how people had held up.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- azithromycin · Helped a lot
Did you long covid ever come back after the azithromycin? I did a 500 mg 5 day course... it worked great initially but problems came back.
In context ↗
Approaches: Antibiotics
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVIDDid you long covid ever come back after the azithromycin?In context ↗ | |
| — | five-day azithromycin course initially worked greatit worked great initiallyIn context ↗ | Azithromycin (Zithromax, Z-Pak) |
| — | problems came back after the courseproblems came backIn context ↗ |
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