Comments on: azithromycin (zithromax) is anti-oxidant, helps rosacea

By: David Pascoe

David Pascoe — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:54:20 +0000

Hi Colleen and Joyce,

Thanks for leaving your comments. Great to hear that zithromax was able to help your rosacea, and that this paper might even help prove it !

Any antibiotic is likely to interrupt the inflammatory pathway that causes rosacea symptoms. It isn’t so much that the antibiotics kill the bacteria that cause skin problems as previously thought.

davidp.

By: J Couts

J Couts — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:34:44 +0000

I was first diagnosed with Rosacea in the early 1990’s. Was given Metrogel which had absolutely no effect. Subsequently, I was treated for an upper respiratory infection with Zithromax and the Rosacea completely went away for 6 months…even though my physician said that Rosacea shouldn’t respond to Zithromax! While I worked in a very large office, I seemed to get sick enough for antibiotics once or twice a year, so I always asked for Zithromax “it works so well for me”, is what I always told my Dr., when what I really wanted was for my Rosacea to please just go away. For years, my Rosacea wasn’t a problem, as long as I could get Zithromax. Now that I’m retired…I don’t get sick…so my face is a mess. I’m miserable. I need to find a medicare physician who will believe me and prescribe the Zithromax. So frustrating. Joyce Couts

By: Colleen Hearn

Colleen Hearn — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:27:45 +0000

A few years ago I had a terrible sinus infection as well as an outbreak of rosacea on my nose. The doctor I saw for my sinus condition prescribed Zithromax, due to my allergy to penicillin. The Zithromax took care of my sinus infection as well as dealing with the outbreak of the rosacea. I was pleasantly surprised. The effects also lasted longer than the results I achieve with a course of tetracycline, and I only took the Zithromax for one week, my usual prescribed course of treatment for tetracycline is three months.
When next I required medication to calm my next major outbreak I discussed with my own doctor the benifits I had recieved from Zithromax, I was told by him that this medication had no effect on skin conditions. I was very pleased to see this article and be able to send you my own success with this medicine. If control of my rosacea can be achieved with a one week course of Zithromax, why would I want to take tetracycline for three months ( a real compliance issue), when the results were the same and acturally I had a longer outbreak free period after the Zithromax. Colleen Hearn