Azithromycin
Brand names: Azithromycin, Azasite, Zithromax
Part of: Common antibiotics
At a glance
- Medicare prescriptions, 2024
- 7,061,126
- Medicare drug cost
- $37.4M
- Average cost per prescription
- $5.30
- Clinicians who prescribed it
- 190,428
Where it is prescribed
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What it is used for
AzaSite ® is indicated for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by susceptible isolates of the following microorganisms: CDC coryneform group G Efficacy for this organism was studied in fewer than 10 infections.
From the FDA-approved prescribing information (label dated July 2024). Full labels on DailyMed (opens in a new tab)
Who prescribes it
- Nurse Practitioners 24.2%
- Family Medicine 23.4%
- Internal Medicine 20.4%
- Physician Assistants 9.8%
- Pulmonology 6.4%
- Emergency Medicine 2.7%
- General Practice 2.7%
- Dentists (general) 2.3%
- Infectious Disease 0.8%
- Critical Care Medicine 0.7%
- Geriatric Medicine 0.7%
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons 0.6%
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Share of Medicare prescriptions written by each specialty. Select one to list its prescribers.
Trend, 2019–2024
Medicare prescriptions rose 7% from 2019 to 2024.
Biggest change by state since 2019
- Mississippi +27%
- Florida +21%
- Texas +19%
- Alabama +19%
- Nevada +18%
- Oregon (smallest change) −8%
- Wisconsin (smallest change) −7%
From CMS’s yearly state and national Part D summaries, which count every prescriber, including those CMS leaves out of its per-clinician data (fewer than 11 prescriptions). That is why these totals are higher than the count at the top of this page. Prescriptions include refills.
What it looks like
Pills from 3 makers on file. The same medicine can look different depending on who made it, so check the imprint (the letters and numbers on the pill) with your pharmacist if a refill looks different.
A-S Medication Solutions
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 250 mg | white capsule, 14 mm | 66 D |
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc.
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 500 mg | pink capsule, 17 mm | 591 L |
Coupler LLC
| Strength | Looks like | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| 500 mg | white oval tablet, 17 mm | 67 D |
Source: DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine), from each maker’s FDA drug listing. A few makers are shown, not every one. Never take a pill you can’t identify; ask a pharmacist.
Industry payments about this drug
No industry payments to clinicians named this drug in 2025.
Recalls and shortages
Not on the FDA drug shortage list.
1 recall since 2020
- Apr 2022 · McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office · Class II
cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Recalls usually affect specific lots from one maker, not every version of a drug. Class I is the most serious; most drug recalls are Class II. FDA recalls (opens in a new tab)
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug (2024; prescriptions include refills, and CMS hides counts under 11 per prescriber); U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA (drug labels, NDC directory, enforcement reports, drug shortages); CMS Open Payments 2025; ClinicalTrials.gov. General information only, not medical advice; not yet reviewed by our medical reviewer.