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   * May combine with other topical anti-inflammatory treatment as needed   * May combine with other topical anti-inflammatory treatment as needed
  
 +====Side Effects====
 +  * GI (most common): diarrhea 5%, nausea 4%, abdominal pain 3%, vomiting 1%, dyspepsia, flatulence, constipation, hyptertrophic pyloric stenosis in neonates
 +  * Skin: Rash, puritis, photosensitivity, angioedema. erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson, toxic epidermal necrolysis, DRESS
 +  * CNS: headache, dizzines, fatigue, exacerbation of myasthenia gravis 
 +  * Hepatotoxicity
 +  * Heart: QT prolongation and arrhythmias 
 +  * Hearing: hearing loss and tinnitus
 +  * Psychiatric- anxiety, aggression
 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
 [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.10.015|Oral azithromycin combined with topical anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children.JAAPOS 2013 Feb;17(1):112-3]]\\ [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.10.015|Oral azithromycin combined with topical anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children.JAAPOS 2013 Feb;17(1):112-3]]\\