Drug Class: What is Erythromycin and why is it prescribed?
Generic Erythromycin 250 mg is an antibiotic used to treat many kinds of infections, including:
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease, Gonorrhea, Intestinal parasitic infections,
Legionnaires disease, Listeriosis, Pinkeye, Rectal infections, Reproductive tract
infections, Skin infections, Syphilis, Upper and lower respiratory tract infections,
Urinary tract infections, Whooping cough.
Generic Erythromycin 250 mg is also prescribed to prevent rheumatic fever in people who are
allergic to penicillin and sulfa drugs.
Generic Erythromycin 250 mg is also prescribed before colorectal surgery to prevent infection.
