I absolutely disagree that Zithromax is typically prescribed for STD's! I would say that is a smaller percentage of the use of this drug. There's no reason for me to explain to my friends and co-workers that I do not have a sexually transmitted disease because I take Zithromax. (I'm 66 years old and retired from being a medical transcriptionist for UCSF and other medical institutions for 30 years). I have had a lifelong battle with ulcerative colitis and the resulting complications after proctocolectomy with ileoanal anastomosis and creation of J-pouch, I've learned a lot over the last 26 years. Everyone is different, I think that I am an exception with the off-label use of Zithromax for pouchitis and the extraintestinal manifestations of IBD, but it gave me my life back. Thought that maybe someone could benefit from this information. I probably should have kept it to myself.
There is a reason I haven't been on this group for awhile...