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Prescribed z-pak and vomited 30 min after taking first dose. doctor said to take 2nd dose tomorrow and see how i feel. is it bad that i lost 1st dose?

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Dr. Dan Fisher answered

Depends: If you have a life threatening susceptible bacterial infection then it is bad. If you are doing fine then it is probably not a big deal. Azithromycin lasts a long time in your system and you probably absorbed a fair amount of the dose if you kept it down 30 minutes.

Answered 1/24/2015

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A member asked:

Prescribed z-pak and vomited 30 min after taking first dose. doctor said to take 2nd dose tomorrow and see how i feel. is it bad that i lost 1st dose?

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