Drugs used in topical therapy include anti-inflammatory agents such as cyclosporine A, lifitegrast, azithromycin and ... although its exact mechanism of action is currently unknown.

A direct anti-inflammatory action of the antibiotic has been suggested because azithromycin is in a class ... allow the researchers to “identify the mechanism responsible for the beneficial ...

In terms of [the] mechanism, there [are] anti-inflammatory type effects with azithromycin. I’m an epidemiologist; I’m not a biochemist, [so] I can’t get into the biology of it so much.

The antibiotic azithromycin has anti-inflammatory properties that can be beneficial in some chronic lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis. With that in mind, researchers investigated its ...

The antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties of azithromycin suggested it could have therapeutic potential against COVID-19. However, there is a lack of data from randomised ...