Common Antibiotic Clarithromycin Linked With Heart Deaths
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 22:20
in Health & Medicine
The antibiotic clarithromycin is widely used for treating common bacterial infections and has been linked to an increased risk of heart deaths by a study on BMJ. The absolute risk is small and prescribing practice should not be changed until results have been confirmed in an independent study but the authors say their findings require urgent confirmation, given that many millions of people are prescribed the drug each year. read more