LONDON, ON – Combining a statin not metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) with the antibiotic clarithromycin is associated with an increased risk of adverse events, according to the results of a ...

An antibiotic may join the ranks of drugs suitable for repurposing as anti-cancer treatments, according to new research from the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project published in ...

The use of a common antibiotic is linked to an increased risk of heart deaths, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at more than five million cases of antibiotic treatment in Danish adults ages 40 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults taking a statin that is not metabolized by cytochrome P450 3A4 were at greater risk for adverse ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting clinicians to the possibility of greater risks of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with heart disease who are prescribed ...

The combination of the common antibiotic clarithromycin with some statins increases the risk of adverse events, which may require hospital admission for older people, according to a new study. Statins ...

Rockville, MD - The FDA has issued an alert on the antibiotic clarithromycin (Biaxin, Abbott Laboratories) after it was associated with an increased mortality in patients with heart disease taking ...

The antibiotic is called Clarithromycin -- the brand name in the United States is Biaxin -- and a new study suggests it may carry some nasty side effects, including death from an irregular heart ...

In a phase III trial, the addition of oral clarithromycin to beta-lactam antibiotic treatment improved the clinical response of people with community-acquired pneumonia who had systemic inflammatory ...

Review the side-effects of Clarithromycin as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of ...

People with heart disease need to be careful about using the common antibiotic clarithromycin, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Heart disease patients who take the drug, sold under the ...

Learn everything you need to know about Clarithromycin-pronunciation, uses, dosage guidelines, indications, and when to take or avoid it. Get up-to-date information on side effects, precautions, ...