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28 Αυγ 2014
Study Links Antibiotic to Heart Death Risk
Clarithromycin and roxithromycin are macrolides — antibiotics that affect the electrical activity of the heart muscle and are thought to increase the risk of fatal heart rhythm problems, the researchers said. No increased in risk was observed with roxithromycin.
In a study published online by the British medical journal The BMJ, the team said clarithromycin use was associated with a 76-percent higher risk of cardiac death, compared to use of penicillin V.
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