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Antibiotics losing their power against acne

... childbearing age. Commonly used antibiotics like erythromycin and tetracycline are now becoming increasingly powerless against acne causing skin bacteria - Propionibacterium acnes. Researchers led by Dr. Carl Erik Nord of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden studied this growing antibiotic resistance ...

The new born nightmare

... 2000.// They found that those babies given oral erythromycin during the first two weeks of life were 12 times m...n those who were not, although babies treated with erythromycin eye ointment, which is regularly used to combat conjunctivitis, did not have much risk. “The link b...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...cine study also showed that babies who received an erythromycin eye ointment, a common treatment for conjunctivitis, did not have a higher risk of pyloric stenosis. ...

The Dangers Of Prescribing Antibiotics

...gs.// The study shows patients should not be given erythromycin along with antifungal agents such as diltiazem, ve...ine if there is any association between the use of erythromycin and sudden cardiac death. Researchers used information on 1,476 cases of confirmed sudden death due ...

Ordinary drugs can interfere with death from cardiac problems

...ne, haloperidol and pimozide (anti-psychotics) and erythromycin and clarithomycin (antibiotics). The highest level of risk of sudden cardiac death is from administration of higher daily doses of GI or anti-psychotic medications. Women and elderly people seems to be more at risk than men and younger patients. Ho...

New Treatment Discovered For Pediatric Cholera

...f antibiotic treatment with either tetracycline or erythromycin for treatment of cholera in children. Researchers...ed the effectiveness of a 3-day, 12-dose course of erythromycin with a single-dose of ciprofloxacin. 162 children were randomly assigned to treatment with either ci...

New And More Effective Treatment For Cholera

...f antibiotic treatment with either tetracycline or erythromycin for treatment of cholera in children. A comparison...of the effectiveness of a 3-day, 12-dose course of erythromycin with a single-dose of ciprofloxacin was done. Ciprofloxacin was more effective than erythromycin at ...

Antibiotics Given Too Often For Sore Throat: Study

...use against strep throat. Penicillin, amoxicillin, erythromycin and first-generation cephalosporins are considered effective against strep, the report said....

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