Posted by yxibow on February 6, 2006, at 0:12:49
In reply to New Antibiotic Causes Liver Damage, posted by Phillipa on February 4, 2006, at 14:51:08
> Here is a link to a new antibiotic used in North Carolina for sinus infection, pneumonia, etc. Thought you would be interested. Here's a link Fondly, Phillipa
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> Drug linked to liver diseaseA new antibiotic used to treat respiratory infections has been linked to severe liver disease that killed one Charlotte-area patient and caused another to need a liver transplant last year.
> The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:
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> http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/living/health/13790005.htm
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Its a serious antibiotic, not one used casually -- its unfortunate that there have been liver disease links, but antibiotics are always staying one step ahead of being useless, especially overprescribing. It has some proven advantages for preventing resistance. Ultimately it and all its predecessors will become useless.The worst problem though is staying ahead of MRSA hospital aquired infections as vancomycin (the last resort drug of recent times) is becoming less useful. The latest one (warning, not a pleasant picture) is Zyvox http://www.zyvox.com/Index.asp?hcp=true
An interesting timeline of antibiotics can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antibiotics
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