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    Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Medication nation: Study shows antibiotic overuse

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds.
    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds. Overuse is one reason antibiotics are losing...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swine Flu, Pneumonia

    2. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. FDA warns heart patients of risk from a second antibiotic

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that the widely prescribed antibiotic azithromycin -- marketed as Zithromax and Zmax -- may cause potentially fatal changes in the heart rhythm of people who are taking medications to treat existing heart arrhythmia or who have a slower-than normal heart beat or magnesium or potassium deficiencies.
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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that the widely prescribed antibiotic azithromycin -- marketed as Zithromax and Zmax -- may cause potentially fatal changes in the heart rhythm of people who are taking medications to treat...

    Tags: Ear Infection, Drugs and Medicines, Levaquin (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Cardiac Arrhythmia

    3. Sep 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Popular antibiotic can raise heart rhythm risk

    A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reported that the popular antibiotic azithromycin raised the risk of irregular heart rhythms in some users.
    A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine reported that the popular antibiotic azithromycin raised the risk of irregular heart rhythms in some users. Azithromycin, often sold in a five-day dose known as a Z-Pak, is part of the...

    Tags: Penicillin (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Harvard Medical School, Cardiologists

    4. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  4. CDC publishes new guidelines for gonorrhea treatment

    Gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the US, infects more than 700,000 Americans each year. Most do not have symptoms. Left untreated, it can increase the risk for HIV and cause other serious health consequences, including infertility. It has eventually grown resistant to every drug used to treat it.
    Gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the US, infects more than 700,000 Americans each year. Most do not have symptoms. Left untreated, it can increase the risk for HIV and cause other serious health consequences, including...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Infertility, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Disease Prevention

    5. Nov 30, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Every drug has risks and information is key to avoiding them

    Some drugs are so common that consumers -- at their peril -- don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. We offer a few details on five of the most-prescribed medications. Hydrocodone with...

    Tags: Liver, National Institutes of Health, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Levothyroxine (drug)

    6. Nov 30, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Even the most common medications pose threats

    Some drugs are so common that consumers -- at their peril -- don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. To highlight these risks, we offer up a few details on five of the most-prescribed medications, with additional input from pharmacists interviewed for this package of stories.
    Some drugs are so common that consumers -- at their peril -- don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. To highlight these risks, we offer up a few details on five of the most-prescribed...

    Tags: Liver, Anxiety, Blood Pressure Increase, Drugs and Medicines, Levothyroxine (drug)

    7. Nov 30, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. PREVIOUS CONTENT: Common medications pose threats

    Some drugs are so common that consumers - at their peril - don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. To highlight these risks, we offer up a few details on five of the most-prescribed medications, with additional input from pharmacists interviewed for this package of stories.
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    Some drugs are so common that consumers - at their peril - don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. To highlight these risks, we offer up a few details on five of the most-prescribed medications,...

    Tags: Liver, Anxiety, Blood Pressure Increase, Drugs and Medicines, Levothyroxine (drug)

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