Check your medicine cabinet. You might have a common drug which a new FDA warning says may carry serious or even fatal heart risks. The warning comes 10 months after a study published in the New ...
The Z-Pak is a favorite antibiotic because you take it for only five days instead of 10. "I took my Z-Pak and it worked great. After a day, I was feeling back to my normal self," Melinda Roskos said.
The antibiotic, sold under the brand names Zithromax and Zmax as Z-Pak capsules, is produced by Pfizer and is commonly used to treat bronchitis, pneumonia and other infections. Z-Pak is more expensive ...
DENVER (CBS4) - The government has a warning about a popular antibiotic. It says azithromycin, better known as Z-Pak, can cause a potentially deadly heart problem. The Food and Drug Administration is ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The Food and Drug Administration has issued an important warning about one of the most popular antibiotics. As CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, azithromycin – known by the brand ...
A commonly prescribed five-day course of azithromycin antibiotics, often referred to as Z-Pak, may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart ...
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The "Z-Pak" is a convenient and so a popular antibiotic treatment that doctors prescribe for everything from ear infections to pneumonia. But in case anybody missed it earlier, the FDA wants to make ...