In a phase III trial, the addition of oral clarithromycin to beta-lactam antibiotic treatment improved the clinical response of people with community-acquired pneumonia who had systemic inflammatory ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older adults on blood pressure drugs known as calcium channel blockers could suffer dangerous drops in blood pressure if they are given certain antibiotics, according to a ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning on the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) concurrently with a macrolide antibiotic such as azithromycin. The alert ...

When antibiotics are needed for treating acute otitis media (AOM) in children, amoxicillin is the first-line agent recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Macrolides, such as azithromycin ...

Patients taking azithromycin should not stop taking it without consulting a clinician, the FDA added. The issue of macrolides and the risk for cardiovascular death has been on the FDA's radar since ...