Antibiotic May Trigger Cardiac Deaths
A widely used antibiotic long considered safe dramatically increases the risk of cardiac arrest, particularly when taken with some popular drugs for infections and high blood pressure, a huge study found.    The drug is erythromycin, which has been on the market for 50 years and is prescribed for everything from strep throat to syphilis...
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