X-Message-Number: 24605 Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:25:48 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Antibiotic May Trigger Cardiac Deaths http://www.comcast.net/News/HEALTHWELLNESS//XML/1500_Health__medical/9a41b50f-698c-4645-9741-1151a69cb5c9.html Antibiotic May Trigger Cardiac Deaths 2 hours ago By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer A common antibiotic prescribed for 50 years to treat everything from ...More... - A common antibiotic prescribed for 50 years to treat everything from strep throat to syphilis dramatically increases the risk of cardiac arrest, especially when taken with certain newer, popular drugs, a study found. The study shows the need for continuing research on the safety of older medicines such as the widely prescribed drug, erythromycin, including how they interact with newer medicines, said researcher Wayne A. Ray, a professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville. In patients taking erythromycin along with other drugs that increase its concentration in the blood, the risk of cardiac death was more than five times greater, Ray and his colleagues found. That translates to six deaths for every 10,000 people taking erythromycin for the typical two weeks while on the other drugs. "This is an unacceptably high risk," Ray said.[cont.] Makes one wonder what other wolf in sheep's clothing killers are out there. James -- Membership in order of joining - all comments on any subject are solely my opinion only and not reflective of the official positions of the following: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Assoc. http://www.transhumanism.org/ MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24605