antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin).

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This case seems to be linked to time travel:Check the date: 21 March 2006??? and the copyright: 2004http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/hepatotoxicity.htmI found here that the risk for liver was known at least in 2005:http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2005/Feb_PI/Ketek_PI.pdfWhere else shall antibiotics be catabolized, if not in the liver. Manyindividuals have specific problems with specific antibiotics or ansuffer unknowingly from an allergy. The doc should check beforeprescription. > Is the fda taking this off the market? NO! just disclosing it.> Poor soul that gets a prescription for this and knows nothing about> the disclaimer.> ________> > FDA is alerting the public about three reported cases of serious liver> toxicity in patients who took the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin).> The> agency has released several recommendations for healthcare providers> and> their patients who take Ketek which include monitoring for symptoms of> liver> problems and using the antibiotic only for appropriate infections.> > <http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/telithromycin.htm>> http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/telithromycin.htm