There are reports of liver failure, there is really no excuse to use this drug – especially since there are so many safer alternatives available.
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I took Ketek for a sinus infection. Great stuff!
I agree with Kevin. There are many alternatives, and no good reason to use this medication.
Not to mention the fairly high incidence of visual accommodation problems – when this drug was first released, my office took several calls, i.e. “I started the antibiotics, and now I can’t see!”
Rich,
Are you sure that the accomodation problems were due to Ketek and not from the disease process itself?
John,
From the PI:
Special senses: Visual adverse events most often included blurred vision, diplopia, or difficulty focusing. Most events were mild to moderate; however, severe cases have been reported. Some patients discontinued therapy due to these adverse events. Visual adverse events were reported as having occurred after any dose during treatment, but most visual adverse events (65%) occurred following the first or second dose. Visual events lasted several hours and recurred upon subsequent dosing in some patients. For patients who continued treatment, some resolved on therapy while others continued to have symptoms until they completed the full course of treatment.
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