FDA Issues Heart Warning For Popular Antibiotic

Source: Cathy Payne / USA Today An antibiotic prescribed for a wide variety of infections may pose heart risks, the Food and Drug Administration warned today. Azithromycin, sold as Zithromax and Z-Pak, may cause abnormal changes in the heart’s electrical activity, the FDA said in a statement. Those changes may lead to a potentially deadly irregular heart rhythm, [...]