Clarithromycin - A Review
DR T R RAMANUJAM M.D., C.MI.Biol (Lond)
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS
CLINICAL EFFICACY
TOLERABILITY PROFILE
ADVERSE EFFECTS & DRUG INTERACTIONS
CHOOSING HOOSING MACROLIDES
CONCLUDING SUMMARY
BRIIGHTER SIDE OF CLARITHROMYCIN
DARKER SIDE OF CLARITHROMYCIN
CURRENT TRENDS IN MICROLIDE USE
CONCLUDING SUMMARY
Recent trials have proved that clarithromycin is a beter agent among macrolides in producing better clinical cure and bacteriological eradication when compared with other macrolides. The major drawbacks include its adverse effects in the form of drug interactions and the next one is cost.By therapeutic monitoring adverse drug effect can be minimised .Despite the above limitations CLARITHROMYCIN occupies an important in the place of therapeutic armamentarium of physicians dealing with infectious diseases.
