Clarithromycin

[Carl Meyer]

Chicken soup would have been cheaper and probably just as good.  The
druggist is in the business of selling drugs, you know.  Which one doesn't
matter.  Push the most expensive one.

The mother chicken says to her chick in the bed with the flu.
"Eat it! It's good for you.  Besides it's nobody we know".

Little Gary Larsen humor there.

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@home.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:17 PM
Subject: Clarithromycin


> There was a post recently in which someone stated, "Don't take anything
> ending with 'mycin'.  It is damaging to your hearing."  As someone who
> already has tinnitus and some mild hearing loss, I made a point to
remember
> this.  Today, I went to my doctor for help in relieving a sore throat and
> swollen glands.  When he prescribed ClarithroMYCIN, I told him that I had
> heard that any drugs in the 'mycin' family can impair your hearing, and he
> told me that USED to be true.  The new 'mycins' (and he said ANY of the
drugs
> prescribed today would fit in that 'new' category) were absolutely
harmless.
> Skeptical, I went to my druggist, whom I trust more than any doctor.  He
> concurred.  Old 'mycin' drugs stayed in your body and built up in your
> system.  The new 'mycins' are eliminated and thus no problem will develop.
>
> I though I would pass this on to the list, as it is good information to
have.
>
>
> Sick again,
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago PTG Associate