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What Are The Side Effects Of Clarithromycin?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...I have been taking clarithromycin for 5 dayas and I started to see my urine becoming a different color, I assume is blood because it looks pink, what should I do? Should I stop it and wait until monday or go to the ER. Thanks
Fri, 12 Sep 2014
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Hello
Clarithromycin is a macrolide type of antibiotics and used for the treatment of respiratory infection skin infection , eradication of H PYLORI and many infections.
It never causes any discoloration of urine or don't develop blood in urine i.e. presence of blood in urine is not due to clarithromycin .
The possibilities of blood in urine may be due to these reasons, these include:
1 Renal calculus , diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound of renal system.
2 Renal impairment , diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for urea , serum creatinine level
3 The least possible cause is side effect of this drug.
In my opinion first of all stop this drug . Still blood present in urine ( 6-8 hours after stopping of drug ) then consult a physician and get his opinion.
At present no need of any ER consultation.
Take plenty of fluid , water and juice .
Hope this will help you.
Good luck.
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What Are The Side Effects Of Clarithromycin?

Hello Clarithromycin is a macrolide type of antibiotics and used for the treatment of respiratory infection skin infection , eradication of H PYLORI and many infections. It never causes any discoloration of urine or don t develop blood in urine i.e. presence of blood in urine is not due to clarithromycin . The possibilities of blood in urine may be due to these reasons, these include: 1 Renal calculus , diagnosis can be confirmed by ultrasound of renal system. 2 Renal impairment , diagnosis can be confirmed by blood examination for urea , serum creatinine level 3 The least possible cause is side effect of this drug. In my opinion first of all stop this drug . Still blood present in urine ( 6-8 hours after stopping of drug ) then consult a physician and get his opinion. At present no need of any ER consultation. Take plenty of fluid , water and juice . Hope this will help you. Good luck.