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Clarithromycin Tablet Side Effects

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Sharon Wood

Clarithromycin (Biaxin) is a prescription antibiotic that was first approved for use in the United States in 1993. Now, more than 3 million prescriptions are filled for the drug every year, according to a 2014 update from the National Library of Medicine, or NLM.