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Ketek, an antibiotic used to treat respiratory infections including chronic bronchitis, sinusitis, and pneumonia and other serious or drug-resistant infections, was on the market for a little more 18 months before a report, published online by the Annals of Internal Medicine provided new Ketek information linking the use of this antibiotic to severe liver damage. Three patients in the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina suffered serious liver damage after taking Ketek. One patient died of liver failure, one required a liver transplant, and one contracted drug-induced hepatitis.

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The FDA has issued a MedWatch Alert and a consumer advocacy group called Public Citizen has released a statement claiming that in the FDA had reports of at least 54 incidents of liver problems and evidence of a risk of heart, liver, and eye toxicity before the FDA approved Ketek for use in the US market in April 2004. Public Citizen stated that the reports of liver damage came from countries that had permitted the sale of Ketek before FDA approval. Of the 54 reports, 19 cases of liver damage were categorized as serious. Consult your health care provider about the use of Ketek and the possibility of Ketek side effects before you consider taking it. If you have experienced liver problems after taking Ketek you may be entitled to recover damages for the injury you have suffered. No Ketek lawsuits have been reported, but Ketek side effects are being monitored.

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