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The FDA is concerned about the side effect of liver failure in patients taking the antibiotic Ketek. The risk, although small, is three to four times higher than that of similar antibiotics, Avelox, Tequin, and Levaquin. 
 
Tequin was withdrawn from the market because of blood sugar complications. 
 
The FDA wants increased warnings on the labelling for Ketek.

Antibiotic linked to liver failure

United Press International - 5/19/2006 12:37 PM

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to add a warning label on packaging for an antibiotic that has been linked to liver failure.
 
An internal FDA memo written by the Division of Drug Risk Evaluation described "profound" liver injury in some patients occurring within the first few days of taking the medication. The memo said that 12 of the cases had few other possible causes, The Wall Street Journal reported.
 
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