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My son has a heart murmur. is it safe for him to take aziythromycin for an ear infection? he refuses to take his amoxicillin (spits it out).
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Yes: A heart murmur does not make an antibiotic unsafe. Some antibiotics are better than others for treating patients with certain heart murmurs. All the best.
Answered 11/16/2014
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Yes: there is no reason he could not take any medicine he is prescribed with a heart murmur.
Answered 11/12/2014
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