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Would omnicef (cefdinir) be considered one of the safest antibiotics? how about for heart patients? or there any safer?

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See below: Omnicef (cefdinir) is a safe as any antibiotic. Certainly sulfur based antibiotics are more likely to cause a reaction. Si, in that sense is is safer.

Answered 6/30/2014

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