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Does clarithromycin prescribed for urine infections? pls explain

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Dr. Frank Kuitems answered

Maybe: Not usually but occasionally could be used for certain type of UTIs ask your primary care physician or the doctor who prescribed it

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Answered 11/15/2015

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