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Former US Surgeon General Criticizing $5,000 Emergency Room Bill
Nurses Launch Billboard Campaign Against Renewal of Desert Regional
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$1 Billion Donation Eliminates Tuition at Albert Einstein Medical School
Kern County Hospital Authority Accused of Overpaying for Executive
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SWJPCCS Associate Editor has Essay on Reining in Air Pollution Published
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Amazon Launches New Messaged-Based Virtual Healthcare Service
Hospitals Say They Lose Money on Medicare Patients but Make Millions
Trust in Science Now Deeply Polarized
SWJPCC Associate Editor Featured in Albuquerque Journal
Poisoning by Hand Sanitizers
Healthcare Layoffs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Practice Fusion Admits to Opioid Kickback Scheme
Arizona Medical Schools Offer Free Tuition for Primary Care Commitment
Determining if Drug Price Increases are Justified
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Pulmonary Disease Linked to Vaping
CEO Compensation-One Reason Healthcare Costs So Much
Doctor or Money Shortage in California?
FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Resigns
Physicians Generate an Average $2.4 Million a Year Per Hospital
Drug Prices Continue to Rise
New Center for Physician Rights
CMS Decreases Clinic Visit Payments to Hospital-Employed Physicians
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Big Pharma Gives Millions to Congress
Gilbert Hospital and Florence Hospital at Anthem Closed
CMS’ Star Ratings Miscalculated
VA Announces Aggressive New Approach to Produce Rapid Improvements
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Healthcare Payments Under the Budget Deal: Mostly Good News
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Hospitals Plan to Start Their Own Generic Drug Company
Flu Season and Trehalose
MedPAC Votes to Scrap MIPS
CMS Announces New Payment Model
Varenicline (Chantix®) Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Events
Tax Cuts Could Threaten Physicians
Trump Nominates Former Pharmaceutical Executive as HHS Secretary
Arizona Averages Over 25 Opioid Overdoses Per Day
Maryvale Hospital to Close
California Enacts Drug Pricing Transparency Bill
Senate Health Bill Lacks 50 Votes Needed to Proceed
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Senate Republican Leadership Releases Revised ACA Repeal and Replace Bill
Mortality Rate Will Likely Increase Under Senate Healthcare Bill
University of Arizona-Phoenix Receives Full Accreditation
Limited Choice of Obamacare Insurers in Some Parts of the Southwest
Gottlieb, the FDA and Dumbing Down Medicine
Salary Surveys Report Declines in Pulmonologist, Allergist and Nurse 
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CDC Releases Ventilator-Associated Events Criteria
Medicare Bundled Payment Initiative Did Not Reduce COPD Readmissions
Younger Smokers Continue to Smoke as Adults: Implications for Raising the
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Most Drug Overdose Deaths from Nonprescription Opioids

 

 

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Entries in clarithromycin (1)

Tuesday
Dec062016

Combination Influenza Therapy with Clarithromycin-Naproxen-Oseltamivir Superior to Oseltamivir Alone

As we enter the influenza season, Ivan et al. (1) are reporting in Chest that oseltamivir-clarithromycin-naproxen combination for treatment of serious influenza results in reduced mortality, less frequent ICU admission, and shorter hospital-stay compared to oseltamivir alone. From February to April 2015, the authors conducted a prospective open-label randomized-controlled trial. Adult patients hospitalized for A(H3N2) influenza were randomly assigned to a 2-day combination of clarithromycin 500mg, naproxen 200mg and oseltamivir 75mg twice daily, followed by 3 days of oseltamivir; or oseltamivir 75mg twice daily for 5 days as control (1:1). Among the 217 influenza A(H3N2) patients enrolled, 107 were randomly assigned to the combination treatment. Ten patients succumbed during the 30-day follow-up. The combination treatment was associated with lower 30-day mortality (p=0.01), less frequent ICU/HDU admission (p<0.001), and shorter hospital-stay (p<0.0001). Multivariate analysis showed that combination treatment was the only independent factor associated with lower 30-day mortality (p=0.04). The authors advised further study on the antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of this combination treatment, but those caring for severely ill patients with influenza might wish to consider combination therapy since all these drugs are available.

Richard A. Robbins, MD

Editor, SWJPCC

Reference

  1. Hung IF, To KK, Chan JF, et al. Efficacy of clarithromycin-naproxen-oseltamivir combination in the treatment of patients hospitalized for influenza A(H3N2) infection: an open-label, randomized controlled, phase 2b/3 trial. Chest. 2016 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Cite as: Robbins RA. Combination influenza therapy with clarithromycin-naproxen-oseltamivir superior to oseltamivir alone. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2016;13(6):302. doi: https://doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc136-16 PDF