Erythromycin-Warfarin Interaction
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor.—In a recent letter, Dr Husserl1 reported the third case in the literature of a patient who had an exaggerated hypoprothrombinemic response to a maintenance dose of warfarin sodium following the addition of erythromycin to the regimen. It is necessary to clarify some statements made in the letter by Husserl and the reply of Dr Bartle.2 Husserl stated that the time lapse prior to detection of the increased prothrombin time (PT) in the case reported by Schwartz et...