of overpromise and underdeliver. and i m a little disappointed that we have this study that just came out. this was published in british medical journal, and for four years every time you started to have the sensation and the feelings of flu, your doctor gave you this tamiflu to shorten the period of the disease itself but also reduce the symptoms, and perhaps prevent you from getting the full-blown influenza and ending up in the hospital. the idea is that they can shorten it by one day, and now we re finding out that a lot of data may or may not have been accurate. in fact, they put it against placebo, and tamiflu, and there was not really think benefit. unfortunately, the side effects which is nausea, vomiting, headache and possible kidney issues are some of the side effects. so this is a warning, and, of course, there has to be further investigation and find out whether there s any benefit to this, but i was disappointed because so many medical doctors out there emphasize z-pak or t
that s funny. alisyn: a good one. let s get to your headlines and tell you what you missed overnight. there is a new warning out by the f.d.a. about a very popular drug. officials say the antibiotic better known as the zpac could cause potentially deadly heart problems. it may cause an irregular heart rhythm. at high risk are elderly people and those who already have an irregular heartbeat. brian: they say that is what paul ryan is doing, hurting old people with z-pak. steve: don t believe that part. brian, you re fired. brian: 27 minutes before the top of the hour. a shooting at the most popular shopping district in south beach, florida. a wheelchair bound man and his brother got into an argument with a waitress over where to sit at a bar at the lincoln mall road. that s when they say the suspect pulled a gun from under his shirt and began waving it at people before firing two shots.
cause potentially deadly heart problems. it may cause an irregular heart rhythm. sometimes those speed up your heart when you take it. you feel a little up. for elderly people and those with an irregular heart pack, z-pak could be dangerous. it s often used as an antibiotic. brian: a veteran in the right place at the right time is able to stop a crime and captured the suspect in the process. charlie blackmore was driving home from work when he saw something on the sidewalk. a man assaulting a woman of the so he made a quick decision to step in and stop it. he was a big individual. i wasn t playing around. he didn t seem like he was playing around. i made it quite clear to him that if he did come at me, i would have to take him down. brian: he held his gun on the suspect and then called police. the guy is in custody. steve: meanwhile, a college student truly is in a new york state of mind. he gets the chance of a lifetime. i m in a new york state of
james holmes. looking different than the last time we saw him, holmes plea was entered as some of his victims spoke out. also this morning, an important warning about a medication many people ask for by name. it is the z-pak. now comes word that for some people take it could be fatal. that stuff is really popular i ve had bronchitis a few times, taken the z-pak. walk into the doctor s office. don t need to go to the doctor s office. go to one of the minute clinics one of the pharmacies and say, i will take a z-pak. just look that. find out later things have a downside. here we go on that. later this half hour, keeping control of teenagers, of course, is no easy feat for anybody. but for men of the cloth there is added pressure. a new reality tv show reveals how the experience can really, let s say, test their faith. another reality show. another controversy. this one is though, it is going to touch a bunch of nerves. oh, yeah. oh, yeah.
welcome back, everybody. an important medical item to pass along. the fda issued a warning abut a very popular antibiotic. a lot of folks have taken it, i have, too, the z-pak. concern that people that have heart conditions could suffer sudden death. abc s chief medical editor dr. besser tells us more about the medicine and who and when they should be concerned. reporter: prescribed 60 million times a year to treat common infections. ear, nose, throat, chest, so popular people ask for it by name. do you ever have a patient come in with a cold or flu who say doc, give me a z-pak. all the time. reporter: the warning from the fda for some patients, the z-pak or azithromycin can cause changes in the electrical activity of the heart which can be fatal. it applies to people with arrhythmias and people with low blood levels, potassium and magnesium.