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Saftey concerns with floroquinolones:
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising patients with certain conditions (patients with acute sinusitis, acute bronchitis, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections) not to use floroquinolones because the risk outweigh benefit in those patients and used only if they don’t have alternatives treatment.

 

An FDA safety review has shown that fluoroquinolones when used systemically (i.e. tablets, capsules, and injectable) are associated with serious side effects, involve the tendons, muscles, joints, nerves, and central nervous system..

 

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm498662.htm