kayleesgrandma
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We have a bulletin board at work where we post medical news people find in various articles. (I work in a hospital, for those who don't know.) I came across these last nite:
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics should be used with extreme caution because there is an increased risk of tendinitis and the possibility of complete tendon rupture with all floroquinolone antibiotics.
This adverse reaction most frequentlly involves the Achilles tendon, the tendon that runs From the back of the heel to the calf. Rupture of the Achilles tendon may require surgical repair. Tendons in the rotator cuff (the shoulder), the hand, the biceps, and the thumbhave also been involved. This reactions appears to be more common in those taking steroid drugs, in older patients, and in kidney transplant recipients, but many cases have occurred in people without any of these risk factors. The onset of symptoms is sudden and has occurred as soon as 24 hours after starting treatment with a fluoroquinolone.
If you experience pain in any tendon while taking these medications, you should stop the medicationa and immediately contact your physician so you can be swithed to another antibiotic.
<b>FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. [
Generic---- Brand Name
Ciproflozacin---- Cipro
Enoxacin---- Penetrex
Gatifloxacin---- Teqkuin
Gemifloxacin---- Factive
<b>LEVOFLOXACIN---- LEVAQUIN</b>
<b>Lovofloxacin---- Maxaquin</b>
Norfloxacin---- Noroxin
<b>Ofloxacin---- AVELOX</b>
tROVAFLOXACIN---- Tovan
The Senate Finance Committee is also investigating KETEK, also called telithromycin. It has been linked tO acute liver failure, 4 deaths , and many other cases in which patient suffered serious liver injuries after receiving the drug.
IT'S USED TO TREAT RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, BRONCHITIS, SINUSITIS, AND COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics should be used with extreme caution because there is an increased risk of tendinitis and the possibility of complete tendon rupture with all floroquinolone antibiotics.
This adverse reaction most frequentlly involves the Achilles tendon, the tendon that runs From the back of the heel to the calf. Rupture of the Achilles tendon may require surgical repair. Tendons in the rotator cuff (the shoulder), the hand, the biceps, and the thumbhave also been involved. This reactions appears to be more common in those taking steroid drugs, in older patients, and in kidney transplant recipients, but many cases have occurred in people without any of these risk factors. The onset of symptoms is sudden and has occurred as soon as 24 hours after starting treatment with a fluoroquinolone.
If you experience pain in any tendon while taking these medications, you should stop the medicationa and immediately contact your physician so you can be swithed to another antibiotic.
<b>FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. [
Generic---- Brand Name
Ciproflozacin---- Cipro
Enoxacin---- Penetrex
Gatifloxacin---- Teqkuin
Gemifloxacin---- Factive
<b>LEVOFLOXACIN---- LEVAQUIN</b>
<b>Lovofloxacin---- Maxaquin</b>
Norfloxacin---- Noroxin
<b>Ofloxacin---- AVELOX</b>
tROVAFLOXACIN---- Tovan
The Senate Finance Committee is also investigating KETEK, also called telithromycin. It has been linked tO acute liver failure, 4 deaths , and many other cases in which patient suffered serious liver injuries after receiving the drug.
IT'S USED TO TREAT RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, BRONCHITIS, SINUSITIS, AND COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA.