Warning on Tendon Injuries with Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics

[econogate]

I can't believe they try to market something like this that could cause such an irreversible damage to the user. I am wondering how accurate the statistics are for the adverse reactions, especially since it can occur many months later.

[econogate]

I was prescribed this but have declined to take it, never heard of tendon rupturing or ligament damaging anti-biotics. I have some kind of bacterial infection, one doctor said I have polyp in my nose another said I had sinusitus, and another said I had the flu! It's like curly, moe and larry! I am trying flonase for the nose, but so far no improvement. The one anti-biotic I did take worked but the doc only gave me 10 days worth and by day 14 my nose filled up again.

[GBelair]

tendon injury, tendonitis?!?!? Thats not the real story, it destroys all connective tissue's materials that provide elasticity, especially collagen. The tendons lose elasticity, shrink, harden and hurt daily forever after. Skin, also has connective tissue, it starts drooping and thining and at age 30 you end up looking like a Sharpy Dog... seriously.

[GBelair]

@GBelair so TENDON INJURY is a serious understatement. doing activity or not won't help the fact that for the rest of your days, you wont be able to live without generalised tendon pain and varying degrees of loss of mobility.

[bishopdante]

look up nalixic acid, that's what this drug comes from!!

[XxGenocideJunkiexX]

Wow! thanks for posting this. I was given Cipro yesterday for a cat bite that got infected. Ive only taken 2 pills out of 10 but even after the first one I woke up with pretty severe pain in my left shoulder and now I have pain in my left knee. There is no way in hell im taking another pill of this shit, or any other fluoroquinolone.

[jquimby3]

Never, never, ever take this drug. I took 7 doses and had loss of appetite and sleep, achy muscles, swelling in the fingers and ankles, sore tendons, and a feeling of being agitated. This was originally sold as a chemo drug so you know it is powerful with dangerous side effects. Whoever heard of selling a drug that can cause you to rupture a tendon!! Shame on them.

[vampirehunter33]

I could always tolerate ciprofloxacin well never had any trouble. I could take it for a month in fact I once had to because of an infection.. unfortunately it did not kill infection so now Im on Levofloxacin . and I'm throwing the junk away. levaquin has brought me a whole host of illnesses . tons of joint pain , weak and shaky hands , and now hearing loss in my right ear. the symptoms stop close to the 24 hour mark . and start again an hour after each pill .

[skootize]

STAY OFF THIS DRUG I WAS ISSUED CIPROFLOXACIN COUPLE OF DAY AGO , NO PROBLEMS THE FIRST DAY SECOND DAY II STARTED DEVELOPING A SEVERE LEG CRAMP WHICH WAS WAKING ME UP IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING BY DAY THREE EVERY TIME I TOOK THE DAM PILL THE LEG CRAMP STARTED WITH IN 30MINS OF TAKING ...LAST NIGHT I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN I WAS CRYING OUT ..THE OUT OF HOURS DOCTOR TOLD ME TO CARRY ON TAKING IT BUT THERES NO CHANCE OF THAT PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS SLOW KILL PILL

[SIDY31]

moi aussi les amis, ma vie est gachée, j'étais danseuse et je ne suis plus que douleur et tristesse, avec la peur de crever d'un cancer en prime!et plus d'espoir, plus de vie amoureuse, la misère totale.Qui voudrait d'une zombie comme moi, toujours malade et de plus en plus diminuée chaque année!!!???bonne chance à tous même si elle n'existe plus pour nous....................

[papatoony]

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank my doctor who prescribed me Cipro because he thought I *might* have bacterial prostatitis (no bacteria showed up on my tests). Two weeks after taking it I have basically become a fucking cripple. Started in my achillies, then spread to my ankles and top of my feet. Hardly able to walk. Now my hands are starting to lock up...can't use my thumbs. THANKS CIPRO! You haven't heard the last of me. I'm goin' down fighting.

[papatoony]

P.S. The only side effect my doctor mentioned to me was possible sun sensitivity! Ha! Sun sensitivity...and here I am unable to fucking walk. I'm pissed as hell. Where's the class action lawsuit? I'M IN. Let me at those bastards. If this doesn't go away, I'm gonna show up at their offices Michael Moore style.

[MUZIKLUVA420]

dam your comment was the one i was lookin for .....JESUS i have been on this med for 4 days my ankles have started hurt also my shoulder blade,JESUS my hands lock up on me last nite while tryin to to take headphone jacks out of an ipod, i'm healthy and now i feel weak an can get no freak ing sleep...please contact me with more info on what my rights are to fight this poison that i have ingested, my hands are shakin rite now as i type

[johnangelo75]

@papatoony LOL I feel your pain

[pollograph]

This POISON (AVELOX from Bayer) has giving me a hard time for the last year. My wife, friends and family didn't believe about my symptoms. I had a huge relief when I found people on the internet having the same issues. Broken tendons and tendinitis is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Machelle3200]

i know this drug is the reason for my health issues..FUCK THIS FACIST PIECE OF SHIT COUNTRY...DEATH TO THEM ALL!!

[ShellsPink]

More loads of GARBAGE!! ALL LIES!! The Fluoroquinolones are POISON!! They need to be REMOVED from the market!! The Food and DEATH Administration is corrupt and evil. THIS TOXIC CLASS OF DRUG DESTROYS LIVES!! GOD help you fucking LIARS!!

[ShellsPink]

Hahaha  "the FDA was CONCERNED"....

that's a GOOD one.... the FDA was SUED to incl that pathetic BBWarning!!

[okbye1]

do not use this drug. I was given avelox in ER, no choice for me, it messed me up in many ways.

[akuma4u]

how did it mess u up? what were your reactions/symptoms?

[thezenofsurf]

I am a young victim and had my health ruined. It took 2.5 years to come back from 5 pills! Even now I have some unrelenting side effects. Bottom line is the public needs to be properly informed by Doctors of potential side effects and CLOSELY monitored while Rx-ing. These drugs are often Rxed for simple suspicions of UTI's. There are 5 classes of antibiotics just 1 being a quinolone. Rx-ing a quinolone on a guess is CRIMINAL! Its like killing an ant with a 747! This stuff has killed KIDS@!

[dengibcox]

There are risks associated with all drugs!

[davidtfull]

No, they are not. Spontaneous tendon rupture is only found with steriods and the fluoroquinolone class. You are mistaken to assume that this is an adverse reaction to any other drug.

[okbye1]

not even close to what this drug does

[pollograph]

Yes, but not permanently from antibiotics

[porphyria2]

The high risk people are anyone who trusts the FDA and dosent know about Agenda 21. LOOK AT codex alimentarius on Utube

then go to infowars Alex Jones

[ShellsPink]

Many innocent victims are MISDIAGNOSED and neither the patient or the doctor connects these reactions to the drug!! The rest of them, including the FDA and BigPharma just LIE or COVERUP!! They line their pockets with our SUFFERING! Fluoroquinolones are TOXIC drugs causing permanent disability. And no doctor will be there to help. The whole system is FQed. Our LIVES were destroyed!!

[luxvitaemeae]

The FDA don't care about peoples health as long as they cover their ass and let the pharmaceutical companies make their yearly billions of dollars at the expense of the lives ruined by these "rare" side effects. It's mentioned that "other" symptoms are "rare"; That's B.S. Tendon ruptures are what they "warn" because it is most easily identifiable as lawsuit material.