LINK BETWEEN TENDON INJURIES & ANTIBIOTICS

A year-and-a-half after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified healthcare professionals about tendon dangers posed by certain antibiotics, few physical therapists are aware of the issue. At the time of the warning, the FDA also required manufacturers of systemic fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs to include a boxed warning on product labeling about the association between these medications and the increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture.

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Mar 16, 2010 10:47 AM - The medications involved in the FDA’s action are: Cipro and generic ciprofloxacin, Cipro XR and ProQuin XR (ciprofloxacin extended release), Factive (gemifloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin), Avelox (moxifloxacin), Noroxin (norfloxacin), and Floxin and generic ofloxacin.

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Should you have any questions about a possible tendon injury, see one of the PTs at ECRC Physical Therapy.