This warning is like many of those that you see on TV. It is a warning only. I just want to my PCP today (a good internal medicine physician) and asked her if she had heard about this and she has not.
When I went to have my Urodynamics & Cystoscopy this past Tuesday the urologist usually uses Cipro as a preventative by having to go up into the bladder with tools. He has not said anything differently either. I remember taking Levaquin for the first time in 2014 I think it was and it was the first time I ever took Levaquin. OMG! I couldn't even move my jaw without hurting. It was like my whole body was in pain and it hurt to move anything. But the second time I went on it... I had none of these symptoms. Go figure! On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 8:58 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > Just got a UTI. I always used Cipro, but they have a new danger warning. > So importent, its called a "Black Box" waning........ > > > > FDA Says Risks May Outweigh Benefits for Antibiotics Levaquin, Cipro > Posted May 16th, 2016 by Michelle Llamas & filed under FDA News & > Recalls. > > Did you experience aortic complications after taking fluoroquinolones? > > On May 12, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is > requiring a stronger black box warning for common, popular antibiotics > called fluoroquinolones that include Levaquin (levofloxacin), Cipro > (ciprofloxacin) and Avelox (moxifloxacin) — medications taken by more than > 26 million Americans each year. > > “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising that the serious side > effects associated with fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs generally > outweigh the benefits for patients with sinusitis, bronchitis, and > uncomplicated urinary tract infections who have other treatment options,” > the FDA said in a Drug Safety Communication. “For patients with these > conditions, fluoroquinolones should be reserved for those who do not have > alternative treatment options.” > > The agency’s action comes after its FDA Advisory Committee meeting in > November 2015. This is not the first warning for these drugs released by > the FDA. It previously added boxed warnings in 2008 for tendon rupture and > tendinitis and again in 2013 for permanent nerve damage called peripheral > neuropathy. > > The new boxed warning advises patients and doctors that these antibiotics > may cause potentially permanent damage to muscles, tendons, joints, nerves > and the central nervous system. In patients with minor infections such as > sinusitis and bronchitis, the risk outweighs the benefits, the FDA panel > found. In these cases, other treatments are often available and the agency > strongly discourages doctors from prescribing them. > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
