I've been following fluoroquinolone antibiotics ever since I was a graduate student in the 1980s. We were working on a class of enzymes shared by bacteria and higher organisms called topoisomerases.

Hailey Sebert is raising awareness about fluoroquinolone toxicity — the rare and sometimes debilitating side effects from a certain class of antibiotics Courtesy of Hailey Sebert Hailey Sebert and her ...

A committee for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended suspending entirely or restricting the use of fluoroquinolone and quinolone antibiotics because of the risk for "disabling and ...

Although the study relies heavily on unverified reports to an FDA adverse events database, researchers say the findings warrant further investigation.

The labeling changes are based on a review of postmarketing adverse event reports found in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database and published medical literature. The labeling ...

An FDA advisory panel has agreed overwhelmingly that evidence does not support some indications for systemic fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Data on the risks and benefits of the drugs do not support ...

Since the early 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been flooded with consumer complaints from patients treated with a popular class of antibiotics. According to reports, ...

Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics approved to treat or prevent certain types of bacterial infections. They were discovered in the 1960s, and doctors began to prescribe them in the 1970s and ...

That post (headlined “This Antibiotic Will Ruin You”) highlights somewhat recent announcements made by the FDA requiring new warning labels and suggested limitations on their use: The antibiotics you ...

The European Medicine Agency's (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended restricting the use of systemic and inhaled fluoroquinolone and quinolone antibiotics following ...

According to a recently conducted review of cohort and nested case-control studies, the risk of both Achilles tendon and bicep tendon rupture is increased with administration of fluoroquinolones, ...