Levaquin and Cipro: Potent Antibiotics Tied to Painful Tendon Ruptures, Other Complications

Levaquin and Cipro are the brand names for two powerful antibiotics also called fluoroquinolones that have been linked to hundreds of reports of tendon ruptures, tendonitis, and other serious side effects. In some cases, patients taking the drugs to treat urinary tract infections, ear and sinus infections, pneumonia, and other types of bacterial infections have suffered painful injuries soon after taking the drugs for the first time.

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