They can also cause irreversible nerve damage and severe mood changes
The antibiotic Levaquin is linked to a risk of nerve damage (also called peripheral neuropathy)
Over 20 million people take a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones annually for everything from sinusitis and urinary tract infections to bronchitis and skin infections
These side effects are incredibly serious
Cipro and Floxin and Floxacin are also bad guys from the same quinolone family that cause joint pain, burning nerve pain, and possible tissue damage
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulates bodily functions such as the heart rate, digestion, sweating, salivating, respiratory rate, pupillary response, urination, sexual arousal, and certain reflex actions such as coughing, sneezing
Tendinitis can be misdiagnosed as a gouty flare, infection, or venous thrombosis (leg region involvement)
For this reason, the drug is no longer prescribed to patients in the United States
Fluoroquinolones such as Cipro, Levaquin and Avelox are antibiotics approved to treat or prevent serious bacterial infections, including skin, bone and joint, lower respiratory tract and urinary tract infections
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics recently have gained increased national attention due to safety concerns
The antibiotics quadruple the risk of Achilles tendon rupture