Fluoroquinolone antibiotics can increase the risk of tendon injuries like Achilles tendon rupture. — Whalespan
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics can increase the risk of tendon injuries like Achilles tendon rupture.
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“the other thing is um fluo quinolones they are antibiotics that can affect collagen and tendon turnover if an individual is on a Flor quinolone there's a risk for you hear a lot about these Achilles injuries yeah which sorts of antibiotics I think um is it like cypro and things like that people can injure themselves badly”
“uh it it makes people prone to achilles tendon ruptures who knew and we were all on we were all on lyrium out there yeah and fluoroquinolones which are a class of antibiotics ciprofloxacin being the one that probably most people are familiar with has a similar effect as does aging yeah”