Do Fluoroquinolones Cause Neuropathy?

Amer A Ghavanini
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Amer A Ghavanini: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2017, vol. 3, issue 1, 10-12

Abstract: Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are thought to be associated with peripheral neuropathy. Since 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires the manufacturers of systemic fluoroquinolone drugs to list peripheral neuropathy on the label for these drugs [1]. It further recommends that patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy after taking systemic fluoroquinolone to stop the medication and to be treated with an alternative non-fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug. This decision is based on FDA’s review of the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2017.03.555604

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