Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Norfloxacin....seriously! !!

Some events led me to check a pill my husband got at a pharmacy when he had some problems, don't remember which but not THIS major! !!!

Not to worry any near and dear. ...the control freak in me drives me to always do extensive research on everything, especially pharmacy related, always also including anything that is prescribed by a doctor. WHY..I have trust issues,  which is actually a great asset here.

Check out the quotes from Wikipedia and the list goes on. Duuude, I would never like to take this pill in a million years.

"The licensed uses for norfloxacin are quite limited as norfloxacin is to be considered a drug of last resort when all other antibiotics have failed." from Wikipedia

"On September 23, 2008, the FDA required the manufacturer to add an additional warning to the package inserts that stated that “Serious and occasionally fatal hypersensitivity (anaphylactic) reactions, some following the first dose, have been reported in patients receiving quinolone therapy, including Noroxin.”

"difficile super infections and permanent nerve as well as tendon injuries"

"Norfloxacin is associated with a number of serious and life threatening adverse reactions as well as spontaneous tendon ruptures and irreversible peripheral neuropathy". 

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