French patients who suffered serious side effects from a certain type of antiobiotic, have filed a complaint and denounced a health scandal,
French patients who suffered serious side effects from a certain type of antiobiotic, have filed a complaint and denounced a health scandal, public media revealed on Monday. Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics that can be used for serious bacterial infections. They are marketed under multiple names such as Oflocet, Ciflox or Tavanic. But they can cause irreversible or even fatal side effects such as tendinopathy, heart problems or aneurysms. In an interview with public media channel franceinfo, one of the victims Philippe Coville, says he is now suffering from severe neuropathy after having taken fluoroquinolones in 2021 for a medical condition not usually treated by this type of drug. The concern is that doctors continue to prescribe these fluoroquinolones for trivial infections such as cystitis, ear infections or sinusitis. Coville has since set up an organisation to help and inform people about the harmful effects of fluoroquinolones, and has opened a Facebook page bringing together around 200 victims people.
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