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antibiotics and muscletears
« on: October 10, 2011, 04:23:14 PM »
is it true when on antibiotics you are more prone to muscle tears?

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Re: antibiotics and muscletears
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 06:36:45 PM »
On the package insert for Levaquin it talks about ruptured tendons.

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Re: antibiotics and muscletears
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2018, 05:56:34 PM »
On the package insert for Levaquin it talks about ruptured tendons.

Yes, it weakens tendons making susceptible to rupture. My joints hurt when I was on mega doses of it when I was getting in the hospital intravenously for pneumonia.