An FDA advisory panel has agreed overwhelmingly that evidence does not support some indications for systemic fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Data on the risks and benefits of the drugs do not support ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — On Thursday, the FDA announced that it is now requiring label changes for antibacterial drugs called fluoroquinolones, including an updated boxed warning and Medication Guide, ...

heart ecg To investigate the risk of cardiovascular adverse effects associated with this antibiotic class, researchers conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and network meta-analysis using ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA issued a safety alert today recommending that health care professionals treating patients with sinusitis ...

Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics approved to treat or prevent certain types of bacterial infections. They were discovered in the 1960s, and doctors began to prescribe them in the 1970s and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — On Thursday, the FDA announced that it is now requiring label changes for antibacterial drugs called fluoroquinolones, including an updated boxed warning and Medication Guide, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The next generation of ophthalmic fluoroquinolones is finally a reality. With two new so-called ...

A committee for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended suspending entirely or restricting the use of fluoroquinolone and quinolone antibiotics because of the risk for "disabling and ...

Oral stepdown therapy with fluoroquinolones or TMP-SMX had similar effectiveness against gram-negative bloodstream infections, though further research is needed to identify optimal durations of ...

I've been following fluoroquinolone antibiotics ever since I was a graduate student in the 1980s. We were working on a class of enzymes shared by bacteria and higher organisms called topoisomerases.

The researchers compared the effectiveness of oral beta-lactams to fluoroquinolones in the treatment of Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections (EBSI) in adult patients. This article is written live ...