If you’ve ever been through the discomfort of having your appendix surgically removed, just think: It might have all been for naught. Finnish researchers involved in a new clinical trial report that antibiotics are plenty effective at treating acute appendicitis most of the time.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 10 ordered that stronger safety warnings be added to a powerful and potentially dangerous class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones.
The new warnings will inform patients about the drugs’ potential to cause dangerous drops in blood sugar and neurological side effects, including delirium and memory problems.
The following drugs are all fluoroquinolone medications. There are more than 60 generic versions of fluoroquinolones.
