The Antibiotics Fluoroquinolones can cause Tendon Inflammation and Rupture

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As I am starting to learn about naturopathy, I am learning about naturopathy stance against the use of medications. They see medications as toxic matter that should be avoided.

Toxins settle in certain parts of our bodies. One method our bodies rid itself from these toxins is by initiating inflammatory reactions. The multiple studies that show that fluoroquinolones (cipro, is the best known) cause tendonitis and tendon rupture are evidence of this naturopathic insight.

 Khaliq and Zhane, Fluoroquinolone Associated Tendinopathy: A Critical Review of the Literature, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003;36:1404-1410