attention on adverse drug reactions

May 1998

There's lots of attention on adverse drug reactions these days.Partly due to all the news coverage of the article in JAMA...the twonew books, Prescription for Disaster and Bitter Pills...and theDateline NBC report on Floxin (ofloxacin).

The TV program spotlights two patients who took just one ortwo Floxin tablets and ended up with severe CNS effects...seizures...distorted sight...balance problems...depression.

All the quinolones can cause CNS effects...some more than others.

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