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Petitioners Seek Stronger Warning For Medication

Added September 25th, 2006

Federal health officials have been urged by petitioners to use stronger warnings in relation to possible injury on a variety of medications, including Cipro and other similar antibiotics. The warnings come after it was revealed that over 250 reports of ruptured tendons were received by the Food and Drugs Administration between 1997 and 2005.

The reports of ruptured tendons were in relation to patients taking antibiotics from the fluoroquinolone group, according to officials from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. The group has petitioned the FDA, and it has been requested that this be combined with a similar petition filed by the state of Illinois last year.

An FDA official stated that the petition will be reviewed, although no comments has yet been made as to what action might be taken in relation to the requests. Warnings are already made with regards to tendon problems on these drugs, but petitioners state that increased use means that the problem is getting worse, and the warning therefore need to be stronger.

Petitioners state that this class of drugs should carry black box warnings, which are the strongest warning types that are currently used on medications.

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