Cipro does far worse than rupture tendons. It has two black box warning labels on it, the other is for nerve damage (causes peripheral neuropathy). It has bee

Cipro does far worse than rupture tendons. It has two black box warning labels on it, the other is for nerve damage (causes peripheral neuropathy). It has been implicated in retinal detachment, kidney failure, heart damage, brain fog, and some have tied it to fibromyalgia.[1] Which makes some potential sense given the rate at which women have taken it for UTIs. With the damage that it is now known to cause, veterans groups have been looking at Cipro as the cause of Gulf War Syndrome.[2] Soldiers were forced to take Cipro as a guard against anthrax during the Gulf War, with little evidence at the time that it would do anything to protect against it. There may be no drug more vile - outside of opioids - that is being very routinely given to people in the US than Cipro. It strips magnesium from your body and leaves necrotic damage behind (the only partial counter to it, prior to taking it and after, is supplementation with something like eg magnesium citrate). In addition to tendons, it can also destroy cartilage. And if you make the mistake of taking it with NSAIDs or steroids, watch out (there is a warning for that, but one can imagine many people ignoring it in regards to something like Advil). That can amplify the damage dramatically. [1] https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/popular-antibiotics-may-carry-serious-side-effects/ https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/popular-antibiotic... [2] https://www.militarytimes.com/2013/11/01/new-fda-warnings-on-cipro-may-tie-into-gulf-war-illness/ https://www.militarytimes.com/2013/11/01/new-fda-warnings-on...