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This obscure FDA document prepared by the FDA itself for the 2015 hearing says that for UITs, Sinusitis and Bronchitis, the three most common things docs give
by rpaddock 5y ago
This obscure FDA document prepared by the FDA itself for the 2015 hearing says that for UITs, Sinusitis and Bronchitis, the three most common things docs give FQs for, work no better than placebos.
This document also gives the damage caused by FQs the name Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability or FQAD.
The EU equivalent of the FDA says FQs should be removed from the market due to their devastating side effects.
"FDA Briefing Document
Joint Meeting of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee and the
Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee
November 5, 2015
The Benefits and Risks of Systemic Fluoroquinolone
Antibacterial Drugs for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis
(ABS), Acute Bacterial Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis in Patients
Who Have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (ABECB-COPD),
and Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (uUTI)."
https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/Anti-InfectiveDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM467383.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.go...