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Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety review revealed that the use of fluoroquinolones (FQs) is linked with disabling and potentially permanent serious adverse effects. These adverse effects compromise the tendons, muscles, joints, nerves, and central nervous system of the human body. The pu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357640 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030104 |
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author | Mathews, Benitta Thalody, Ashley Ann Miraj, Sonal Sekhar Kunhikatta, Vijayanarayana Rao, Mahadev Saravu, Kavitha |
author_facet | Mathews, Benitta Thalody, Ashley Ann Miraj, Sonal Sekhar Kunhikatta, Vijayanarayana Rao, Mahadev Saravu, Kavitha |
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description | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety review revealed that the use of fluoroquinolones (FQs) is linked with disabling and potentially permanent serious adverse effects. These adverse effects compromise the tendons, muscles, joints, nerves, and central nervous system of the human body. The purpose of the study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors for adverse drug reactions (ADRs) caused by FQs in comparison with other antibiotics used. A retrospective cohort study was conducted over seven months in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India. Patients who were prescribed with FQs were selected as the study cohort (SC; n = 482), and those without FQs were the reference cohort (RC; n = 318). The results showed that 8.5% (41) of patients developed ADRs in the SC, whereas 4.1% (13) of patients developed ADRs in the RC. With oral and parenteral routes of administration, almost a similar number of ADRs were observed. Levofloxacin caused the highest number of ADRs reported, especially with the 750-mg dose. Based on a multiple logistic regression model, FQ use (odds ratio (OR): 2.27; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18–4.39; p = 0.015) and concomitant steroid use (OR: 3.19; 95% CI: 1.31–7.79; p = 0.011) were identified as independent risk factors for the development of ADRs among antibiotics users, whereas age was found to be protective (OR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.97–1.00; p = 0.047). The study found a higher incidence of ADRs related to FQs compared to other antibiotics. The study concludes a harmful association between FQ use and the development of ADRs. Moreover, FQs are not safe compared to other antibiotics. Hence, the use of FQs should be limited to the conditions where no other alternatives are available. |
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spelling | pubmed-67841652019-10-16 Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility Mathews, Benitta Thalody, Ashley Ann Miraj, Sonal Sekhar Kunhikatta, Vijayanarayana Rao, Mahadev Saravu, Kavitha Antibiotics (Basel) Article The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety review revealed that the use of fluoroquinolones (FQs) is linked with disabling and potentially permanent serious adverse effects. These adverse effects compromise the tendons, muscles, joints, nerves, and central nervous system of the human body. The purpose of the study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors for adverse drug reactions (ADRs) caused by FQs in comparison with other antibiotics used. A retrospective cohort study was conducted over seven months in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal, India. Patients who were prescribed with FQs were selected as the study cohort (SC; n = 482), and those without FQs were the reference cohort (RC; n = 318). The results showed that 8.5% (41) of patients developed ADRs in the SC, whereas 4.1% (13) of patients developed ADRs in the RC. With oral and parenteral routes of administration, almost a similar number of ADRs were observed. Levofloxacin caused the highest number of ADRs reported, especially with the 750-mg dose. Based on a multiple logistic regression model, FQ use (odds ratio (OR): 2.27; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18–4.39; p = 0.015) and concomitant steroid use (OR: 3.19; 95% CI: 1.31–7.79; p = 0.011) were identified as independent risk factors for the development of ADRs among antibiotics users, whereas age was found to be protective (OR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.97–1.00; p = 0.047). The study found a higher incidence of ADRs related to FQs compared to other antibiotics. The study concludes a harmful association between FQ use and the development of ADRs. Moreover, FQs are not safe compared to other antibiotics. Hence, the use of FQs should be limited to the conditions where no other alternatives are available. MDPI 2019-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6784165/ /pubmed/31357640 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030104 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mathews, Benitta Thalody, Ashley Ann Miraj, Sonal Sekhar Kunhikatta, Vijayanarayana Rao, Mahadev Saravu, Kavitha Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title | Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title_full | Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title_fullStr | Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title_full_unstemmed | Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title_short | Adverse Effects of Fluoroquinolones: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a South Indian Tertiary Healthcare Facility |
title_sort | adverse effects of fluoroquinolones: a retrospective cohort study in a south indian tertiary healthcare facility |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31357640 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8030104 |
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