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Side effects

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These include:

  • nausea and vomiting
  • abdominal pain
  • dizziness, headache and fatigue
  • confusion
  • convulsions
  • rash and pruritis
  • diarrhoea
  • dyspepsia
  • joint pain
  • photosensitivity
  • disturbances in liver enzymes and in serum bilirubin, urea or creatinine

Note that with systemic and inhaled fluoroquinolones there is small increased risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection; advice for prescribing in high-risk patients (1)

Reference:

  • MHRA - Drug Safety Update November 2018

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