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The Permanent Fluorchinolon Toxicity syndrome is only mentioned briefly. Because of that, Fluorchinolones are not generally prescribable in many countries anymore. Reader would benefit from this knowledges such that Fluorchinolones are only ever prescribes if everything else wasn't effective anymore. Certainly not as a first line antibiotic. 2A01:598:D00E:5B5D:6C37:CD05:6B15:5CD2 (talk) 22:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Missing warnings ==
-==Injuries & fatalities==
-can this journal result be added?
-FDA reporting system had 210,705 reported injuries and 2991 fatalities
-article abstract reference is <ref>http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26955658</ref>
-Fluoroquinolone-related neuropsychiatric and mitochondrial toxicity: a
-collaborative investigation by scientists and members of a
-social
-network
-published in a journal of oncology. (PMID:26955658, DOI: 10.12788/jcso.0167 )
-again, i'm not sure i'm allowed to edit.  thank you!
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-[[User:Jdbrook|Jdbrook]] ([[User talk:Jdbrook|talk]]) 14:28, 3 September 2016 (UTC)jdbrook
-:no, that is a primary source and per MEDRS we don't use them. [[User:Jytdog|Jytdog]] ([[User talk:Jytdog|talk]]) 03:51, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
+The Permanent Fluorchinolon Toxicity syndrome is only mentioned briefly. Because of that, Fluorchinolones are not generally prescribable in many countries anymore. Reader would benefit from this knowledges such that Fluorchinolones are only ever prescribes if everything else wasn't effective anymore. Certainly not as a first line antibiotic. [[Special:Contributions/2A01:598:D00E:5B5D:6C37:CD05:6B15:5CD2|2A01:598:D00E:5B5D:6C37:CD05:6B15:5CD2]] ([[User talk:2A01:598:D00E:5B5D:6C37:CD05:6B15:5CD2|talk]]) 22:17, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
-== Production of Levaquin ceased ==
-https://arentzlaw.com/defective-drug/jj-stops-levaquin-sales/ [[User:Tampasailor|Tampasailor]] ([[User talk:Tampasailor|talk]]) 02:59, 10 September 2018 (UTC)