>>14426
Med student in here... why are you taking them?
Most of the times, old antibiotics such as penicillins or cephalosporins are enough to cover the most frequent agents, and the new and expensive ones, such as quinolones, are prescribed because of commercial reasons instead of using the strictly medical criteria.
Even when the chances of tendon damage are relatively low, there's no certain way of preventing it or knowing if a patience is going to experience it, so the best is not to take those antibiotics if you don't really need them.
Med student in here... why are you taking them?
Most of the times, old antibiotics such as penicillins or cephalosporins are enough to cover the most frequent agents, and the new and expensive ones, such as quinolones, are prescribed because of commercial reasons instead of using the strictly medical criteria.
Even when the chances of tendon damage are relatively low, there's no certain way of preventing it or knowing if a patience is going to experience it, so the best is not to take those antibiotics if you don't really need them.