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Why are fluoroquinolones so dangerous? A🧵

There is a popular belief that the only side effect of toxic #fluoroquinolones antibiotics is tendon rupture, if any - apart from that, fluoroquinolones can also produce aortic ruptures, BUT they have also terrible long-term effects
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on mitochondria, collagen, vessels, nerves, etc. The irreversible damage can start immediately after ingestion or/and still occur years later.

„FQAD - Term and Diagnostics
Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability – in short FQAD - is a complex disease of severe, long-lasting…
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to irreversible side effects caused by fluoroquinolone antibiotics. The Diagnostic criteria of the FDA are as follows:  
Substantial limitation/disability of everyday life
Two or more of the following systems are affected:
Musculoskeletal System
Peripheral Nervous System
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