Avelox Can Be Lifestyle Threatening

Washington, DCAvelox is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, which, like others in the quinolone class, can be a threat to tendons. This can impact not only those who enjoy sport and an active lifestyle, but anyone who depends on basic mobility just to get around and perform everyday tasks. The capacity, to be independent. Avelox, by virtue of Avelox side effects, can rob an individual of that capacity.

Back in June, eHow rifled off the various chemicals that Avelox (moxifloxacin) contains. Moxifloxacin hydrochloride, the active ingredient in Avelox, is augmented by a host of non-active ingredients, according to eHow contributor Naomi Vogel.

It reads like a shopping list: microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol and ferric oxide. Which ingredient alone or in combination with others that triggers various Avelox side effects is impossible to tell. And it should be noted, says eHow, that side effects most commonly associated with Avelox are not serious.

But others are—and the more rare, and at the same time more serious adverse reactions from the Avelox antibiotic, include dehydration, allergic reaction, cardiac arrhythmia, tachycardia, palpitations, anxiety, tremors, renal failure, hepatitis, jaundice, anemia, rupture of tendons and bloody diarrhea.

There is also jaundice, skin rash, hives, itching, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, swelling, dark urine, pale or dark stools, bloody urine, sunburn, confusion, depression, hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, irregular heartbeat, and fainting or extreme fatigue.

There is little doubt that Avelox antibiotic works well toward the indications for which it was designed—as do all other drugs in the fluoroquinolone family. Hence the willingness of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the class to continue on the market, albeit with black box warnings for Avelox tendon rupture. Some infections can be life threatening, against which an antibiotic such as Avelox can prove effective.

However, adverse reactions such as Avelox tendon rupture can be lifestyle threatening. One's independence could be threatened, were Avelox tendonitis proved to be an issue. It should also be noted—as did eHow—that older patients over the age of 60 and others are at higher risk of such complications.

Patients taking corticosteroids and patients with kidney, heart or lung transplants should avoid Avelox due to higher risks of Avelox tendon rupture, possibly affecting the Avelox Achilles tendon.