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Drug
Common Uses
Some Potential Side Effects
Ciprofloxacin
Delafloxacin
Gatifloxacin (eye infections only)
Gemifloxacin
Levofloxacin
Moxifloxacin
Norfloxacin
Ofloxacin
Sepsis Sepsis and Septic Shock Sepsis is a serious bodywide response to bacteremia or another infection plus malfunction or failure of an essential system in the body. Septic shock is life-threatening low blood pressure ... read more
Complicated urinary tract infections Overview of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) In healthy people, urine in the bladder is sterile—no bacteria or other infectious organisms are present. The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body (urethra) contains no bacteria... read more
Pneumonia Overview of Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection of the small air sacs of the lungs (alveoli) and the tissues around them. Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Often, pneumonia is the final... read more
Bacterial infection of the prostate ( prostatitis Prostatitis Prostatitis is pain and swelling, inflammation, or both of the prostate gland. The cause is sometimes a bacterial infection. Pain can occur in the area between the scrotum and anus or in the... read more )
Diarrhea due to certain bacteria
Gastrointestinal upset and diarrhea*
Nausea
Nervousness, tremors, and seizures
Mood alterations, paranoia, confusion, tremors, hallucinations, and depression
Inflammation or rupture of tendons
Abnormal heart rhythms Overview of Abnormal Heart Rhythms Abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) are sequences of heartbeats that are irregular, too fast, too slow, or conducted via an abnormal electrical pathway through the heart. Heart disorders are... read more (arrhythmias)
Numbness in the hands or feet
Rashes triggered by sunlight Photosensitivity Reactions Photosensitivity, sometimes referred to as a sun allergy, is an immune system reaction that is triggered by sunlight. Sunlight can trigger immune system reactions. People develop itchy eruptions... read more
Muscle weakness
* Almost any antibiotic can cause Clostridioides difficile–induced diarrhea Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile–Induced Colitis Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile)–induced colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine (colon) that results in diarrhea. The inflammation is caused by toxin produced... read more and inflammation of the colon (colitis), but clindamycin, penicillins, cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones are the most common causes.
