Posted by ed_uk on October 20, 2006, at 14:47:05
In reply to Re: Antibiotics » ed_uk, posted by Phillipa on October 19, 2006, at 21:08:21
A new official warning has just been added to levofloxacin in the UK.......
Psychotic reactions have been reported in patients receiving quinolones, including levofloxacin. In very rare cases these have progressed to suicidal thoughts and self-endangering behaviour- sometimes after only a single dose of levofloxacin. In the event that the patient develops these reactions, levofloxacin should be discontinued and appropriate measures instituted. Caution is recommended if levofloxacin is to be used in psychotic patients or in patients with history of psychiatric disease.
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