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antibiotic prescription for UTI - what did you take?

Women's Health | Last Active: Nov 20, 2025 | Replies (27)

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Do not take fluoroquinolones (cipro, moxi, levaquin, etc.) unless life threatening and nothing else will work. (Several black box warnings). I was given one for a basic UTI and it changed my life. A month in a wheelchair with severe tendon pain throughout body, especially Achilles, several tendon tears, double vision, anxiety, depression, neuropathy, body pain, loss of hearing. At 14 months, tendon pain and double vision still present.

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@oceano
Sorry, your side effects ended up so severe and damaging. One does not need this drug for a basic UTI. You are correct that the FDA issued several black box warnings for this drug.
So ask your pharmacist, nurse, doctor before taking a drug, the black box may not show up
on the information guide you receive.