The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently agreed to consolidate all pending federal fluoroquinolone lawsuits into a multidistrict litigation. The initial order named 20 lawsuits in 15 districts to be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Minnesota.
Fluoroquinolones are a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics generally used to treat respiratory and urinary infections. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested in 2008 that manufacturers ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hear complaints from a patient who claims 
According to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine, 
2013 saw the emergence of a new side effect associated with the use of antibiotics containing fluroquinolone. And, while fluroquinolone may not exactly roll off the tongue, names like Cipro, Levaquin, and Avelox are very well known. Millions of prescriptions for the drugs and their generic counterparts are written every year.
