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Antibiotics can harm tendons, FDA warns

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Use of antibiotic drugs such as Bayer AG's Cipro can lead to tendinitis and ruptured tendons, U.S. health regulators said on Tuesday, calling for new strong warnings on the products.

The so-called black box warning would also apply to Bayer's Avelox, Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp's Factive, Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd's Floxin, and Depomed Inc's Proquin.

It would also affect Johnson & Johnson's Levaquin and norfloxacin, which has been marketed as Noroxin by Merck & Co Inc. It was not immediately clear whether Merck still sells the product and representatives for the company had no immediate comment.

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