Tendonitis associated with fluoroquinolones may be prolonged.

This year the National Agency for Medicines has so far received two reports on Achilles tendinitis commencing during ofloxacin therapy of unusual duration; the condition has lasted more than one year in one case and five months in the other. Tendinitis associated with fluoroquinolones usually cured relatively quickly but according to the literature the condition is known to be prolonged in about 10% of such patients. Long term lesions have also been found in animal models. Translated by Mervi Moisander TABU 5-2000