Article: Public Citizen calls on FDA to ban Tequin.(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief article)

US consumer group Public Citizen has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the antibiotic Tequin (gatifloxacin) because it is linked to blood sugar abnormalities and has caused deaths and hospitalizations.

The drug, made by Bristol-Myers Squibb and approved for use in the USA in December 1999, has been linked to severe cases of low blood sugar and high blood sugar. The drug is used to treat chronic bronchitis, acute sinusitis, pneumonia, urinary ...

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