Claim: The FDA has updated its warnings for — and recommended limitations on — prescribing a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, citing potentially irreversible side-effects including tendon damage and rupture.
Fact-check: FACT CHECK: Could Cipro and Other Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Cause Irreversible Tendon Damage?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Alex Kasprak
Date published: 2017-03-22T17:01:09