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Antibiotics can cause tendon problems
Jul 9 2008, Leena Komarraju

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday ordered the makers of certain antibiotics to add a “black box” label warning — the FDA’s strongest — to alert patients of possible tendon ruptures and tendonitis.

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