There is definitely a mix of issues. Some patients expect antibiotics because they paid for the visit.

However, every physician should be able to present patient with different options and risks. It simply is not happening. Some antibiotics carry smaller risks than flouroquinolones as this drug belongs to topoisomare II inhibitors along with chemo drugs. Some reactions we are seeing are much like damage from chemo. However, the action of damage is still very poorly understood. There is some research on mitochondrial dna damage and adducts.

There recently has been talk if flouroquinolone antibiotics could be a potential cancer treatment even.

If I knew I would never touch this antibiotic unless on my death bed.