Perilous Pills : Birdseed LLC : 9781733390507 : 1733390502 : 08 Nov 2020 : Do you know that you can be harmed by some commonly-prescribed antibiotics? The author found it was true when she developed severe tendonitis after taking an antibiotic called Levaquin, prescribed by her doctor for a minor sinus infection. She found it was one of a class of drugs called fluoroquinolones that also includes Cipro, Avelox and many generics, and that they had caused injuries and psychological damage to hundreds of thousands of patients. As a journalist, she decided to investigate. What she found were heartbreaking tales from victims who had suffered adverse effects such as rapid heartbeat, neuropathy, pain, inability to walk, nightmares, anxiety, chronic fatigue, retinal damage, aortic aneurysm, and the most common: torn Achilles tendons.The author was driven to find out why these drugs are prescribed so frequently when they can cause such damage. She uncovered a messy story of profit over safety at