Pharmacist are medication experts, who understand the risks associated with medications and want to reduce the risk of medication use to prevent harm to our patients whenever possible.

Because some community pharmacists are driven by corporate quotas on quantity over quality of patient experience, pharmacists often have very limited time to fully discuss the risks and monitor patient response.

This video is intended to increase Sports Pharmacists awareness of ergolytic effects (concerns with medications use that reduce strength or endurance, may cause side effects particularly bothersome to competitive athletes or are otherwise not the best fit for use by athletes). This information may be useful to consider in patient counseling for any patient to whom a pharmacist dispenses fluoroquinolone antibiotics.

Tendon ruptures, literally, stop a person in their tracks. They disrupt their life and can have lasting effects.

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This is for educational purposes to remind pharmacists' of risks associated with well-published adverse effects of fluoroquinolones and medication-induced tendon rupture or tendonopathy.

Questions for a patient to ask, from Rachel's website are found if you scroll down the page on this link [ Ссылка ]

If you are a patient-athlete, contact your personal pharmacist and tell them contact the International Sports Pharmacists Network. They can better personalize information for you.

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