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Any risk of Tendonitis with amoxicillin?

by Gabriel
(New York)


Hi, Joshua. I've had tendonitis for a long time now, and it's starting to improve.

Just today I was prescribed amoxicillin for an unrelated dental infection, and I just wanted to know if there is any risk for tendon damage, or is that only with the fluoroquinolone antibiotics?



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Joshua Answers:

Hi Gabriel.

Primarily it's just with fluoroquinolones.

My first thought to your question was 'No, Amoxicillin doesn't cause Tendonitis.

I googled around for it anyway to make sure, and didn't come across anything that indicated that Amoxicillin was a danger to tendons and connective tissue.

After (and during) taking it and while the tooth taken care of, I -would- take probiotics to replenish all the good (and important) bugs in your stomach that antibiotics kill off.






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May 02, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Amoxicillin Tendon Damage
by: JW

I'm not so sure. I just googled amoxicillin tendon damage and came to this page. I am researching any link, because my 13 y.o. son is having problems with his achilles tendon. It started about 4 weeks ago, coincidently when he started a 40 day dose of amoxicillin for a bad sinus infection.

We see the doctor later today.


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Joshua Comments:

Hi JW.

What'd the doctor say?

Fluoroquinole antibiotics directly target tendon (and other connective tissue).

Amoxicillin doesn't (as far as I can tell), but it does kill the good bugs as well as (hopefully) the bad.

If your son has a sinus infection, something was already off in his body, and antibiotics reduce your bodies natural ability to fight things off (it kills bacteria which helps, but can also inhibit one's immune system, which doesn't).

Is his sinus infection bacterial? If it's not (did they check?) then antibotics A. have no chance of helping and B. inhibit your immune system and gut function.

Tendon pain can also come from nutritional deficiency. So one possibility is, he was already short on some nutrient(s), he took the antibiotic, the ecology of his gut was disrupted and less able to absorb nutrients, which then resulted in him feeling Achilles pain.

Tough to pinpoint the exact cause in situations like this, so we look at all the clues available and attempt some trial and error experimentation to see what works.

Definitely might want to get some good probiotics into your boy. That will bolster his gut and his immune system.
Mar 28, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		My daughters reaction to amoxicillin
by: Crissy Eaker

My 6 year old daughter was recntly taking amoxicillin. She woke up screaming that her leg hurt I thought her foot had fallen asleep. The next night she was sitting on couch and it happened again, I rubbed it for awhile and it stopped 1 hour later she was screaming and shaking and couldn't walk. I took her to ER they said it was allergic reaction to amoxicillin. Does this sound like tendonitis? She has been on amoxixillin at least 5 times for strep throat this last year and this has never happened.


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Joshua Comments:

Hi Crissy.

1. I have no idea.

2. Amoxicillin doesn't give tendonitis-mimicking damage like Fluoroquinolone drugs do, so no worries on that front.

3. I'm more worried about why she has repetitive Strep throat (which indicates her immune system is not up to snuff)

4. What is her Vitamin D level? If you don't know the answer to this, you MUST find out ASAP.

5. In general, I would focus on fixing the cause of the strep/immune system weakness, as opposed to multiple rounds of antibiotics, which have certain negative repercussions on the body.

6. Back to the leg pain, I don't know. I would need more information. And I would stop the amoxicillin and see if the screaming pain stops (which you may or may not have already done)

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