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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Damage Mitochondria – FDA Does Little
The Pharmacovigilance folks at the FDA know that fluoroquinolones are damaging mitochondria. Yet, they look the other way. Adding a more severe warning about peripheral neuropathy to the warning label isn't helpful. People should know that they are increasing their...
I HOPE for Change
This site was started to give hope for healing to those suffering from fluoroquinolone toxicity. Stories of healing and recovery are shared on www.floxiehope.com so that the people who are going through the destruction done by fluoroquinolones that we refer to as...
“Side Effects” or collateral damage? Is there a difference?
The mantra of “all drugs have side-effects” has been so ingrained in us that we seem to have forgotten that these “side-effects” are deadly or devastating assaults on the health of those who suffer from them. It is seen as a necessary evil that the...
Friends Don’t Let Friends Take Fluoroquinolones
I’ve been writing about the dangers of fluoroquinolone antibiotics(cipro/ciprofloxacin, levaquin/levofloxacin, avelox/moxifloxacin, floxin/ofloxacin and a few others) for a little over a year. As my friends, family, and associates have read what I’ve written,...
UCSD Fluoroquinolone Effects Study
Have you taken the UCSD Fluoroquinolone Effects Study survey yet? If so, THANK YOU!!!! If not, please do. Here’s the link to it – http://www.fqstudy.info/Fluoroquinolone_Effects_Study/Welcome.html This study is important on so many levels. Your participation in...
Fluoroquinolones Surpass Vioxx and Thalidomide in Harm Done
In a May, 2014 letter to the U.S. Senate, Doctor Jay S. Cohen said of fluoroquinolones, “In my 40+ years in pharmacovigilance, FQs (fluoroquinolones) surpass Vioxx and Thalidomide in the degree of permanent harm done.” Let that sink in for a bit. Fluoroquinolones –...