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Survivor’s Guilt after Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
Guilt is such a useless emotion. It induces stress and anxiety for no good reason. Guilt feels horrible. It feels like a kick to the gut; a twist in the heart and the soul. A particularly useless form of guilt is survivor’s guilt. On top of being useless and...
Permanent
I really appreciate that the FDA has put the word “permanent” on the warning labels of fluoroquinolones. “The nerve damage may be permanent” is now stated under the peripheral neuropathy section of the side-effects listed. Permanent. Physicians may take note; they...
Fluoroquinolones 101
I wrote the following article for Hormones Matter: http://www.hormonesmatter.com/fluoroquinolones-101-antibiotics-to-avoid/ Thanks for reading it! -Lisa
FDA Announces that Permanent Peripheral Neuropathy is to be Added to Warning Labels for Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics
Essay #1 On August 15, 2013 the FDA announced that a new, highlighted warning would be added to all orally administered and injected fluoroquinolone antibiotics (Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, etc.), noting that these drugs cause peripheral neuropathy. The announcement...
Adverse Reactions to Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics and Gardasil
I wrote an article for another web site, Hormones Matter about what Gardasil and Fluoroquinolones have in common. Here's the article - http://www.hormonesmatter.com/fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-gardasil/ Here are some tragic stories of how young women have been hurt...
Is Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Rare?
I've come to hate the word rare. As in, “your reaction is rare,” or “those side-effects are rare,” or “it's rare for someone to suffer from adverse effects from fluoroquinolones.” It's such a dismissive thing to say. As if it's okay for this to happen as long as it's...