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Podcast Participants Wanted

Podcast Participants Wanted

  There are 15 episodes of The Floxie Hope Podcast available at http://www.floxiehopepodcast.com/ and https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/floxie-hope-podcast/id945226010. Each interview on The Floxie Hope Podcast is valuable and informative, and I encourage each...

Fluoroquinolone Toxicity is a SYNDROME

Fluoroquinolone Toxicity is a SYNDROME

First, a caveat--I realize that allergic reactions can be serious, severe, and deadly. There is nothing minimal about anaphylaxis, and not all allergic reactions to pharmaceuticals are as simple as hives that go away as soon as one stops taking the drug. If someone...

Hope Heals and Unites

Hope Heals and Unites

Over the past 3.5 years, this site has morphed and changed, and it has accumulated a lot of valuable information. It started out as a place to tell stories of recovery from fluoroquinolone toxicity. Over time, it became a repository for hundreds of articles about...

Vision Problems from Fluoroquinolones

Vision Problems from Fluoroquinolones

A few years ago, I was chatting with a work associate about fluoroquinolone toxicity, and she mentioned that a friend of hers had lost her vision after taking ciprofloxacin. Yes, you read that correctly--her friend LOST HER VISION as a result of getting floxed. I was...

Letter from Bayer to Doctors Regarding Cipro and Avelox

Letter from Bayer to Doctors Regarding Cipro and Avelox

The above letter, from Bayer to health care professionals reads: August 22, 2016 IMPORTANT DRUG WARNING Subject: Important Changes in the Avelox (moxifloxacin hydrochloride) and Cipro (ciprofloxacin) Complete Prescribing Information – New Limitations of Use and Safety...

Filing a Complaint with your State Medical Board

Filing a Complaint with your State Medical Board

Iatrogenic Damage Everyone who is suffering from fluoroquinolone toxicity has been hurt by the medical system--obviously. A prescription drug, an antibiotic no less, caused a multi-symptom illness that includes damage to connective tissue (tendons, ligaments,...