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...
Communicating With Doctors about Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
As soon as I realized that a pharmaceutical had hurt me and that there was nothing that doctors could do to cure or fix me, I stopped going to doctors. I figured that they could hurt me and they couldn't help me, so I wasn't going to consult with them any more. I was...
Ciprodex – Poison Marketed to Children
Ciprodex is an ear drop that is used in children, especially children under the age of 3, the main people who get ear infections, that contains Cipro, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, and Dexamethasone, a steroid. Let me list the ways in which this is HORRIFYING:...
Is Our Meat Floxed?
My favorite theory about the pathology/cause of floxing (of course, fluoroquinolone use is the CAUSE of floxing, but not all people who use fluoroquinolones get floxed – something goes horribly wrong in the bodies of the people who do), is that a neurotoxin is...
Taking Supplements After Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
“I am not a doctor and none of the advice contained in this site should be seen as a replacement for the advice of a doctor or other medical professional. Please be careful with all supplements and treatments that you self-administer. Trusted supervision by a medical...
Was Lady Gaga Floxed?
I suspect that Lady Gaga was floxed. Before I continue with my explanation as to why I think this, let me say that this is pure conjecture. If, by chance, Lady Gaga reads this post and she wants me to take it down, either because it is false, or because it is true but...
Warning Signs of Fluoroquinolone Toxicity
Almost every time I mention how Cipro messed me up, I get the response, “Oh yeah, I’ve taken that – it doesn’t affect me.” To which I respond, “I took it several times before I reacted to it too. My body went completely hay-wire the second time I took Cipro. Don’t...
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