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joanneg
7 years ago
I thought this read was interesting, because I know taking steroids with a quinolone makes your reaction worse, but I never knew why. This article explains that steroids also chelate out intracellular magnesium.
Magnesium Depletion
Drug Side Effects
Can be a Deadly Problem
Magnesium Depletion is a side effect of some drugs and supplements that can have deadly consequences. Magnesium deficiency occurs when magnesium is lost because of the effects of the drug. Some drugs, like diuretics- also called ‘water pills’, simply cause magnesium deficiency due to the excess urine that they produce.
While taking magnesium is an option, and should be recommended far more often by doctors, for those who take diuretics, – taking magnesium when taking other drugs may not even be an option.
Drugs like the Quinolone Antibiotics are inactivated by magnesium, despite the fact that they effectively BIND the magnesium in your body, leading to magnesium deficiency by a process called Magnesium Chelation. This effect can be enhanced when any number of Quinolone and Levaquin Drug Interactions, such as the commonly prescribed Levaquin and Prednisone are taken together. Either of these processes has the same effect- magnesium depletion leading to Signs of Magnesium Deficiency that can be extremely uncomfortable and even permanently damaging.
What Can Happen from
Magnesium Depletion
Many of the dangerous side effects of these drugs are a result of these magnesium losses. One of the most dangerous is a condition called Prolonged QT Interval which can cause heart rhythm disturbances and even lead to sudden death.
It is this action that likely accounts for the high rates of Sudden Death in Heart Failure patients as they routinely take diuretics. In animal studies, this magnesium wasting effect of the Quinolone Antibiotics has led to a condition called Chondrotoxicity and Cipro Tendonitis, where the cartilage and tendon fails to grow properly in children or becomes damaged and even ruptured in adults! This has led to an across the board caution for these antibiotics not to be used in children at all and an FDA Black Box Warning for tendon rupture in adults
Other effects from magnesium deficiency are the Signs of Magnesium Deficiency that are simply EVERYWHERE when you know what to look for. ‘Subclinical’ magnesium deficiency is a huge problem that causes mild to severe chronic health problems.
These are rarely recognized because standard laboratory blood Magnesium Level testing is completely inaccurate and unable to detect most magnesium deficiencies. Additionally, it’s common to have a ‘relative’ magnesium deficiency from Calcium Side Effects, a common problem in western countries, where the overall amount of magnesium is probably adequate, but an excess of calcium creates magnesium deficiency symptoms.
How to Avoid
Magnesium Deficiency from Drugs
Ideally, you would stay away from these drugs in the first place if possible. The majority of drugs, like diuretics, that cause Magnesium Depletion also tend to cause electrolyte losses of potassium, sodium and other trace minerals that can be problematic in the short run AND the long run. Other drugs, like the Quinolone Antibiotics, have other toxic Side Effects that can even lead to permanent disability.
Drugs that deplete magnesium
Save
If you can’t avoid taking these drugs, for MOST of these drugs, you can take magnesium with them following the guidelines on the Magnesium Dosage page. But be sure to check with your doctor or pharmacist because taking Magnesium with Quinolone Antibiotics will inactivate them and cause them not to work.
Drugs That Can Deplete Magnesium
There are many drugs, substances and conditions (like sweating!) that can deplete magnesium. You can refer to each individual drug if you are concerned about Magnesium Depletion. While not a complete list of all of the drugs that can deplete magnesium, it’s a start:
Diuretics or ‘Water Pills’
Quinolone Antibiotics and other antibiotics
Some Chemotherapy Agents
Cyclosporine
Some AIDS Medications
The Antifungal drug Amphotericin B
Acid Reflux Medication
Birth Control Pills
And if you can’t yet see why this would be a problem, get the book The Magnesium Miracle to see why a lack of magnesium could be contributing to the epidemic of chronic health problems that are occurring today- AND what you can do about them!! Keep reading to find out what the RIGHT magnesium dosage is to prevent and restore magnesium depletion.
joanneg
7 years ago
Also, here is a copy that was posted on this site on page 2 by a friend of a chemist who had an adverse reaction to cipro, what he said you need to do.
Magnesium May 27, 2013 at 13:39
I am a professional chemist who has suffered the “side-effects” of Cipro. It has nothing to do with fluoride. The (2-carboxyquinolone) portion of the drug chelates metal ions like magnesium and calcium, and can upset the balance of electrolytes in your body. If you have the syndrome you are probably critically deficient in intracellular magnesium. It is very difficult to rebuild magnesium — in fact it cannot be done with ordinary OTC supplements because they are absorbed too slowly. You need to treat yourself topically with magnesium chloride solution (33%) and orally with about 0.5% solution. Take 1 tsp of this four times per day (or more) but do not swallow it right away. It will give you diarrhea. Allow it to be absorbed by holding it in your mouth for at least a minute before swallowing. Check with a doctor before beginning magnesium supplementation, as it is dangerous with certain conditions (for example, kidney failure). It is a disgrace that the drug companies have not researched their own drug sufficiently to have figured this out.
Good recovery everyone, lets’ keep each other posted????
Best
Jarene
Ken
7 years ago
I am sorry to continue to post but my anxiety/panic/terrors/insomnia are worsening. I am to the point of not wanting to live like this anymore and checking myself into a psych ward. I have tried everything. I’ve went through this back in 2005 with Levaquin and took 9 mos. to become functional. Then again in 2010 and took 2 years and constant panic/insomnia and lost 75 lbs. Now again…….I have already lost my mind. I have severe pain in my back rated at a 9 and twitching, loss of vision and hearing, fatigue, weakness, and distortions of time are the worst where it seems a minute is like hours or days and depersonalization and insomnia that is killing me and my familty too because I keep them up pacing. I believe my NMDA receptors are completely shot. I’ve tried everything…..Please keep suggesting because I know docs treat anxiety with flourinated drugs and that’s the last thing I need. I’m begging for suggestions. I continue to relapse and don’t know why! I feel like I am in hell on earth, no exaggeration!
dave pollard
7 years ago
Joan You are so correct with your comment about blood work to test magnesium levels. According to my integrative medicine doctor, results will not identify a magnesium deficiency because only 2 percent of our magnesium circulates in our blood stream.
I’ve just started to share, but I must say….those of you entering comments here are some of the bravest and most proactive people I’ve communicated with over these past six months. We must depend on each other because the medical profession knows so little. Ive been guiding my doctor and educating him based on what I’ve learned from reading every bit of research I can find. I live in Toronto and Health Canada is just waking up to this crisis.
Ghost….how long have you been sick?
dave pollard
7 years ago
Ken….Im praying for you Dave
joanneg
7 years ago
Ken,
I’m sorry your going through this horrible relapse.
I too relapsed after surgery and the things I did to recover were:
Magnesium Chloride spray (16-24 sprays every 3-4 hrs -8 sprays = 100 mg), Magnesium Chloride oral supplements (140-210 mg every 4hrs), and Magnesium chloride and epsom salt baths (pretty much daily) if I didn’t feel like getting in the tub I would do the foot soaks like Ryan L. suggested
VSL#3 probiotics 3 x’s day
Colostrum 1 Tbsp 3 x’s day
These things pulled me out of my relapse, but it did take about 2 months.
I would like to add that since then, I felt so good that I quit all my supplements and continued to feel great for a month and a half, but then went into another relapse (from quitting my supplements!!)
Anyhow, I’m doing the above supplements plus I’ve added the Omega Plus patch from http://www.patchmd.com/ and I can’t express enough how much it helps with all my symptoms but especially the brain issues. I would definitely try it. I buy mine on ebay for $15.
It’s so unbelievably hard, and totally ungodly suffering that we’ve been put through, but you know you recovered twice so you can do it again. Just keep getting magnesium in you.
Claire Jones
7 years ago
Ken
This may help as well. Tapes on relaxation and mindfullness.
Hope you are okay.
We need each other here please don’t give up and let Big Pharma win.
Kindest regards
joanneg
7 years ago
Ken,
What are your current supplements??
Claire Jones
7 years ago
Ken
Silly me did not click hard enough on the link to Relaxation and Mindfullness tapes. Hence sending a second message!
Keep strong, you can do it.
Even more tapes on relaxation and Mindfullness. Absolutely loads of them online. I think that it is a matter of just finding one that is most suitable for the individual.
joanneg
7 years ago
Ken,
Sometimes the sicker we are the less supplements and medications we can take, because they can definitely keep you in a flare.
Since being floxed, I was put on heart meds, thyroid meds, and valium, all which flared my symptoms to unbearable, and I had to quit taking them all. Even some supplements like B vitamins, milk thistle, glutathione, and iodine just to name a few, and of course coffee/caffeine. It took a long time and a lot of hard suffering to realize these things were keeping me in a manic, loose my mind, jump off a cliff flare.
If I were you I would start seeing what supplements and meds I could stop, and maybe when you’re stronger you can add them back in if needed.
I would never stop taking Magnesium!!! make sure you’reusing transdermal and you’re taking enough 900-1200 mg total. Also, I would definitely order the Omega patch. I’ve taken omega pills and they didn’t help at all. I don’t know why, but those patches help tremendously!!
So, you got some big things to think about reguarding what you’re taking.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It has been since last Aug. and I just continually get worse. I don’t know what I am doing at times and I have really wore my family completely out. It took two years of torture last time and I am getting worse each day but thanks again.
Stephanie
7 years ago
So I’m here in spirit but need another break till I get used to sulfur pills it’s day two and I feel like my body is drained of all energy and the muscles are killing me. I feel like also the drooping in left side and the muscle sticking out in my neck feel like they are touching. But I’m staying positive and it’s crazy the wedding is planning itself it’s amazing like the universe knows I have no energy so everything is just coming together and looking to be right on budget. Just need to conserve energy.
Catherine P
7 years ago
I know this has been asked before, but which brand of colostrum is recommended? Thanks
joanneg
7 years ago
I posted this for those who don’t realize how important it is to replenish their magnesium, especially because we all took a fluoroquinolone and maybe even a steroid with it which both are very well known to chelate or strip our bodies of this mineral.
What happens when we’re deficient in magnesium?
Many of us have symptoms of magnesium deficiency without knowing the cause – cramps and muscle twitches (particularly night twitches), peripheral tingling or numbness, low energy, pain and inflammation, nausea and vomiting, migraines, tension headaches and anxiety states can all be the result of depleted magnesium levels. Breathing may become restricted and it’s common to sigh a lot.
A common factor in all of these symptoms is magnesium’s functions in regulating neurotransmission and controlling muscle relaxation. In this role sufficient magnesium is necessary for a smooth and steady flow of nerve impulses to the muscles, telling them what to do. When magnesium is deficient those nerve impulses become erratic and jumpy, causing the same behaviour in the muscles.
When the central nervous system lacks magnesium, the sympathetic activity of the autonomic nervous system is increased. This includes the fight or flight response, our hardwired mechanism for coping with stress. When our stress response is activated the body requires more magnesium, essential for detoxifying the steroid hormones our adrenals produce. The downward spiral of magnesium deficiency created by this extra demand can impact on our functioning in a number of ways. Restlessness, irritability, mood swings, poor appetite, high blood pressure, insomnia, poor memory and concentration, fatigue, anxiety and panic attacks, even seizures can result. Hyperactivity and a short attention span in children can be due to low magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency in smooth muscle contraction causes constipation, menstrual pain, photophobia, difficulty swallowing and noise sensitivity – all seemingly unrelated but traceable to the same problem.
Low magnesium in cardiac muscle can upset normal heart metabolism and may increase the risk of congestive heart failure.
Only one per cent of our magnesium is found in the blood, so a deficiency is unlikely to show up in the standard blood serum test (Measuring either intracellular magnesium or free ionic cellular magnesium are the only accurate lab tests for magnesium deficiency).
What health conditions are associated with low magnesium levels?
Several factors involved in insulin production, carbohydrate and fat metabolism are affected by magnesium deficiency. These can eventually manifest in debilitating conditions such as diabetes, abdominal obesity, hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmia and cardiovascular disease. There is also a specific connection between magnesium deficiency and mitral valve malfunction.
Asthma, migraine onset, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, depression, anorexia, allergies and chemical sensitivities, attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD), hearing loss, some eye disorders, tempero mandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), premature ejaculation and scar formation are all conditions linked to magnesium deficiency by various research studies.(blog.healthpost.co.nz)
John
7 years ago
Has anyone here taken Flagyl? I have mostly recovered from my Cipro reaction but the initial reason why I took the Cipro in the first place has returned. I refuse to take Cipro again but apparently Flagyl is more effective for my condition. I fear I will have the same reaction. Has anyone taken this drug?
I thought this read was interesting, because I know taking steroids with a quinolone makes your reaction worse, but I never knew why. This article explains that steroids also chelate out intracellular magnesium.
Magnesium Depletion
Drug Side Effects
Can be a Deadly Problem
Magnesium Depletion is a side effect of some drugs and supplements that can have deadly consequences. Magnesium deficiency occurs when magnesium is lost because of the effects of the drug. Some drugs, like diuretics- also called ‘water pills’, simply cause magnesium deficiency due to the excess urine that they produce.
While taking magnesium is an option, and should be recommended far more often by doctors, for those who take diuretics, – taking magnesium when taking other drugs may not even be an option.
Drugs like the Quinolone Antibiotics are inactivated by magnesium, despite the fact that they effectively BIND the magnesium in your body, leading to magnesium deficiency by a process called Magnesium Chelation. This effect can be enhanced when any number of Quinolone and Levaquin Drug Interactions, such as the commonly prescribed Levaquin and Prednisone are taken together. Either of these processes has the same effect- magnesium depletion leading to Signs of Magnesium Deficiency that can be extremely uncomfortable and even permanently damaging.
What Can Happen from
Magnesium Depletion
Many of the dangerous side effects of these drugs are a result of these magnesium losses. One of the most dangerous is a condition called Prolonged QT Interval which can cause heart rhythm disturbances and even lead to sudden death.
It is this action that likely accounts for the high rates of Sudden Death in Heart Failure patients as they routinely take diuretics. In animal studies, this magnesium wasting effect of the Quinolone Antibiotics has led to a condition called Chondrotoxicity and Cipro Tendonitis, where the cartilage and tendon fails to grow properly in children or becomes damaged and even ruptured in adults! This has led to an across the board caution for these antibiotics not to be used in children at all and an FDA Black Box Warning for tendon rupture in adults
Other effects from magnesium deficiency are the Signs of Magnesium Deficiency that are simply EVERYWHERE when you know what to look for. ‘Subclinical’ magnesium deficiency is a huge problem that causes mild to severe chronic health problems.
These are rarely recognized because standard laboratory blood Magnesium Level testing is completely inaccurate and unable to detect most magnesium deficiencies. Additionally, it’s common to have a ‘relative’ magnesium deficiency from Calcium Side Effects, a common problem in western countries, where the overall amount of magnesium is probably adequate, but an excess of calcium creates magnesium deficiency symptoms.
How to Avoid
Magnesium Deficiency from Drugs
Ideally, you would stay away from these drugs in the first place if possible. The majority of drugs, like diuretics, that cause Magnesium Depletion also tend to cause electrolyte losses of potassium, sodium and other trace minerals that can be problematic in the short run AND the long run. Other drugs, like the Quinolone Antibiotics, have other toxic Side Effects that can even lead to permanent disability.
Drugs that deplete magnesium
Save
If you can’t avoid taking these drugs, for MOST of these drugs, you can take magnesium with them following the guidelines on the Magnesium Dosage page. But be sure to check with your doctor or pharmacist because taking Magnesium with Quinolone Antibiotics will inactivate them and cause them not to work.
Drugs That Can Deplete Magnesium
There are many drugs, substances and conditions (like sweating!) that can deplete magnesium. You can refer to each individual drug if you are concerned about Magnesium Depletion. While not a complete list of all of the drugs that can deplete magnesium, it’s a start:
Diuretics or ‘Water Pills’
Quinolone Antibiotics and other antibiotics
Some Chemotherapy Agents
Cyclosporine
Some AIDS Medications
The Antifungal drug Amphotericin B
Acid Reflux Medication
Birth Control Pills
And if you can’t yet see why this would be a problem, get the book The Magnesium Miracle to see why a lack of magnesium could be contributing to the epidemic of chronic health problems that are occurring today- AND what you can do about them!! Keep reading to find out what the RIGHT magnesium dosage is to prevent and restore magnesium depletion.
Also, here is a copy that was posted on this site on page 2 by a friend of a chemist who had an adverse reaction to cipro, what he said you need to do.
Magnesium May 27, 2013 at 13:39
I am a professional chemist who has suffered the “side-effects” of Cipro. It has nothing to do with fluoride. The (2-carboxyquinolone) portion of the drug chelates metal ions like magnesium and calcium, and can upset the balance of electrolytes in your body. If you have the syndrome you are probably critically deficient in intracellular magnesium. It is very difficult to rebuild magnesium — in fact it cannot be done with ordinary OTC supplements because they are absorbed too slowly. You need to treat yourself topically with magnesium chloride solution (33%) and orally with about 0.5% solution. Take 1 tsp of this four times per day (or more) but do not swallow it right away. It will give you diarrhea. Allow it to be absorbed by holding it in your mouth for at least a minute before swallowing. Check with a doctor before beginning magnesium supplementation, as it is dangerous with certain conditions (for example, kidney failure). It is a disgrace that the drug companies have not researched their own drug sufficiently to have figured this out.
source: http://www.the-spearhead.com/2010/06/21/fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-such-as-cipro-and-levaquin-ruin-lives/
hope it helps!
Good recovery everyone, lets’ keep each other posted????
Best
Jarene
I am sorry to continue to post but my anxiety/panic/terrors/insomnia are worsening. I am to the point of not wanting to live like this anymore and checking myself into a psych ward. I have tried everything. I’ve went through this back in 2005 with Levaquin and took 9 mos. to become functional. Then again in 2010 and took 2 years and constant panic/insomnia and lost 75 lbs. Now again…….I have already lost my mind. I have severe pain in my back rated at a 9 and twitching, loss of vision and hearing, fatigue, weakness, and distortions of time are the worst where it seems a minute is like hours or days and depersonalization and insomnia that is killing me and my familty too because I keep them up pacing. I believe my NMDA receptors are completely shot. I’ve tried everything…..Please keep suggesting because I know docs treat anxiety with flourinated drugs and that’s the last thing I need. I’m begging for suggestions. I continue to relapse and don’t know why! I feel like I am in hell on earth, no exaggeration!
Joan You are so correct with your comment about blood work to test magnesium levels. According to my integrative medicine doctor, results will not identify a magnesium deficiency because only 2 percent of our magnesium circulates in our blood stream.
I’ve just started to share, but I must say….those of you entering comments here are some of the bravest and most proactive people I’ve communicated with over these past six months. We must depend on each other because the medical profession knows so little. Ive been guiding my doctor and educating him based on what I’ve learned from reading every bit of research I can find. I live in Toronto and Health Canada is just waking up to this crisis.
Ghost….how long have you been sick?
Ken….Im praying for you Dave
Ken,
I’m sorry your going through this horrible relapse.
I too relapsed after surgery and the things I did to recover were:
Magnesium Chloride spray (16-24 sprays every 3-4 hrs -8 sprays = 100 mg), Magnesium Chloride oral supplements (140-210 mg every 4hrs), and Magnesium chloride and epsom salt baths (pretty much daily) if I didn’t feel like getting in the tub I would do the foot soaks like Ryan L. suggested
VSL#3 probiotics 3 x’s day
Colostrum 1 Tbsp 3 x’s day
These things pulled me out of my relapse, but it did take about 2 months.
I would like to add that since then, I felt so good that I quit all my supplements and continued to feel great for a month and a half, but then went into another relapse (from quitting my supplements!!)
Anyhow, I’m doing the above supplements plus I’ve added the Omega Plus patch from http://www.patchmd.com/ and I can’t express enough how much it helps with all my symptoms but especially the brain issues. I would definitely try it. I buy mine on ebay for $15.
It’s so unbelievably hard, and totally ungodly suffering that we’ve been put through, but you know you recovered twice so you can do it again. Just keep getting magnesium in you.
Ken
This may help as well. Tapes on relaxation and mindfullness.
Hope you are okay.
We need each other here please don’t give up and let Big Pharma win.
Kindest regards
Ken,
What are your current supplements??
Ken
Silly me did not click hard enough on the link to Relaxation and Mindfullness tapes. Hence sending a second message!
Keep strong, you can do it.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuaZRqnBYUg5dp3a3l0S7jS20z2Bp7csv
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+tapes+on+relaxation+and+mindfullness.&ie=&oe=
Even more tapes on relaxation and Mindfullness. Absolutely loads of them online. I think that it is a matter of just finding one that is most suitable for the individual.
Ken,
Sometimes the sicker we are the less supplements and medications we can take, because they can definitely keep you in a flare.
Since being floxed, I was put on heart meds, thyroid meds, and valium, all which flared my symptoms to unbearable, and I had to quit taking them all. Even some supplements like B vitamins, milk thistle, glutathione, and iodine just to name a few, and of course coffee/caffeine. It took a long time and a lot of hard suffering to realize these things were keeping me in a manic, loose my mind, jump off a cliff flare.
If I were you I would start seeing what supplements and meds I could stop, and maybe when you’re stronger you can add them back in if needed.
I would never stop taking Magnesium!!! make sure you’reusing transdermal and you’re taking enough 900-1200 mg total. Also, I would definitely order the Omega patch. I’ve taken omega pills and they didn’t help at all. I don’t know why, but those patches help tremendously!!
So, you got some big things to think about reguarding what you’re taking.
Can someone post the links of the doctors?
https://www.facebook.com/FloxieHope/posts/659604357423197
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It has been since last Aug. and I just continually get worse. I don’t know what I am doing at times and I have really wore my family completely out. It took two years of torture last time and I am getting worse each day but thanks again.
So I’m here in spirit but need another break till I get used to sulfur pills it’s day two and I feel like my body is drained of all energy and the muscles are killing me. I feel like also the drooping in left side and the muscle sticking out in my neck feel like they are touching. But I’m staying positive and it’s crazy the wedding is planning itself it’s amazing like the universe knows I have no energy so everything is just coming together and looking to be right on budget. Just need to conserve energy.
I know this has been asked before, but which brand of colostrum is recommended? Thanks
I posted this for those who don’t realize how important it is to replenish their magnesium, especially because we all took a fluoroquinolone and maybe even a steroid with it which both are very well known to chelate or strip our bodies of this mineral.
What happens when we’re deficient in magnesium?
Many of us have symptoms of magnesium deficiency without knowing the cause – cramps and muscle twitches (particularly night twitches), peripheral tingling or numbness, low energy, pain and inflammation, nausea and vomiting, migraines, tension headaches and anxiety states can all be the result of depleted magnesium levels. Breathing may become restricted and it’s common to sigh a lot.
A common factor in all of these symptoms is magnesium’s functions in regulating neurotransmission and controlling muscle relaxation. In this role sufficient magnesium is necessary for a smooth and steady flow of nerve impulses to the muscles, telling them what to do. When magnesium is deficient those nerve impulses become erratic and jumpy, causing the same behaviour in the muscles.
When the central nervous system lacks magnesium, the sympathetic activity of the autonomic nervous system is increased. This includes the fight or flight response, our hardwired mechanism for coping with stress. When our stress response is activated the body requires more magnesium, essential for detoxifying the steroid hormones our adrenals produce. The downward spiral of magnesium deficiency created by this extra demand can impact on our functioning in a number of ways. Restlessness, irritability, mood swings, poor appetite, high blood pressure, insomnia, poor memory and concentration, fatigue, anxiety and panic attacks, even seizures can result. Hyperactivity and a short attention span in children can be due to low magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency in smooth muscle contraction causes constipation, menstrual pain, photophobia, difficulty swallowing and noise sensitivity – all seemingly unrelated but traceable to the same problem.
Low magnesium in cardiac muscle can upset normal heart metabolism and may increase the risk of congestive heart failure.
Only one per cent of our magnesium is found in the blood, so a deficiency is unlikely to show up in the standard blood serum test (Measuring either intracellular magnesium or free ionic cellular magnesium are the only accurate lab tests for magnesium deficiency).
What health conditions are associated with low magnesium levels?
Several factors involved in insulin production, carbohydrate and fat metabolism are affected by magnesium deficiency. These can eventually manifest in debilitating conditions such as diabetes, abdominal obesity, hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmia and cardiovascular disease. There is also a specific connection between magnesium deficiency and mitral valve malfunction.
Asthma, migraine onset, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, depression, anorexia, allergies and chemical sensitivities, attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD), hearing loss, some eye disorders, tempero mandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), premature ejaculation and scar formation are all conditions linked to magnesium deficiency by various research studies.(blog.healthpost.co.nz)
Has anyone here taken Flagyl? I have mostly recovered from my Cipro reaction but the initial reason why I took the Cipro in the first place has returned. I refuse to take Cipro again but apparently Flagyl is more effective for my condition. I fear I will have the same reaction. Has anyone taken this drug?
https://www.drugs.com/pro/flagyl.html
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=12623&name=FLAGYL