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JANICE
7 years ago
I found this website after reading about Cipro side effects in a book. My Opthamologist prescribed Ciprofloxacin eye drops for me to use 3 days before cataract surgery I had on May 15th, and until gone. As of today, I have taken these eye drops 4X a day for nine days, and found out today they can cause retinal detachment, and joint problems. So I will not take any more, but fear I may have already damaged my eyes and joints. Does anyone know what effect Cipro eye drops can have on the brain and joints and eyes and possible remedies? So far, I don’t have any unusual symptoms, but know they can appear weeks or months from now.
Thank You. I read most of those which don’t address the problems described by others who have taken Cipro orally. I will have to wait and see if I took enough in my eye to cause damage.
Jane
7 years ago
Janice Thank you for your reply.
May I just say that you have to be careful of flourescein as it contains fluoride as well.
There are eye drops contain beta blockers which can affect your chest. Just be cautious. I do not mean to alarm you but believe that to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Take care
Jane xx
Faisal
7 years ago
Hello all ,
Its ok if i take calcum and mag and D3 for 1 years and have ?
joanneg
7 years ago
UPDATE ON THE COCONUT OIL,
Shortly after I added the other natural antibacterials, I started getting some of my symptoms back, so I stopped them and continued with just coconut oil hoping I would go back to being amazingly better! But that didn’t happen. I continued getting more symptoms and some sore spots in my intestines. I think I killed too much good bacteria(??) just like antibiotics would do. So, I stopped the coconut too. Now I’m just doing probiotics, magnesium and colostrum to try and heal.
I really don’t know what made me worse?? It started after adding the other things, but it could of been both. I don’t know??
But the coconut oil did an amazing job at clearing up my brain issues, which are still good! Thank God!! I will definitely keep it in my tool box, but I won’t use it in extended high doses.
Jason K
7 years ago
Hi all,
I wrote a couple weeks ago about getting worse suddenly (developing peripheral neuropathy) after nearly ten years of mostly linear healing. As mentioned in my first post, I follow a very routine diet and lifestyle that has worked for me. The only differences were the following:
-Two days prior to start of PN I had a glutathione push and IV of magnesium, vitamin C, selenium, some amino acids (something I have done off and on since November)
– I consumed caffeine in green tea two days in a row (a new weekly addition to my diet over the past few weeks)
– I had kombucha two days in a row (a new every-other-day addition to my diet over the past few weeks)
I had asked everyone what they thought could have caused me to get worse suddenly. I am now 100 percent convinced it was a combination of the green tea and the kombucha. I’ve done a lot of research and have learned that all tea is very high in fluoride (of course I knew it had some, but I always assumed it was trace amounts…I honestly didn’t know that the levels are quite significant…) I’m sure I don’t need to explain to anyone the connection between the Quins and fluoride.
I am certain this is it. The PN hit WHILE I was drinking the Kombucha (!), after a day of drinking green tea. In fact, in retrospect, drinking these things always made me feel “funny”…I always just sort of ignored it and passed it off as caffeine thing. I assume it had just built up over the weeks.
To the other Jason who said it was likely the Glutathione: I do not dispute that as an alternative by any means and I always appreciate your insight (I’ve read a lot of your other posts). I do believe what you have said about it having adverse effects. The “tea” explanation just feels much more correct in my specific case. At any rate, I have taken what you said to heart and I am going to stop the Glutathione, just to be safe.
So, I wonder what I am in store for. My PN has not resolved and I am worried that some old symptoms will start to return. Is this considered a cycle? Or a brand new exposure? Is there even a difference? I have to think the “cycles” are often triggered by something?
I just hope it won’t be as bad as an “actual floxing”….
-J
Joanneg
7 years ago
Lisa M, I’m really happy to hear you found something that helps you so much! ???? Keep us posted on how it goes.
L
7 years ago
Bob. The reason for the blood test is a genetic thing. There is a small part of the population that is deficient in a certain necesssty enzyme. Called the g6pd test
Jason K
7 years ago
Can anyone give any insight into ozone therapy? I am trying to do my own research online but I find myself constantly coming upon two extremes: either it is a miracle treatment or it is a completely bogus and potentially unsafe. As always, I assume the truth is somewhere in between. Are there any personal accounts of floxies having real and lasting benefit from it? I’ve seen one or two stories, but I imagine, if it did really work, that there would be more than the two or three that come up on a google search? Is it not working or are very few trying it?
I’d like to try it and I am comfortable with it not working and ultimately being a waste of money (I’m used to it…)….but I am afraid that it could make me worse or could cause other adverse effects. If the floxie personal accounts are rare, does anyone know where I can find authentic, unbiased information or accounts surrounding Ozone?
Barbara and L: Thank you so much for the responses regarding Ozone Therapy. I am happy to hear that it worked/is working for you. I am very interested in trying it, but am still nervous. I hope you don’t mind that I explore both sides of this and play a little devil’s advocate…
If you read only the first few paragraphs of the Ozone Therapy Wikipedia page, a source I believe to be trustworthy, it mentions death and lawsuits and states that there is no evidence it actually works. This information seems to be prevalent across the internet.
If it is such a miracle, and is helping patients with cancer, etc, why don’t we hear more about it? Surely the FDA can’t keep the so-called cured patients quiet? Wouldn’t they be shouting it from the rooftops?
Furthermore, I looked into its use in other countries such as Germany and found a link called “The Misconception of Ozone Treatment in Germany”, a page that includes this statement: “Being German and living in Germany, I can tell you that ozone therapy in Germany is officially regarded as a bogus treatment. It’s not covered by state mandated health insurance. The claim that it’s standard of care in Germany is unfortunately completely false.” And this was from a page that was SUPPORTIVE of Ozone Therapy.
L – have you met and spoke with the patients that your ND says he has treated with Ozone? Or are you taking his word for it? I’ve seen so many NDs over the years and I’ve learned that a lot of their claims are exaggerated.
Please don’t read this as me being argumentative – I believe your stories and am so happy to hear that Ozone has made a difference for you. I am just trying to approach it from a skeptical perspective, a perspective I *wish* I had before I decided to blindly follow the advice of my doctor and take an FQ. I need to be careful with the treatments I use, as we all do.
Ultimately, I hoping this just provokes some more people to post some positive experiences with Ozone, because for such a miraculous treatment there seems to be SO FEW (why?!) Has anyone else out there had success with it?
Claytonrem
7 years ago
May somebody help me with a very little problem.
Half a yr before, I was identified as having the candida
I wish to look at some diet against Candida albicans.
In the Internet, a lot of information on this issue.
Although opinions often diverge. And I failed to find the correct selection for me personally.
Maybe the forum participants can propose an established diet or maybe several quality recipes against candida?
I’ll be really thanks for almost any help
Thanks!
Jason K
7 years ago
Thanks all for your responses regarding Ozone.
L – you had said that your ND also helped “former” floxies with ozone. Were those people you also met? Also, do you have a source about the Cleveland Clinic using H202? I tried to google it and search for it on their website, and came up with nothing. In fact I found a Cleveland Clinic page where a patient asked about Ozone Therapy and the Cleveland Clinic doctor responded that they don’t recognize it as a treatment because there isn’t enough validating research behind it.
Again, please don’t see this as me being nitpicky and argumentative. I am not denying what you say, I just want to explore this from all angels — and I, personally, just see more negative than good out there. Can the FDA be THAT good at hiding it from us? Sure, maybe in medical journals and online articles, but I just don’t believe that they’d be able to hide true accounts from all the patients who have apparently had success with ozone.
There just seems to be no correlation between the long list of conditions ozone purports to have treated, and the amount of people who have successfully been treated by it. If it is so effective shouldn’t we be hearing more from all of these people? Where are they?
Barbara, being in Europe, do you hear about it often there? It sounds like it is still an alternative treatment, but is it a well known one, like acupuncture? Most people in the US seem to have never heard of it. I wish we knew someone in Germany who could verify, personally, whether or not it is as big as some claim it is in Germany.
Bob, thanks for your note and please keep us posted on your progress with ozone. Did you feel any different after? Better? Worse? The same?
Thanks, Debs…yeah, I’m trying to do my own research too, it is just so difficult knowing what is true…
Lukasz
7 years ago
Are any of you folks taking probiotics to speed up healing of the digestive system or are these a waste of time and money? I’ve taken probiotics sporadically in the last 2.5 years. I’ve no idea if they have helped me in any capacity but then again, I’ve never been consistent with them.
There’s reports and studies out there that claim they are a fundamental part to gastrointestinal health, while other reports and studies state no positive impact.
Which to believe?
I’ve been taking a brand that contains 11 Billion + Live Active Whole Cells. It consists of 11 strains: 4 Human / 1 Plant / 6 Dairy (veg. capsule form).
What’s the outlook like on probiotics? Should we be taking them? Are they an integral part to recovery from FQT or do they have little to no effect?
What the hell…..the back of my hands look like they have aged 20 years in the past 2 months. Over 2 years after taking Cipro. Crazy timeline. Does this skin thing ever get better?
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to update you as to my condition. As many of you know me on facebook. I was recently diagnosed with Adult Autoimmune Enteropathy and it is a rare autoimmune condition that attacks your small intestines. I have been dealing with malabsorption and dehydration and severe weight loss and extreme pain. This all happened after I was floxed over 5 years ago. I took both levaquin and Cipro. It first attacked my brain and joints then tendons and eventually my guts. I have seen experts at Cleveland Clinic and Lansing and Grand Rapids Michigan and now the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I have been hospitalized quite a few times. My biopsies have been sent to many places such as the Mayo Clinic and Chop.
A few Doctors think this is connected with Cipro which we know it is. If the Cipro does it at the cell level or if it causes an autoimmune response. All I know is my body is not healing.
I am on Prednisone and Entocort and now they have me on Tacrolimus to try to stop my immune system from attacking my intestines.
I am just taking one day at a time and focusing on my recovery have to let everything else go. You can not focus on what you can’t do and focus on what you can.
Anyway hang in there everyone.
Michael Teeter
Barbara Arnold
7 years ago
Yeah right. Please stop scamming people
Lukasz
7 years ago
Jay Allen,
Take your bullshit testimony elsewhere. Nobody here cares to be scammed out of their hard earned money.
I found this website after reading about Cipro side effects in a book. My Opthamologist prescribed Ciprofloxacin eye drops for me to use 3 days before cataract surgery I had on May 15th, and until gone. As of today, I have taken these eye drops 4X a day for nine days, and found out today they can cause retinal detachment, and joint problems. So I will not take any more, but fear I may have already damaged my eyes and joints. Does anyone know what effect Cipro eye drops can have on the brain and joints and eyes and possible remedies? So far, I don’t have any unusual symptoms, but know they can appear weeks or months from now.
Janice here is a link to cipro eye drops.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ciprofloxacicn+eye+drops+side+effects&ie=&oe=#q=ciprofloxacin+eye+drops+side+effects&spf=1495364400363
Thank You. I read most of those which don’t address the problems described by others who have taken Cipro orally. I will have to wait and see if I took enough in my eye to cause damage.
Janice Thank you for your reply.
May I just say that you have to be careful of flourescein as it contains fluoride as well.
There are eye drops contain beta blockers which can affect your chest. Just be cautious. I do not mean to alarm you but believe that to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Take care
Jane xx
Hello all ,
Its ok if i take calcum and mag and D3 for 1 years and have ?
UPDATE ON THE COCONUT OIL,
Shortly after I added the other natural antibacterials, I started getting some of my symptoms back, so I stopped them and continued with just coconut oil hoping I would go back to being amazingly better! But that didn’t happen. I continued getting more symptoms and some sore spots in my intestines. I think I killed too much good bacteria(??) just like antibiotics would do. So, I stopped the coconut too. Now I’m just doing probiotics, magnesium and colostrum to try and heal.
I really don’t know what made me worse?? It started after adding the other things, but it could of been both. I don’t know??
But the coconut oil did an amazing job at clearing up my brain issues, which are still good! Thank God!! I will definitely keep it in my tool box, but I won’t use it in extended high doses.
Hi all,
I wrote a couple weeks ago about getting worse suddenly (developing peripheral neuropathy) after nearly ten years of mostly linear healing. As mentioned in my first post, I follow a very routine diet and lifestyle that has worked for me. The only differences were the following:
-Two days prior to start of PN I had a glutathione push and IV of magnesium, vitamin C, selenium, some amino acids (something I have done off and on since November)
– I consumed caffeine in green tea two days in a row (a new weekly addition to my diet over the past few weeks)
– I had kombucha two days in a row (a new every-other-day addition to my diet over the past few weeks)
I had asked everyone what they thought could have caused me to get worse suddenly. I am now 100 percent convinced it was a combination of the green tea and the kombucha. I’ve done a lot of research and have learned that all tea is very high in fluoride (of course I knew it had some, but I always assumed it was trace amounts…I honestly didn’t know that the levels are quite significant…) I’m sure I don’t need to explain to anyone the connection between the Quins and fluoride.
I am certain this is it. The PN hit WHILE I was drinking the Kombucha (!), after a day of drinking green tea. In fact, in retrospect, drinking these things always made me feel “funny”…I always just sort of ignored it and passed it off as caffeine thing. I assume it had just built up over the weeks.
To the other Jason who said it was likely the Glutathione: I do not dispute that as an alternative by any means and I always appreciate your insight (I’ve read a lot of your other posts). I do believe what you have said about it having adverse effects. The “tea” explanation just feels much more correct in my specific case. At any rate, I have taken what you said to heart and I am going to stop the Glutathione, just to be safe.
So, I wonder what I am in store for. My PN has not resolved and I am worried that some old symptoms will start to return. Is this considered a cycle? Or a brand new exposure? Is there even a difference? I have to think the “cycles” are often triggered by something?
I just hope it won’t be as bad as an “actual floxing”….
-J
Lisa M, I’m really happy to hear you found something that helps you so much! ???? Keep us posted on how it goes.
Bob. The reason for the blood test is a genetic thing. There is a small part of the population that is deficient in a certain necesssty enzyme. Called the g6pd test
Can anyone give any insight into ozone therapy? I am trying to do my own research online but I find myself constantly coming upon two extremes: either it is a miracle treatment or it is a completely bogus and potentially unsafe. As always, I assume the truth is somewhere in between. Are there any personal accounts of floxies having real and lasting benefit from it? I’ve seen one or two stories, but I imagine, if it did really work, that there would be more than the two or three that come up on a google search? Is it not working or are very few trying it?
I’d like to try it and I am comfortable with it not working and ultimately being a waste of money (I’m used to it…)….but I am afraid that it could make me worse or could cause other adverse effects. If the floxie personal accounts are rare, does anyone know where I can find authentic, unbiased information or accounts surrounding Ozone?
For those dealing with pain, this looks like it could be promising. (This particular doctor is in California.) http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/can-virtual-reality-sessions-treat-chronic-pain-stanford-doctor-yes-955306563957
Barbara and L: Thank you so much for the responses regarding Ozone Therapy. I am happy to hear that it worked/is working for you. I am very interested in trying it, but am still nervous. I hope you don’t mind that I explore both sides of this and play a little devil’s advocate…
If you read only the first few paragraphs of the Ozone Therapy Wikipedia page, a source I believe to be trustworthy, it mentions death and lawsuits and states that there is no evidence it actually works. This information seems to be prevalent across the internet.
If it is such a miracle, and is helping patients with cancer, etc, why don’t we hear more about it? Surely the FDA can’t keep the so-called cured patients quiet? Wouldn’t they be shouting it from the rooftops?
Furthermore, I looked into its use in other countries such as Germany and found a link called “The Misconception of Ozone Treatment in Germany”, a page that includes this statement: “Being German and living in Germany, I can tell you that ozone therapy in Germany is officially regarded as a bogus treatment. It’s not covered by state mandated health insurance. The claim that it’s standard of care in Germany is unfortunately completely false.” And this was from a page that was SUPPORTIVE of Ozone Therapy.
L – have you met and spoke with the patients that your ND says he has treated with Ozone? Or are you taking his word for it? I’ve seen so many NDs over the years and I’ve learned that a lot of their claims are exaggerated.
Please don’t read this as me being argumentative – I believe your stories and am so happy to hear that Ozone has made a difference for you. I am just trying to approach it from a skeptical perspective, a perspective I *wish* I had before I decided to blindly follow the advice of my doctor and take an FQ. I need to be careful with the treatments I use, as we all do.
Ultimately, I hoping this just provokes some more people to post some positive experiences with Ozone, because for such a miraculous treatment there seems to be SO FEW (why?!) Has anyone else out there had success with it?
May somebody help me with a very little problem.
Half a yr before, I was identified as having the candida
I wish to look at some diet against Candida albicans.
In the Internet, a lot of information on this issue.
Although opinions often diverge. And I failed to find the correct selection for me personally.
Maybe the forum participants can propose an established diet or maybe several quality recipes against candida?
I’ll be really thanks for almost any help
Thanks!
Thanks all for your responses regarding Ozone.
L – you had said that your ND also helped “former” floxies with ozone. Were those people you also met? Also, do you have a source about the Cleveland Clinic using H202? I tried to google it and search for it on their website, and came up with nothing. In fact I found a Cleveland Clinic page where a patient asked about Ozone Therapy and the Cleveland Clinic doctor responded that they don’t recognize it as a treatment because there isn’t enough validating research behind it.
Again, please don’t see this as me being nitpicky and argumentative. I am not denying what you say, I just want to explore this from all angels — and I, personally, just see more negative than good out there. Can the FDA be THAT good at hiding it from us? Sure, maybe in medical journals and online articles, but I just don’t believe that they’d be able to hide true accounts from all the patients who have apparently had success with ozone.
There just seems to be no correlation between the long list of conditions ozone purports to have treated, and the amount of people who have successfully been treated by it. If it is so effective shouldn’t we be hearing more from all of these people? Where are they?
Barbara, being in Europe, do you hear about it often there? It sounds like it is still an alternative treatment, but is it a well known one, like acupuncture? Most people in the US seem to have never heard of it. I wish we knew someone in Germany who could verify, personally, whether or not it is as big as some claim it is in Germany.
Bob, thanks for your note and please keep us posted on your progress with ozone. Did you feel any different after? Better? Worse? The same?
Thanks, Debs…yeah, I’m trying to do my own research too, it is just so difficult knowing what is true…
Are any of you folks taking probiotics to speed up healing of the digestive system or are these a waste of time and money? I’ve taken probiotics sporadically in the last 2.5 years. I’ve no idea if they have helped me in any capacity but then again, I’ve never been consistent with them.
There’s reports and studies out there that claim they are a fundamental part to gastrointestinal health, while other reports and studies state no positive impact.
Which to believe?
I’ve been taking a brand that contains 11 Billion + Live Active Whole Cells. It consists of 11 strains: 4 Human / 1 Plant / 6 Dairy (veg. capsule form).
What’s the outlook like on probiotics? Should we be taking them? Are they an integral part to recovery from FQT or do they have little to no effect?
Hey everyone. I just saw this posted on facebook and thought it would be of interest to those of you dealing with pain issues. http://herb.co/2017/02/23/cannabis-pain-patch/
What the hell…..the back of my hands look like they have aged 20 years in the past 2 months. Over 2 years after taking Cipro. Crazy timeline. Does this skin thing ever get better?
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to update you as to my condition. As many of you know me on facebook. I was recently diagnosed with Adult Autoimmune Enteropathy and it is a rare autoimmune condition that attacks your small intestines. I have been dealing with malabsorption and dehydration and severe weight loss and extreme pain. This all happened after I was floxed over 5 years ago. I took both levaquin and Cipro. It first attacked my brain and joints then tendons and eventually my guts. I have seen experts at Cleveland Clinic and Lansing and Grand Rapids Michigan and now the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I have been hospitalized quite a few times. My biopsies have been sent to many places such as the Mayo Clinic and Chop.
A few Doctors think this is connected with Cipro which we know it is. If the Cipro does it at the cell level or if it causes an autoimmune response. All I know is my body is not healing.
I am on Prednisone and Entocort and now they have me on Tacrolimus to try to stop my immune system from attacking my intestines.
I am just taking one day at a time and focusing on my recovery have to let everything else go. You can not focus on what you can’t do and focus on what you can.
Anyway hang in there everyone.
Michael Teeter
Yeah right. Please stop scamming people
Jay Allen,
Take your bullshit testimony elsewhere. Nobody here cares to be scammed out of their hard earned money.
You should be ashamed of yourself.