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Karla
6 years ago
Hi my name is Karla and I am one month out of taking my last dose of cipro. I took 7 pills 500 mg each once a day for 7 days I didn’t start noticing symptoms until a week after I had major anxiety and stared having insomnia after always being able to sleep never experienced anxiety like now. My symptoms now are rapid heart beat (mainly in the mornings) brain fog still some trouble sleeping( hard to fall asleep wake up multiple times) hard to laugh or cry just mainly scared and anxious. Weight loss dry skin. I’ve been very rigorous on the magnesium protocol. Taking some chlorella turmeric b12 spray eating super healthy and juicing. Any advice on what is going on and what to do from here? Don’t wanna continue feeling down all the time.
Don M
6 years ago
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzLMHZg5q0Y3US1pNVBVc21ubVk/edit … Have you read this article? It is written by a former toxicologist and retired university professor. It appears to be legitimate and if so the information in it is not encouraging to all of us. Read the article.
I’m just going to say that I probably was not ready and in too fragile of a state to have read that article. When I made the comment that some people seem to fully recover it is because I want to have hope and faith in fully healing and recovering. I tend to be a person who likes to think positive and reading an article like that can really take the wind out of your sail. I would like to believe that people do fully recover and are not just in some kind of remission. I don’t have enough scientific background or knowledge to question the validity or accuracy of the findings. I was obviously not ready to read such a negative article weather it is valid or not do I will go on thinking positive and believing in complete healing. That is the best any of us can do to get through this.
Don M
6 years ago
WOW!!! JUST WOW!!! Did I ever open a can of worms with my post and link to the Joe King thing. I guess from here on out I’ll just read and stop posting anything.
Barbara Arnold
6 years ago
Dee, you stay hopeful because you have every chance of recovery. Don’t forget the mind plays a huge part in recovery, so keep reading stories from people that ‘did’ recover, or got to a point that their lives are well on the way to recovery such as myself.
Ray is completely right in what he said. Just keep going until you get there xxxx
Topical Fluoroquinolones can be just as bad as IVs or ingesting by mouth!
ciprofloxacin eye drops
Excerpt from article:
The patient was prescribed ciprofloxacin eye drops, 1 drop hourly, in each eye. About a half hour after the third dose, the patient complained of dizziness and light-headedness. Following this, family members noted a distinct change in the behavior of the patient, who began to have well-defined visual hallucinations, ill-defined auditory hallucinations, and irrational conversation. The next day, the patient was seen in the emergency eye department, accompanied by her mother, with increasing behavioral problems. A psychiatric opinion was sought. The patient was deemed to have had an acute psychotic reaction secondary to topical ciprofloxacin. The patient was advised to stop using ciprofloxacin eye drops (nearly 24 hours after initiation of treatment) and began taking teicoplanin (1%) eye drops. Within about 12 hours of changing the treatment, the patient and family members noted an improvement in behavior and within a further 12 to 14 hours, the hallucinations and behavioral disturbances disappeared completely. The patient was later able to describe her visual and auditory hallucinations in detail. The conjunctivitis responded completely to the teicoplanin regimen.
COLLOIDAL SILVER WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS THE CIPROFLOXACIN without any side effects.
A silver solution has been used for years in new born’s eyes to stave off any infections.
After my eye injections for AMD the assistant wants to put an antibiotic eye drop in my eye.
I asked what it was and she told me Ofloxacin.
I SAID NO WAY!!!!
I mentioned this to the eye doctor and asked him if there was another antibiotic eye drop he could give me.
His answer was ……….. “No”. “That’s the only antibiotic we keep in house”.
The damned doctors just don’t seem to get it!!!
Andrea
6 years ago
Ehy gys, just a thought.
Every now and then, I google Fluoroquinolones and then look at google news. Every month or so, there’re plenty of news from all over the world reporting cases of fq induced side effects, FDA warnings or restricting laws etc, so it’s clear that something is moving in the right direction. But, even with all this infos, how is still possible that these dummies (doctors) are still prescribing this s**t so freely ???
Deb
6 years ago
I may need dental anesthesia for a dental procedure soon. I have had some dental discomfort for about a week and I am about 14 months out from floxing. I have been feeling a fair amount better and really don’t want to get worse from dental anesthesia. I haven’t been to the dentist yet. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of dental anesthesia works well for floxies?
Thanks.
carolyn
6 years ago
Big Pharma, drs should all be sued bigtime.
Daniela
6 years ago
Deb, You just have to ask if they’ll work without anesthesia and move on. Non-US training helps.
But we are talking about local anesthesia. I don’t know about general.
Dental work is really a minefield because there is also a lot of hidden cipro in the materials (to ward off infection, lol)
Dave
6 years ago
I was in wheelchair for four months after taking Cipro repeatedly for over two months for a prostate infection…developed neuropathy and tendinitis so severe I could not unplug a toaster.
These are all magnesium deficiency symptoms. The best doctors all agree on this. Cipro leaches magnesium out of you at a mitochondrial level. 800 mg magnesium a day healed me. Take calcium at same time so dirrahea is not an issue. A team of doctors who recognized the symptoms treated me for six months. Thought I would die. I contacted assisted dying society.
I’m 71 and totally recovered except for the rare neurological twitch. Just walked 10 000 steps a day in China.
These conversations often go off the tracks when the word “ magnesium “ is left out of the conversation. It’s magnesium !!!
Anna
6 years ago
For anyone dealing with eye issues:
I jut went to a Neuro-Ophthalmologist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. I was given a very thorough eye examination to diagnose the tightness/ache behind the upper eye socket, and the extreme light sensitivity brought on suddenly by CIPRO.
Eye inflammation was ruled out, immune response was ruled out, retina issues ruled out, structural issues ruled out. The eye and overall vision were considered in great health.
This leaves only two possibilities.
A, it is either orbital tendonitis/trochleitis OR B, it is an irritated optical nerve.
Other than a thorough examination the doctor could only rule out everything aside from those 2 possibilities, he was useless for further explanation or treatment.
I wonder if anyone here would know the best treatment for eye tendinitis or irritation of eye nerve. I know steroids is not generally a good idea for floxies, yet that was the first recommendation for treatment. I already take magnesium Glycinate and D3 – so it must be more than a magnesium deficiency at this point.
Anyone know about risks or treatments for eye tendonitis or nerves irritated by Cipro?
L
6 years ago
An important reason why everyone should be tested for genetic mutations. (My doctor did them through True Health Diagnostics.) One such mutation is the MTHFR, which, among other things, is linked to methylation. (There are two and you can have one or both.) Methylation is responsible for:
the essential process for DNA repair and cleansing your body of toxins
Repairing and building DNA and RNA
Protecting your cells’ telomeres or genetic material that affect aging
Turning genes on and off
Regulating cellular energy
Repairing cell membranes and nerve sheaths
Supporting a healthy normal allergic response
Building immune cells
Producing glutathione to aid in cleansing of tissues
Regulating hormones
Supporting your body’s ability to clear itself of chemicals and heavy metals
Modulating your body’s stress response
Regulating your brain’s neurotransmitters for mood, brain function, and sleep
Supporting healthy weight management
If you have the 5-MTHFR mutation, you body cannot convert folic acid into the folate it needs to properly methylate. And it’s not just that the folic acid isn’t able to do its job…it actually accumulates in your body and cause negative effects, So always read labels….not just on food but supplements as well and avoid folic acid.
Here is the link to Mercola’s explanation. (and yes, he sells products, but the information is good. You can get a good 5 mthf folate from a number of reputable sources.)
I am sorry there are so many people who are suffering as a result of this debilitating drug. I was given Levaquin intravenously in the hospital Jan of 2016 for sepsis. I understand that this strong of a drug was required for the very serious infection that I had but I was unaware of the long term side effects that goes along with it. I took it for a total of 30 days. For the following 9 months after I could hardly get out of bed, my blood pressure would sky rocket just getting up and walking across the room. I was on heart monitors for three months at this point because they could not control my heart rate. My bones hurt to the point I could hardly walk some days. I had numerous infections which lead to 6 more rounds of antibiotics in that nine month time frame. I had panic attacks and depression. I would get horrible migraines that lasted days and would come on 2-3 times a months. I had NO energy with three little kids to care for (one being a baby). My memory issues terrified me! I could hardly finish a sentence, I could not remember what I was talking about or could not come up with a word or a name that I knew before. I had moments where I could not remember how to do things that I have done thousands of times such as make a pot of coffee, find a channel on the TV, operate the microwave or certain tasks at work that I normally wouldn’t have to even think about. I felt like a shell of the person I once was. I had very little hope or faith that this could improve especially since numerous doctors and specialists could not give me any answers. My dear cousin suggested an all natural supplement that reduce oxidative stress by 40% in the first 30 days. It is a NRF2 activator. I also take NRF1 activator that repairs Mitochondria damage. I was skeptical but desperate so I gave it a try. Fast forward to now and I have to say I am and will be forever grateful for the information shared with me. It took a few months to really feel my energy shift but I did notice that my headaches went away right away and have never returned. My energy is better than before I was sick. My heart rate and blood pressure are on the low side of normal. My body no longer hurts from every joint, muscle and bone! My memory is much better as well as my concentration level. My anxiety and depression are gone. As of Sept 2016 I have not taken any antibiotics as I have not been sick once since I started taking this amazing little yellow pill! I finally can sleep 6-8 hours straight through!! My thyroid medication (unrelated to the Levaquin) has been reduced twice. Reversing the damage to the cells allows your body to heal itself. I am no longer a skeptic I am a believer and more importantly a HEALTHY believer! If you would like more information I would be happy to give the gift of information that was given to me. There is hope!!
I will post me email if anyone would like more information or have any questions.
Hi my name is Karla and I am one month out of taking my last dose of cipro. I took 7 pills 500 mg each once a day for 7 days I didn’t start noticing symptoms until a week after I had major anxiety and stared having insomnia after always being able to sleep never experienced anxiety like now. My symptoms now are rapid heart beat (mainly in the mornings) brain fog still some trouble sleeping( hard to fall asleep wake up multiple times) hard to laugh or cry just mainly scared and anxious. Weight loss dry skin. I’ve been very rigorous on the magnesium protocol. Taking some chlorella turmeric b12 spray eating super healthy and juicing. Any advice on what is going on and what to do from here? Don’t wanna continue feeling down all the time.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzLMHZg5q0Y3US1pNVBVc21ubVk/edit … Have you read this article? It is written by a former toxicologist and retired university professor. It appears to be legitimate and if so the information in it is not encouraging to all of us. Read the article.
I’m just going to say that I probably was not ready and in too fragile of a state to have read that article. When I made the comment that some people seem to fully recover it is because I want to have hope and faith in fully healing and recovering. I tend to be a person who likes to think positive and reading an article like that can really take the wind out of your sail. I would like to believe that people do fully recover and are not just in some kind of remission. I don’t have enough scientific background or knowledge to question the validity or accuracy of the findings. I was obviously not ready to read such a negative article weather it is valid or not do I will go on thinking positive and believing in complete healing. That is the best any of us can do to get through this.
WOW!!! JUST WOW!!! Did I ever open a can of worms with my post and link to the Joe King thing. I guess from here on out I’ll just read and stop posting anything.
Dee, you stay hopeful because you have every chance of recovery. Don’t forget the mind plays a huge part in recovery, so keep reading stories from people that ‘did’ recover, or got to a point that their lives are well on the way to recovery such as myself.
Ray is completely right in what he said. Just keep going until you get there xxxx
Dee, here is a great positive site to keep hope alive http://www.holistichelp.net
A doctor from the Hormones Matter site suggested Thiamine supplements, which is crucial for mitochondria repair. That’s also worth checking into.
https://www.hormonesmatter.com/fluoroquinolone-reaction-one-pill-cipro/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/270419
Topical Fluoroquinolones can be just as bad as IVs or ingesting by mouth!
ciprofloxacin eye drops
Excerpt from article:
The patient was prescribed ciprofloxacin eye drops, 1 drop hourly, in each eye. About a half hour after the third dose, the patient complained of dizziness and light-headedness. Following this, family members noted a distinct change in the behavior of the patient, who began to have well-defined visual hallucinations, ill-defined auditory hallucinations, and irrational conversation. The next day, the patient was seen in the emergency eye department, accompanied by her mother, with increasing behavioral problems. A psychiatric opinion was sought. The patient was deemed to have had an acute psychotic reaction secondary to topical ciprofloxacin. The patient was advised to stop using ciprofloxacin eye drops (nearly 24 hours after initiation of treatment) and began taking teicoplanin (1%) eye drops. Within about 12 hours of changing the treatment, the patient and family members noted an improvement in behavior and within a further 12 to 14 hours, the hallucinations and behavioral disturbances disappeared completely. The patient was later able to describe her visual and auditory hallucinations in detail. The conjunctivitis responded completely to the teicoplanin regimen.
COLLOIDAL SILVER WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN JUST AS EFFECTIVE AS THE CIPROFLOXACIN without any side effects.
A silver solution has been used for years in new born’s eyes to stave off any infections.
After my eye injections for AMD the assistant wants to put an antibiotic eye drop in my eye.
I asked what it was and she told me Ofloxacin.
I SAID NO WAY!!!!
I mentioned this to the eye doctor and asked him if there was another antibiotic eye drop he could give me.
His answer was ……….. “No”. “That’s the only antibiotic we keep in house”.
The damned doctors just don’t seem to get it!!!
Ehy gys, just a thought.
Every now and then, I google Fluoroquinolones and then look at google news. Every month or so, there’re plenty of news from all over the world reporting cases of fq induced side effects, FDA warnings or restricting laws etc, so it’s clear that something is moving in the right direction. But, even with all this infos, how is still possible that these dummies (doctors) are still prescribing this s**t so freely ???
I may need dental anesthesia for a dental procedure soon. I have had some dental discomfort for about a week and I am about 14 months out from floxing. I have been feeling a fair amount better and really don’t want to get worse from dental anesthesia. I haven’t been to the dentist yet. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of dental anesthesia works well for floxies?
Thanks.
Big Pharma, drs should all be sued bigtime.
Deb, You just have to ask if they’ll work without anesthesia and move on. Non-US training helps.
But we are talking about local anesthesia. I don’t know about general.
Dental work is really a minefield because there is also a lot of hidden cipro in the materials (to ward off infection, lol)
I was in wheelchair for four months after taking Cipro repeatedly for over two months for a prostate infection…developed neuropathy and tendinitis so severe I could not unplug a toaster.
These are all magnesium deficiency symptoms. The best doctors all agree on this. Cipro leaches magnesium out of you at a mitochondrial level. 800 mg magnesium a day healed me. Take calcium at same time so dirrahea is not an issue. A team of doctors who recognized the symptoms treated me for six months. Thought I would die. I contacted assisted dying society.
I’m 71 and totally recovered except for the rare neurological twitch. Just walked 10 000 steps a day in China.
These conversations often go off the tracks when the word “ magnesium “ is left out of the conversation. It’s magnesium !!!
For anyone dealing with eye issues:
I jut went to a Neuro-Ophthalmologist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. I was given a very thorough eye examination to diagnose the tightness/ache behind the upper eye socket, and the extreme light sensitivity brought on suddenly by CIPRO.
Eye inflammation was ruled out, immune response was ruled out, retina issues ruled out, structural issues ruled out. The eye and overall vision were considered in great health.
This leaves only two possibilities.
A, it is either orbital tendonitis/trochleitis OR B, it is an irritated optical nerve.
Other than a thorough examination the doctor could only rule out everything aside from those 2 possibilities, he was useless for further explanation or treatment.
I wonder if anyone here would know the best treatment for eye tendinitis or irritation of eye nerve. I know steroids is not generally a good idea for floxies, yet that was the first recommendation for treatment. I already take magnesium Glycinate and D3 – so it must be more than a magnesium deficiency at this point.
Anyone know about risks or treatments for eye tendonitis or nerves irritated by Cipro?
An important reason why everyone should be tested for genetic mutations. (My doctor did them through True Health Diagnostics.) One such mutation is the MTHFR, which, among other things, is linked to methylation. (There are two and you can have one or both.) Methylation is responsible for:
the essential process for DNA repair and cleansing your body of toxins
Repairing and building DNA and RNA
Protecting your cells’ telomeres or genetic material that affect aging
Turning genes on and off
Regulating cellular energy
Repairing cell membranes and nerve sheaths
Supporting a healthy normal allergic response
Building immune cells
Producing glutathione to aid in cleansing of tissues
Regulating hormones
Supporting your body’s ability to clear itself of chemicals and heavy metals
Modulating your body’s stress response
Regulating your brain’s neurotransmitters for mood, brain function, and sleep
Supporting healthy weight management
If you have the 5-MTHFR mutation, you body cannot convert folic acid into the folate it needs to properly methylate. And it’s not just that the folic acid isn’t able to do its job…it actually accumulates in your body and cause negative effects, So always read labels….not just on food but supplements as well and avoid folic acid.
Here is the link to Mercola’s explanation. (and yes, he sells products, but the information is good. You can get a good 5 mthf folate from a number of reputable sources.)
https://products.mercola.com/folate-supplement/?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=yrp1&utm_campaign=20180901Z1_UCM&et_cid=DM231112&et_rid=408494017
I am sorry there are so many people who are suffering as a result of this debilitating drug. I was given Levaquin intravenously in the hospital Jan of 2016 for sepsis. I understand that this strong of a drug was required for the very serious infection that I had but I was unaware of the long term side effects that goes along with it. I took it for a total of 30 days. For the following 9 months after I could hardly get out of bed, my blood pressure would sky rocket just getting up and walking across the room. I was on heart monitors for three months at this point because they could not control my heart rate. My bones hurt to the point I could hardly walk some days. I had numerous infections which lead to 6 more rounds of antibiotics in that nine month time frame. I had panic attacks and depression. I would get horrible migraines that lasted days and would come on 2-3 times a months. I had NO energy with three little kids to care for (one being a baby). My memory issues terrified me! I could hardly finish a sentence, I could not remember what I was talking about or could not come up with a word or a name that I knew before. I had moments where I could not remember how to do things that I have done thousands of times such as make a pot of coffee, find a channel on the TV, operate the microwave or certain tasks at work that I normally wouldn’t have to even think about. I felt like a shell of the person I once was. I had very little hope or faith that this could improve especially since numerous doctors and specialists could not give me any answers. My dear cousin suggested an all natural supplement that reduce oxidative stress by 40% in the first 30 days. It is a NRF2 activator. I also take NRF1 activator that repairs Mitochondria damage. I was skeptical but desperate so I gave it a try. Fast forward to now and I have to say I am and will be forever grateful for the information shared with me. It took a few months to really feel my energy shift but I did notice that my headaches went away right away and have never returned. My energy is better than before I was sick. My heart rate and blood pressure are on the low side of normal. My body no longer hurts from every joint, muscle and bone! My memory is much better as well as my concentration level. My anxiety and depression are gone. As of Sept 2016 I have not taken any antibiotics as I have not been sick once since I started taking this amazing little yellow pill! I finally can sleep 6-8 hours straight through!! My thyroid medication (unrelated to the Levaquin) has been reduced twice. Reversing the damage to the cells allows your body to heal itself. I am no longer a skeptic I am a believer and more importantly a HEALTHY believer! If you would like more information I would be happy to give the gift of information that was given to me. There is hope!!
I will post me email if anyone would like more information or have any questions.
livingmybestlife1108@gmail.com
This Mercola article may be of interest to you all:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/09/02/near-infrared-light-benefits.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20180902Z2&et_cid=DM231766&et_rid=408586410
It’s about the healing effects of NEAR infrared light (about 40% of the sunlight). Not the Far infrared light,used in sauna’s.
And this docu might be as well:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/09/01/what-is-fascia.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20180901Z2&et_cid=DM230999&et_rid=408067329
Today,a very interesting article about antbiotics and the damage they cause on the Mercola website:
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/09/05/adverse-side-effects-of-antibiotics.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art3&utm_campaign=20180905Z2_NB&et_cid=DM231694&et_rid=411215244
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