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Chris
9 years ago
In March, I will have been floxed for 3 years, after taking Levaquin. I’m pleased that many have found relief!
I need your counsel, please. For some time now, I’ve gotten headaches after eating anything that is sweet. Does this mean I may be going into diabetes? If you had the same problem, did it stop after awhile, or did you need to take diabetic medication? Also, my skin is drying out. I’ve tried juicing and drinking a gallon of water per day, but it hasn’t helped. What might I do for this? Lastly, my memory is still continuing to worsen, as well as Fibro. Please let me know of your successes! Thank you! Chris
Jen
9 years ago
Tricia, I used to love it when it was bedtime but now I dread it because I know it’s going to be another rough night. Wow…8 hours of sleep sure sounds nice. The first two months were really bad but it got a little better in the last few weeks. I think I probably sleep a couple of hours at a time before waking up with discomfort in my feet/ankle. My energy level isn’t too bad. I don’t take anything to help me with sleep at night. It seems like another pill to add onto my handful of pills I take already. I wish I sleep better…the lack of it probably doesn’t help my emotional state of being. I envy both you and Melanie that you can escape this nightmare if only in sleep. lol This website is the only place I feel like I’m not alone.
Jen
9 years ago
Thanks Tricia for the tip to help me sleep better at night. It seems you and I have very similar symptoms. If your symptoms are exactly like mine, the burning feelings should get less over time. That’s how it was with me. Hope those inserts help your feet.
At the risk of asking a question that many have already asked……..what can I do to start detoxing? I’m in the horrible situation of having taken CIPROXIN 500mg a day for the past 8 months. My GP MISTAKENLY prescribed this for me when my specialist requested another medication entirely to manage an ongoing lung condition. After months of feeling awful (gut, brain fog, body pains, sore eyes, blurred vision, insomnia etc) I happened to find out WHY and immediately stopped taking it when I shouldn’t have been taking it at all. After 3 days off it my brain is already feeling better ……. But I’ll do anything I can to help get it out of my system (if I can). Thank you 🙂
I just spoke to an attorney if anyone is interested in representation for your cipro levaquin etc posioning please call 18005214492
My daughter saw the advertising on TV this morning
Ferret and associates law firm
Texas Lawman
9 years ago
I was poisoned by Cipro about a year ago. People are always telling me I look “tired”. Yes I’m tired. I’m tired of people always telling me I look “tired”.
Bother, I’ve just eaten some breadsticks and now I see they contain soy – I may be in agonogy tomorrow and for a week. Beware of soy lurking in nearly everythibng – I rareky eat bought stuff in packets and thought it was the same kind I’d had before. Also they contain palm oil and palm kernels from planations that destroyed rainforests. That’s whatc omes of fading eyesight – couldn’t read the tiny writing. Soy lecithin, too.
Melanie Kemp
9 years ago
I think my hair has stopped falling out.
fingers crossed
Jen
9 years ago
Lisa, in your story you mention that 2days after taking prednisone you started feeling worst for the following few weeks. Do you remember how long before the decline tapered off?
Daniela
9 years ago
I just saw a public service announcement on children’s television, showing kids how to question their doctors — “Next time the doctor gives you a prescription for a virus, say, Do I REALLY need antibiotics?” That’s insane, the government is too weak to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and has to resort to hoping that kids can shame the doctors!!!!!
Jen
9 years ago
Melanie, thank you. You are absolutely right…it is such an individual thing even though we may share some of the same symptoms. I’m glad to hear your hair stopped falling out…you’re seeing improvement right there! 🙂 Any improvement is a good sign. If you don’t mind me asking, how bad was your first time being floxed and how long did it take to recover from it?
Jen
9 years ago
Hang in there Melanie! Don’t lose hope.
Jen
9 years ago
I have a question about magnesium. I’m taking magnesium 500 mg daily and it’s a combination of magnesium oxide, magnesium taurate, magnesium citrate, and magnesium citrate. Is this combination magnesium the okay to take? I’ve read to take magnesium citrate and not magnesium glycinate.
Jen
9 years ago
Oops the last one is magnesium orotate…not citrate twice. sorry…
rich
9 years ago
t what was wrong with your eyes ?> focusing issues and weird feeling in muscles of eyes?
Catherine
9 years ago
Fuming!!!!
I’ve just had an email from the doctor who prescribed FQs to me, asking how I am because she has not heard from me for a while. I emailed back telling her exactly how I am thanks to cipro and avelox. Her reply – because I last took them in 2013 they could not possibly be in my system now, and in no way would they cause any of the symptoms I have, and she suggests I get tested for ALS, MS and other neurological conditions.
What makes me so mad is when I got floxed I sent her loads of info about floxing, which she has obviously completely ignored. And she’s still bloody well prescribing them to people!
The worst of it is I don’t think I can even get any compensation, because she’s in South Africa and I’m in the UK. I don’t know if UK people are able to join US lawsuits against Bayer??? I couldn’t be bothered to think about compensation before, but now I’m just so bloody mad I want someone to pay!
Michael Teeter
9 years ago
Hello everyone I just got back from my 2 visit to my rheumatoloist. Things are going well. She renewed my script for plaquenil. I have been out of my wheel chair for 3 weeks! I use a cane. I have that silly walk down! It is a cross between yoda and a duck! lol
Anyway I have some she prescribed methylated b2,6,12 and folate suppliment. Curcumin Longvida 500mg which kills my pain and Basic Nutrients V (MVI) methylated as well.
I still take Cats Claw and Tylenol when needed.
I feel like I a getting better. I did break a tooth though and I get that extracted this Monday also I get an eye examine OCT scan that day.
Other than that. Things are improving.
Michael Teeter
9 years ago
Also anyone who has done the 23andme test and can’t get their medical results because of the FDA ruling, do not lose hope! You can download your raw data from the site and give it to your Natural Doctor they then can still run it through a program called the DNA Genie. So you can still get those results you need. It was very helpful for me. I learned I am ANA positive and MTHFR C677T+/+ that is why she gave me the methylated suppliments.
Remember folk never give up! Never surrender!
Brandon
9 years ago
Catherine — the headline at the top of this FDA link instantly demolishes your physicians claims that the drug cannot be harming you as it is out of your system. Ask her if she thinks the FDA is wrong. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm365050.htm
In March, I will have been floxed for 3 years, after taking Levaquin. I’m pleased that many have found relief!
I need your counsel, please. For some time now, I’ve gotten headaches after eating anything that is sweet. Does this mean I may be going into diabetes? If you had the same problem, did it stop after awhile, or did you need to take diabetic medication? Also, my skin is drying out. I’ve tried juicing and drinking a gallon of water per day, but it hasn’t helped. What might I do for this? Lastly, my memory is still continuing to worsen, as well as Fibro. Please let me know of your successes! Thank you! Chris
Tricia, I used to love it when it was bedtime but now I dread it because I know it’s going to be another rough night. Wow…8 hours of sleep sure sounds nice. The first two months were really bad but it got a little better in the last few weeks. I think I probably sleep a couple of hours at a time before waking up with discomfort in my feet/ankle. My energy level isn’t too bad. I don’t take anything to help me with sleep at night. It seems like another pill to add onto my handful of pills I take already. I wish I sleep better…the lack of it probably doesn’t help my emotional state of being. I envy both you and Melanie that you can escape this nightmare if only in sleep. lol This website is the only place I feel like I’m not alone.
Thanks Tricia for the tip to help me sleep better at night. It seems you and I have very similar symptoms. If your symptoms are exactly like mine, the burning feelings should get less over time. That’s how it was with me. Hope those inserts help your feet.
Any suggestions on detoxing?
At the risk of asking a question that many have already asked……..what can I do to start detoxing? I’m in the horrible situation of having taken CIPROXIN 500mg a day for the past 8 months. My GP MISTAKENLY prescribed this for me when my specialist requested another medication entirely to manage an ongoing lung condition. After months of feeling awful (gut, brain fog, body pains, sore eyes, blurred vision, insomnia etc) I happened to find out WHY and immediately stopped taking it when I shouldn’t have been taking it at all. After 3 days off it my brain is already feeling better ……. But I’ll do anything I can to help get it out of my system (if I can). Thank you 🙂
I just spoke to an attorney if anyone is interested in representation for your cipro levaquin etc posioning please call 18005214492
My daughter saw the advertising on TV this morning
Ferret and associates law firm
I was poisoned by Cipro about a year ago. People are always telling me I look “tired”. Yes I’m tired. I’m tired of people always telling me I look “tired”.
Bother, I’ve just eaten some breadsticks and now I see they contain soy – I may be in agonogy tomorrow and for a week. Beware of soy lurking in nearly everythibng – I rareky eat bought stuff in packets and thought it was the same kind I’d had before. Also they contain palm oil and palm kernels from planations that destroyed rainforests. That’s whatc omes of fading eyesight – couldn’t read the tiny writing. Soy lecithin, too.
I think my hair has stopped falling out.
fingers crossed
Lisa, in your story you mention that 2days after taking prednisone you started feeling worst for the following few weeks. Do you remember how long before the decline tapered off?
I just saw a public service announcement on children’s television, showing kids how to question their doctors — “Next time the doctor gives you a prescription for a virus, say, Do I REALLY need antibiotics?” That’s insane, the government is too weak to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and has to resort to hoping that kids can shame the doctors!!!!!
Melanie, thank you. You are absolutely right…it is such an individual thing even though we may share some of the same symptoms. I’m glad to hear your hair stopped falling out…you’re seeing improvement right there! 🙂 Any improvement is a good sign. If you don’t mind me asking, how bad was your first time being floxed and how long did it take to recover from it?
Hang in there Melanie! Don’t lose hope.
I have a question about magnesium. I’m taking magnesium 500 mg daily and it’s a combination of magnesium oxide, magnesium taurate, magnesium citrate, and magnesium citrate. Is this combination magnesium the okay to take? I’ve read to take magnesium citrate and not magnesium glycinate.
Oops the last one is magnesium orotate…not citrate twice. sorry…
t what was wrong with your eyes ?> focusing issues and weird feeling in muscles of eyes?
Fuming!!!!
I’ve just had an email from the doctor who prescribed FQs to me, asking how I am because she has not heard from me for a while. I emailed back telling her exactly how I am thanks to cipro and avelox. Her reply – because I last took them in 2013 they could not possibly be in my system now, and in no way would they cause any of the symptoms I have, and she suggests I get tested for ALS, MS and other neurological conditions.
What makes me so mad is when I got floxed I sent her loads of info about floxing, which she has obviously completely ignored. And she’s still bloody well prescribing them to people!
The worst of it is I don’t think I can even get any compensation, because she’s in South Africa and I’m in the UK. I don’t know if UK people are able to join US lawsuits against Bayer??? I couldn’t be bothered to think about compensation before, but now I’m just so bloody mad I want someone to pay!
Hello everyone I just got back from my 2 visit to my rheumatoloist. Things are going well. She renewed my script for plaquenil. I have been out of my wheel chair for 3 weeks! I use a cane. I have that silly walk down! It is a cross between yoda and a duck! lol
Anyway I have some she prescribed methylated b2,6,12 and folate suppliment. Curcumin Longvida 500mg which kills my pain and Basic Nutrients V (MVI) methylated as well.
I still take Cats Claw and Tylenol when needed.
I feel like I a getting better. I did break a tooth though and I get that extracted this Monday also I get an eye examine OCT scan that day.
Other than that. Things are improving.
Also anyone who has done the 23andme test and can’t get their medical results because of the FDA ruling, do not lose hope! You can download your raw data from the site and give it to your Natural Doctor they then can still run it through a program called the DNA Genie. So you can still get those results you need. It was very helpful for me. I learned I am ANA positive and MTHFR C677T+/+ that is why she gave me the methylated suppliments.
Remember folk never give up! Never surrender!
Catherine — the headline at the top of this FDA link instantly demolishes your physicians claims that the drug cannot be harming you as it is out of your system. Ask her if she thinks the FDA is wrong. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm365050.htm