I recently received a message from a floxie friend that raised an interesting question. My friend asked:
“Have you ever heard that FQ antibiotics can release stored toxins like mercury into the body? It has been two years since Cipro for me, and one month ago they found out I am highly mercury poisoned. But before I took Cipro, I was okay. The doctors are guessing that I have been mercury poisoned for a long time but somehow it is showing up in my blood now. Since the symptoms of Cipro toxicity and mercury poisoning are about the same, I’m wondering if they’re related.”
Over the years, several people have raised the question of whether or not fluoroquinolone toxicity is related to mercury poisoning, but I hadn’t heard of test-documented increases in mercury levels after taking fluoroquinolones until my friend sent me the message above.
The symptoms of mercury poisoning are similar to those of fluoroquinolone toxicity. The symptoms of mercury poisoning are:
skin rashes and dermatitis; mood swings; memory loss; mental disturbances; muscle weakness; nervousness, irritability, and other emotional changes; insomnia; headache; abnormal sensations; muscle twitching; tremors; decreased cognitive functions; peripheral neuropathy and more.
According to Dr. Thomas Nissen, “ Symptoms of mercury toxicity are many and varied, since mercury can both reach and affect nearly every cell in the body! Systemic (overall) effects can occur for this reason. The particular symptoms you experience first depend on your own genetic weakest links and on other toxic suppressors.”
Similarity of symptoms does not necessarily mean that two disorders are one in the same. For example, Chronic Lyme Disease and AIDS have similar symptoms, but that doesn’t mean they’re the same diseases. But it’s still interesting to explore the possibility of fluoroquinolone toxicity being related to mercury poisoning.
I searched for journal articles about the effects of quinolones on mercury. Unfortunately, I didn’t find much information. Most of the information I have is anecdotal and stems from me attempting to understand fluoroquinolone toxicity (with zero background in biochemistry), so please take this information for what it’s worth.
Fluoroquinolones have been documented to chelate magnesium and iron from cells. I wonder if mercury in the body is bound by these minerals, and then gets released into the body when the fluoroquinolone chelates the necessary mineral from the body (or when the quinolone binds to the mineral, stealing it from whatever it’s currently bound to).
Dr. Nissen points out that mercury can displace other minerals in the body, and that mineral displacement can cause serious health problems:
“Replacement reactions, also called fight for site, occur when mercury (usually with a +2 charge) grabs the biological spaces which should be filled by necessary minerals. Symptoms that can be caused by a deficiency of minerals displaced by mercury include:
- Magnesium: irregular heartbeat, receding gums
- Iron: anemia
- Copper: anemia, thyroid dysfunction, impaired digestion
- Zinc: anorexia nervosa, loss of taste and smell, loss of appetite, low libido, PMS
- Iodine: thyroid dysfunction”
For floxies, I wonder if the fluoroquinolone begins the cycle of mineral replacement. Fluoroquinolones chelate minerals, then mercury binds to the site that was vacated by the mineral, then mercury toxicity leads to chronic health conditions.
There are many “drug muggers” out there – drugs that deplete vital minerals and nutrients from the body. I wonder if all the drugs that deplete necessary minerals from the body are opening people up to mercury poisoning.
There are a variety of factors that determine how well one’s body can deal with mercury. Genetic factors such as MTHFR mutations (which play a role in determining how well a person deals with toxins) certainly play a role, as do an individual’s antioxidant levels. Many floxies have MTHFR mutations, and fluoroquinolones have also been shown to deplete glutathione and other antioxidants. Some floxies, including Richard and the author of Say Friend and Enter, have dealt with mercury poisoning issues as well as fluoroquinolone toxicity issues. Obviously, people who suffer from fluoroquinolone toxicity are less adept at metabolizing and clearing fluoroquinolones than those who take Cipro, Levaquin and Avelox without ill effects. Perhaps floxies are less able to handle other toxins, including heavy metals, as well.
There are a variety of mercury detoxification protocols that you can find online. Dr. Mercola’s protocol seems like a good place to start – http://www.mercola.com/article/mercury/detox_protocol.htm. He suggests:
- Avoid sugar, milk, grains and processed foods
- Eat foods that increase glutathione
- Take probiotics and eat probiotic rich foods
- Supplement magnesium
- Supplement chlorella
- Supplement MSM
- Eat garlic and cilantro
- Supplement minerals
- Make sure that you have sufficient hydrochloric acid levels to absorb minerals from your food
- Supplement vitamins C and E
- DMPS therapy
Please note that chelation therapies (DMPS) can be dangerous and they should not be done without the direct supervision of a doctor. They can be hard on the kidneys, so they should also not be done unless absolutely necessary. Be careful, please!
As I noted earlier, this post is about possible connections, not established facts. Fluoroquinolones are not documented to have anything to do with mercury toxicity according to the journals I could find. The symptoms of fluoroquinolone toxicity and mercury poisoning are similar though, and given that fluoroquinolones have been documented to have profound effects on cellular mineral homeostasis, I think that it’s a hypothesis that’s worth exploring.
Post-script – If anyone reading this gets their mercury levels tested, please let me know what the tests say – I’m quite curious. Thank you!
Post-post-script – I wanted to point out some comments that Jason recently made on the floxie hope home-page about mercury. He has done extensive research on the topic and what he has to say is certainly valuable:
Toxic Metals and other Toxic substances (like Cipro…) are a HUGE issue, and as I guess you have gathered a mouth full of Mercury is bad situation to be in, and a major potential cause of Brain Fog and many many more issues for someone. This can be grossly exaggerated with someone with a MTHFR Gene issue, since they will NOT be able to detox Metals, Fluorides, Chlorine’s, and all the other Toxic Waste/Toxic Metals/Chemicals that we are subjected to on a daily basis properly, thus they will build up in the body and make the person more and more unwell. Since you are in the USA, for $99 the 23andme test is definitely a “no-brainer” in my opinion if you have not done it already, to find out if you do have these issues or not, on top of potentially being toxic in Mercury and other Metals.
Pretty much every living person has a toxic burden, Metals, Halides, and more; many people are able to keep it low enough to be healthy because their Methylation pathway works properly, actively detox, etc but others are not so lucky, and are even more unlucky if they do not realize this is the cause of most/all their issues. There was a whole bunch of discussion on Genes and the 23andme test last page starting from post 2 if you are interested in finding out more about this important part of someone’s health.
I would suggest to find a good ND, but be very careful with “Challenge Tests”. Many of them will want to give you a dose of DMSA or something else like DMPS, EDTA, etc and often the doses are VERY big, and quite dangerous (a big dose will ensure high levels show up on test, ensuring more money for them since you will “need” treatment = dangerous greed tactic). DMSA will mobilize several toxins in the body all at once, and if a person’s toxic load is large enough the body will not be able to handle all the poison being in the system at one time, and terrible damage can result. If you google Andy Cutler you will see he recommends not doing a challenge test at all, many people are following his advice and his Protocol for detoxing the body of Metals, he believes it needs to be done is slow safe fashion, which makes sense to me.
I myself am a little torn on the “testing issue”. I had a hair test done for Metals and Minerals which is what many people recommend you do to find out your toxic load. The things is it does NOT give you the whole picture, it is really telling you what the body is “expelling”, it is NOT telling you what your body is potentially harboring, since many of the Metals are hidden/stored in the body in Fat Cells, like the Brain, and if not mobilized they just sit there and screw you over, and will not come out in the hair, thus your hair test could say you are “low” in Uranium, or Nickel, but in fact you are not low, you are just not efficiently expelling/detoxing it at the time of the test. However, if the test shows you are high in something, there is a good chance you are actually too high and your body is trying to detox the excess of which some of it ends up in the hair. So these levels that show up, are somewhat dependent on if someone has a Methylation issue also, since poor Methylators are poor detoxer’s potentially skewing the results.
Having said all that, it is one of the best tests to do for this, and highly recommended to do regardless to find out what your Mineral profile looks like, though I still think there might be some viability of a “safe challenge test”, which would be as described above only with a smaller safer amount of a Chelator given right before a Urine test. Yet the reliability of the Hair test for Minerals is too somewhat questionable, out of the 100 or so labs around the USA that do these tests, 98 of them WASH the hair before doing the test. The trouble with this is many of the Minerals are water soluble, so washing the hair with a mild detergent and acetate like most do can skew the results of many of the Minerals. Google “Dr. Wilson Hair Test” and you will see more of what I am talking about. You will also find recommended ND’s on his site that use the one good lab in the USA that do not wash the hair.
This is all my opinion, one that is shared but none-the-less where I stand on the whole thing. I apologize for not giving a “Clear” solution, but this is frankly because in my opinion there isn’t one. As a result, for many years I did “nothing”, I now regret this and don’t recommend that course of action either. For yourself, my unprofessional recommendation is to “not” have a challenge test done, especially with Mercury still in your mouth, also do NOT take any chelators, and avoid Cilantro too, as this crosses the Blood Brain Barrier and taking this can bring Metal from the Mouth/Body right into the Brain. Doing the Hair test is a good idea, it will give you at least some idea on what is going on in your body, and if we are to believe Dr. Wilson, a VERY good idea, he has written a very long book on Hair Tests (his Mentor invented the idea) and how to interpret them, one I wish I had, but there is a lot of info on his website and ARL Labs website (the one he recommends) about how to interpret the results, and a good ND will hopefully be educated on these methodologies. Regardless of the results, if you can afford it if I was you I would find a good Huggins Dentist (trained in removing Mercury fillings safely) asap and start getting those removed. I had one that was “cracked”, and have no doubt it has caused me issues. Good luck, if you do have a heavy toxic load please be patient in its removal.
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I think the most popular is the Andy Cutler Protocol, which is a very slow/safe but PITA method, and uses synthetic Amino Acid Chelators DMSA, DMPS and also ALA all in small doses on a very strict time schedule due to their half lives. Lots of info on net about this you will see, chelators are bought from company out of Africa IIRC, there is a good Yahoo support group/forum where people answer questions etc (poorly organized unfortunately)
There are some others of note, and some are opposed to Cutler method such as Dr. Lawrence Wilson http://drlwilson.com/articles/chelation.htm (very good website with a TON of info on everything health). EDTA can be used, Dr. Mercola has made some suggestions like using Cilantro and others, funny enough Cutler warns against using EDTA and Cilantro, for potentially valid reasons, confusing the issue further. 🙁
I think the best course of action for someone depends on many things. Do they still have Mercury fillings? Do they have the MTHFR & other mutations in their Genes? (found out with 23andme test) How big is their toxic load?
The first course of action is always to get fillings removed safely, and then getting a Hair metal/mineral test done. To me getting the 23andme test for $99 should be done too, for reasons I noted on FH. Then with that done, and with that information a suitable course of action can be recommended (I sound like a bluddy Naturopath here….) If someone has a huge toxin burden, I think the Cutler method makes sense, but the MTHFR could complicate this. If someone is moderately toxic, Cutler method might still be good, or a combination of ideas might be good enough, again depending on the MTHFR issue. If someone is only mildly toxic, they should for sure address the MTHFR issues first and foremost, which would help the body alleviate the burden on it’s own (of course with a MTHFR issue someone is likely NOT going to have small burden, depending on their age and exposures of course). Also with smaller toxic burden, things like Cilantro, Wheat Grass and regular exercise and Saunas should be enough to bring the burden down, assuming they limit their future exposures.
I hope that helps, unfortunately the waters are a little muddy on this, not unlike Cipro poisoning.
Just a final note that these are only my “untrained” opinions. Toxic load is a serious wide-spread issue, causes very serious health issues, and removal has to be taken very seriously and not “toyed” with, someone needs to put their trust in a professional or do a whole lot of research. There are many complicating factors, such as Candida overgrowth (something DMSA potentially stimulates), MTHFR & other Genes, current past/health problems of the person and things like condition of Liver/Kidney’s, Cancer, FQ toxicity, etc. (Emphasis added by Lisa.)
I also forgot to mention Spirulina & Chlorella, although I did mention Dr. Mercola, and this is 2 things he advocates. They are also something Dr. Sircus recommends (along with a few others, see link), here is a good article on the whole topic here: http://drsircus.com/medicine/essentials-natural-chelation
He actually gives a LOT of accurate advice in this article in my opinion, like his notes on ALA which are important, and note what he says about Magnesium too, which applies 10 fold to a Floxie with Heavy Metals. He notes that some studies found Chlorella on its own, did not seem to chelate anything effectively. However when used with Cilantro, it does, and this makes perfect sense to me because Cilantro is a “mobilizer”, it irritates the Metals stored and Chlorella is a “binder”, it is extremely absorbent and will bind to Metals to help them exit the body and not be “re-absorbed” once they are mobile, which is critical. Done wrong, the Metals from one area can mobilize and then be re-absorbed in other areas causing great oxidative damage like to the Brain.
HI Lisa. A very important topic and good article on it. I posted one more reply on FH homepage that is relevant so will copy & paste it here. Also in reading the article I have more thoughts on how the 2 are directly related.
First here is the comment:
Concerning Metal Detox and FQ Toxicity directly, I think this is a VERY delicate matter indeed. The body is already overwhelmed with Chemical & Fluoride poisons from the FQ pills taken, and damaged from them as well. It is my opinion that adding a Metal Detoxification protocol to this burden is not a good idea at all.
Many variables here of course, like how far along someone is, but my unprofessional opinion is someone should try to detox the body first from the FQ Toxicity, with Iodine in particular and even Borax/Boron, also exercise, Saunas and massage, using Antioxidants and things like Activated Charcoal and Chorella, Magnesium and much more to soak up the mobilized toxins to help them exit and support the body. (and how and when this is done largely depends on where someone is in their FQ recovery, and how bad off they are. I’ve posted more details about this in past posts). Once a person has removed these toxins, either through sheer time, or more assertively through methods mentioned, and is 85-90% healed or more from FQ Toxcitity, and is sure their Liver and Kidney’s are in good condition, only then would I attempt a Metal Detox. Done too soon, the added burden to a Floxie’s body could be just too much to bear.
As for just removing Metal Fillings, if it were me, I think what I would do as a Floxie is wait until either: I am 75% healed OR until at least one year has passed from taking the FQ pills and not currently having a relapse, whichever comes first.
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Now in reply to your interesting article, my opinion is the two are not “directly” related, in one matter of speaking. As you point out, many malaise’s share the same symptoms, and as far as we know there is no Mercury in a FQ pill, so just to clarify that if someone is a “Floxie” it doesn’t “necessarily” mean they have a large Metal toxic load, which includes Mercury. I should note too, that Mercury is only one of many; Lead, Arsenic, Aluminum, Uranium, Cadmium, these are also highly toxic and most people have a combination of several, including Floxies long before they are Floxed.
This brings up the other aspect to the topic as you discussed, “could taking FQ pills actually mobilize Mercury and thus make someone even more ill”? Yes probably no research on this topic, here are my thoughts: The first problem with the Cipro drug is it is laced with Fluorine, this is a highly toxic and extremely reactive element, which is in part why it is so toxic, it’s high reactivity, one of the most reactive elements on the Planet. There is no telling just how many reactions this causes in the body, but we do know some; Magnesium displacement is a known Fluoride reaction, it also displaces/reacts with Iodine (which is why in my opinion these 2 things are needed to get rid of the Fluorine/Fluoride out of the body, and iodine displacement/depletion can cause you Thyroid issues among others) Calcium and Aluminum, As far as I know, it does not react with Mercury directly and or as strongly as it does with these I noted, however that does not mean it doesn’t, and given its highly reactive nature it very well could even if that is indirectly as you noted through Mineral displacement. So if those notes from Dr. Nissen are correct it would seem Mercury might indirectly be affected from FQ’s through Iodine and Magnesium reactions, thus potentially mobilizing Mercury. For clarification even if true this does not mean someone is more Mercury toxic than they already were, it just means that the Mercury that was already inside them got “mobilized”, potentially adding to the body burden, and could cause it to show up on a Hair, Blood or Urine test much in the same way it would if you did a “challenge test”. If this is true, it just stresses the importance for any Floxie that especially when newly Floxed (regardless of Metals, but even more so) they should be taking several Anti-oxidants and several “binders” such as Chorella, Activated Charcoal, Benonite Clay, etc.
One more note on Floxies, Slow recovery and Metals. These 3 things “can” be directly related in my opinion, especially if someone has the MTHFR Gene and other mutations that directly affect the Methylation pathway. Methylation is very important for many things, here is a quick summary (not a full list):
– Repairing and Building DNA & RNA
– Glutathione synthesis and Detoxification
– Controlling Inflammation
– Myelination (This is NERVE related!)
– DNA Silencing
– Energy Production
– Immune function
– Metal Detoxification
– Digestive issues
– Membrane fluidity
– Homocysteine metabolism
– Gene expression,
– Cardiovascular health
– Protein Activity
– Cancer prevention
– Neurotransmitter balance
and more.
I think you can see here, why in my opinion its possible first that many Floxies might have the MTHFR Gene, and second why those that take the longest time to heal might even have the Mutation from BOTH parents, which is much worse, and means they are Methylating at only 10 – 30% vs. one Gene at 60-75% (numbers depend on other Genes). Even someone with only one MTHFR mutation, so they are hetero+- vs homo++, if they have a couple other Mutations this can really hinder their Methylation. Apparently it is estimated that 40% of the population are “under Methylator’s”!!!! People that are “homo ++” are often people with Autism, Chronic Fatigue, Fibo, ME, etc and I think you can see why, they are simply too toxic in many cases, their DNA repairs are much slower, etc.
So if someone has any of the important Gene Mutations, it is very likely they are harboring larger than “normal” amounts of Heavy Metals, will likely be Floxed easier than a “normal” person and will detox and heal much slower than a normal person as well. Thus the importance of Gene test and addressing it accordingly.
For a comprehensive look deep into Genes & Methylation please google “Autism Pathways to Recovery”. An amazing in depth free book by Amy Yasko a Dr. that has pioneered much of the research. This whole Gene topic really deserves its own article for sure.
This is all of course my unprofessional opinion
Lisa, I’d like to tell my story. How do I do this?
Hmmm. Had a test for mercury last year since I was eating a lot of canned tuna (no more) and my levels were very good. Maybe I better retest. The good thing is, out of your list of 11, Lisa, I am already doing the first 10, so at least that is comforting. Thanks for the info.
http://www.kpaddock.com/doku.php/bpaddock/mercury
My own personal experience with mercury poisoning.
http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/marie.html
Dear Lisa,
Mercury isn’t going to come springing forth from Cipro, because mercury isn’t in Cipro. But Cipro can produce tremendous oxidative stress, depleting glutathione for example and other key nutrients, and making the patient less able to detoxify mercury (found in those dental amalgam fillings), making all such sources of mercury more dangerous and harmful. many such synergies have been observed – mercury + lead, mercury + aluminum, mercury + fluoride (arguably) and, since Cipro is a source of fluoride poisoning with a fungal overgrowth kick to it, we have a plausible explanation.
As for better mercury testing, put away the hair test and use the Quicksilver Scientific Tri-test for a more sophisticated and safe test. Quicksilver has good, natural detox product based on better science, the science of today, and we should remain mired in the low dose chelation protocols of the 1990s. If you to see short articles on any of these topics, e-mail at DAMS INC at dams@usfamily.net. Call DAMS at 651-644-4572 if you wish.
DAMS, Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions, is a 501c3 non-profit that has been around for the past 25 years. – Leo Cashman, Executive Director
Zeolites, long postulated to remove Heavy Metals from the body, might in fact NOT do it at all.
I was emailed some breaking news today on Zeolites. I have mentioned them a couple of times in the past, and even have some myself. It always was a somewhat controversial supplement (like Silver) because it itself CONTAINS Lead, Aluminum, Arsenic among other things, the claims by manufacturers are that those things do NOT get digested however, and that the “cage-like” structure of the Zeolite traps Metals, which I found some evidence of before. Health Canada the “regulatory” body in Canada, did remove some Zeolites from the shelves before, but not all of them yet, I don’t think, because they disagreed with the manufacturers as their tests showed those things “could” be digested, but it’s very hard to prove as you might imagine, and the manufacturers “seemed” to have some evidence to the contrary and some of their claims were convincing with this.
“Words” are cheap, but here is what one manufacturer said when I confronted him about the Health Canada recall: “Zeolite is a volcanic mineral which means it has almost every element in it. However, because it is a compound that doesn’t break down in the body, it remains intact and doesn’t release any of them. The scientists from Health Canada agreed with our scientific assessment including the scientific documents and studies proving it that we have be doing over the last 15 years. However, because they are a bureaucratic government agency, they would only accept the way that they test products which is to expose it to a high content hydrochloric acid (much stronger than is in your stomach) to break down the compound to see what is in it. That is not accurate since the mineral compound doesn’t break down during digestion and remains intact. They said although they agree with us, they couldn’t go outside protocol.” Of course, I never got any of the studies he mentions from him…..
Well now someone in the Health Industry I follow just released his own lab results showing that Zeolites do NOT capture Metals in simulated Human Digestion. Thousands of people have been consuming these products, hundreds of sellers are selling them, and many hundreds more of alternative Doctors, Naturopaths, and websites have been promoting them for MANY YEARS, and maybe all unknowingly under false pretenses!
http://www.naturalnews.com/051805_zeolite_myths_heavy_metals_removal_daily_detox.html
While we don’t know for sure how verifiable these results are, it seems to be enough to give a very large pause, before ever ingesting Zeolites. The “Health Ranger” created this “Lab” of his about a year ago, and has tested many many products, foods, etc over this time which “seems” to provide fairly accurate and verifiable results. Without someone else doing the same studies, we really don’t know how truly accurate they might be.
For now I have emailed the manufacturer I bought it from this info and link, and asked them to provide me with studies showing the contrary. Let’s see what they say. I did a large amount of research on this before, and found a little “evidence” on the benefits, and that the Zeolite itself would not be digested, but this could be a classic example of just not enough verifiable info was available, not enough 3rd party studies being done etc.
This is very unfortunate if true, thousands of people have been taking this, and many of them have reported feeling better too! Placebo? Seems unlikely given how Metal Toxicity makes someone feel, I don’t get that part.
Final note, I have a friend who has done MUCH more research than I have on this, 3 years of constant research, and she sent me a ton of info on all this. I emailed her straight away, and she is still convinced the Zeolites are good, and the Health Ranger has some shortcomings in his test. The Saga continues….
This is very interesting. My Functional Medicine nurse practitioner agreed to a heavy metals test as I was concerned about mercury fillings and had symptoms possibly related to a mercury problem. (Was also floxed with Cipro in November 2013.) Tested for heavy metals in November 2015. Both of us got a big surprise when the results came back. The mercury and all the others except one were in the green area of the graph. One bar was way over past the middle of the red….surprise…I have lead poisoning! Not at all sure where or when the lead exposure occurred. It’s still a mystery. In the process of getting the lead out.
Our body microbiomes have very delicate balances. One course of antibiotics could turn the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract from predominantly aerobic to anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria are fermenting cells and they feed predominantly on sugars. There are 10 times more bacteria in our bodies than our own cells, thus when we have cravings for foods, let’s say chocolate or a sweet treat, it is our body’s microbiome commanding us to feed it what it needs to survive. Some anaerobes incorporate mercury into their cell structures, and in the case of candida or even spirochetes from lyme, these bacteria and protozoans are suspending the mercury and protecting the organs of the body from becoming mercury toxic. If a very effective antibacterial rapidly kills off large amounts of cells suspending the mercury, the body can have a severe adverse reaction. In the lyme disease world this is called a herxheimers response, but it really should be called mercury poisoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnfeIwd0wI
This is a good 9 minute overview from one of the best Doc’s out there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOhcUvHOTVk
Lots of good info in this video, “Silver Fillings” are VERY toxic folks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdjmgcB1Rf8
Beware also of the “new and improved” light bulbs being pushed on everyone, we have someone from the website 25 years old who was poisoned and got very sick from the energy saving lamp beside his bed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0x3rbHFwQU
“Children who are on antibiotics are much more susceptible to all types of mercury toxicity, because antibiotics have been shown in experiments with rats to prevent the excretion of mercury. So, it builds up in the bodies of these children. The same thing with diets: milk diets increase the retention of mercury in the bodies of children… the diet, the antibiotics and what we call synergistic toxicity of the exposure to other heavy metals, which is rampant in this country.”
— Boyd Haley, PhD
Hmmmmm…..
With the Heavy Metal Summit currently running, I made a post on Facebook to address what they and ALL Functional and Naturopathic Doctors are promoting for Detox, vs what is actually safe and works, and most importantly, WHY: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=420489041704651&id=100012306757582&pnref=story
It is interesting that you say fluoroquinolones chelate magnesium. I nearly died from Ciprofloxin in 1996, dropping to 77 pounds, and developed what the military calls Microwave Illness nearly dying again two times. Ever since taking Cipro I can not tolerate magnesium. My entire body feels poisoned with a metallic taste in the mouth and even a “metallic sensation” throughout my whole body. I often feel this sensation when I am exposed to WiFi or strong wireless signals. Prior to Cipro and 1996 (when commercial cell phones went digital and sales skyrocketed) I was one hundred percent healthy working full time as an architect and writer. No doctor has ever been able to explain why I have such a strong reaction to magnesium, something one generally needs.
Does hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps removing mercury from the body?
I think one needs to do a tonne of research before deciding upon the correct mercury detox protocol. Although some protocols use natural ingredients like cilantro and chlorella, be aware that there is no measure or control of the amount of mercury being released and exported efficiently from the body at any time,
which can make people much sicker with side effects (and that is key – once it is released from cells you need to move it all out, not let it resettle in new sites) As a biochemist I researched many protocols and am using Andy Cutler for its super slow and safe approach and scientific logic. There is also an amazing fb support group and they are promoting a protocol only – the fact they are not selling expensive products was really also an indicator that this is just about helping people to detox heavy meals and not a money generator for anyone. Good luck with whatever you choose. I was floxed and feel I have finally found a way ot of this health mess.
I have been floxed (6 months ago-for the 3rd time). And I just found out I have high mercury levels too… unclear about what I am supposed to do about it. You mentioned above that you wanted us to let u know… so i am doing so…..