Tips For The Newly Floxed
Some tips for those who are newly floxed with the horrible effects of Cipro/ciprofloxacin, Levaquin/levofloxacin, Avelox/moxifloxacin, Floxin/ofloxacin, or any other fluoroquinolone antibiotic, can be found in the post
Excerpted from the post:
First, read through the recovery stories on www.floxiehope.com. Every healing story is different. The journey through fluoroquinolone toxicity has not been the same for any two people. Even though each story is different, each story has some valuable wisdom and guidance in it. As you’re reading through the stories, I suggest that you write down the healing tips and steps that resonate with you. Try those things one-by-one and see if they work as well for you as they do for the person who recovered from fluoroquinolone toxicity and wrote the story.
Second, the ebook, The Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Solution*, has helped many people through fluoroquinolone toxicity, including Ruth, Cindy and Daniel. It gives particularly good guidance for those looking for supplements to help them to heal from fluoroquinolone toxicity.
You can find support, guidance and advice through many web sites and social-media groups. Comments on the home page of floxiehope.com are typically responded to quickly and there is a wealth of information in the past comments.
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Please feel free to add additional tips in the comments section below. Thank you!
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I recently was prescribed Cipro for a UTI (which turned out not to be one). I was given 250mg for 3 days/2x a day. I only took 3 pills before I stopped and should have stopped after the first. I was given no warning other than “Don’t do anything strenuous while taking”. After the first day I felt incredibly anxious, heart racing, muscle aches especially in my legs… it was so hard to walk, I even sat in the shower the second day. I started freaking out and began my google research when I found this page and immediately stopped taking. It’s only been 5 days since I stopped but still feel my heart racing, gut issues, hard to drink coffee without feeling anxious, panic attacks, shortness of breath, achy legs, difficulty sleeping, lightheaded, and weak. I cannot believe this medicine is allowed to be prescribed — it’s so dangerous! I’m hoping after reading some of these stories and starting up on a vitamin regime and forcing myself to stay semi active I can get back to normal soon. I did get bloodwork done 2 days ago and everything was oddly normal besides my blood pressure being higher than normal. If you have any suggestions please pass them along!
Does anyone know of a law firm that will accept a case involving severe damage caused by “GENERIC” ciprofloxacin?
Can u recommend good magnesium and thiamine supplements to take and the dosage? Thank you.
hello folks i took 28 caps of cipro and i never had spontaneous erection again. iam 43 years old, the doctor wanted to kill me. does anybody can help me my whats up is 55 31 981023210 i am in brazil city of belo horizonte
This video may help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NExnyN5vrS4
Linda … Watch this video on magnesium by Jason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NExnyN5vrS4
REPORT-REPORT-REPORT to FDA using form 3500B : https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/index.cfm
Affected 10/04/2020. Currently severe swelling in throat, neck, TMJ, eyes & mouth dry, have clicking, poping, tightness & spasms in back, major joints & major tendons. Tendon pain starting today. Head pain & headaches with light sensitivity & spots.
I found warm to hot wet compresses help aleviate some issues & hard swelling (lump) & general swelling used over time better than ice does.
I would consider holding epsom salt soaked facecloth on area but watch not get it in eye. It will take a while to reduce site (hard) swelling. My elbow joint (megadose floxied by IV in hospital 10/04, hard lump is at injection site) has hard swelling lump which lump has been reduced by half over 3 days with compress. I am on magnesium now. Took epsom salt bath thisorning. Hoping & praying to beat this quick. Thank you so all much for these posts! God Bless You All 🙂
I am recently floxed. No tendon issues but major neuropathy. I am terrified of permanent damage so I’m acting aggressively (so please respond ASAP) I am going to a doctor who will treat with IV vitamins (he says magenesium and glutathione is essential), stem cells, and ozone therapy. Has this helped anyone?
Hi , Is our disease is fibromyalgia or what is our problem i cant find
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Hi Cary, I just took my flox antibiotic today and am having neuropathy in my hands and some other symptoms. How did your treatment go and can I ask where you went for this?
What kind of Magnesium should you take and how much per day? I take a bone complex that has calcium in it, is calcium safe to take?
Any supplement suggestions plus dosages would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Is it possible to tolerate caffeine again someday? My body (about fifteen minutes after drinking it) starts to go a little haywire: stiffness, fatigue, etc. I’ve heard this does go away – but it takes years, is that true?
I’ve was floxed in July 2018 after 7 days of Cipro. Symptoms started with pain/needles in my legs and fingers. Once that went away it was bad headaches and extreme brain fog. I simply couldn’t think straight. I don’t know how I got through my work day. In late October things cleared…I felt back to myself. However after the new year my symptoms returned. I felt back at square one. I’m sitting here typing this with a smile on my face…because I may have turned the corner again and began the heal. Ive been taking a probiotic and magnesium. Recently I started fish oil with vitamin D. I’ve been starting to figure out what may be linked to a my turn around. Is it the fish oil ? Magnesium? Probiotics?
One thing I didn’t mention is that I have been drinking Ajwain seed tea. Has anyone had experience with this? I know it can be very powerful. I was taking it during my “feel good months” but ran out and didn’t start taking it again until recently
Hello everyone, I was recently in the hospital with diverticulitis abcess in colon. Treated in hospital with IV antibiotic penicillin based. After 6 days was sent home with 14 days worth of cipro and flagyl. Finished the round and was feeling better off the antibiotics. Had an appointment with the gastroenterologist in two more weeks. His office wanted me to continue the cipro and flagyl until my appointment. I resumed the medicine, started it back at night before bed. When I woke up next morning my right knee was swollen double and could hardly walk. Really scared me and I looked up the side effects and found the black box warning. Immediately stopped no more cipro and withing 24 hours the swelling in knee was reducing. 3 weeks later hands and thumbs started hurting me badly. Cannot do much with my hands and I’m assuming tendonitis. Also sore muscles, neck and shoulders. Even some chest or rib pains.
I am scheduled for a colonoscopy in 2 weeks which will require a complete bowel clean out and anesthesia. Is it safe for me to do this right now? I just don’t know what to do. I am taking magnesium, Vit C but also need something for pain and advil not advised. Any suggestions appreciated.
Hi.
Did you follow through with the anesthesia? I’m on the same boat. Thanks.
magnesium is also a painrelieve. i got floxed in 18 march, from treatment for a urinary, took 7 days 2×500 mg a day cipro. i instantly had a heavy pain in my head, weakness in muscles, insomnia, loss of hungry, pains in bladder, a constantly buzz in my head, my right side of my face felt numb, my nose felt numb, when i touched slightly the skin of my legs it felt weird on the left leg , like it was a bit numb, constantly dizzy, pain in my eyes, later a constant shaking of hands, i am a painting artist and so doing the thing i love so much was difficult because of this and the dizzyness. But the first weeks i did not want to paint either, i was so depressed, sad, anxious and tired, i layed on my bed and couch, cried (what also was difficult, i was sad but my muscles were so tight i couldn’t cry) i kept telling myself okay you must get out and walk with the dog, because this isn’t good. so that wasthe only thing i managed to do. weak on legs, one time i got a migraine attack when walking with my neighbour, she was so nice for me, kept visiting and got me out of bed.
I took magnesium and high vit c doses always as a treatment for my anxiety and stress that i always had. so when taking the cipro i stopped this but i took on the fifth day a high dosis of magnesium because my anxiety was so heavy. i immediately noticed my deppression and anxiety was less. but because the pain in my blatter was stille there and i did want the urinary infection to be gone i stopped with the magnesium again. but after quiting the cipro, i noticed some weird things and searched for sideeffects from this medicin. mostly because i found it weird that i couldn’t sleep properly. and i was so scared with what i read. i immediately began to treat myself with vitamins and minerals.
*I took probiotics (also during the cipro), calcium+D3 and magnesium malate 1000mg, vitc 100mg (2x 500) but it didn’t do much.
* for my neck and head muscles i went to my fysio, who has treated me very well for a accident a year before all this, and i couldn’t walk then because a sled had crashed into my calf. doctor in austria said it must be better in a week, but after three weeks i couldn’t stand on it nor walk and it hurted very bad) within 2 treatments i could get my feet on the floor and after a week i could get rid of my croutches. so i thought this is the men that can help me.
So i went to him, i had the luck someone has called off so there was a spot free, because he is very very bussy. he treted me with dry needling and realy after a few treatments i felt my head pressure was less, not gone, but less. now my dizzyness is mostly gone, butsometimes it i get a dizzyattack for a few seconds and then its gone. my buzz is gone, the pressure is mostly gone, but i have some stiff muscles so im still being treated. What this men said was: “in over my years as a therapist i realy never ever had someone on my table with such stiff muscles in the neck. you could easily break a wouden chair on these muscles they’re like steel cables. I realy think this is because of the cipro.
i take now :
-probiotics (a real high one)
– vit c 500mg in morning and one in the midday
-600 ml of raspberry juice (high in vit E and antioxidants)
-800 mg bisglycinate magnesium (very important for your brain)
-2x 400 mg magnesium citrate (for the muscles)
-1/2 tablet of solgar v multivitamin.
much fruit: 1 apple, 7 mandarins, a pear, blueberries, strawberries
in the morning 2 slices of bread with peanutbutter and choclat sprinkles and glas of water
12:00 3 slices of bread with cheese, sprinkles and jam or honey
18:00 potatoes with vegetables like broccoli or beans, spinach, flowercolly or something and meat.
19:00 yoghurt with fresh blueberries or raspberries
the one thing i like to know is how to get rid of the insommnia. i rely would like to sleep properly. now its like my brains is programmed to wake up every hour or hour and a half. it’s very frustrating because i want to sleep from 22:00 to 7:00 again.
Hi Everyone, I took 56 Cipro pills over a period of 5 weeks. I was fine all the way until the end when I developed muscle cramps, pins and needles, twitches, etc etc. I am now trying to recover some 5 weeks later. I have recently developed pins and needles in my left let and numbness in my foot. Been ongoing for at least two weeks. Legs feel tired and heavy most of the time Also, I get numbness on top of my head (on/off) as if the skin in numb. Has anyone else experienced the same symptoms? Manythansk
I had the pins and needles in the legs and arms. I still do 8 months out but it did get better. It’s not as extreme.
I’ve been Floxed in Late July 2018 and I’m still having symptoms. I’ve been taking vitamins for about a week now since I realized the symptoms were from the antibiotics., I’ve been really tired, weak and bones ache a lot any suggestions to help with this? Does anyone else have the same symptoms?
I was floxed a year ago after 3 pills of Cipro. How are you doing? Have you noticed a difference in taking the vitamins. I still take a bunch of supplements. They have helped me. It took about 3 months to get through the worst of my symptoms. Brain fog, memory loss, depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, chest and abdominal pain, weakness on my left side, leg pulls and cramps, couldn’t hardly walk, terrible fatigue…I can’t remember all the side effects I have went through. Now they seem to come and go and everytime it’s different. I do feel better, not 100% yet. I take Magnesium Glysinate, CoQ10, B,D,E vitamins, Cucumin, Selenium, and a few others.
Please try fish oil + vitamin d. Also consider Ajwain tea in the seed. These things have worked for me.
Hi , I hope everyone is getting better, and always looking for for something that can help us to get better, I am came back here to let you know that I found the cure for our mental fog and other brain issues, including ear pain, eye pain, I came across with protocol of Gregorio J Placeres on Facebook, he make a bunch of children recover from autism with MMS that you can get on eBay or one wedside were suposted is safe, this MMS oxides metals in our body and make them cane out, I just try a simple protocol which consist in having honey with cinnamon 3 hours before taking MMS with gatore the one that has sugar , in my case I am 100 I have to take 7 drops of MMS in 70 ml of gatore, I can’t eat 2 hour before having MMS AND after one our, preferable go to sleep and I promesa since the first time you will be better in your head, so far I took this protocol for about a month and I can say I am free of mental fog, ear pain, eye pain and sensitivity, also took care part of my horrible neuropathy pain , At the beginning I was scare to take the MMS Because I dint have more information but then I decided to try it, just google MMS OR go to Facebook and find Gregorio J Placeres. His protocol for autism is more complex, but watching his videos the most important is cinnamon, any real honey, MMS ($16 or $20 per bottle that will last for a year ), there is a safe place we’re you can get MMS , WPS4sale.com you can get MMS HERE or eBay, I will described for my weight how I did, I am 102 pounds so for my weight I have to take 7 drops of MMS, before you drink MMS YOU HAVE to prepare your stomach with honey and cinnamon ( Gregorio have measurements for this )but I just mix 20 spoons of cinamoon with 20 spoons with honey and I leave it seat for 2 hours , then you have to have one spoon each our but I just took the first time one spoon 1/2 hour before each meal, after the last spoon I wait 3 hours and I have the MMS 7 drops in 70 ml of gatore the one that has sugar, the reason you take cinnamon with honey is for 3 reason, 1 to protect your stomach,2 acidification of stomac, 3 here to kill Candida, ones the stomach is acidic( I don’t really feel acidic stomach), you take the mms with gatore after 3 or 4 hour of cinamoon or honey, ones the mms and Gatored get to the stomach it turns into Gas, that Gas is the one that will help you to take metals from your body through oxidation, after I saw good benefits in the week 2 I took twice , I always maked sure that I take cinamoon with honey 3 hours before the mms with gatored, why the gatore has to be with sugar , it is because the sugar will help to activate the MMS IN your tummy. Good luck I hope this can help, now I am with a sharp mind, I still have the other articulation problems and muscle but are less, I think this MMS help me too. 🌹I wish to everyone recovery soon
Sorry my English is not good but I hope you got the idea , thanks 😀
I forgot to mencione I got floxed on April 2016 and I had the worst side effects , I could walk, I had all the symptoms since my stomach pain until tendinitis …, etc, I did try active charcoal , bentonite c, carbon 60, height levels of vitamins, coconut oil, fish oil, etc to recover my mind but the only one that help me was the MMS, I got my memory back, I don’t have mental fog, I can read and retain information, I have to say mentally I am better that before being floxed😀
I forgot to menciones MMS IS JUST ONE BOTLE, eBay sells 2 bottles but use just bottle 1, no 2
I CAme back here just to tell you if you decide to do this mms protocol , you may will throw up sometimes, please drink a lot of water other way you may gonna have a bit head ache, I think you will be ok if you have one a day cinnamon with honey, good luck😀
Hi, I forgot to mention the you have to take 10ml of sea water 2 times or 3 times mix with water, I did 2 times a day
Hi, I forgot to mention the you have to take 10ml of sea water 2 times or 3 times mix with water, I did 2 times a day🌹
Please be careful announcing ‘cure’ on here. Every one is different, some, like me, have underlying autoimmune disorders that limit our selection of natural supplements, and MANY may have an allergic reaction to the cinnamon. My father began having heart palps and sweats and difficulty breathing. There is no standard for sourcing of cinnamon and some are very dangerous in larger quantities like you find on vitamin shelf in capsule form.
What works for one may not work for another. I have been suffering over 2.5 years after large intravenous dosing of Levoquin. Nerve damage is a permanent consequence and there is no ‘cure’ for damaged nerve pain of neuropathy. Only wise pain management.
I have found pain is worse after eating and ran across a study saying the same neuro scensors that tell your body you are in pain are the same ones that tell you that you are hungry, and the hunger pangs will take precedence over the nerve pain.
So most my day I manage by walking around hungry, and then take my OTC pain meds and Turmeric capsules about an hour before eating or I am in SEVERE pain for hours, sometimes whole night. I religiously take Move Free Ultra generic 2x a day and that has taken the edge off joint pain and tendon tightening. I used to feel like 100 year old when waking, unable to move, now I feel 70, lol, so not well, but much improved over immobile.
Good luck and God Bless all with Floxing Syndrome.
WAIT! BE AWARE OF THE DANGER BEFORE TAKING MMS! Hi Janeth, Thank you for your long post and info, I’m glad MMS seemed to work for you BUT, here in the states studies are showing this water supplements are very dangerous. Most ‘floxies’ do not need more side effects- the FDA here is cracking down on the people selling these MMS agents because when mixed as packaging directs it basically becomes BLEACH. Please read this article here:
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/danger-dont-drink-miracle-mineral-solution-or-similar-products
before considering this. Looks like your post is from last year. i am curious if you continued taking this stuff and how it worked for you in the long run. Its just so hard to say what really works for each individual. i can’t even figure out what foods to make….someone tried Paleo diet-someone else said it was the worst thing….then we heard higher fiber but now roughage is out…this is absolutely insane..after 100 articles all i feel safe with is Magnesium, vitamin B (especially 12) and possibly fish oil…..for food i can only gather avocados, flax seeds and some fish. This is really rough when no doctor is helpful. I’m sitting here trying to make sense of the blood tests myself. The only thing that is certain is that red blood cell count is very low, so now I’m trying to find out if iron is OK- or will that cause another set back too. Good luck to you Janeth and everyone else. I know balancing the body is the answer its just finding the right intakes for that balance that makes it so hard!
I took only ONE pill, and had tightness in the back of eyes/blurred vision (most likely tendons or muscle spasms) and popping joints. WTH!? Anyone here have only one pill and experience this? I already am on day 2 of 750mg Mag Citrate & 2000 IU Calcium, feeling a bit better today.
I took 3 pills a year ago and still have some “side effects” that I deal with. How are you doing? My sight got worse after Cipro. I had tendon pulls and cramps, thought I would end up in a wheelchair. I am better now. But still deal with leg pain, some cramping, weakness on my left side, heart palpatations, memory loss, fatigue. How are you doing?