| Preface: Two
months after our Successful
November of 2014 Excursions, Valerie was
given a later realized last resort Generic
Antibiotic Levofloxacin for a simple ear
infection. She experienced painful side
effects and called the Urgent Care the next
day to complain. After being put on hold for
ten minutes, she was informed that the
Levofloxacin side effects were normal and
advised to finish the prescription.
Tragically, this decision would devastate
her for life; nine days later, she found
herself bed-fast and unable to move." |
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| February
Of 2024 Levofloxacin News Article |
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As Confirmed by the Charite in Berlin
Germany During October of 2020 in my wife's
case. Her extensive spine, hands, knees,
cartilage and bone dissolution/s are not
mentioned.
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Now, the FDA is warning against using a popular
class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. They
may cause sudden serious and potentially permanent
nerve damage, called peripheral neuropathy.
Fluoroquinolones are antibiotics that are
commonly used to treat a variety of illnesses such
as respiratory and urinary tract infections. These
medicines include ciprofloxacin, Gemifloxacin,
Levofloxacin,
Moxifloxacin, Norfloxacin, and Ofloxacin. Their use
is fairly prevalent, and in 2011 alone there were
more than twenty-three million patients who were
prescribed one of them (1).
Even though this drug works by killing or stopping
the growth of bacteria that can cause illness,
doctors are now saying that the costs outweigh the
benefits when it comes to treating sinusitis and UTI
infections, for which the drug is usually prescribed
(2).
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to
the nerves that send information to and from the
brain and spinal cord, and the rest of the body.
Damage interrupts this connection, and the symptoms
depend on which nerves are affected. Most commonly,
the damage takes place in the arms and legs
and includes numbness, tingling, burning or shooting
pain. There have even been reports
of long-lasting nerve damage in patients leading to
disability from taking this type of medication (1).
The symptoms of fluoroquinolones typically begin
very rapidly, within a few days of beginning
treatment. The damage they cause might last
for months or even be permanent even after having
stopped using the drug. The risk of
peripheral neuropathy appears to affect only those
who take fluoroquinolones by mouth or by injection.
You should contact your doctor immediately if you
develop numbness, tingling, weakness, burning,
shooting pains, or other symptoms while taking this
drug (1).
But there are other side effects that can
happen when you start taking this drug, and this
includes tendon damage and rupture, joint and muscle
pain, pins and needles tingling or pricking
sensation, confusion, and hallucinations.
You should contact your doctor immediately if you
experience any of these (2)."
Next: The Emergency Room... |
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