Pages

Saturday, January 30, 2010

A doctor like you

I went to a Doctor two days ago and he asked me at the end of the appt. "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

I responded with.."Yes there is.... Please don't ever prescribe another quinolone.

He said "Oh yeah i understand how you are feeling, you are one in a million that has had a bad experience with them"

"One in a Million!!! I promise you there is a lot more then one in a million of us, and not one of us deserves what we got. If it was your life perhaps you would care more. If it was you that could no longer practice medicine or play in your golf tournaments. Although at least you got to complete college and have a career... I didn't because of a doctor like you."



Long-term Disability

In some people the side effects are even more serious. Fluoroquinolones can cause long-lasting, even permanent damage, including symptoms like neuropathy (nerve damage) which may lead to severe pain. It is impossible to predict who gets this reaction, but corticosteroids (like prednisone), NSAIDs (like ibuprofen) and caffeine may increase the risk and should not be combined with fluoroquinolones.

Some people who have been damaged by fluoroquinolones - they often call themselves "floxed" - have extensive disability, with problems like fatigue, muscle weakness, cognitive problems, neurological symptoms, cardiac arrhythmia, hearing loss, rashes, headaches, anxiety, tremor, and extensive pain. The resulting illness may resemble fibromyalgia andCFS/ME. For many, it is a living hell.

Some of the affected appear to recover from this reaction in a few weeks or months, but others may be left with permanent, devastating disability. It is difficult to prove that the symptoms are caused by the drugs, as most doctors aren't aware of such severe reactions and the companies manufacturing them are not keen on admitting the problems.



Read more at Suite101: Dangers of Fluoroquinolones: Cipro and Some Other Antibiotics Can Cause Severe Adverse Reactionshttp://chronicillness.suite101.com/article.cfm/dangers_of_fluoroquinolones#ixzz0e9v7lfg4