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This report deals with those cases of persons that can take without identifiable problems relatively long courses of low to medium doses of fluoroquinolones (cipro, levaquin) but that some months later develop delayed toxic symptoms that in many cases are debilitating, crippling and even irreversible.

[FLUOROQUINOLONES ARE A CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS THAT ARE VERY TOXIC FOR TENDONS, CARTILAGES, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OTHER ORGANS]

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Tens of thousands of people are damaged by fluoroquinolone (Cipro, Levaquin, Floxin, Noroxin, etc.) antibiotics each year, and yet nearly all those damaged remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Some are diagnosed as having fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid diseases, myositis, diverse heart problems or neuropathies of every kind. Thousands of people become severely crippled for years, or even permanently, after taking a fluoroquinolone antibiotic for minor infections.

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics are toxic from the first milligram of ingestion. The effects of fluoroquinolone antibiotics are cumulative. Each person has a unique threshold of tolerance for the fluoroquinolones that once surpassed releases symptoms corresponding to various disorders, with long-lasting and potentially permanent damage. People are exposed to fluoroquinolones through taking them as a drug prescription or through food (chemically treated poultry and cattle). In many cases fluoroquinolones wreak havoc on its users some weeks or months after cessation of the drug therapy, or through food ingestion, making it almost impossible to trace back the symptoms to the real cause.

Only a handful of doctors are aware of this devastating problem. The rest are kept in a state of ignorant by the medical representatives and manipulated reports edited by the drug manufacturers. Most physicians are so confident of their ignorance that they become indignant and angry when their patients complaint about REAL damage caused by fluoroquinolones. It is typical for manufacturers to state that there are "very rare adverse events found in less than 1% of cases", for adverse effects that have a proven real percentage above 70% for therapeutic doses.

Recently (fall 2004), it has become mandatory that the package inserts of the fluoroquinolone antibiotics must include a warning about “rare” adverse reactions that can cause irreversible neuropathic conditions. But the FDA, under pressure by its clients (the drug manufacturers) is still reluctant to disclose the real truth.

That is the reason why there is an imperative need for clearer and more honest information about this class of antibiotics called quinolones and fluoroquinolones. The present report is a summary of many real cases studied over the last several years that shows a closer picture of the real toxic nature of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.

No one that has collaborated to create this article has had any previous reaction to any drug, food or allergen. We all were healthy people. Our only common factor is that we have managed to link our health problems to the exact agent (fluoroquinolones) that caused them. We have spent six years studying the fluoroquinolone toxicity syndrome, especially from the point of view of severe neuropathies, muscular and joint disorders-- with specific emphasis on the healthy, young, active and athletic population.

This report is updated periodically to take into account the data rendered by the follow-up made on a selected group of people.