TOXICITY OF QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS 
ON NORMAL AND HEALTHY PEOPLE 
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 [FLUOROQUINOLONES ARE A CLASS OF ANTIBIOTICS  THAT ARE VERY TOXIC FOR TENDONS, CARTILAGES, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND OTHER ORGANS] 

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT:

  • MANY CASES CLINICALLY FOLLOWED FOR SEVEN YEARS

  • HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL TESTS

  • HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT CASES STUDIED IN DETAIL

  • THOUSAND OF CASES REPORTED

  • THOUSANDS OF MEDICAL ARTICLES STUDIED

  • COMMON SYMPTOMS AND EVOLUTION SCHEMES BASED ON MEDICAL EVIDENCE

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THE FLOX REPORT

FOREWORD

INDEX

PART I: INTRODUCTION

PART II: FLUOROQUINOLONES ANTIBIOTICS

PART III: TOXICITY OF FLUOROQUINOLONES

PART IV: SYMPTOMS OF BEING INTOXICATEDPART V: EVOLUTION OF RECOVERYPART VI: VASCULAR DAMAGEPART VII: NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGEPART VIII: NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMSPART IX: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE

PART X: MUSCULAR PAINSPART XI: SPECIFIC INJURIESPART XII: CAN THIS REALLY BE HAPPENING TO ME?PART XIII: YOUR DOCTORSPART XIV: THE ROLE OF THE FDAPART XV: I NEED A DIAGNOSISPART XVI: TESTSPART XVII: THE END OF ANY ATHLETE'S CAREERPART XVIII: TENDONS AND CARTILAGESPART XIX: MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES

PART XX: THERAPEUTICAL APPROACH TENDONSPART XXI: PHYSICAL THERAPIES AND METHODS

PART XXII: ANTIBIOTICS IN THE LIFE OF A FLOXED

PART XXIII: IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HELPS?

PART XXIV: SPECIALIZED READINGPART XXV: REFERENCES

 

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 hass 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.

 

Damage and disorders caused by

fluoroquinolone antibiotics

(cipro, levaquin, avelox, factive

 and others)

 

FACTS DEMONSTRATED:

  • IRREVERSIBLE INJURIES IN HEALTHY PEOPLE

  • DAMAGE SHOWING UP 18 MONTHS AFTER TAKING CIPRO OR LEVAQUIN

  • PAINS AND NEUROPATHIES FOR LIFE

  • LONG LASTING BRAIN INJURIES

  • JOINTS DESTRUCTION

TO LEARN MOREReal rates adverse reactionsFloxin should be bannedAn interesting levaquin thread #1An interesting levaquin thread #2An interesting levaquin thread #3Anatomy for floxingsDangerous hypo and hyperglycemiaProtocol for severe reactions

WARNING. This article consists of the description of the adverse toxic effects on previously healthy people--caused by the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics. Much of this damage is irreversible and permanent in nature. In addition, the article contains data obtained from many individual experiences, as well as information that comes from reputed medical sources available to the public. This article does not contain medical advice or professional statements on its own.
 

KEY WORDS: quinolones, fluoroquinolones, antibiotic, antimicrobial, toxicity, intoxication, side effects, delayed effect, eye pain, optic neuritis, flashes, vision, floaters, lights, photophobia, adverse reaction,  tendon rupture, cartilage destruction, neuropathy, nerve, pain, achilles, ankle, feet, foot, knee, hip, shoulder, back, neck, headache, leg, arm, wrist, finger, tingling, burning, itching, twitching, rash, skin, brain, heart, seizure, delusion, dysglycemia, sugar abnormalities, rhabdomiolisis, intestine, insomnia, nervousness, central nervous system, muscle, myopathy, inmune, autoinmune,  intolerance, allergy, kidney, liver, exercise intolerance, treatment, irreversible, permanent, dose, risk, sport, arthritis, lupus, Sjögren's, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, Raynaud's, myastenia, serum sickness, lyme, Reiter's, reactive, infection, rheumatoid arthritis, causes, symptoms, children, young.

 

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