CONTENTS

1. MENTAL ALTERATIONS CAUSED BY QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS.. 8

PART I: INTRODUCTION

2. INTRODUCTION.. 9

3. WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS REPORT. 10

4. LIMITATIONS OF THE REPORT. 11

5. COMMON MISTAKES DONE READING THIS PAPER.. 12

6. TERMS THAT MAY CAUSE CONFUSION.. 13

7. WHY HAS THIS REPORT BEEN WRITTEN.. 14

8. HOW HAS THIS REPORT BEEN WRITTEN.. 15

PART II: QUINOLONE AND FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS

9. QUINOLONE AND FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS.. 19

10. THE MARKET OF QUINOLONES.. 20

11. QUINOLONE FIRST FACTS.. 20

12. THE WAY QUINOLONES ARE INVENTED.. 21

PART III: TOXICITY OF FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS

13. TOXICITY OF QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS.. 22

14. WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM TAKING A QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC.. 23

15. THE EPIDEMIC OF TOXICITIES OF QUINOLONES.. 24

16. WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE INSERT?. 25

17. REAL RATES OF ADVERSE REACTIONS.. 26

18. PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE INJURIES CAUSED BY QUINOLONES.. 30

19. THE RULE OF THUMB ON ANTIBIOTICS.. 30

20. CHARACTERISTIC TOXICITY OF FLUOROQUINOLONES.. 31

21. THE QUINOLONES STORED IN THE BODY. 32

22. CUMULATIVE TOXICITY OF QUINOLONES.. 36

23. THE VIRTUES OF QUINOLONES.. 36

24. SHOULD FLUOROQUINOLONES BE BANNED?. 37

25. I DO WANT TO TAKE A FLUOROQUINOLONE. ANY ADVICE?. 37

PART IV: SYMPTOMS OF BEING INTOXICATED BY FLUOROQUINOLONES

26. ARE YOU POISONED BY A QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC?. 39

27. SOME MEDICAL TERMS AND INFORMATION.. 40

28. WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE DO QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS CAUSE?. 41

29. HINTS AND CLUES THAT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.. 42

30. WHAT ARE THE MAIN SYMPTOMS OF BEING POISONED BY A QUINOLONE?. 43

31. TYPICAL ADVERSE REACTION LIST OF A QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC.. 48

32. SOCIAL QUINO-EXPERIMENTATION.. 49

PART V: EVOLUTION OF RECOVERY

33. IF YOU SUFFER AN ALLERGIC REACTION.. 51

34. EXPECTED EVOLUTION FOR A SEVERE REACTION.. 51

35. EXPECTED EVOLUTION FOR AN INTERMEDIATE REACTION.. 53

36. EXPECTED EVOLUTION FOR A MILD REACTION.. 53

37. TYPICAL PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION OF RECOVERY. 54

38. WHICH KIND OF ADVERSE REACTION TO QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM?. 54

39. WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF RECOVERY?. 57

40. SOME WAYS OF MEASURING THE EVOLUTION.. 58

41. THE MOST CLASSICAL PERMANENT INJURIES.. 59

PART VI: VASCULAR DAMAGE

42. THE TWO HEADS OF THE HYDRA.. 60

43. THE VASCULAR-MATRIX CONNECTION.. 60

44. THE "QUINO-VASCULITIS" IN MORE DETAIL. 63

45. NERVES OR VESSELS, WHICH ONE IS INJURED FIRST?. 66

46. VASCULITIC RASHES.. 66

47. MORE ON CONNECTIVE TISSUE QUINOTOXICITY. 67

PART VII: NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE

48. THE SECOND HEAD OF THE HYDRA.. 70

49. NEUROLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS.. 70

50. THE BASIC MISSIONS OF A NERVE CELL. 71

51. THE SPECIFICITY OF THE NERVE-MUSCLE JUNCTION.. 73

52. THE NEUROTRANSMITTERS.. 74

53. THE CHOLINERGIC NEURONS AND ACETYLCHOLINE NEUROTRANSMITTER.. 74

54. CATECHOLAMINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS.. 76

55. SEROTONINE NEUROTRANSMITTERS.. 77

56. GABA NEUROTRANSMITTERS.. 77

57. TURNING NEUROTRANSMITTERS OFF.. 77

58. ALTERATION OF NEUROTRANSMISSION BY DRUGS.. 78

59. THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY QUINOLONES TO NERVE FUNCTIONS.. 79

PART VIII: NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS

60. PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY CAUSED BY QUINOLONES.. 82

61. THE NEURO-FLOX-PATHY AND DOCTORS IGNORANCE ONCE MORE.. 85