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I'm sorry for your loss. Fluoroquinolones are indeed scary. I was saved from them in college by my hypochondria, when I developed a UTI and my doctor prescribe

I'm sorry for your loss. Fluoroquinolones are indeed scary. I was saved from them in college by my hypochondria, when I developed a UTI and my doctor prescribed one to me. I googled, found tendon damage issue and asked for a different Rx. Years later, I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and told never to take this class of antibiotics, since our faulty collagen triggers this side effect and can cause arteries to rupture.

rpaddock 5y ago
I'm up to 47 people that have told me that their own CSF Leak started after taking a FQ based antibiotic. I spoke about this subject at the first ever Spinal CSF Leak conference to the worlds leading doctors for the condition. They are well aware of the issues. The EDS docs are also well aware of the dangers posed by these drugs. Sadly few others are. Dr Schievink, at the top of the CSF Leak food chain (After him there is no places else to go) has stated "that just slightly less than 100% of the people with CSF Leaks, have some type of connective tissue disorder".
rpaddock 5y ago
This obscure FDA document prepared by the FDA itself for the 2015 hearing says that for UITs, Sinusitis and Bronchitis, the three most common things docs give FQs for, work no better than placebos. This document also gives the damage caused by FQs the name Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability or FQAD. The EU equivalent of the FDA says FQs should be removed from the market due to their devastating side effects. "FDA Briefing Document Joint Meeting of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee November 5, 2015 The Benefits and Risks of Systemic Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Drugs for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis (ABS), Acute Bacterial Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis in Patients Who Have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (ABECB-COPD), and Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (uUTI)." https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/Anti-InfectiveDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM467383.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.go...

rpaddock 5y ago

I'm up to 47 people that have told me that their own CSF Leak started after taking a FQ based antibiotic. I spoke about this subject at the first ever Spinal CSF Leak conference to the worlds leading doctors for the condition. They are well aware of the issues. The EDS docs are also well aware of the dangers posed by these drugs. Sadly few others are. Dr Schievink, at the top of the CSF Leak food chain (After him there is no places else to go) has stated "that just slightly less than 100% of the people with CSF Leaks, have some type of connective tissue disorder".

rpaddock 5y ago

This obscure FDA document prepared by the FDA itself for the 2015 hearing says that for UITs, Sinusitis and Bronchitis, the three most common things docs give FQs for, work no better than placebos. This document also gives the damage caused by FQs the name Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability or FQAD. The EU equivalent of the FDA says FQs should be removed from the market due to their devastating side effects. "FDA Briefing Document Joint Meeting of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee November 5, 2015 The Benefits and Risks of Systemic Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Drugs for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis (ABS), Acute Bacterial Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis in Patients Who Have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (ABECB-COPD), and Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections (uUTI)." https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/Anti-InfectiveDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM467383.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.go...