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The quinolone antibiotics in general seem to be a really nasty class of drug, with a long list of rare but serious and potentially permanent side effects in sus

• avgDev 4y ago
  There is quite a few theories now, such as mitochondrial issues(mayo clinic is doing a study on this). It is actually a Topoisomerase II inhibitor, like some anticancer drugs, but how that all works is a bit above my pay grade and I don't want to mislead anyone about what that could imply. Edit: I think the reactions are rare but not as rare as we think. The onset of symptoms is anywhere from few hours after a single dose up to 12 months(this is now on the label). If I did not have an instant reaction I don't think I would have believed that a medication I took 6 months ago caused it. I have talked to many individual suffering from SFN, CFS, Fibro, chronic tendonitis issues who had an infection prior and took the drug. The physician never asked and they never made the connection. Few individuals recovered, only to take the drug again few years later and end up in a worse state.