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I developed severe exercise intolerance after taking ciprofloxacin and have been told by several doctors at Pacmed in seattle, Kaiser, Scripps, and UCSD in San
by Madmallard 3y ago
I developed severe exercise intolerance after taking ciprofloxacin and have been told by several doctors at Pacmed in seattle, Kaiser, Scripps, and UCSD in San Diego that I developed deconditioning and just needed to exercise. I forced myself to walk up to 5-10 miles a day over a one year period to “correct it” since 2021. I still cannot run without extreme dyspnea in a very short period nor lift weights in 2023. I recently got diagnosed by an older cardiologist at Cedar Sinai with dysautonomia. I have gotten my VO2 max up to 42, however there are some cardiac abnormalities during exertion. I used to bike 20 miles a day and ran 7 minute miles on repeat the week before the ciprofloxacin. I didn’t “decondition”. I was poisoned by a well-known mitochondrial toxin in research. Any drug that causes peripheral neuropathy should be highly suspected. Really hard to trust the vast majority of doctors in this day and age.