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Joan
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Thank you Joan for posting this. My 21 year old daughter went in for a sinus infection on Wednesday. She threw up all day on Thursday and also had explosive green diarrhea. I told her to call her doc since it sounded like a reaction to the antibiotic (I can't remember what is was but it started with a D, she doesnt live with me). She didn't see her regular doctor but when she called they still asked her non doctor since he prescribed it. He told her to wait a few days and try the Antibiotic again!!! She is not doing that! She made an appointment with her regular doctor but can't be seen until Monday. I don't know what this other guy is thinking. She is has my gluten intolerance symptoms and is majorly in denial and still trying to keep it in her diet so its possible it contained gluten and dairy but this was huge reaction. She lost an 8 hour work shift, so she's not a happy camper!
Kathy
The old saying, "one man's meat is another man's poison", comes to mind. I certainly don't intend to try to defend the fluoroquinolones as flawless antibiotics, because we all know there is no such thing as a drug that is totally without risk. While I'm sure that all the facts stated by Dr. Mercola are true, probably very similar claims can be made about virtually every other class of antibiotics available, also. Antibiotics are always a calculated risk, because they contain toxic agents by definition - they're designed to destroy pathogens. So why would we pretend to be surprised that they contains toxins?
Fluorides are toxic. Yep, that can't be disputed, and yet millions of people use it every day,to help maintain the integrity of their teeth. Not only is it in many toothpastes, but it is in most public water supplies, in this country. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fluoridation of water prevents tooth decay, and it's considered to be "one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century".
It's not just in the fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Fluorides are found in many other meds - for example, if you're taking an antidepressant, or an anti-anxiety med, chances are that it's based on a fluoride compound.
To date, the antibiotic found to be the least likely to trigger a gastrointestinal reaction for those of us with MC is, (you guessed it), Ciprofloxacin, or one of the other fluoroquinolones. It's not without risk, though, (nor is any medication), because at least one of our members, who used it, suffered a ruptured tendon, as a result.
The bottom line, IMO, is to never use any antibiotic, unless it seems absolutely necessary.
Thanks for posting that, though, because we definitely need to be aware of the risks, so that we can make our decisions with the best information available.
Tex
P. S. Kathy, IMO, after hearing a patient describe an adverse reaction such as your daughter had, any doctor who would suggest that she wait a few days and try it again, should have his butt kicked. He's gotta be as nutty as a fruitcake.
Fluorides are toxic. Yep, that can't be disputed, and yet millions of people use it every day,to help maintain the integrity of their teeth. Not only is it in many toothpastes, but it is in most public water supplies, in this country. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fluoridation of water prevents tooth decay, and it's considered to be "one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century".
It's not just in the fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Fluorides are found in many other meds - for example, if you're taking an antidepressant, or an anti-anxiety med, chances are that it's based on a fluoride compound.
To date, the antibiotic found to be the least likely to trigger a gastrointestinal reaction for those of us with MC is, (you guessed it), Ciprofloxacin, or one of the other fluoroquinolones. It's not without risk, though, (nor is any medication), because at least one of our members, who used it, suffered a ruptured tendon, as a result.
The bottom line, IMO, is to never use any antibiotic, unless it seems absolutely necessary.
Thanks for posting that, though, because we definitely need to be aware of the risks, so that we can make our decisions with the best information available.
Tex
P. S. Kathy, IMO, after hearing a patient describe an adverse reaction such as your daughter had, any doctor who would suggest that she wait a few days and try it again, should have his butt kicked. He's gotta be as nutty as a fruitcake.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
My 88 yr old mother was started on Levaquin Monday. So far, so good.
She apparently had a hammer toe (she has spasms from PD) that had a corn on the highest joint (where it must've been hitting her shoe) that had an infection underor around the corn area -- not very big at all. During the night, when she was repositioned, I noticed that most of that leg was red up to the groin, so her doctor put her on an antibiotic immediately.
She was put on Levaquin, a broader spectrum than, say Augmentin, due to not being able to tell in a short time, what was causing the infection until the culture came back as the infection was coming on so fast. Also, she's had some past allergic reactions to a few other antibiotics over the years.
As it turned out, the preliminary (I think) culture showed both staph and strep, but at this point, we think it was primarily the B-strep. Anyway, we have a hunch that it would've responded to Augmentin, but it had to be right the first time with this fast of an infection.
Bottom line -- her leg is clearing up beautifully.
Yours, Luce
She apparently had a hammer toe (she has spasms from PD) that had a corn on the highest joint (where it must've been hitting her shoe) that had an infection underor around the corn area -- not very big at all. During the night, when she was repositioned, I noticed that most of that leg was red up to the groin, so her doctor put her on an antibiotic immediately.
She was put on Levaquin, a broader spectrum than, say Augmentin, due to not being able to tell in a short time, what was causing the infection until the culture came back as the infection was coming on so fast. Also, she's had some past allergic reactions to a few other antibiotics over the years.
As it turned out, the preliminary (I think) culture showed both staph and strep, but at this point, we think it was primarily the B-strep. Anyway, we have a hunch that it would've responded to Augmentin, but it had to be right the first time with this fast of an infection.
Bottom line -- her leg is clearing up beautifully.
Yours, Luce
