Certain Adverse Events - Part 2 of 6

[alderete74]

I am a Lariam "survivor' but for how long I'm not sure

[JannelleCT]

So if you have diverticulitis, like me, then I guess you have to roll the dice. It feels like russian roulette.

[Toriville]

Thank you for putting out this informational video. I am a victim with permanent damage since 2000; I have peripheral neuropathy; been taking sleeping pills for over 10 years, I would not go to sleep if I did not take them; trust me I have tried many times. I am on pain medication daily. Worst symptom is the unrelenting burning pain in my feet, legs and hands. I eat well, take supplements and have better days than other. But at least I know I am not crazy. My poison was Cipro.

[jtking2504]

@Toriville, I feel for you, I took a different antib. & had all these symptoms, unable to sleep more than 3 hrs, numbness, tinnitus, eye floaters, intercranial pressure etc It seemed to come out of nowhere. I didn't connect the dots for 10 months (just a few days ago). I wanted to ask you, have you ever considered fasting? After this experience, I'd do anything! I tried it for 3 days and it got my tinnitus to almost nothing, it gets body to remove toxic substances, it's brilliant.

[thabeanz]

Fluoroquinolones are poison. I'm in the hospital right now for Diverticulitis. I've had horrible experiences with Cipro in the past so I told them not to give me it. I started experiencing nausea, anxiety, and agitation so I looked at my chart and sure enough they had been giving me Cipro for 48 hours. I told them to stop immediately. They supplemented it with Avelox, another Fluoroquinolone, which exacerbated these symptoms. They are all clueless as to why I'm ready to walk out of the hospital

[ortcloud99]

@thabeanz yep, they are clueless. I been through all of this before also and have found a technique to keep them from giving me stuff that I dont want. You use their own system against them. So when you check into the hospital they will ask you, "are you allergic to anything" tell them then you are "allergic" to the Fluoroquinolones, you might want to just keep a list of all of them by brand name rather than say Fluoroquinolones. works every time.

[twillzers]

Everyday I hope for a cure to the side effects. Everyday for 10 years now.

[JaneDoeNum5]

cipro and flagyl poisoned me. It took me 2 years to figure it out because my symptoms were vague and took months for the full devestation. I have systematic tendonitis now all over my body and cognitive problems. Sometimes I cannot walk. Cipro has its place in health care and its not in eye drops and livestock. Its a last resort drug and very few should take it.

[ethyle02]

The Every Man Old Fart at 3:02 gives jus-plain-folks advice just as the self-parodying Levaquin Blues begins (see my comments on Parts 1 and 6.) Note the cliché use of vintage color home movies beginning at 3:38 as the funky white-black man sings the blues. Grainy home movies are guaranteed to move the heartstrings of first-wave Baby Boomers, waxing nostalgic over healthier, younger days. Expect a retro 50s educational film inserted at any moment for ironic, So you see Timmy effect.

[ethyle02]

Activist Brian Wolfmans convoluted thinking is astounding. On the one hand he delights in telling us how inept, underfunded, corrupt and bungling the FDA is, and yet at 0:30 he decries the lack of national health insurance. Does he want the same people running the FDA to run national health insurance? I'll try bloodletting and leeches before I let either the government or these people help me out.

[papatoony]

@ethyle02 No, he wants Americans to have the right to sue for damages caused by these horrific drugs. That way we have the financial resources to PAY for the medical help we'll require for all the damage inflicted upon us!

[ragdollannie]

i was prescribed levaquin, it has totally screwed up my health, my legs are in constant pain... these drugs are POISON. the government doesn't care about us, the FDA is a sham... don't trust ANY doctor who prescribes these drugs.

[donzan9]

A leading specialist at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NY, prescribed it for my sister with a bad lung infection, shocking! Although she is suffering immensely, she refused it.

[LadybuggAlyssa]

Don't take a fluoroquinolon such as Cipro or Levaquin. There are usually other drugs that does as well if not better without all the side effects. If the doctor gives you Levaquin, Avelox, or Cipro as the first choice RUN! There are many other antibiotics that should be tried first.

[papatoony]

@LadybuggAlyssa That's right, run while you still can! Cause God knows once you've been floxed, running will be a thing of the past. Kiss your life...goodbye.