My Quin Story

Life After Levaquin, A Challenging Journey

Just be glad you don’t have…

admin | December 30, 2009

Most people, even the suffering, are intelligent enough to be glad that they don’t have something worse.

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Fluoroquinolones Their Connection to Older Anti-Malarial Drugs

admin | December 26, 2009

I wanted to document the information that links fluoroquinolones with the older anti-malarial drugs that were known to be very toxic.

Category: General Medical, History | 2 Comments »
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Helping With IBS

admin | December 19, 2009

Many people damaged by FQ’s have gastro-intestinal problems caused by the damage done to the CNS and in some instances by the disruption of the digestive tract fauna. Because there is no magic cure bullet for the FQ damage one can really only treat the symptoms until the episode passes.
Basically, as far as medication goes [...]

Category: Antidepressants, General Medical, IBS, Neurotransmitters | No Comments »
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Antidepressants

admin | December 18, 2009

I believe that SSRI’s can be beneficial to us after we have been floxed but we who have been floxed have to be very cautious for two important reasons.

Category: Antidepressants, General Medical, Neurotransmitters | 2 Comments »
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No Hidden Agenda

admin | December 12, 2009

I told my doctor that I have “no hidden agenda”

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Why Me?

admin | December 11, 2009

Then if the ADR is toxic in nature, why are the toxins not being purged from the body?

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Soy Connection

admin | December 10, 2009

 I have been researching myself to try and find any causal links between soy ingestion and my negative flare ups. This is what I have found out so far in a nutshell.It is known that FQ’s damage affects the neurotransmitters in the body. There is some debate on the level of damage done to each. For [...]

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Welcome

admin | December 3, 2009

This website was created to chronicle my experiences and observations, and the experiences and observations of others, with damage received after taking a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. This supposed “safe” class of drugs are given out in hundreds of perscriptions daily around the world.  These drugs can have horrific side effects that can disable the most healthy of individuals creating long lasting injuries.  [...]

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