The antibiotic? Was it Cipro or Levaquin or Avelox?

These are fluoroquinolones and can cause nerve damage.
These drugs are quite neurotoxic.

There is a new article just published showing cellular damage from these antibiotics:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0703160623.htm

NAC is mentioned in that article to help stimulate glutathione production. (n-acetyl cysteine). This is an inexpensive product, and NOW company makes an affordable one.

If you are low in B12 or borderline low then that could contribute too. Taking 1-5mg of activated methylcobalamin may help.
You ideally should get tested first, to see if you are below the new low standard of 400pg/ml. You need the get those numbers because labs still report very low levels as "normal" and they are not. When you get this testing also get tested for Vit D. This tends to be very low, also, in about 70% of adults, and may cause alot of facial and body paresthesias. Best supplement is D3, OTC, 1000 IU daily for every 10 pts you need to raise. The RX D2 does not work in humans.

Here is my B12 thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

Dr. Jay Cohen MD has some suggestions on his website to also use magnesium. You can either use the new lotion by Morton's called Epsom lotion, available at WalMart and Amazon. Or get a quality supplement that is NOT oxide form, and use 200mg a day to start. Magnesium helps with damaged mitochondrial membranes and functions.

If you did not take the fluoroquinolones, this time, keep this in mind as they should only be reserved for life threatening situations. They are neurotoxic in some people. Use of steroids and/or NSAIDs with them, will enhance any toxicity as well.

If you are using an ACE inhibitor, like lisinopril, vasotec, Altace, etc, I would get that changed to another blood pressure pill. I had a horrible reaction (acquired angioedema) from this, after 10 yrs of use!
They raise bradykinin in the body and sometimes the enzyme to degrade it fails, and the vasodilation, gets out of control.
This family of drugs can also cause a drug induced lupus, which will NOT show up on ANA testing.