I am a full believer in that these anti-biotics can cause PN!

A few links:

http://ciproispoison.com/

Resources/Links page:

http://ciproispoison.com/1_3_Links-Resources.html


1. As of August 2013, the FDA finally added the word "permanent" to fluoroquinolone warning labels, but only in regards to nerve damage: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm365050.htm



My story:
For the first 6 months of 2013, I had a UTI every month. I was on cipro a few times for it, but also other anti-biotics. The last UTI I had, I was on cipro again, and during the week I took cipro, my whole body went into severe twitching and almost like convulsions/jerks. Not one area of my body was still. As soon as the cipro was out of my body, it all died down. And since July (my last UTI), I've been dealing with widespread twitching (BFS), and now what seems to be a certain PN or neuritis in my arm. I will never take a Fluoroq. again. It's on my allergy pass to not give me these drugs.

Going back to one year prior, in 2012, I had a UTI and was on cipro. In the week I was on cipro, I felt my left arm and left leg go numb. I was sent to a neurological hospital, stayed there for a week of testing. The first night I stayed, I also felt my arms start to burn, that was also the last day that I took cipro. Nothing found in any of my testing and the symptoms I had went away, but also as the cipro was washed out of my system from all of the IV fluids. I never connected that cipro might have had something to do with what I experienced, until that UTI in July 2013, the last time I took cipro, where my body went bonkers!