Dr. Cohen:
http://www.jaycohenmd.com/
His website is very informative and his books are researched and
easy to read even for laymen.
I've read his Cholesterol book and part of the Magnesium book.
Here is another reference that is a collection of side effects reported to the FDA:
http://www.drugcite.com/?q=cipro
http://www.drugcite.com/?q=Levaquin
Levaquin by far has more joint/ligament damage reports.
You can click on any category and it will open up with details on that site. Keep in mind that many doctors do NOT report drugs to the FDA when a patient has a problem, typically, so statistics of this type are only a small indicator of a potentially larger issue.
Remember the Anthrax scare... how the gov't steered people away from Cipro? The general public may have missed that, but the medical community knew the risks with huge numbers of people taking that drug for "protection". The media came out with using doxycycline instead (much tamer).
Also if you continue to use these drugs, be aware that the elderly need lower doses, as the neurotoxicity goes up with age.
A good book came out years ago written by Stephen Fried,
Bitter Pills. He is a professional writer whose wife suffered from permanent seizures from Floxin (no longer commonly used).
He wrote that book, which I have, about his efforts to get a black box warning from the FDA.
http://www.stephenfried.com/bitter-p...pillsbook.html
His observation was that the truth about these drugs was concealed from doctors and patients.
About the sudden onset.... I think some PN is like "the death of a 1000 cuts"... there is some flexibility and tolerance to insult built into nerves, and when a critical overload occurs (which may be several things together) then, you get major symptoms.
Did you also have other chemo when you had the cancer? Chemo often leads to PN. Drugcite is down right now, but I'd look up Femara on there and see what the toxicity range is.
edit: for Femara:
http://www.drugcite.com/?q=femara
Keep in mind fewer people take this drug than Cipro or Levaquin so total numbers are smaller.
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