Has anyone ever put the connection to their fibro. to the fact that they took an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class? I ask this because the symtoms can be almost identical. These antibiotics have fluoride in them also. These antibiotics are: cipro, levaquin, avelox, floxacin, and a few others that all have the same long lasting (years) side effects. If you have taken an antibiotic in the last few years before you started to get fibro. then it is possible that you had a reaction. Just google in the anti. you took and look at the side effects. It might be what is causing you problems.These Fluoroquinolones are very hard on the muscles and tendons amongst other things.

If your fibromyalgia symptoms are not related to fluoride poisoning, then it is possible they are a kind of connective tissue problem. Try checking out the following website:

http://www.ctds.info/index.html

The answer to your question is yes, someone has made the connection between their fibro and taking an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class. The first link in my first post is authored by a person who got fibromyalgia after two months of being treated with Cipro.



The second link is specifically about problems with Cipro. It is authored by three people who belong to "Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children (PFPC)." People can decide for themselves what they think about the similarities between the Cipro side effects listed and their fibro symptoms. Be sure to read the long list of additional side effects that are not expanded on in the main part of the article.

Has also been linked to fluorosis, as well as some OTC green algae products.

Oh jeeze. Very interesting. (Hi, btw I was Erebear on the other BT before the crash and just got diagnosed with fibro this year. Got a bi-polar diagnosis first.)

I had to take floride at school every week and it messed up my teeth (I know-weird). Then I had post-partum after my first child and was on Prozac.

My pain showed up after some odd neurological event that we could never track down or name almost 4 years ago. Then the pain came a year after.

Interesting as all get out.

I have heard a few pain managment docs say they believe fibro is started with neck injuries. Quite a few say this, actually. And I have had a few mild neck injuries.

Wouldn't it be nice to KNOW how this disease / disorder starts? Maybe, then we could treat it more effectively.

I am sorrry to hear of this. Do any algae take up less fluoride than others?

What about the seaweeds used by the Japenese and macrobiotics?

Thank you.