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Old 05-12-2012, 04:32 PM #11
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Not Duricef. Three years ago I had Diverticulitis and they gave me Levaquin. A few months later I had Autonomic neuropathy and PN.

I take an excellent probiotics every other night.

My PN and Autonomic Neuropathy are improving so much, a very slow process and lots of supplements, low carbs and no bad sugar.

Wish I hadn't used Levaquin but i was so I'll, I did no research first.
Has anyone been able to make the direct correlation between your use of Levaquin and your PN?
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I just did a lot of reading about it. Lots of problems with many antibiotics and that one is one that a lot of people have problems with, just my feeling.
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Has anyone been able to make the direct correlation between your use of Levaquin and your PN?

We have had some posters here over the years. They typically do not stay long. But they have shared links to other places on the net like this:
http://fqvictims.org/fqvictims/index.htm

This is Homer's story from here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...luoroquinolone

This one of Wing42, involves Cipro:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...luoroquinolone

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...luoroquinolone

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post181419-9.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...luoroquinolone
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I just did a lot of reading about it. Lots of problems with many antibiotics and that one is one that a lot of people have problems with, just my feeling.
Here is a medical article I found:

http://www.medlink.com/medlinkcontent.asp
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I just did a lot of reading about it. Lots of problems with many antibiotics and that one is one that a lot of people have problems with, just my feeling.
I found this part of the study interesting:

Onset may be insidious, subacute, or acute, and symptoms typically progress if the antibiotic is continued. In most cases, symptoms improve or resolve after the drug is discontinued. This, as well as the temporal correlation of symptom onset and the use of the medication, serves to strengthen the causal association. In some cases, as with isoniazid, recovery can be slow and incomplete, especially after prolonged use.
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Isoniazid causes a "neuropathy" due to the fact it depletes B6.

When B6 is given with it (which it almost always is), this neuropathy does not manifest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridoxine

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Pyridoxine is given to patients taking Isoniazid (INH) to combat the toxic side effects of the drug. It is given 10–50 mg/day to patients on to prevent peripheral neuropathy and CNS effects that are associated with the use of INH.
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Isoniazid causes a "neuropathy" due to the fact it depletes B6.

When B6 is given with it (which it almost always is), this neuropathy does not manifest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridoxine
Interesting. I was on isoniazid as a child for a few years because my mom had TB when she was young, and she could never be convinced that she wasn't contagious anymore. Interestingly she took B-6 with it, but I didn't.
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Found this and thought it was intereseting.


http://www.livestrong.com/article/43...sis-treatment/
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Isoniazid causes a "neuropathy" due to the fact it depletes B6.

When B6 is given with it (which it almost always is), this neuropathy does not manifest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridoxine
I was diagnosed with Ileocecal TB in 2000 or 2001. I was on treatment supposedly for 6 months but because of nausea and vomitting, my dosage was adjusted up and down depending on my tolerance. So, the whole course was extended to 9 months.

I forgot the name of the antibiotic I was on.

Assuming the TB medication is the cause of my PN, does it take 10 years to show the symptoms of the damage?
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