Medication related neuropathy...
 

Ok, so after looking at more records, I see that I was given livaquin.

My symptoms were not immediate-about two 1/2 months later.

Any ideas, wise ones?

It is possible that this is a factor. This family of drugs
Affects DNA of cells.. Which damages them.
Search fluoroqinolones here for many posts on the subject.
Dr.Jay Cohen MD writes about them on his website.

I also have links on the subforum thread about drugs that
May cause PN.

what kind of dr is he and where is he? there are so many on the web with this name ... I usually look up websites that are noted on here Thanks

I discover recently that I was taking a fluoroquinolone when I developed my SFN. I really do believe this is the reason for my neuropathy.

From what I researched you do not have to show signs and symptoms right for the med to be the cause.

http://www.medicationsense.com/index.php
Dr. Cohen MD

and Dr. Beatrice Golomb MD at San Diego doing research on this topic and also who writes about Statin neurological damage.

Thanks Mrs. D I hadn't read these. If only they would listen many of us wouldn't have to go through this pain.

Something I have wondered about... I was prescribed the largest dosage of Cipro about 20 years ago and was on it daily for 6 months. I did not have any noticeable neuro deficits until recent years but I have wondered if that Cipro could have at least been partially responsible for damaging my peripheral nervous system.

I make it a point to refuse floroquinolones now, just to be on the safe side.

Oh! I suspect you were floxed. Was that 750 mg? It has to be
I am sorry to say.

Yes but I didn't have any neurological reactions at the time. Then again, I was only 24. With idiopathic PN, we may never know the underlying cause but we still want answers and to identify possible causes. How could we not?

I do believe an eventual link could be established to far more distant use history of fluoroquinolones than what has already been established.