I'm very concerned about future health problems that people being prescribed antibiotics, simply in the hope that they might help patients with other problems or "just to be on the safe side". It isn't on the safe side.

Antibiotics are antibactrials and of no use whatsoever in treating viruses, so if the physician is prescribing them without a specific bacterial diagnosis she/he may be setting that patient up for major problems in the future.

In the past 50 years, nearly all of the bacteria that cause significan infections in humans have become resistant to antibiotics that were once very effective, and it is only going to get worse.

Ten years from now, someone currently taking an antibiotic "as a precaution" will be infected by the bacteria that the antibiotic they are now taking is intended to treat. Their immune system is adapting to the antibiotic, learning to rely upon it, and when the bacteria actually arrives, the immune response to it will be delayed.

The antibiotic they are now taking will be much less effective against the infection in ten years, so the patient suffers a "double whammy"; a compromised immune system and an antibiotic that won't work as well; or may not work at all.

The National Institutes of Health have declared that over prescription and imprecise prescription (the wrong drug for a specific bacteria) of antibiotics is a national health crisis.

In the past two decades we have seen the emergence of "super-bacteria" that are resistant to all of the antibiotics that once stopped them in their tracks. At one time pharmaceutical companies invested a lot of money in developing new drugs to fight these super-bacteria, but they didn't get the return they expected on their investment.

Today there is only one new antibiotic in the testing pipeline. Just one. When the crisis really hits, these companies will begin testing new and more powerful antibiotics. By that time we can expect that people will be dying by the thousands because nothing can stop their infections. People will be willing to pay any price for a cure and companies will have the financial incentive to provide those cures. But it takes years to bring a new drug to market.

Today, physicians who take good histories and listen carefully to their patients can often diagnose a specific bacterial infection without having to wait for the results of a culture, making it possible to intervene with the right antibiotic two to three days earlier than in the past.

If that isn't possible in some specific cases, a culture should be required. The last thing you should do is take an antibiotic that isn't prescribed to treat a specific bacterial infection. It probably won't hurt you to take it; TODAY. The odds are that it could very well hurt or even kill you five or ten years from now.

I urge you to consult a second physician to learn whether you really should be taking that antibiotic unless is has a specific bacterial target...Vic

Hi Everyone,

Vicc is right about antibiotics. But with circulation problems we are at high risk. I have an infection going on, not a virus. I also have Docs that truly care.

To be honest I thought it was RSD or severe allergies in my eyes. Keith from RSD hope has RSD in his eyes.

I have just started Vancomycin. I have decided to my own advocate here. I am also on other things as well. If I get better I give you my word I will let you all know.
Hugs, Roz xxx

Hi,
Just a thought, alot of people end up in ICU because they did not get antibiotics soon enough. Roz

[QUOTE=buckwheat;85915]Hi Everyone,

Vicc is right about antibiotics. But with circulation problems we are at high risk. I have an infection going on, not a virus. I also have Docs that truly care.

To be honest I thought it was RSD or severe allergies in my eyes. Keith from RSD hope has RSD in his eyes.

I have just started Vancomycin. I have decided to my own advocate here. I am also on other things as well. If I get better I give you my word I will let you all know.
Hugs, Roz xxx[/QUOTE


Hi Roz,
I am also a long term Vancomycin and other antibiotic taker for continuing bacterial infections. I have been to ICU with septicaemia because I foolishly refused to listen initially to my Infectious diseases doctor.
It is a tough one for sure but I too, now, have total faith in my Doctor.
Tayla

Dear Tayla,

I hope your getting better from the Septic infection. A septic infection is very very serious.

My MD has just started me on IV Vanco., prior to the Vancomycin I was on a couple other IV's and was put on several tablets that were resistant to the infection. My DX is Cellulitis, or a staph infection. In the States this antibiotic is their last resort.

The good news is my eyes are starting to feel better. Hugs, Roz xxx

You'll find this eye-opening perhaps. Especially note the part a little way down entitled syphilitic miasm:

http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?...icp=1&.intl=us

Hi Everyone,

Thanks so much for the article. I have gone from balancing 6 checking accounts right on the penny. To barely being able to balance one.

Prior to this hell I could spell well, now I am dyslectic, I have not been DX with it, but my gut feeling says yes. In the last year, my spelling is terriable. When I was in school I came in second place in a spelling bee.

I certainly am not going to wait for the DX of Alzheimer´s as well. I really believe in my case some kind of organism got into my brain. Thanks again, Roz

Can you please define out of the box?

If you had to live with your RSD without any medications, you would find a way I guess. I have a friend in Australia that suffers through and has some great people working through more holistic ways to cope. It is not a cure and it is not a remission, however, I can maybe get you to her if this is what you are needing. Right now, she is working with Mirror box stylings and foods to assist in flares.

Contact me off group, and keep in mind, that this might not help you. She is really the expert though and I can check with her, if you would like...

Hugs,

Rain

I think most would call it "outside the box" just a different wording of it.
As in treatment is "outside the box" -or non ordinary or alternative type of treatment.

somebody correct me if I am mistaken.

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- I used to be very good at spelling and speed reading and comprehension too.
During the worst of my RSI/TOS I had those same feelings and problems as you mention.
I truly thought I was getting ADD and Alzheimer's!

It's better now than it was during the bad time - but I still have some troubles at times with brain focus, attention, comprehension and word choices/spelling.

I don't think it is Alzheimer's at all - but some other cause.