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| I believe my dear mothers' downward spiral began with Cipro! |
There has been quite a lot of controversy over exactly just
what Cipro does to damage a body’s muscles, joints and tendons. There seems to
be even less known about what can be done to reverse the damage. I believe that
all involved agree that floroquinolones can damage and destroy collagen. I also
believe that Cipro may destroy the sheath that surrounds your muscles and
tendons.
I wholeheartedly believe
that Cipro caused the padding on the balls of my feet to completely disintegrate
and that at one time, I was literally walking with the bones of my feet
directly against the floor. It was extremely painful to take even one step.
After taking 2000 mg of Vitamin C every day for four to five months, I began to
notice some improvement. I understand
that Vitamin C can promote collagen production and I often wonder if that has
been what has helped to restore at least some of the padding on the balls of my
feet.
While searching for more information on collagen production,
I ran across this site that produces cell extract
for a variety of uses. I have heard the term cell extract
in the past, relating to laboratories actually growing skin from cells, to use
on patients with extreme burns or other injuries. I do not know their
effectiveness in rejuvenating the collagen, inside of our bodies, due to the
damage sustained by the side effects of floroquinolones, but I certainly wish
that someone would begin to research this avenue since no one in the medical
field seems to have any suggestions, remedies or protocol on just how to handle
the thousands of us that have been either permanently or temporarily crippled
by this class of antibiotics.
Maybe someday, someone will have an answer for all of us
that have been inadvertently damaged by antibiotics that are labeled as “not a
first drug of choice”: oddly enough the two times that I was prescribed Cipro,
it was not only a first drug of choice, it was the only choice given to me. I
was not warned of the damaging side effects, despite the current black box
warning attached to Cipro. Come on medical professionals, start abiding by the
guidelines that have been given to you and stop handing out Cipro, Avelox and
Levaquinn as though they were candy.
