“Death by Levaquin” Brain/Body Toxic Drug

Going into a doctor’s office or hospital can be risky business. The use of medications and and procedures is far too liberal and at times without consideration of the foremost rule of medicine: First, do no harm. This is the ”Hippocratic oath” that physicians are supposed to abide by. Hardly any of them do anymore. What a tragedy! What becomes the standard of care is heavily influenced by what makes money for the pharmaceutical industry and hospitals, not what creates health, empowers the patient, lessens the need for more medical care, and saves the patient and country money. The ” power to heal ” is promoted to be exclusively available from licensed physicians. prescription medications, and high tech procedures and tests. The healthcare empire is an ever expanding and complex institution that has outgrown the ability of society to manage and finance.

I think many people intuirtively know that synthetic drugs with their long list of side effects are NOT the answer. Many procedures and surgery are executed far too soon or unncessarily. Many wary consumers have fostered the growing field of alternative medicine, organic farming, health food stores, and neutraceuticals, all of which are typically disparaged by doctors. People want true healing and vibrant health independant of of drugs. Can you imagine how much money america could save if this was adopted. It could put a real good dent into the 700 billion dollar government bailout if more people would start to recognize this and adopt it into their daily lives. I think as time goes on and more people become damaged by quinolones they will seek this way of life out. Just my thought for the day.

Please educate everyone you know about the crippling and often permanent side effects of Levaquin and other quinolone antibiotics.

Today is September 20th, 2008. A Black Box warning was issued for Levaquin and other quinolone antibiotics many months ago. This is a very strict warning for this class of antibiotics. It has been over 3 months now since this warning has been issued. I have a friend who took 5 pills of Levaquin and has been on crutches every day of her life for over 10 years. She is disabled and on narcotics every day since her reaction. She works 4 hours a week in a pharmacy and is very committed to trying to bring change to this terrible destruction of innocent lives from these crippling antibiotics. She called me today and said there has been no update to the package insert for this class of antibiotics. Months after this warning was issued there is still no Black Box warning on the package inserts or the prescribing literature that is given out at the pharmacies. She told me that the manufactures of these drugs are required to have these updates on the warning labels within 60 days. It has been over 60 days now. Once again, the drug companies and the FDA have colluded to keep this toxicity hidden from the public. There has also not been any “Dear Doctor” letters sent out informing physicians of this Black Box warning.

When I went to my doctor and told her about the Black Box warning she said the Levaquin sales rep told her that this warning has been out for many years now and that this is nothing new. The Black Box warning was no new information to doctors so it is nothing to be concerned about. My doctor looked at me like I was trying to sensationalize this issue. It is unbelievable how the Levaquin sales reps are spinning this issue to downplay concerns. Simply unbelievable! When I was a healthy pharma rep I was trained on how to sidestep and downplay concerns and then quickly move on to show the benefits of the drug I was selling. Pharma sales reps are only concerned about sales. Most of them never provide full disclosure on side effects since they will earn a large bonus if they can maximize their sales. It’s a scary world when doctors rely on pharma reps for the majority of their information on drugs. They never open up the PDR or the package insert for more accurate unbiased information. You need to be your own advocate in today’s world. Simply too much corruption. 

I found out the Glutathione I used contained yeast. The fine print on the package label said: Caution  derived from yeast. Since I had or still have candida maybe this is what caused my reaction. I am going to try a different form of glutathione ( yeast free ) in the next week or so. Either transdermal or nebulized again. Hopefully this will help some. I know a few people that have reported feeling better from their quinolone reaction from IV glutathione. Once I start on this form I will post results. Thanks. 

I really had high hopes for doing nebulized glutathione and achieving some level of improvement. Just like everything else I have tried it was not to be. I inhaled the glutathione and a few minutes later I had breathing problems. It felt like my chest was very heavy and I had some form of constricted breathing. I searched on the internet for this side effect and found a website that said if you experience rashes or breathing problems- bronchconstriction to immediately stop. I am not sure if I would have the same outcome if I had glutathione via an IV bag like some other people have had. I am a little scared to try that after my experience with the nebulized version. Nebulized glutathione is suppose to pass the blood brain barrier very easily helping many degenerative conditions.

I’ve tried neurofeedback, biofeedback, accupuncture and even hypnosis, Nothing helps this toxicity from Levaquin. I called my doctors office today and I was informed that the doctor wants to start weaning me off of the oxycodone. Since I switched doctors she told the nurse practicioner that she needs to check to make sure that I am not double dipping on getting narcotics. It is unbelievable how quinolone poisoned victims are treated. We are abandoned by the very institution that put us in this position in the first place.

Please educate others on the severe and often permanent side effects of quinolone antibiotics.  

I am finally starting nebulized glutathione tonight prior to bed. Medicationsense.com has, as most quinolone victims know, an article on a quinolone victim who could barely stand or walk for 3 years. He also had neurological damage. He started on glutathione and many months later he was about 95 % better and able to return to work. If this helps me I know it will not happen overnight. Hopefully I can achieve some lasting improvement in the next couple months. I will post my progress with nebulized glutathione.

Please make sure to educate others on the crippling effects of quinolone antibiotics.  

Today, I woke up an received the following message in my inbox:

My younger brother has been in jail for three months now as the result of going crazy after four days of taking Levaquin. He is a gentle, sweet, wonderful guy who has never been in any trouble of any kind with the law, never been arrested, has been married for 25 years, has two teenage sons. He went crazy and took a fake bomb into a finance company. He doesn’t really remember much of it. He was perfectly fine when I saw him 10 days before he came down with pneumonia and was put on Levaquin. Now he is facing years in prison and I am stacking up lawyer fees that I can’t pay in order to try and get him the help he needs. If anyone has any advice, it would be very very welcome. Timothysampson@bellsouth.net

If anyone can provide legal advice or any type of advice on this situation it would be greatly appreciated. Stories like these make me so enraged at the corruption at the FDA. This is why I always say to please educate others of the crippling side effects of Levaquin and other quinolones. 

I saw the new doctor the other day and he was willing to write me a prescription for glutathione. I have to get a nebulizer now. This doctor is one of the few who took the time to research FQ toxicity. He said glutathione is good even for people who have not been damaged by a quinolone. He said there are so many toxins in today’s world that people are unaware of which makes glutathione a good choice for everyone.

The compounding pharmacy will be sending it to me in the next week sometime. I believe it needs to be kept refrigerated in shipping. I will let everyone know if this therapy helps or hurts me. It is supposed to be a great detoxifier. It is being used for parkinsons, alzheimers, chronic fatigue, autism and a few other illnesses.

Please educate your family, friends and anyone you know about the severe crippling damage that quinolones can cause. I have given out about 600 Levaquin business cards and the vast majority of people are very appreciative of knowing this information.    

I am going to a new doctor tomorrow that is familiar with glutathione. He does glutathione by IV injection into the body. I am going to ask him for a prescription for nebulized glutathione tomorrow. Hopefully it will help some. I am taking the whey protein every day but it doesn’t seem like it is doing anything good or bad. I know that it has helped some other people crippled from quinolones so I will continue to take it.

It is unbelievable how many people are actually crippled from these antibiotics and doctors never even think to diagnose them as having an adverse reaction to the antibiotic. Doctors are woefully undereducated about side effects from not only quinolones but many other medications. 100 years from now the health care profession will look back and say how did all of this carnage go unrecognized for all of these years. Just like Vioxx and other drugs that were on the market for a long time. Sledane, the most popular antihistimine, was on the market for 13 years before it got pulled. That shows you how inept our FDA really is.