My primary care Dr. prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection in Dec. 2009. She never did before, it was always Azithromycin. Levaquin tore my right shoulder tendon within 5 days, requiring surgery in June 2010. 2 years of misery. When I questioned doc why she prescribed it, she replied “O the sinus Infection was ‘deep.” 🙄 She was lucky I didn’t know the evils & corruption of big pharma back then. I’m sure she was highly compensated to push their poisons.
Yes, total kick back situation. Quinolones are specifically designed to last line of defense for MAJOR infections. They were the only thing that beat back the MRSA infection my sister picked up in Afghanistan, which saved her life, but she still has issues from using the drug to this day.
Ugh, so very sorry about your sister😣. Maybe getting her gut flora strengthened with pro biotics? Takes awhile, but has helped me over the years. Mercy & blessings.
The antibiotic cipro is known to cause tendons to tear.
My primary care Dr. prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection in Dec. 2009. She never did before, it was always Azithromycin. Levaquin tore my right shoulder tendon within 5 days, requiring surgery in June 2010. 2 years of misery. When I questioned doc why she prescribed it, she replied “O the sinus Infection was ‘deep.” 🙄 She was lucky I didn’t know the evils & corruption of big pharma back then. I’m sure she was highly compensated to push their poisons.
Yes, total kick back situation. Quinolones are specifically designed to last line of defense for MAJOR infections. They were the only thing that beat back the MRSA infection my sister picked up in Afghanistan, which saved her life, but she still has issues from using the drug to this day.
Ugh, so very sorry about your sister😣. Maybe getting her gut flora strengthened with pro biotics? Takes awhile, but has helped me over the years. Mercy & blessings.
Geez...that sounds brutal.
I avoid all fluoroquinolones. It’s the category of antibiotics that includes cipro.ciprofloxacin,levaquin,lovofloxacin, avelox, moxifloxacin, etc.
TY again, Kathleen.