Some Antibiotics Linked to Serious Nerve Damage

CONSUMER ALERT

This article is being reposted because of personal contact with a local man who had been given a prescription of antibiotics to fight a sinus infection. Unfortunately, the drug prescribed happened to belong to this group of very dangerous antibiotics. After just three doses he was in a wheelchair.

Besides possible damage to connective tissues such as tendons, fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics commonly used to treat a variety of illnesses such as respiratory and urinary tract infections, "may cause sudden, serious, and potentially permanent nerve damage called peripheral neuropathy."

These medicines include ciprofloxacin (Cipro), gemifloxacin (Factive), levofloxacin (Levaquin), moxifloxacin (Avelox), norfloxacin (Noroxin), and ofloxacin (Floxin)

Read full article here:  Bad Antibiotic Choice

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Dr. Sharon Levin and Dr. Nels Chellen

Levin and Chellen Chiropractic

(952) 474-1777

Chiropractor for Minnetonka and

the Minneapolis Metro Community

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