Re: Antibiotic road

From: NorthernSpy1 (northernspy1_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: 14 Sep 2004 03:10:26 GMT

>All I can say is that I know what you are going through. I am in my
>6th week of Cipro and my results are similar. The severe lower back
>pain is gone, but not completely. I have a feeling that it will be
>right back as soon as I stop taking it. My energy level is low, and I
>am not enjoying life at all. I'm 37 but feel like I'm 80.

Part of your symptoms may be from the Cipro itself.

I stopped recently because I was beginning to get quinolone arthritis -- pain
in joints, especially one of my ankles. I am told the pains will fade, and so
far that's true, but not everyone is so lucky, and they haven't faded
completely.

What I didn't realize until I stopped was how much of that "80 year old"
feeling was the result of the Cipro, which can also cause insomnia, shortness
of breath, and muscle ache (among other things). Those side-effects are only
rare if you take it the 7 to 14 days that is normal.

If you're already on Cipro road you have an incentive to keep with it, I guess,
as long as joint or tendon pains don't start. I wish I had started with
Zithromax or Doxyclycline, which are taken for shorter periods, and kill
different things.

Did anyone suggest doing a culture or other tests for bacteria before they
prescribed Cipro?

- Carlos

(New York)

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