Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Toxicity explores the serious and sometimes life-altering reactions associated with this powerful class of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Learn more about Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin), Avelox (moxifloxacin), Floxin/Ocuflox (ofloxacin), Factive (gemifloxacin), Noroxin (norfloxacin), and Baxdela (delafloxacin), the infections they are commonly used to treat.
The book examines the wide range of symptoms linked to fluoroquinolone reactions, including tendonitis and tendon rupture, peripheral neuropathy, muscle weakness, tremors, severe pain, joint problems, fatigue, difficulty standing or walking, neurological symptoms, heart-rhythm changes, aortic complications, sensory changes, and disabling effects involving multiple systems throughout the body.
Readers will also learn what it means to be “floxed,” how Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability (FQAD) is defined, and why symptoms can continue long after the prescription has ended.
The book takes a closer look at research involving mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, cellular energy production, collagen, connective tissue, nerves, muscles, tendons, and the central nervous system, helping readers understand why these reactions can affect so many different parts of the body.
It will also cover the history of FDA safety warnings, the new ICD-10-CM coding for adverse effects of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, and data showing the scale and seriousness of reported adverse reactions.
For anyone trying to understand fluoroquinolone toxicity, recognize what may be happening in their own body, or want to learn more before taking one of these medications, this book brings the science, warnings, symptoms, and real-life experiences together in one place.
This book will be dedicated to the fluoroquinolone community and will be made available free to anyone who has been floxed.
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