Guest guest Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 , Go for it, but do watch out for symptoms of quinolone poisoning. This would be any new pain in tendons, in particular achilles, shoulders, elbows or knees. This could start as early as 3 days into treatment or several weeks to months AFTER TREATMENT HAS STOPPED. Also be aware that you can experience severe and longterm central nervous system damage. This would look like anxiety attacks, peripheral neuropathy, depression, sensitivity to light, ie like a major recurrence of cfs when it is really longterm serious CNS damage. If this scares you rethink your antibiotics. There certainly are other choices OUT OF the quinolone family. Quinolones operate like chemotherapy and they kill your cells as well as germs. They cross the blood brain barrier and kill nerve cells. Since cfs patients already have poor oxygenation of tissues I THINK we are particulary succeptable to this tissue damage as our tissues, especially tendons, just never get enough oxygen to heal. a Carnes Subject: Re: mycoplasma fementans abx susceptability Thanks for this information Bill. Next time I see my Doctor I will discuss trying gemifloxicin for a cycle and see how I respond. I can also provide anecdotal evidence to support the claim that the Biaxin was relatively ineffective against my infection. I think the difference as to why Azithromycin is more effective might have to do with the fact that it is a 15 ring macrolide, whereas clarithromycin is a 14 ring, (and although I am not sure exactly what this difference means on a chemical level), it might be sufficient difference to alter what organisms the antibiotic is susceptible to? Just a thought anyway. Sincerely, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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