A friend from a fluoroquinolone "survivors" group I belong to on Facebook posted this today. Relatively easy to follow scientific info (from 4 years ago) regarding what these drugs actually do to the human body in terms of literally altering your DNA at the cellular level. Altering cellular DNA in a way that makes it impossible for your cells to then repair themselves even after the drug is out of your system. That's what these drugs are designed to do TO BACTERIA. Unfortunately, they also do this to the rest of your cells. The YouTube video with the Dr. from Johns Hopkins going on and on about how such a minute portion of the population is affected adversely by these drugs, etc. ad nauseum perfectly illustrates the medical community's response to this day on the topic - they view it as a non-issue. And why does this matter? Because today another parent of a child found our FQ support group online looking for help and resources for her 11 year old who's been struggling since he was 6 years old after being prescribed Cipro eardrops. Like so many others, it took them years to put it together b/c the topic is so vehemently eschewed by the medical community. I cannot imagine watching a helpless, innocent child go through the hell these drugs turn your life into. It makes my physically ill. I myself found out through pharmacy records that I put fluoroquinolone eyedrops in Devlyn's eyes when he was 2 weeks old. I didn't sleep for a month. It was all I thought about for 6 more. Is that why he has crazy fucked up allergies? Is that that's why his elbow popped out of joint for no reason that one time? Is he going to have some horrible neurological problem when he's older? Probably not but "probably" has held a whole new meaning for me over the past year and a half. These drugs are prescribed to children every single day with no doctors ever batting an eyelash. We have new inconsolable parents join our FQ support group about once every three months looking for answers and horrified at what they find. Spread the word to your friends with children and don't EVER give your kids anything prescribed by a doctor without thoroughly checking it out. No one has your back on this - it's up to you.
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