Posted on 03/19/2026 3:03:36 AM PDT by TermLimits4All
In 2017, I took Cipro for just five days to treat a simple UTI. Since then, my quality of life has been steadily deteriorating. Over the past seven years, my condition has worsened to the point where I can barely walk, and I will soon need a wheelchair.
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There is another item we just started taking, last month. It does not directly block MMP, but it does stimulate new collagen creation but only somewhat reduces collagen degradation. It’s called “Biosil (choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid, ch-OSA®).”
“Drug X” caused an undesirable reaction the first time you took it, so you didn’t bother telling your physician about it when he prescribed it again ...
Folks: If you have some sort of undesirable reaction to “Drug X”, remember it. Write it down. Describe it. Tell your physician about it if it ever comes up again. Heck ... tell him/her/it/they/xe as soon as it happens. I did. That’s why I’m still breathing.
I had a serious joint sprain after taking Cipro that took three years of therapy to heal. Ironically, it was just after the 2001 anthrax scare about “white powder” being mailed to people, and the proposed treatment was Cipro, so like many people I had stockpiled a ten-day series of Cipro. My usage, however, had been for a sinus infection. I had to throw out my anthrax prophylaxis.
that’s fine. I take B12 but was just wondering
Anyone mickey mousing around with OTC stuff like st johns wort or quercitin needs to read the flockhart table to see how it effects other medicines you take .
This is even true if you got a clean bill of health on genetics but most people don’t have that information. So you look at the list and see where there may be problems based on issues with drugs in past
Here is how it works . You might be a poor metabolizer and then you add some OTC that also inhibits and you may end up with a problem. There are so many issues with drugs med school should do a better job on education on it.
Mitochondrial genomics also.
Ancestry probably won’t tell you that.
One more interesting thing that turned up unexpectedly.
The diets of Vegans and Vegetarians don’t include meat. Not eating meat results in a lack of B12.
Therefore, it follows, there is a demand for B12 and the 5000 unit dissolvable tablets meet that demand and thus are common.
What makes you think it is from the drugs and not an allergy unique to you, your preexisting or an underlying condition?
Seems to me if you haven’t yet gone to the doctor that you are jumping to a conclusion.
My Dad got much better after taking it, but we also made sure to restore his gut bacteria both with supplements, yogurt and fermented foods.
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I started taking the 5,000 iu dissolve under you tongue tablets and within only 2 hours there was a literal jolt of normalcy not experienced in several years.
Vitamin B12 is a miracle!!!. B12 quite literally changed my life. It took me back to normalcy not experienced in many years.
Oh- just saw this post. 👍
Thanks.
BKMK
B12 can be problematic depending on your genes. . Comt, vdr taq, mthfr, etc . If you have a methylation problem etc.
B12 issue can be hard to diagnose in US because they use to low of a level and other issues.
This article helps to understand.
Many people have the mthfr issue but just don’t know it
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6543499/
That’s a good point. We only take one prescription each, but vitamins or supplements for anything else. I’m sick of big pharma so don’t feel like having all the rest of that cr@p in our systems. We try to eat right and exercise daily.
I’ll check on how ours mix with our vitamins. I probably should fine tune things a bit. Thx for the tip.
Because so much is unknown I stagger what I take except for blood pressure medicine. For those with cancer or just want to see what this will do there is a protocol of low dose naltrexone with Ala IV but I adapted to r lipoic acid
A dr might prescribe LDN if you say you want to lose weight .or you are a raging addict for the full dose that you split up
I did tell my regular physician when I went in for the same issue, she prescribed them anyhow and didn’t seem to think that was due to the drugs.
Will see on Tuesday what next steps are.
Late 50’s
Wow! Thank you. That’s a treasure trove of information. Hopefully this is a temporary thing.
Thanks again FRiend.
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