Bittersweet Validation: Thoughts on my Muscle Biopsy
After so many unremarkable tests, and so many years, some of the bigger pieces of the puzzle, for me, are starting to fall into place.
Gastrointestinal
Issues dealing with fluoroquinolones and their effect on the gastrointestinal system.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Chronic Floxing
One culprit that is often overlooked in chronic Fluoroquinolone toxicity is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO.
Slippery Elm
I suffer from gastritis post Fluoroquinolones (FQ). I have found one of the hardest places to help is the upper part of the stomach and or the lower esophagus. Enter slippery elm.
Food for Thought on Probiotics
Probiotics can be powerful substances that can exert a strong influence on the host person and like everything carry a small but measurable risk.
Gastroparesis
One of the results of nervous system damage or changescan be gastro-intestinal tract gastroparesis or dysmotility. Gastroparesis is a complex term for delayed stomach emptying which can be caused by the autonomic nervous system changes that can be done by the fluoroquinolones.
Helping With IBS
Many people damaged by FQ’s have gastro-intestinal problems caused by the damage done to the CNS and in some instances by the disruption of the digestive tract fauna. Because there is no magic cure bullet for the FQ damage one can really only treat the symptoms until the episode passes. Basically, as far as medication …