Open Question: Achilles tendonitis? Levaquin?
I got treated at a clinic for an e.coli urinary tract infection while I was pregnant (no health insurance.) It was a free sample and I called but they have no record of the medication they gave me in my file!!!! However I have had raging Achilles tendonitis for about 4 months....it is killing me. 1. I want to make it better. What can I do to help my condition? It seems to get worse with driving (right leg) and walking, unfortunately. 2. I need some financial compensation is this is due to a drug!!!! The tendonitis would have developed about 10 months after the antibiotic I took for my UTI. Could it be the Levaquin that caused it? I am not going to be sure it was Levaquin till I talk to my midwife there, if she is still working there, and even then, may not find out. If I can't prove it was Levaquin I took because the clinic did not keep their records (!!!!), then can I sue? In fact, could I sue anyway for side effects on tendons?
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Open Question: mental health workers, how to deal with stress on the job?
with physical management, de-escalation, needy and med seeking patients The two answers so far have been very helpful and, in fact, hit very close to home. Both of you sound just like a beloved mentor I have in the field. I have only a bit of experience in this field. I have been most effective when I have been able to actually "make friends" with patients, but this mothod is very taxing for me mentally. I have been told that this way is ill advised. At this point I don't see a way to the detachment I need to protect myself without ailienating the people I'm trying to help.
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Open Question: Baby coughing until vomiting?
I have gone 2 times to the doctor and he says nothing is wrong but maybe a sore throat. She has a cough that is wet in the morning and at night, its like 3 AM now and she was coughing so hard she threw up her milk she had just ate. I heard this can be normal because a babies gag reflex is easy to provoke. Im just crapping my pants, she has never been sick before. She looks great, shes happy, eating, no fever, so whats going on_ What do I do since she just threw up when she coughed? (I know you will say call your doctor, but, I live in Mexico and the health system sucks here, they wanted to give her arthritis medicine for her cough.) Shes 6 months old. Shes sleeping as normal too. Just happens if she cant breath while she is coughing, what can I do for her? Hottflow, are you trolling.

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The constitutional rights of 13-year-old Savana Redding were violated when school officials in Arizona conducted a strip-search based on a suspicion that she might be hiding drugs in her underwear, the Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 2009, in an 8 to 1 decision.
The suspect drugs that led to the search in this case were prescription-strength ibuprofen and over-the-counter naproxen, common pain relievers equivalent to two Advil, or one Aleve, the court noted in the opinion.
The search failed to uncover any pills.
The issue here is whether a 13-year-old students Fourth Amendment right was violated when she was subjected to a search of her bra and underpants by school officials acting on reasonable suspicion that she had brought forbidden prescription and over-the-counter drugs to school, the opinion states.
Because there were no reasons to suspect the drugs presented a danger or were concealed in her underwear, we hold that the search did violate the Constitution, the court wrote.
s subjective expectation of privacy against such a search is inherent in her account of it as embarrassing, frightening, and humiliating, the court said. The reasonableness of her expectation (required by the Fourth Amendment standard) is indicated by the consistent experiences of other young people similarly searched, whose adolescent vulnerability intensifies the patent intrusiveness of the exposure.Changing for gym is getting ready for play; exposing for a search is responding to an accusation reserved for suspected wrongdoers and fairly understood as so degrading
that a number of communities have decided that strip searches in schools are never reasonable and have banned them no matter what the facts may be, the court pointed out.
In sum, what was missing from the suspected facts that pointed to Savana was any indication of danger to the students from the power of the drugs or their quantity,
and any reason to suppose that Savana was carrying pills in her underwear, the court said. We think that the combination of these deficiencies was fatal to finding the search reasonable.
As the lone voter against the ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote: Redding would not have been the first person to conceal pills in her undergarments, in his dissenting opinion.
Nor will she be the last after todays decision, which announces the safest place to secrete contraband in school, he said
Apparently to substantiate that Savana would not have been the first person to conceal pills in her undergarments, Thomas cited five stories from the media involving drug busts where persons hid drugs in their underwear, none of which were at a school, or concerned minors. And, the drugs identified in the media reports were Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, and Ecstasy.
The ruling came in a case titled, Safford Unified School District v Redding, and the American Civil Liberties Union represented the plaintiff, April Redding, Savanas mother.
Neither the Constitution nor common sense permits school officials to treat a strip search the same as a locker or backpack search, said Steven Shapiro, the ACLUs national Legal Director, in a June 25, 2009 statement. s ruling eliminates any confusion that school officials may have had about this seemingly obvious point.
The ACLU and ACLU of Arizona were joined in the case by Bruce Macdonald, with the law firm McNamara, Goldsmith, Jackson Macdonald, and Andrew Petersen, with the firm Humphrey Petersen.
Adolescent health experts and privacy rights advocates also filed amicus briefs in support of Redding, including the National Education Association, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), CATO Institute, Rutherford Institute, Goldwater Institute and Urban Justice Center, and others.
The Supreme Court decision is available online at: www.aclu.org/drugpolicy/search/40031lgl20090625.

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This is a great book about Americans popping too many pills and paying exorbitant prices for them. Its far more worrisome premise is summed up in the long subtitle: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Distort Medical Knowledge, Mislead Doctors, and Compromise Your Health. Author John Abramson, MD, is troubled by the commercial influences that pervade all aspects of American medical care. The pharmaceutical industrys influence can be seen in everything from the sponsoring of continuing medical education to the latest treatment guidelines that make an ever-expanding number of Americans candidates for life-long drug therapy.
A Harvard Medical School faculty member, Dr. Abramson writes that he thoroughly enjoyed practicing family medicine for over 20 years. But he had become increasingly disturbed by the new brand of medical consumerism, typified by the middle-aged male patient who came in demanding an expensive, widely advertised prescription drug (Celebrex). No amount of explaining about cheaper, safer and equally effective alternatives could change his patients mind.
It is not only his patients who get a skewed view of new drugs, observed Dr. Abramson, his fellow physicians were influenced by the same promotional campaigns, often masquerading as education. Whereas taxpayers once funded most medical research, the pharmaceutical industry now pays the lions share. By now, many Americans know that the pharmaceutical industry has one of the highest profit margins of the Fortune 500 companies. How many know that the industry spends more money on marketing (from advertising to free drug samples for doctors) than on research?
Dr. Abramson left his practice to spend the next two and a half years doing what most practicing doctors have little time to do—“researching the research.” He found that drug companies have been known to: design clinical trials in such a way that ensures their products will come out on top; withhold the trials that show negative results; focus attention on the benefits while giving short shrift to the harms; and ‘spin equivocal results in a way that puts their drugs in a favorable light.
Whats more, the people selected for clinical trials are often unrepresentative of the majority for whom the drug will ultimately be prescribed. Cancer drugs are offered as an example. “Nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients are 65 or older,” observes Dr. Abramson, “but only one-quarter of the people in cancer studies have reached 65.” Many of the articles published in medical journals, even the most prestigious ones, he found, are little more than infomercials for the drug.
In time, Dr. Abramson began to detect the frequent use of overblown statistics guaranteed to scare people into a life-long drug regimen. Two years ago, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study about a new, inexpensive blood test that measures blood levels of inflammation in the body called C-reactive protein, or CRP, which supposedly can predict a persons risk of heart disease. The study followed 28,000 women over eight years and found that those with the highest CRP levels were more than twice as likely to develop heart disease. The studys authors concluded that identifying people with elevated CRP would allow “optimal targeting of statin therapy.” In other words, a way to identify future customers for cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Whats wrong with this picture? asks Dr. Abramson after the largely uncritical media picked up the CRP story and ran with it as “ground-breaking” and “extremely important.” A closer look at the statistics from this study showed that the 28,000 female participants were less than 55 years old and healthy. Their risk of heart attack, stroke, etc. was quite small. For “every 1000 women with the highest CRP levels, there was only slightly more than one (1.3) additional episode of cardiovascular disease each year than among the 1000 women with the lowest CRP levels.” In other words, the twice-as-likely-to-develop-heart-disease statistic boiled down to a doubling of odds that were tiny to begin with.
With the relentless focus on drugs, Dr. Abramson suggests that doctors and the general public tend to overlook the considerable body of research showing that regular exercise, smoking cessation, and a healthy diet trump nearly every medical intervention as the best way to keep heart disease at bay.
Americans tend to have faith in the latest high-tech medical care, but a large Medicare study challenged some common assumptions. Areas of the country with higher concentrations of specialists have both higher health care costs and worse health care outcomes.
“The public needs access to independent expert opinion that can counterbalance the enormous influence that the medical industry wields over our beliefs about the best approach to health and medical care,” writes Dr. Abramson. (Full disclosure: The Center for Medical Consumers is mentioned twice in this book as one of the rare sources of unbiased information.) A new national public body with the independence and expertise of the Institute of Medicine, he suggests, is the only way that will ever be accomplished.

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Antibiotics can be the problem, not the remedy.
 
Quinolones are currently the most commonly prescribed class of antiobiotics. They are very powerful medications used to treat many types of infections such as respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and sinus infections. The two most commonly prescribed quinolones are Levaquin and Cipro. Like all medications this class of antibiotics has side effects. However, what differentiates this class of antibiotics from others is that quinolones have the ability to cause severe and permanent disability. Many of these side effects can even occur weeks to months after taking the antibiotic. Approximately half of the quinolones that were once on the market have now been removed from clinical practice due to their severe toxicities. Examples include Tequin, Omniflox, Trovan, and Zagam.
 
There is no question that quinolone antibiotics have their usefulness. They are extremely powerful medications that work very well to kill difficult to treat infections. They have proved to be life saving in certain situations. However, they were never meant to be used as a first line of defense against mild infections which is how they are often prescribed today. This leads to bacterial resistance. 
 
In July of 2008, the FDA mandated that all quinolone antibiotics carry a “Black Box “ warning for tendon rupture and tendonitis. This is the strongest warning label a drug can have before it is removed from the market. Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, sued the FDA demanding quinolones carry a Black Box warning. If Public Citizen had not taken this action there may not be any “Black Box” warning for this class of antibiotics. The FDA gets approximately 50% of their funding for the review of drugs directly from the pharmaceutical companies in what is called prescription drug user fees. This is an absurd conflict of interest that has made the FDA very slow and often reluctant to react to drug toxicities of all kinds. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks the FDA is doing is as different as night and day- A quote from Dr. Herbert Ley, former commissioner of the FDA. If you look closely at the track record of the FDA it would indicate that they are serving interests other than yours and mine. In 2007, China executed Zheng Xiaoyu, who was the head of the food and drug administration in that country for taking $800,000 of money from the drug companies. In America, this behavior seems to be simply business as usual.
 
Dr. David Graham, from the FDA, says that the Vioxx debacle alone caused more than 60,000 deaths. To put that in perspective, that is more deaths than the number of American troops that died in the Vietnam war. Since the major media outlets obtain considerable advertising revenue from the drug industry they are often reluctant to do a story on the damaging side effects of medications. They don’t like to bite the hand that feeds them.    
 
Unfortunately, the Black Box warning is far too late for the thousands of people that are now living with devastating disabilities. Hundreds of US media and postal workers who took Cipro during the 2001 anthrax scare claim they suffered permanent nerve and tendon damage.  Some of the many websites that describe the severe adverse reactions to quinolones include: Antibiotics.org,  Favc.info, Fqhelp.com,  Fqvictims.org,  Fqresearch.org,  and the very detailed Fluoroquinolones.org
 
Dr. Jay Cohen, a medical researcher and associate professor at the University of California, San Diego published a paper on severe peripheral neuropathy caused by quinolones. Dr. Cohen mentions that these debilitating reactions are not rare. He mentions that most doctors have dismissed patient complaints or outright deny that quinolones can cause this type of long term damage even though it is mentioned in the package insert. Even if one person in 100 suffers a grave side effect that can still mean millions of people affected. Even the FDA admits that less than 10 % of all adverse drug reactions ever get reported to their agency.
 
David Flockhart, professor of medicine and chief of clinical pharmacology at Indiana University School of Medicine, says as many as a third of patients taking a quinolone will experience some sort of psychiatric side effect, such as anxiety, personality change, or confusion. “ The psychiatric effects of the quinolones are underappreciated by the medical profession as well as by the public,” says Dr. Flockhart, who has treated more than one hundred patients with severe psychiatric side effects.
 
I personally feel the number of people affected by this toxicity is the medical equivalent of an Enron. Before anyone takes this class of antibiotics they should have the right to know that it can cause irreversible damage. People need to be afforded the right of informed consent. The prescribing literature patients receive at the pharmacy is far different than what is in the tiny print in the package insert. Why am I writing an article on quinolone antibiotics? I feel that I have a moral obligation to warn as many people as possible.  Over three and a half years ago I was prescribed Levaquin  for a possible infection and like tens of thousands of others my life has been turned into a living hell. I write this article in the hopes of preventing others from suffering a similar fate.

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I had mine taken out today for all of the same reasons. I've also had horrible headaches daily for at least two months. My headaches, nausea and depression have started getting worse every week. Fortunately, I only had Mirena three months before now when I started putting things together. I've never had a problem with birth control pills and I've taken all of them. I used to get heavy and long periods- it took a while to find one to regulate my period. I love, love, love my OB. He told me the same thing today he told me when I got Mirena- that it has less side effects than any birth control pills because the amount of hormones released is lower. Nonetheless, he did agree that it should come out to see if it has been the cause of all of my misery.
I hate to think about the women out there with Mirena who are feeling tired, sick, and depressed and don't know why. Honestly, I don't know how I put it together for myself because I thought, IUD- NO SIDE-EFFECTS, it's just a device right, thrown in with a tiny bit of hormones, but at first I thought maybe I wasn't taking good enough care of myself and that was why I felt so bad all the time. Then the headaches . . . I thought that was sinuses . . . had a CT scan, came back okay . . . thought it was migraines . . . went to the neurologist, had an eeg, treated for migraines . . . still having headaches with nausea.
I almost didn't realize how depressed I was until my husband said something to me. He told me, "you've been depressed for three months now". Eureka!! I got Mirena three months ago. Plus, I am always under the treatment of a psychiatrist who monitors my medicine and am currently taking high dosages of prozac and wellbutrin. I've always had depression/anxiety problems and actually had to continue taking my meds while pregnant, just at half dosage. I had NO problems with post-partum depression (which was very much planned between my psychiatrist and medications). If I were to have problems arise with depression I certainly think it would have been closer to post-partum. I really don't think that my meds just quit working either. I realized that nothing gets me excited. I exert all of my energy into being a decent human being by going to work, taking care of my child, and trying to keep a somewhat-neat house. There is never time, energy, or desire for anything else.
I'm anxious to see how the next couple of weeks go . . . keep posting your progress and I will do the same. I certainly hope my symptoms start to subside . . . if not, I'm in trouble because I know that something is wrong with my body!!
Also, a Naturopathic Doctor told me to take Evening Primrose and it should aid in getting my hormones back to a natural level more quickly.

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I was talking to my friend Bob G. the other day. He lost his marriage and the over 90% of his bank account from Cipro poisoning. He cant take care of his daughter either since he is disabled. His sister does that now as Bobs mother has to take care of him. Fluoroquinolones not only damage the individual that consumes this poison but it also destroys the rest of the family unit that has to take care of the disabled person. Family relationships change considerably for those that have been afflicted. I got a call from  Tom in California last week. He actually went to my same small school in Hershey, PA. That shows how common these quinolone reactions are. Tom has been poisoned for almost four years now and he told me his wife is having a hard time believing him since it has been so long. He told me that he is having a lot of relationship problems because of his quinolone reaction. He has a small child to take care of too. So unfortunate. This is what gets me so angry about these defective antibiotics. Not only does it cripple the individual it also cripples the family relationships. It is very difficult for families to weather this never ending quinolone toxicity storm.
I talked a school teacher a few weeks ago. She hasnt been able to work for about a year now from her quinolone poisoning.  I think she is improving to the point of now going back to work part time which is very good news. I talked to her her husband and he had to take so much time off work to help care for her. They have spent a ton of money trying to get her better not to mention the all of the lost wages. I have gotten so many emails from quinolone victims where they have said that their spouse either doesnt fully believe or has a very difficult time believing that an antibiotic could do this long term damage. I wonder what ever happened to DB Cipro- Death by Cipro blog. He would often mention his wife didnt believe this toxicity. I hope he is still alive. I wonder what percentage of families have been ruined because of innocent victims that have suffered moderate to severe poisonings. That is the part of this toxicity that is never really measured. The financial toll from being unable to work, large medical bills ect. can easily ruin a family. It is such a terrible shame. The drug companies sweep everything under the rug because their only resposibility is to maximize shareholder return. And in doing that they need to cover this toxicity up as much as possible. More awareness leads to less prescriptions leads to less profit.
Bob G. once told me that one of his friends told his sister Is Bob still talking about that Cipro thing.  That is the way it was put- That Cipro thing  Comments like that just illustrate the lack of understanding of this toxicity. All of us that have been moderately or severely poisoned are living in a physical and or neurological inferno. The passage of time seems to be the only way out for most of us. These defective antibiotics have far reaching effects that permeate into the rest of the family unit that causes their lives to be very difficult as well. It is hard to believe that these drug companies that know all this dont really care at all. No conscious. They look into a mirror and the only thing looking back is an empty soul and a large bank account.

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Due to being laid up with some fantastic reactions to antibiotics, I haven't been able to get my Draft list up promptly. This has been helpful in some ways, because barring any last second trades, there shouldn't be any major changes before the big event. There will undoubtedly be some trades during the draft, and it wouldn't be at all surprising if Daniel Snyder rumors about USC QB Mark Sanchez are true. He might just trade every pick to get him, and how do you think Jason Campbell feels about this, along with the debacle of the Jason Cutler trade fiasco?

Its great to see the Detroit Lions aren't "toothless" anymore. Their new uniforms are ridiculous, and many in Motown will be waiting to hear, "With the #1 pick, the Detroit Lions select Matt Millen." If its not Millen, I'm seriously waiting for Michael Crabtree or Jerry Macklin to be picked, as this team has a serious diamondcutter philosophy over wide receivers. In many ways, they are like the Grandfather Al Davis, who seems to screw up each draft the Wrinkled Raiders have every year.

Speaking of wide receivers the Bengals aka Bungles trades T. What's his name, and the Browns have a glaring hole due to Dante Stallworth's off season drunken driving/human speed bump incident. Plaxico Burress is unemployed, along with a sizeable number of Americans, but his lack of a job was self-inflicted. Think the Broncos will pick a QB? Maybe we can have a part deux of the Days of Our Lives drama, that occured when Jay Cutler and McDaniels were at each other's throats. This year's draft will have plenty of excitement, in addition to the annual contest of seeing whether Chris Berman will have a myocardial infarction and guessing which color of thong Mel Kiper Jr. is wearing.

There are so many mock drafts out there in cyberspace, so this is going to be a bit different. Forget tradition, and let's be honest here-who honestly knows what's going to happen? There are some good guesses, but these are usually only fairly accurate for the top ten picks, and then its a complete crapshoot after that. So without further adieu, here are the M.Ethan Ross Top 10 Picks, along with some possibilities later on:

#1 Lions: Matthew Stafford, QB

Duh. They better draft him, because the few fans left will burn and pillage what's left of Detroit if they don't. Coach Jim "Use the" Schwartz has got to have a franchise QB, and although his development is going to be stunted playing here, he has all of the tools needed to be at least a decent QB. He is not another Joey Harrington, as he actually has a fairly reliable cerebral cortex, along with the arm strength to stretch out the field. Think Neil Lomax,because Stafford doesn't have the foot speed either, but he is able to make quick decisions for a fast gain if necessary.

#2 Rams: Jason Smith, OT

They have to replace Orlando Pace, who left them on a jet plane, that was probably over its FAA weight limits. Jason Smith is a stud, just like Jake Long from last year, who will make an immediate impact. In fact, I think he will be a pro bowler from day one, but not like Kyle "Pro" Boller. He's more than ready for the task of defending Mark Bulger from becoming mauled, and this selection is a no-brainer. New Coach Spagnuolo will get some much needed defensive help later on, and he's going to be great in this position. He's got the brains and level of aggressiveness to bring the Rams back from being the "Goats."

#3 Chiefs: Aaron Curry, LB

Originally I had an OT such as Eugene Monroe or Andre Smith here, but I'm going with Curry. He's just too much of a freak to pass up on, and although Pioli may go with an OT or consider a trade, the selection of this diamond quality LB would instantly improve the Chiefs anemic defense. Vrabel is a fine stop gap type of player, who should have at least one decent season left in his tank, but the Chiefs need to get young on the linebacker side. Curry brings instant explosiveness, and is beyond brilliant. Watch his college games, where he follows QB's and formational changes, and tell me why he shouldn't be picked this high.

#4 Seahawks: Michael Crabtree, WR

The people thinking they will grab Sanchez are nuts, because that just won't happen. That would be a fine idea, in theory at least, but the Hawks aren't going to develop a replacement for Hasselback that will sit for two or three years. They are going to instead select Michael Crabtree, to line up along side of T.J. Houmawhatshisname. To have a veteran wideout along with a rookie stud, would be helpful to their pathetic offense, which needs a serious boost. The injury concerns about Crabtree should be considered, but he has a lot of talent, and the potential to be one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. If his foot problems go away, he will be a force to be reckoned with on the field.

#5 Browns: Brian Orakpo DE/LB

This workout machine has not usually been this high on draft boards, but I don't care, because he will instantly help the Browns and Manweenie's defense. The Browns awful defense, along with a lot of injuries, allowed opponents to run all over them last year. This will change with freakish Brian Orakpo, who will be an instant Pro Bowler. That's right, in his first season as well. He is brilliant, and has all of the intangibles to scare the crap out of quarterbacks and running backs everywhere. The Browns may trade Braylon Edwards after this pick, and grab another WR later if they do.

#6 Bengals aka Bungles: Eugene Monroe, OT

The Bungles have serious issues on the OL, and unless they want Carson Palmer hurt again, it would be a solid move to grab Monroe. He's ready from day one, and with Levi Jones's knee aches, they need someone to man the trenches. Monroe will cover Palmer's blind spot, and has a nasty streak in him, that will allow for some sleek running plays that are desperately needed in this division. This won't be a move that is flashy, but it makes sense, because it fills an obvious issue right away.

#7 Raiders: Jeremy Macklin, WR

Al Davis is a serious speed addict. When he's not sniffing it, he's selecting players based upon how quick they get their sneakers in gear, and Macklin has ludicrous speed, much like was described in Spaceballs. JaMarcus Russell has been blasted as a bust, but I'm not ready to give up on him yet, as he showed serious improvement in the last part of the season. His decision making is sometimes iffy, but if he had a solid wide receiver to throw to that wasn't given a boatload of money and hasn't contributed enough, then his stats would improve greatly. Macklin is a pick that I can agree on, because usually Al Davis's draft selection strategy is awful. This is a need based pick.

#8 Jaguars: Brian Cushing OLB

Do you think the Jags are going to select Sanchez as well? Come on! They have too many holes, and although David Garrard isn't the greatest signal caller ever, he's at least good enough with a solid line and nasty defense. Del Rio likes aggressive, hardnosed LB's, and Cushing fits the bill. While I'm sure he would have loved the chance to grab Orakpo, he goes with Cushing, who has a similiar profile and can get the job done. The Jags will focus on WR later, which is also a place they need some help.

#9 Packers: BJ Raji, DT

This guy is downright vicious, and I loved some of his highlight reel hits. This guy can bring so much pain, that Bill Clinton can't feel it, and forget the drug test controversy. The Packers will overlook the marijuana that supposedly showed up in his test, and take him, because he will bring a level of adrenaline fused tackling to a team that needs serious identity on the defensive side. He will be a star in Lambeau, and is going to seriously scare other teams, much like Albert Haynesworth used to before signing with the Redskins. I would hate to take a hit from him, on the frozen tundra of Green Bay's stadium, because that's a pain that just won't go away, ever.

#10 49ers: Mark Sanchez, QB

Mike Singletary, when he's not dropping his pants, would love to have a mean defensive player that has big eyes. Yet, due to the QB debacle of Alex Smith and others, the 49ers need to take a QB. Sanchez, from just down the road USC, would fit the bill as a great pick for them. This is a team that over the next few years, will improve to playoff caliber, if they can get a solid QB, which is what Sanchez has. There might be some jousting by the Jets and Bucs to get up to here, but ultimately the 49ers will get the second best QB in the draft. It may take him a year or two to shine, but Mark Sanchez has the necessary skills to be a top flight QB in the league. At least, he will be better than Alex Smith!


Extra Thoughts:

The Redskins will get Andre Smith OT, because he will fall, and this is an area the team needs to improve on.(As well as get a lot younger) I expect Clay Matthews to get grabbed by the Texans, which no one's picking, and the Patriots will select CB Darius Butler. After much thought, and even though the Pats improved the DB area with Shawn Springs, they need a young stud with blazing speed in that position. He's a Belichick type of player, and I hope that he gets selected to play at Gillette Stadium. There won't be a lot of trading in the first round early, but expect Pioli of the Chiefs to do some serious wheeling and dealing, and Braylon Edwards is as good as gone from the Browns.

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I can really identify with this person that provided her comment on this Levaquin blog today. I too had the suicide note written during my first year of the Levaquin poisoning. I actually had a couple written and kept them in easily found places in my house. For anyone reading this blog that has been poisoned by Levaquin, Cipro, Avelox ect. please try and hang in there. I want to offer some hope because many victims do get to a tolerable level of recovery over time so try and remain positive. Vent your anger in advocacy efforts by contacting the local and national media outlets. Local tv, radio ect. Too many people are seriously damaged like this last victims comments.   
.Six years ago while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, my doctor presecibed Levaquin as a for any infection. Preventive??? Within 24 hours I was in severe burning pain all over my neck, arms and legs. I did not associate this with the Levaquin at the time as I had also received chemo drugs. I took a round of 10 pills that first month, all the time getting worse with the pain. Next round of chemo I had been doing some research and knew it was not the chemo drugs but something else. I took 7 pills that round. By round 3, I was having hear palpitations and had to be hooked up to a heart monitor, could not walkmore than a few steps, was having excruciating pain in all my joints, and continued with the severe burning pain. Round 4 I took no Levaquin as by then I had figured out it was that drug causing my problems. I saw a neurologist who had never heard of this reaction before (he has now!). He did all sorts of tests and determined I had peripheral neuropathy
  and prescribed neurontin, which now has been switched to Lyrica. It helps somewhat with the burning pain. By now, he has told me it is irreversible. I was at the point of suicide during that first year, having the note and plan all figured out. My family is what I have been living for. The things that have helped me are: switching to organic meat, esp. chicken as most chickens are treated with this antibiotic, drinking and cooking only with non-floridated water. I have to be careful of drinking any fountain drinks at restaurants as they use local water mixed with the fizz. There are many days still of horrible pain in all my joints, head pressure so bad I want to die, burning pain all over even in my mouth and throat. Accupuncture did not help, meditation did not help, increased exercise did not help. I wish someone would have warned me of this horrible drug. I beat cancer, but I cant beat the effects of this wicked drug. I truly will pray for all out there afflicted with  these side effects. Please hang in there. I almost didnt.

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I have never before posted on a forum like this, but if my information helps or forewarns one other woman .... I am grateful.
I am 51 years old, been in perimenopause since Lincoln was President, it seems. I was prescribe a generic version of Yasmin, and, because I had been experiencing general symptoms of perimenopause before, did not attribute to Yasmin by increasing feelings of being in hell.
I will say one positive thing about it: I have had only one mid-life zit since I started on it. However, the experiences I am going to list now dismisses that aspect completely.
I have been on it for 4 1/2 months. The awfulness of it crept up on me, but there is no denying that now. I have gained weight. I have always been slender; however, I've gone up a pant size and even those pants are feeling tight. I'm constipated, no matter how much fiber and mild laxatives I take. My stomach pooches out and feels tight. My breasts are tender. They have NEVER been tender or sore, no matter the time of the month. My hot flashes and night sweats have reached an unprecedented level, and I have been having those off/on for a decade. I don't have hot "flashes" anymore. I heat up and I am uncomfortable all day, save for maybe a couple of hours.
Now, here is the WORST side effect: I am so f-ing angry almost all the time and my energy goes into hiding that from others. And there are the companions of anger: depression, feeling SO alone, feeling like a freak and that there is something fundamentally wrong with me... something wrong w/ my very soul. I recognize that some of these symptoms reflect aspects of my personality, but I work on that very hard in a spiritually/practical way and achieve successes along the way. This is different. This is very, very bad.
I will NEVER take another one of those horrid pills. I am going to see a doctor who works w/ women's issues and prescribes bio-identical hormones. And if THAT doesn't work, I will find another answer; rather, another answer will come to me, because I hit rock bottom and my intention is SO strong that the Answer cannot NOT come to me (okay, that's a metaphysical pronouncement, but there you go) .
For those of you who want to talk to me on this forum, or email me personally, I welcome and appreciate your thoughts. We are ALL together in this! Much Light and Love along the Way, K.

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Insomnia, a most common sleep disorder, affects about one third of the American population and is classified two different ways. It can be classified by how long it lasts. Transient insomnia lasts for only a few days, short term lasts for a few weeks and chronic lasts for more then three weeks. The other way insomnia is classified is by its source. The main two classifications of this sleep disorder by source are primary and secondary.

Transient insomnia is experienced by most people at some time throughout their lives. It can be caused by stress such as worrying about the first day school or an illness in the family. Sometimes this sleep disorder occurs due to a disruption of their circadian cycle, which is a persons natural sleep cycle, caused by jet lag or a shift change at work. Transient insomnia goes away one the stress issue has passed. Short term insomnia is often caused by similar stressors as transient insomnia. If the sufferer of this sleep disorder cannot break the cycle of poor sleep, it often develops into chronic insomnia.

Primary insomnia develops without any obvious cause. Sometimes it starts as early as infancy.
Often it is the result of high metabolic rates or an overactive nervous system.

Secondary insomnia is the direct result of another cause. This sleep disorder can come from illness, medication, drugs or alcohol. Addressing the underlying cause of secondary insomnia often gives the sufferer relief. For example, if arthritis pain keeps you from sleeping, then treating the arthritis is the best way to cope with the sleep disorder.

Insomnia is not a single disorder. It is a general symptom and could have many potential causes. In order to qualify as a sleep disorder, insomnia has to meet three specific requirements. First, the person has to experience poor sleep in general, or have a problem falling or staying asleep. Second, if given the proper sleep environment and an adequate opportunity to sleep, the problem still occurs. Third, the result of the poor sleep causes some type of impairment while awake. Examples of an impairment are; fatigue, body aches and pains, inability to concentrate, mood changes, lack of energy, poor concentration, or developing an unnatural amount of worry about sleep.

Often insomnia is treated with medication, such as sleeping pills. These can be prescription medication or bought over the counter.

However, there are several other methods of treatment for this sleep disorder. Behavioral treatments include meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, deep breathing, visualization, biofeedback, sleep hygiene, cognitive behavioral therapy and reconditioning sleep restriction. These methods are often very successful.

Some sufferers of this sleep disorder choose holistic, or alternative, treatment. This method involves the use of herbal supplements which are not usually FDA approved. Others seek acupuncture as a way to relieve their insomnia. Passive body heating, which is the use of hot baths, is another method used.

Understanding this sleep disorder is the first step to breaking the cycle of insomnia.

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WOW!!!! Omg.. I am so glad I recently got off Nuvaring. I recently moved and had several changes in my life, so I wouldn't be able to get more Nuvarings for a while.. I had one left and was going to use it, but after some reading online, I decided to not use that last one and to go off of it and see what happens. After reading all your comments online, I FINALLY understand what's been going on! omg and I thought I didn't really have any side effects...didn't think that my behaviour and body changes related to NR. Now I know! I feel pretty sure it's because of NR, as it feels like it all makes sense now!
So, I have been using NR for about 2 years. The first month was awful, as I was bleeding pretty much all the time, and I saw a doctor about it and decided to see what happens with the next ring, we decided if it didn't get better after the second cycle started to check again and maybe go off of it, after given it some more time as it sometimes takes a while for the body to got used to it. As soon as I started the next cycle and put the second ring in, it was great and felt normal and like everything got stable. My periods we lighter and exactly on time, every month, now for the past 2 years. I've felt it's worked great, and I thought that I wasn't really affected by Nuvaring..until now!! I'm so mad I didn't realize earlier that NR may have been causing all my problems! Although I am glad that I have now stopped it and discovered all these people having similar problems and I feel like I finally have found the reason.
I thought NR was great for me until now I realize that my weight gains and emotional craziness sometimes was probably caused by it. Being sad and angry and pissed off without any big reason, tired and feeling like I don't want to do anything, weak sometimes, just pretty much instable. I thought all of this was related to various sad things happening in my life, and probably it was too, but some of my behavior should not be happening and now I understand what might have caused it.
Regarding the weight gain, I have for many years been able to eat pretty much anything and not gain weight, being about 5'6-5'7 and weighing about 57 kilos (about 125 pounds), I suddenly started gaining weight for the past few years, and not being able to lose to much, it's been soo annoying!! I thought it was because I was getting older and my body was changing (I'm 25), but maybe it was NR causing it. Recently I need to watch what I eat all the time, I am often bloated, and I feel like my clothes get tighter and tighter all the time, I can't even wear some of the clothes that I bought a few months or a year ago! Aaahhh!! It finally makes sense!! Thank you to all of you writing about your experiences online. I am so glad to have found so many people with the same symptoms. I thought for so long that I wasn't having any side effects, but appearently I did, without realizing that it was caused by Nuvaring!! Ah....
However, everyone is different, so it might work great for you. I thought it was a great BC for me, but now I realize it very likely that NR caused my problems. I can't believe I didn't realize this earlier, but I'm so happy I now know and have stayed off it. At first I was worried going off of it, as I didn't know what side effects I would have going off something I have been on for 2 years, but so far it's been about 2 weeks without it and nothing major has happened. I hope my periods won't go back to being really painful and heavy though. I had my week off and just didn't start a new cycle putting a new ring in.
Considering all these side effects I think probably were caused by Nuvaring (again, I haven't gotten it confirmed by a doctor, but it makes so much sense now that I think about the last 2 years of behavior changes and most of all the weight changes, as so many of you described as well), I now know NR is not for me..At least not now. It's been very convenient to just think about it twice a month, and it's been great for protecting against pregnancy, but I don't want to deal with all these side effects and I can't wait to see if all these symptoms will go away. I feel like I'm repeating myself but I'm soo glad to now understand and think "ooooooohhh" that's why :)
Again, everyone if different, so it might be work great for you. If you are experiencing similar side effects, please consider going off it. If you're on NR and feel great, that's great! It can be a great BC. Good luck everyone.

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Washington, DC: There is little argument that the Levaquin antibiotic is a good one in terms of its capacity to control and eradicate serious infections. Indeed, Levaquin medicine is powerful stuff. But as is the case with many medicines, the side effects can be worse than the cure and in the case of Levaquin side effects the impact on a patient's physical condition, and even sleep, can be affected.

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Recent analysis of a 2002 study conducted by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) has revealed that short term exposure to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications are in fact linked to the development of breast cancer. In addition to the researchers previous findings, concluding that long-term exposure to HRT medications can and do have severe adverse effects, the new analysis is the first to warn of the dangers of short term exposure.
Although the original study was published in 2002, its findings and subsequent analysis still send shock waves through the medical community because despite the manufacturer’s original claims that long-term HRT use could actually provide cardiovascular benefits to women suffering from the side effects of menopause, women who use the drugs have become disproportionately ill when compared to non-users.
The study discovered so many dangerous side effects, in fact, that the research was actually terminated at least two years prior to the expected conclusion date because of concern for the health and safety of the women who were participating. The risks and exposure to personal injury simply outweighed the benefits.
Prempro is a popular HRT introduced by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 1996. The medication was originally dispensed to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and night sweats. The major problem is that upon the drug's introduction to the market, there had not been any large clinical trials to scientifically test and research its long term affects. The aforementioned study was the first to document that Prempro, and similar hormone related drugs, dramatically increased the risk of stroke, blood clots, heart attack and breast cancer.

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Companies that produce a group of powerful antibiotics are being encouraged by the federal government to move into the pediatrics market, even though the drugs use for children has been discouraged for a decade because of severe side effects.
The Food and Drug Administration in March approved the use of ciprofloxacin, or Cipro, for some kidney and urinary tract infections in children under 18, in the event other antibiotics failed to work.
And two clinical trials are under way to demonstrate that another drug, Levaquin, is a safe and effective treatment for pneumonia and middle ear infections in children.
Both Cipro and Levaquin belong to a class of pharmaceuticals called quinolones. The drugs, which include Avelox, Tequin, Floxin and others, have been hailed as life-saving medications that often work when other antibiotics have failed. Hundreds of millions of doses are prescribed every year.
After anthrax spores were released in Florida, New York, Washington, D.C., New Jersey and Connecticut in the fall of 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that more than 10,000 people take Cipro as a safeguard.
Johnson Johnson Corp., which markets Levaquin through its subsidiary, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals Corp., reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that Levaquin sales last year were over $1 billion.
But those positive figures, and the risk-benefit calculations that led the FDA to move to open pediatrics markets to quinolones, do not impress thousands of people who say they have suffered adverse reactions from the drugs.
There are people who are sitting ducks, waiting to have the side effects of these drugs, which are very effective antibiotics that work often for millions of other people, said Dr. David Flockhart, chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Adverse side effects either listed by quinolone manufacturers on drug labels or reported to the FDAs Adverse Events Reporting System include moderate to abnormal sensitivity to light, grand mal seizures, heart arrhythmia, toxic psychosis and ruptured tendons.
s pure evil, said John Angell, a Senate staffer who had Achilles tendon injury after taking Cipro in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attack.
The fact that quinolones can damage tendons in adults has led some experts to worry about the impact they may have on growing cartilage in children.
Flockhart recalls examining a teen-age girl from the Chicago suburbs after she had been given Levaquin four years ago for a condition that was diagnosed as a sinus infection.
The 35-page FDA-approved label for Levaquin, also known by the generic term levofloxacin, contains the following warning:
The safety and efficacy of levofloxacin in pediatric patients, adolescents under the age of 18 years, pregnant women and nursing women have not been established.
The Chicago teen-ager is one of 81 persons from 1 to 17 years old whose adverse reactions to Levaquin, Cipro or Floxin appear in the FDAs adverse events data base.
These reactions ranged from nausea to coma and cardiac failure, according to the data base. The side effect listed, without explanation, for one 16-year-old girl was
The Chicago teen-ager was also 16 when a physician told her mother to give her Levaquin, according to the girls sister.
The sister, Mrs. Teri Noto of Roselle, Ill., said the teen-ager did not get through the full course of daily 500-milligram Levaquin pills.
After five days, it was as if a bomb went off in her body, said the sister. She collapsed at school and had to be half-carried out of the building.
Noto said her sister had been a talented musician, artist and athlete, advancing to within a few points of a black belt in Tae Kwon Do karate.
The girl, now 20, can walk only a short distance at a time, according to her sister. She attends college and gets around on an electric scooter.
She has had 29 orthopedic casts to prevent tendon rupture in her arms and legs, her sister said, and the hands that once played the piano and executed the swift movements of karate are often too weak to pick up a book.
More than 2,000 children with pneumonia or ear infections will be receiving Levaquin in trials being sponsored by Johnson Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Development Corp.
The ongoing pneumonia trials stopped recruiting subjects two weeks ago. Children age 6 months to 5 years are still being recruited for the otitis media, or ear infection, trial.
The purpose of that trial is to compare the effectiveness and safety of Levaquin with another antibiotic, Augmentin, according to information posted on a government Web site, clinicaltrials.gov.
Dr. Edward Goldblatt, an Alabaster, Ala., pediatrician, said he signed up to participate in the trial but withdrew because it required so much time. He said he hoped the trial succeeded, because we need another antibiotic for this condition.There are some antibiotic-resistant pneumonias and ear infections in children that can be most severe, he said. Some of them are resistant to just about anything we can give by mouth.
Ortho-McNeil spokespersons said the company organized clinical trials of Levaquin for pediatrics use at the request of FDA.
They said that because of growing bacterial resistance to drugs, the agency is eager to increase the number of antibiotics available for use in children.
In addition to the warning that Levaquin has not been shown to be safe for children, the drug label states that experiments on immature animals of several species showed that it and other quinolones harmed cartilage and eroded weight-bearing joints.
Ortho-McNeil spokeswoman Leslie Fishman said concern that quinolones might hinder the growth of cartilage in children was based solely on these animal studies.
There was concern at the outset, but there has never been a report of cartilage damage in a child, she said. Based on the available data, it (the early concern) did not pan out.
She provided a paper published this year by scientists from Israel, Costa Rica and Switzerland, all of whom disclosed that they receive research funding from Johnson Johnson or other pharmaceutical companies that produce quinolones.
The paper concluded that cartilage damage by quinolones is a laboratory phenomenon in juvenile animals and has not been documented in children who were given the drugs because of hard-to-treat infections.
FDA officials declined to answer questions on the record about the issue of quinolones and children. Speaking on background, an official said the agency faces a complicated decision in the matter.
The fact that laboratory studies show cartilage deformation in juveniles from several species, including rats, guinea pigs and dogs, rather than just one species that might have a unique susceptibility, is significant, the official said.
Also, doses used in these experiments were similar to levels that would be given to children.
On the other hand, with growing problems of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and the fact that a child might be allergic to another drug, the agencys scientific advisers have urged it to establish safe quinolone levels as backup drugs for children.
Some doctors dont believe anything should be done to weaken restraints on use of quinolones.
I feel these drugs should be used only by specialists in infectious disease, said Dr. Edward Cooper, a general practitioner who works at a walk-in clinic in San Jose, Calif.
Cooper said the drugs are commonly prescribed as first-line antibiotics when they should not be used in most cases unless other antibiotics have been shown not to work.
The problem is exacerbated, some doctors and researchers say, by errors in prescribing the drug in a climate unduly influenced by the high-pressure sales tactics of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The drug reps will come by and extol the virtues of the medications and we get mailings every two months about how good these medications are, Cooper said. But they rarely tell doctors about the side effects.I feel that it is like a dysfunctional family where no one is allowed to talk about the fathers drinking problem despite all the evidence to the contrary, he said.
Records that came to light last year in an employment discrimination lawsuit in Chicago depict a sales climate consistent with Coopers observations.
In the suit, lawyers for Ortho-McNeil successfully moved to suppress evidence about the efficacy, appropriate medical use, potential side effects and/or cost of Levaquin.
Minutes of a meeting held in June 2000 and entered as evidence in the trial describe sales representatives being exhorted to push Levaquin.
They were urged to increase their calls to hospital officials, take them to lunch and sponsor office Christmas parties, the minutes show.
They were told to refer to Augmentin (the drug against which Levaquin will be compared in the childrens ear infection trial) as a horse pill and use a large piece of hard candy as an illustration, according to the minutes.
A federal judge directed a jury to rule in favor of Ortho-McNeil in the job discrimination matter and the plaintiff has appealed. Ortho-McNeil spokesman Fishman said the company could not comment about ongoing litigation.
In 1996, Ralph Naders Public Citizen consumer advocate organization petitioned the FDA to require that quinolone labels contain warnings about tendon rupture, a step cautious European regulators already had taken.
Public Citizen requested that the warnings be printed in boldface type and that the agency send a Dear Doctor letter to all physicians, specifically calling their attention to the danger.
The FDA required the warnings on page 15 of the 35-page label and not in boldface type but did not send the letter.
Larry Sasich, a Public Citizen pharmacist who signed the petition, said this was disappointing.
We thought it was necessary to raise a red flag, said Sasich, because who would suspect that you would get tendon rupture from an antibiotic?
He said doctors seldom have time to read lengthy drug
In fact, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine last year analyzed 100 quinolone prescriptions written in a hospital emergency room and found that only one of them was written for the right condition and in the right dosage.
Dr. Ebbing Lautenbach, an epidemiologist, said in an interview that he and the other researchers were primarily concerned not with adverse reactions but by worries that overuse of quinolones would accelerate the development of quinolone-resistant germs.
He said that after analyzing a random prescription for the antibiotic and the 99 subsequent prescriptions for the same quinolone, they found:
 In 43 cases, another drug was considered the proper first-line treatment.
In 27, there was no documentation of infection.
In 11, there was no way to assess the need for antibiotics.
In the remaining 19 cases, quinolones were found to have been the correct medication, but only one of these patients received the correct dose for the correct duration.
No one knows how many Americans experience adverse reactions to quinolones each year. The FDA estimates that between one and 10 percent of all adverse drug reactions are reported to its Adverse Events Reporting System.
They say the system is intended to help them spot trends in drug side effects and is not a comprehensive accounting of drug reactions.
Because of the Internet, persons who believe they have been harmed by quinolone side effects are becoming more and more visible. Bound together by Web sites on which they share stories, they have formed a bitter electronic community.
Flockhart is skeptical about some of the self-reported reactions. Such people may have some other problem and until they are examined by a physician trained in clinical pharmacology, no one will know what they have, he says.
Others, he also believes, have quinolone reactions that are misdiagnosed as something else.
Quinolones are really the tip of the iceberg, he said. s the general fact that were not good at recognizing and treating adverse drug reactions in primary care.

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I went in to the doctors office for another glutathione IV treatment. I miscalculated how many glutathione bottles I have left. I actually have three more vials of 2000mg of glutathione. Each vial has 2000 mg in it not 1000 mg. So far it doesnt seem to have done anything postive or negative. There were two Lyme disease stricken patients getting IVs of vitamin C while I was in the doctors office. There are always a bunch of people in the office sitting in lounge chairs getting IVs. The one lady said she thinks she has kidney damage from taking Levaquin for her Lyme disease. I gave them both a bunch of quinolone literature. They were shocked like most people are when the read quinolone toxicity literature. I will do the remaining glutathione treatments by the end of April or early May. I try and space them out by a week or two. The IV of glutathione only takes about 20 minutes and is pretty painless. 
When I got home I had a message from a Health and Medicine reporter from a national news organization. My parents are helping me mail Quinolone toxicity media packets out.The lady that called me told me she took Levaquin many years ago and had to have her achilles tendon repaired. It is unbelievable and quite a coincidence that she is a reporter for a major news organization and has been floxed. She told me she will definitely do a story on this. She wanted to know how many people died taking Levaquin. I told her I didnt know and just gave her the information from the FDA under the Freedom of Information Act. I am going to send her another packet of information. I bought her some Hershey Chocolate to mail to her since I am from Hershey. Maybe that will help get her on my good side to really make this a big story. Unfortunately she told me she is swamped with doing stories on the Obama health care situation but at least she promised me she will do a media piece after that. It always helps when a reporter is personally affected by the drug. I think I am going to buy a bunch of premium Hershey chocolate to send out with all my Quinolone toxicity media packets. I need to think outside the box a little and do whatever it takes to get national media stories on Levaquin, Cipro, and Avelox. If the media does stories than maybe more doctors will realize what is going on and not prescribe these antibiotics as a first line treatment. I wish I wasnt so poisoned by Levaquin. I would be doing a lot more quinolone advocacy efforts if I were healthier.

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Are you a person who is searching for a physical exercising program to lose fat? Have you enough money to spend in a gym? Your answer will be NO. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved an antibiotic known as Levaquin (levofloxacin), part of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic group of drugs used to fight infections, for use by children even though the drug's potential link to severe side effects remains uncertain.

Potential Serious Levaquin Side Effects

Levaquin, from makers Ortho-McNeil, was released to the market in 2004. Then you are a person who is looking for an exercising program that can save your time as well as save your money. The drug is used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections including pneumonia, bronchitis, skin infections, urinary tract and prostate infections, Chlamydia and gonorrhea.

The FDA has also approved Levaquin for use against anthrax inhalation for both adults and, recently, children as well. Turbulence training is the exercising program that you are looking for.

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Turbulence training is a program that uses the dual exercising role. However, several studies have been published recently the antibiotic to severe and spontaneous Achilles tendon rupture among patients treated with Levaquin.

Studies of Levaquin Risks

The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy published a study conducted by the Department of Microbiology at The University Hospital Lewisham, of several patients being treated with Levaquin, although all were elderly in age, the report found that the link to "Achilles tendonitis and rupture may be more common adverse effects of levofloxacin than previously thought."

Despite the fact that this risk has surfaced among adult patients, the FDA continued to approve the drug for use in children under the age or 18. That means it helps to lose weight while gaining muscles. Some researchers believe that the use of the drug for children should be further studied prior to approval, but the FDA has done nothing to block or slow the drug's availability on the market. The reason is it uses mind training and physical training. Another study reflecting the same sentiment involving risks of tendonitis was published in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Due to this powerful technique you can gain muscles while losing fat.

Another great feature is that it uses the time saving technique. Since the 1980s, a rise in tendonitis reports for individuals taking fluoroquinolones have occurred.

The study concluded that as more individuals are prescribed levofloxacin, the risk of tendon rupture would continue to rise as well.

Individuals who received the drug as far back as six months or more are also at risk for the tendon rupture and those with muscle and joint swelling should contact a medical professional immediately.

Individuals affected by the Levaquin side effects may have minor or severe-induced after affects from the drug. Through this you can save time and get the desired shape of your body fast. The only way to reduce the morbidity rate of patients associated with the drug-induced tendonitis or rupture is with prevention of prescribing the drug or intervention of patients taking the drug. For an example if you take three hour a day to do your exercises, by using this program you only take the half time. Child Risks of Levaquin Consumption

While most of the previous studies were conducted on elderly patients, the Mayo Clinic released an article on the potential risks of prescribing Levaquin to patients younger than 18 years of age. Hat means only one and a half hour is needed and only three days in a week is needed to do your exercises. The article, which was published in mid-2007, may disrupt bone development of young patients.

This information derives from testing of the medication on young animals that were found to have developmental issues after use of the drug. Due to this you save more six hours of a week and you can use this time to do your extra curriculum works.

Also there is no difference in male or female. The Mayo Clinic expressed caution when prescribing the drug to young individuals and extreme care must be taken to ensure the proper dosage is prescribed and consumed.

Additional Risks of Levaquin Side Effects

In addition to the risk of tendon rupture among patients, Levaquin may cause other discomforting side effects including sensitivity to sunlight, which is caused through levofloxacin mixing improperly with other medications like antacids containing aluminum, calcium or magnesium; sensitivity in the abdomen or cramping in the stomach; blisters; diarrhea; confusion; agitation; fever; trembling; sensation of the skin burning; and psychosis and hallucinations.

The Mayo Clinic recommends immediate medical attention if any of the above side effects occur in patients.

Individuals who also have preexisting medical conditions are also advised to avoid the medication because of serious complications that can occur. Bothe the sex can enjoy using this fibulas product. Patients with diabetes may find that Levaquin causes uncontrollable levels of blood sugar levels, or those with spinal conditions may find a higher instance of seizures.

Also, the effects of kidney disease are increased among patients with kidney-related issues because of the slow removal of levofloxacin from the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.

What To Do if Levaquin Tendon Rupture Occurs

Patients who have taken Levaquin and suffer from tendon rupture or who have signs of tendon swelling or pain should seek medical attention immediately, as the severity of the incidence may increase if medical assistance is not sought.

Michael Rudzinski from the VA Medical Center in New York explained that a wheelchair, cane or crutches may be required to aid in curing tendon rupture. If you are fat, thin or any kind thin product will work and you will get the desired shape of your body through losing fat and gaining muscle. However, if the condition is severe, surgery may be required to repair torn tendons.

Another great thing is that the writes provides some bonus training programs. Those with Levaquin-induced tendonitis are also advised to contact an experienced Levaquin attorney who can offer assistance with developing a Levaquin lawsuit. In these bonus programs he shows how keep you weight at a constant rate without reading the whole process again. To learn more about becoming involved with a Levaquin lawsuit by contacting an experienced pharmaceutical attorney.
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