[HN Gopher] Two decades of soldiers' medical records implicate v...
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       Two decades of soldiers' medical records implicate virus in
       multiple sclerosis
        
       Author : jnord
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2022-01-13 19:31 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | avgDev wrote:
       | I really wish more work was done on patients records in general.
       | I took Cipro 10 years ago, and still suffer from some
       | neurological and connective tissue problems. It's not as bad as
       | it was initially but it hasn't resolved yet.
       | 
       | I have seen physicians in top US hospitals and tried telling them
       | I literally suffered after 2nd dose. 2 out of 40+ physicians
       | considered it a possibility after me questioning their thought
       | process and educating them on the "black label" the drug has and
       | how the warnings on it evolved over the last 10 years.
       | 
       | I was tested for everything else and everything was negative.
       | This has left me pretty disappointed with the medical community
       | in the general. I would expect doctors to inform the FDA, most
       | adverse reactions for this drug are reported by patients.
       | 
       | I am active in several communities and many people presenting
       | with idiopathic SFN, CFS, IBS, tendon issues and other
       | neurological problems started suffering shortly after taking
       | flouroquinolone antibiotics. The label itself states that tendon
       | issues may show up even 12 months after last dose. After learning
       | about this possible connection, individuals inform their doctors
       | who just deny the possibility.
       | 
       | Just to add these antibiotics can and have saved peoples lives,
       | however, it is no longer recommended as a first line medication
       | due to high risk of ADRs. Last year I had stomach pain, and
       | doctor said maybe take cipro just in case......I was visibly
       | upset as 1. I'm allergic, 2. I don't have a confirmed infection
       | 3. It should not be a first line treatment.
        
         | cinntaile wrote:
         | > This has left me pretty disappointed with the medical
         | community in the general.
         | 
         | If you're sick or have some sort of symptoms, you better hope
         | it's something common. Everything else is basically guesswork
         | and then you try some different medicines or run some different
         | tests and hope something sticks.
        
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