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--- resources:fluoroquinolones [2017/07/23 13:23]
bpaddock [Ten Pages of Warnings for Levaquin]
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bpaddock Are fluoroquinolone antibiotics chemotherapy drugs?
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 Please see: //**[[:blog/bpaddock/win_at_the_fda_hearing_on_fluoroquinolone_antibiotics|Our Win at the FDA hearing on Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics]]**// for details and videos of the hearing at the FDA on November 5th 2015.
-FDA Hearing [[http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/ucm465275.htm|meeting brief]] and the [[http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/Anti-InfectiveDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM467383.pdf|617 page PDF]] report where the the FDA identified a syndrome associated with fluoroquinolone toxicity—one that “floxies” have been pushing for recognition of for years. It is called Fluoroquinolone Associated Disability (FQAD).
+FDA Hearing [[http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/ucm465275.htm|meeting brief]] and the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170113234645/http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/Anti-InfectiveDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM467383.pdf|617 page PDF; (Note the FDA removed this document from their website.  Fill in your own Conspiricy Theory)]] report where the the FDA identified a syndrome associated with fluoroquinolone toxicity—one that “floxies” have been pushing for recognition of for years. It is called Fluoroquinolone Associated Disability (FQAD).
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 Other fluoroquinolones related publications and sites:
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+[[https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/69563/are-fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-cipro-levaquin-etc-chemotherapy-drugs|Are fluoroquinolone antibiotics (Cipro, Levaquin, etc) chemotherapy drugs?]]
+<blockquote>Short answer: Yes, fluoroquinolones are chemotherapy drugs
+In layman's terms, fluoroquinolone antibiotics kill human cells as they divide. Fluoroquinolones are a class of drug called "topoisomerase interrupters." Every drug in this class is directly labeled as a chemotherapy drug except fluoroquinolones.
+This is not well known by the medical community and is in part why irreversible damage from fluoroquinolone antibiotics is not well understood.
+Long answer: Fluoroquinolones are definitely chemotherapy drugs, and they're dangerous...</blockquote>
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