Summary
Name: Sally
Sex: Female
Age: 51
Quinolone taken: Noroxin
Reason for the Quinolone: Urinary Tract Infection
Was a safer antibiotic tried first? : No
How long ago did you take the Quinolone?: 9 Months
How much have you recovered as of now?: 30%
How often do you relapse or cycle?: Daily
Does your doctor agree the Quinolone is the cause of your problems?: No
Do you have a history of seizures or neurological problems?: No
Please list anything your doctor did that helped in your recovery: Prescribed Ativan and Imovane
What has helped you in your recovery?: Imovane, B 12 shots
Sally's Story
On January 18th of this year I was given a
course of Noroxin for a urinary tract infection. I took ONE pill on Sunday
night and when I woke up in the morning I felt like I had been poisoned.
Never having any stomach or digestive problems in my life, I couldn't
imagine what was happening, I went to the hospital where I was told that it
was a stomach burn and given maalox but told to keep taking the drug for the
whole 3 days. Foolishly I did. From that day on my life has been a
terrifying nightmare. I have had every imaginable test done on me, been in
and out of hospitals, given a whole barrage of drugs, and nothing much is
showing up. For months I was treated for acid reflux because my Upper GI
series showed a hiatus hernia. Strangely though none of the medications
worked and that kind of thing does not have a sudden onset with the severity
of symptoms I was having. On June 1 in desperation, I had surgery for acid
reflux and after 5 months am no better. The surgeon thinks my symptoms are
from something else. All along I have been insisting that the Noroxin poisoned me but the medical community does not want to acknowledge this. Their answer is that it should be resolved by now! I feel like my whole digestive system has been burned. I have non-stop gas and at times the pain is so unbearable that I can barely function. I only hope that in time I will recover because this drug has taken my life away from me. I feel like my life will never be the same again. I have spent hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars trying to get help and the energy that i have expended in doing this could better have been spent trying to regain my health. I have seen a naturopath, an internist, a surgeon and many family physicians and no one has been able to tell me what to do. |
Last Updated 4/15/04