Can An Antibiotic Cause Nerve Pain ?

Antibiotics can cause all kinds of problems in the intestines because they kill off the good living there. People come into the office with serious diarrhea all the time and almost always they have been on an antibiotic within the last 2 months. That’s bad, but, did you know that there’s an entirely new line of antibiotics that contains fluoride and are even more dangerous?

Not too long ago, it came out that these fluoride-containing antibiotics called fluoroquinolones can cause fatal heart arrhythmias. And now a new study is showing that they also can cause peripheral neuropathy. Increasing Your Chance Of Nerve Pain By 83%!

Peripheral Nephropathy….

(or Pain in your arms and or legs) is a condition that is becoming increasingly common. The symptoms are a feeling of numbness in the feet. When it gets bad, the condition leads to a loss of balance and difficulty walking. About two decades ago, it showed up only in people who either had diabetes or who were getting chemotherapy drugs. Now it’s becoming increasingly common in people who don’t have any apparent reason for getting it. But there is a reason. We just don’t know what it is. Instead of finding out what the reason is, Big Medicine is all too happy to just be prescribing drugs for the symptoms. You can see the ads on TV almost every night.

To assess the risk of peripheral nephropathy from the use of oral fluoroquinolone antibiotics, researchers recently conducted a study of a group of men between the ages of 45 to 80 years. They found 6,226 cases of peripheral neuropathy in the group. Then they looked to see how many of the men had been taking fluoroquinolones drugs verses other drugs when they developed the neuropathy.

Amazingly they found that taking fluoroquinolone drugs increased the chance of getting peripheral nephropathy by 83%! As opposed to no increase at all associated with the other drugs. They concluded, “Current users, especially new users of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, are at a higher risk of developing peripheral nephropathy. Despite the increase in the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, clinicians should weigh the benefits against the risk of adverse events when prescribing these drugs to their patients.”

Here’s What I Recommend.

In order to battle the drug resistant bacteria that they have created, Big Pharma is making antibiotics that are more and more toxic. The days when you could simply take a probiotic to ward off their effects is over.

It has been suggested that you don’t take an antibiotic unless your doctor says you absolutely need one. Come in to this office and see how your nervous system is working. Chances are if you have an infection your nervous system is not allowing your immune system to work the way it should.

One suggestion I came across on the internet is that antibiotics that were developed 20 years ago and more were much saver than the new ones. See if your doctor can prescribe one of those. Please remember that I am not a medical doctor and I am not trying to give you advice on any type of drug. I am merely passing on information that I have found that is interesting to me. Use this information in order to have a good intelligent conversation with your personal medical doctor.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jack Belitz,DC

PS There is no doubt that sometimes we need help with the use of drugs. My suggestion is that you make sure your nervous system and that of your family is always working at it’s peak potential. To that end, call the office at 402-333-4848 and mention this newsletter. We will schedule you and your family for a computerized exam to see how your nervous system is doing at no charge.