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How to stay healthy with Bronchiectasis
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 6, 2020 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
@thumperguy Hi Don. Since you mentioned prescriptions of Cipro, I wanted to let you know that Cipro is one on the antibiotics that can weaken tendons and patients can rupture the Achilles tendon easily just by doing normal activities. Other risk factors are being over 60, etc. My husband who is over 60 ruptured his Achilles tendon for no apparent reason even though he didn't take Cipro, and we are waiting to see if it has improved or if he will need surgery. It may have been his use of an elliptical exercise machine and he didn't fall or overexert himself. I just wanted to mention this, and it is worth asking about risks and side effects of medicine and how that may affect your health status now or in the future. Pharmacists can help find this information. Here is a link to some literature about this. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921747/
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@jenniferhunter @thumperguy wanted to jump in this conversation and report that I had a severe reaction taking the flouroquoin Levofloxacin (Levaquin) to address Pseudonomas. I didn't heed the black box warning because all of my meds have scary warnings. (I'm on the "Big 3" and now, Aricayce)
After taking the Levofloxacin for 28 days I just had to read up more and that's when I "saw" the warning. I immediately called my doc and stopped that medication. It took months for my ankles (mostly) and areas around my shoulders, knees and elbows to calm down. I actually wore ankle supports the pain was that great.
One last piece of info. Apparently I was primed to have a contraindiction as I suffer from osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and DDD. Black box says "warning" if you have musculoskeletal issues. Plus I just hit 60. Of course medicine affects us all differently.
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Didn't know that about Cipro. Thanks for the tip. Maybe my doc learned that early in the game because, without explanation, he changed to a different antibio along the way; and back then I was too naive and trusting to ask why.