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I am relatively new to this web site, on about two weeks, still working my way thru various subjects and this caught my attention. I was given a series of Cipro, Avelox, Augmentin over a period of several years due to diverticulitis and finally got that resolved. Noticed some numbness in toes, side of feet. I had been on Dilantin for 35 years, neuro doc figured that could be cause. Several years later, round 2010, ended up in hospital for 4 days due to serious sinus infection which was MRSA. Even today, no idea how I got that. Doctors gave me various antibiotics with no sucess, once I started to look like Homer Simpson, doc finally ended up giving me vancomycin which I believe is what they refer to as the last line of defense. The doc had no other choice. It obviously worked. I believe around 2013, FDA put out warning about vancomycin could possibly cause neuropathy. Hmmm. After the hospitalization, I did develop sensory neuropathy and later, motor neuropathy. My diagnosis by Mayo is idiopathic axonal sensorimotor PN. My balance is horrible. So, I have to scratch my head and wonder a little.
Could antibiotics cause all of this?? Sometimes sharing info can be helpful to many.
Ed
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@njed About 20 years ago, I took 3 weeks of Cipro. On the first day of my treatment, I felt a jabbing feeling in my legs. I completed the 3 weeks of Cipro and developed severe tendonitis in my legs. I couldn't walk around the block. I did physical therapy that resolved the walking problem. I also had a 2 week spin on Levaquin in the same period of time. I also took Dilantin most of my life. I am thiamine deficient (due to the Dilantin). That is resolved, I think. I am also type one diabetic. I have no way to explain my way out of the possible neuropathy that I have. I feel the tendons in my feet. It feels like a sensation. My balance is really bad also. I am working on that through strengthening and balance work. I have developed osteoporosis which of course is blamed on Dilantin and Type one. Thiamine deficiency and Cipro cause a magnesium deficiency. I read that Magnesium can't get into the cell and that we should be taking Mg Glycinat. I am also taking NAD for mitoochondria(recently)