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Best Antibiotics if you have PN?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 29, 2022 | Replies (7)
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@johnbishop

Hi Debbie @dbeshears1, Thanks for starting this discussion. It's a great question to ask if you have neuropathy. I certainly would hope my doctor knew since they know that I have neuropathy. Here are a few references but I'm sure there are others.

-- Association Between Peripheral Neuropathy and Exposure to Oral Fluoroquinolone or Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Therapy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6583699/
-- Antibiotic-induced neuropathy: https://www.medlink.com/articles/antibiotic-induced-neuropathy
-- Common antibiotic may increase nerve damage and peripheral neuropathy risk: https://neurosciencenews.com/antibiotics-nerve-damage-13083/

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Debbie | @dbeshears1 | Dec 27, 2022

Thanks, as always, you know where to get to reliable sources quickly. I can get easily overwhelmed and confused by some of the hits I get, and it can be hard to sort through misinformation or not statistically representative. I also know we all react differently so one size doesn’t fit all, but you know the challenges we face…. Fix one thing at the expense of something else, so trying to find a happy medium

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dlmdinia | @dlmdinia | Dec 29, 2022

Thanks so much for the link. I've had pn for over two years. I recently was prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanate for a respiratory/sinus infection.
Amoxicillin-clavulanate was addressed in the first link. While I didn't identify any worsening of my pn symptoms, it was reassuring to know this particular drug was not found to cause pn. Good information to have going forward.

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