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URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Have-I-made-myself-permanently-sun-sensitive-tp4025477p4025481.html
Elisa,
Please be aware of the Black box warnings with Cipro & all Quinolone drugs
See the Quinolones<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinolones#Black_box_warnings>article
for a discussion of the history of these warnings and the role of
public advocacy groups in their inclusion in the product label.
As of 2011, the FDA has added two black box
warnings<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box_warnings>for this drug
in reference to spontaneous tendon ruptures and because
ciprofloxacin may cause worsening of myasthenia
gravis<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasthenia_gravis>symptoms,
including muscle weakness and potentially life-threatening
breathing problems.[40]<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-40>A
case control study
[41] <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-41> performed
using a UK medical care database found that fluoroquinolone use was
associated with a 1.9-fold increase in tendon problems. The relative risk
increased to 3.2 in those over 60 years of age and to 6.2 in those over the
age of 60 who were also taking corticosteroids. Among the 46,766 quinolone
users in the study, 38 (0.1%) cases of Achilles tendon rupture were
identified. A study performed using an Italian healthcare database reached
qualitatively similar
conclusions.[42]<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-42>
Tendonitis and other forms of tendon damage may manifest during
fluoroquinolone therapy, and long after it had been
discontinued.[43]<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-43>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-43>
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprofloxacin#cite_note-43>
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Elysia Drew <
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> I have really bad chronic Lyme disease & all my Lyme friends told me that
> w/ certain antibiotics, you MUST cover up COMPLETELY (incl. gloves,
> baseball cap w/ veil, sun umbrella, sneakers, etc.) when taking certain
> antibiotics, or you can make yourself permanently sun-sensitive. I had to
> go to the ER yesterday, & was way too sick to even think about this. As of
> last nite, I'm taking two 500 mg pills of Cipro (an antimicrobial) per day,
> & also got a week-long course of Doxycycline & Bactrum. All the bottles say
> "AVOID PROLONGED OR EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO DIRECT AND/OR ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT
> WHILE TAKING THIS MEDICINE." I took 2 Cipro (ciprofloxacin) so far, 1
> yesterday at the ER, & 1 this morning, when I filled the prescription. How
> do I know if I've already become sun sensitive? (As of this afternoon, my
> skin seems to be reactig to cold water as though it's hot, & my skin burns
> a lot, everywhere, which I initially thought was a rxn to Lyme die-off). Is
> there
> anything I can do at this point, that's worth doing, in response to some
> direct prolonged exposure to sunlight today (45 min.) & yesterday, that
> would prevent my being permanently sun sensitive? Please let me know ASAP.
> I'm already so sick from Lyme, bug bites etc., & the ER doc didn't tell me
> about this when he gave me the Cipro. I also got a really bad ocular
> migraine this morning, perhaps because I stayed in the car in the very
> sunny parking lot for 45 min. while wating for my ER Rx to be filled (the
> rest of the ciprofloxacin). Thought it was a reaction to yesterday's cipro
> pill, which the doc gave me without telling me anything about it, & I was
> too sick to ask questions. Since all my antibiotic bottles say that
> warning, I'm not sure if ciprofloxacin is one of the ones that could make
> me permanently sun sensitive, if that's what caused the ocular migraine(?)
> & if I'm already permanently sun-sensitive. Thanks. Love to all of you
> handling all this
> crap that is more than 1 single human being can handle. :)
>
> -Elysia
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