
Recovering from Fluoroquinolone Toxicity and advocating for the safety of others. #FQToxicity #MCAS
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Thank you to Heather Slusher for being on This is Floxed for my special episode dedicated to Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Awareness Day.
To Watch: youtube.com/live/LwTkt8BxCMo
Heather’s Website: suncoastoptimalwellness.com
#thisisfloxed #fqtawarenessday #interview #cipro #floxed #awareness
Please tune in to my next episode of #ThisisFloxed, in honor of Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Awareness Day.
My special guest is Heather Slusher, an advanced practice, board certified Nurse Practitioner (NP). She was floxed herself in 2010 and is now the Founder and Owner of SunCoast Optimal Wellness and helps others on their path to recovery. To hear her story and how she helps other floxies, please tune in TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 11am ET.
To Watch: youtube.com/live/LwTkt8BxCMo
#fqtawarenessday #interview #cipro #floxed #awareness #ciprofloxacin
All fluoroquinolones have the ability to cause akathisia. And symptoms between akathisia and being floxed are very similar. To find out more about akathisia, please read the flyer.
Due to the permanent and disabling side effects of this class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, they should be used as last resort only. If you are prescribed a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, not as last resort, your prescriber is not following FDA guidelines, so please ASK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include:
1. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), 2. Levofloxacin (Levaquin), 3. Moxifloxacin (Avelox), 4. Ofloxacin (Floxin and Ocuflox), 5. Gemifloxacin (Factive), 6. Norfloxacin (Noroxin), 7. Delafloxacin (Baxdela)
#fqtawarenessday #askforanalternative #warning #cipro #akathisia
Do you know what individuals should not take #fluoroquinolone #antibiotics?
Most overlooked is people with a connective tissue disorder, like EDS…
Due to the permanent and disabling side effects of this class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, they should be used as last resort only. If you are prescribed a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, not as last resort, your prescriber is not following FDA guidelines, so please ASK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include:
1. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), 2. Levofloxacin (Levaquin), 3. Moxifloxacin (Avelox), 4. Ofloxacin (Floxin and Ocuflox), 5. Gemifloxacin (Factive), 6. Norfloxacin (Noroxin), 7. Delafloxacin (Baxdela)
#fqtawarenessday #awareness #warning #cipro #needtoknow #ciprofloxacin #floxed #contraindications #EDS #ehlersdanlos #ehlersdanlossyndrome #marfansyndrome #LoeysDietz #ConnectiveTissueDisorder
Thank you to Tori Nance for being on Beyond Survival and discussing how she ‘beat’ MCAS and other chronic illnesses with “self-safety.”
#mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing #brainretraining
Clip: “The Biggest Misconception about MCAS.”
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Link to Tori’s program: Linktr.ee/torinancemusic
Thank you to Tori Nance for being on Beyond Survival and discussing how she ‘beat’ MCAS and other chronic illnesses with “self-safety.”
#mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing #brainretraining
Clip: “Stop meeting everything like it’s an emergency.”
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Link to Tori’s program: Linktr.ee/torinancemusic
Some people experience adverse effects from fluorouqinolone antibiotics immediately, while some don’t experience them until months later. Additionally, some people experience them the first time they took a fluoroquinolone, while other people experience them the Xth time they took them. You just never know….
Best way to avoid all this is to not take a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, if possible.
Due to the permanent and disabling side effects of this class of antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, they should be used as last resort only. If you are prescribed a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, not as last resort, your prescriber is not following FDA guidelines, so please ASK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include:
1. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), 2. Levofloxacin (Levaquin), 3. Moxifloxacin (Avelox), 4. Ofloxacin (Floxin and Ocuflox), 5. Gemifloxacin (Factive), 6. Norfloxacin (Noroxin), 7. Delafloxacin (Baxdela)
#fqtawarenessday #awareness #warning #cipro #askforanalternative
Thank you to Tori Nance for being on Beyond Survival and discussing how she ‘beat’ MCAS and other chronic illnesses with “self-safety.”
#mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing #brainretraining
Clip: “Brain retraining and self safety.”
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Link to Tori’s program: Linktr.ee/torinancemusic
The white rabbit got me… #whiterabbit #theory #reality #cipro #neverbethesame #Ciprofloxacin #fqtoxicity #floxed
FROM SURVIVAL MODE TO SELF-SAFETY: TORI NANCE'S JOURNEY THROUGH
CHRONIC ILLNESS
Do you believe you can heal yourself with your mind? Tune in to my next episode of Beyond Survival on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 11am on The USA Global TV and Radio Network. My special guest will be Tori Nance and she will discuss how after 6 years of eating 1 food, she was able to overcome, #mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS You don’t want to miss this episode!
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Thank you to Tori Nance for being on Beyond Survival and discussing how she ‘beat’ MCAS and other chronic illnesses with “self-safety.”
#mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing #safety
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Link to Tori’s program: Linktr.ee/torinancemusic
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Did you know...
I was doing some research this morning and asked ChatGPT to produce a table comparing some clinical features of POTS, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, Long COVID, and fluoroquinolone-associated disability (FQAD). I've reviewed countless similar tables during my research before. But staring at this one this morning, something stood out to me like never before.
Just 2 words.
COMMON vs. REPORTED.
Look at the rows:
Common. Common. Common. Common. REPORTED.
Those two words capture exactly what I've been trying to get the medical community to recognize. For the other four conditions, there are prevalence studies, cohorts, and registries for Chatgpt and others to draw from. For FQAD, there are none. No prevalence data. No registry. No long term follow up. Just case reports.
FQAD patients live with many of the same debilitating symptoms seen in POTS, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and Long COVID: autonomic dysfunction, neuropathy, profound exhaustion, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems, muscle pain, and exercise intolerance. Yet we lack all of the clinical structures needed to treat us.
Fluoroquinolone toxicity lacks the comprehensive research needed to tell us how common these manifestations are. We have case reports. We have adverse-event reports. We have FDA recognition. We have decades of warnings. Yet the persistent multisystem disease experienced by FQAD patients has never been systematically studied. Never. Unbelievable.
An entire patient population has been overlooked, inadequately studied, and left without answers.
We need research. We need recognition. We need physicians who understand what they're seeing.
Because “reported” doesn't mean our suffering is addressed or less common. It means we haven't adequately studied how common it is.
MISSED. UNTRACKED. UNCOUNTED.
#FQAD #FluoroquinoloneToxicity #FQTAwareness #PatientSafety #MedicalResearch #DrugSafety
FROM SURVIVAL MODE TO SELF-SAFETY: TORI NANCE'S JOURNEY THROUGH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Do you believe you can heal yourself with your mind? Tune in to my next episode of Beyond Survival on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 11am on The USA Global TV and Radio Network. My special guest will be Tori Nance and she will discuss how after 6 years of eating 1 food, she was able to overcome, #mcas #potssyndrome and #CIRS You don’t want to miss this episode!
#interview #BeyondSurvival #HealingJourney #MindHealing
To Watch: youtube.com/live/VFohlwCX-ew
Please join us on October 22, 2026 to raise awareness for a very important cause, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Awareness Day. Get ready for messages from the experts around the world. 🌎 💜🫂
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Because the only thing I had for a long time was my anger. And then I figured out how to use it as fuel to save my life.
#cipro #anger #healingjourney #nevergiveup #personalgrowth #ciprofloxacin #floxed #mystory
Please join us on October 22, 2026 to raise awareness for a very important cause, Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Awareness Day. See the message from some of us from around the world. 🌎 💜🫂
Please share this post!
#fqtawarenessday #askforalternative #awareness #JoinUs #floxed #PleaseShareThisPost #fqtoxicity #fluoroquinolones #cipro #ciprofloxacin
Reminder: Send me your videos/pics by October 10th. If you need help, let me know. Thank you to everyone who has already sent them in. The more you send me, the better. You can also do this on behalf of a loved one that passed away. #fqtawarenessday #awareness #joinus #reminder #floxed #cipro #Ciprofloxacin
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have the most adverse reactions of any drug on the market. They have 4 times more the number of adverse reactions as the number two drug on the list. This is why this class of antibiotics has so many warnings and is supposed to be used as last resort only, when no other treatment options are available. If you are prescribed a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, not as last resort, your prescriber is not following FDA guidelines, so please ASK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics include:
1. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), 2. Levofloxacin (Levaquin), 3. Moxifloxacin (Avelox), 4. Ofloxacin (Floxin and Ocuflox), 5. Gemifloxacin (Factive), 6. Norfloxacin (Noroxin), 7. Delafloxacin (Baxdela)
#fqtawarenessday #awareness #warning #cipro #askforanalternative
You dismissed me. You dismissed US.
#cipro #dismissed #gaslighting #wedeservebetter #chronicillness #floxed #ciprofloxacin #awareness
Please watch to learn important updates about Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Awareness Day on October 22, 2026.
Link to G Drive: drive.google.com/drive/folde…
#fqtawarenessday #askforanalternative #AwarenessCampaign #WhatYouNeedToKnow #JoinUs #Cipro #Ciprofloxacin #floxed #PleaseShareThisPost

