What Doctors Don't Tell YouMy heart goes out to Sally Smith (Q & A, Vol 7 no 3) and the many other mothers there must be who have experienced at first hand the various long term side effects of "harmless" antibiotics. ...
Q-I lost my spleen and kidney in an automobile accident, and have been advised that I will need to take antibiotics (amoxycillin) for the rest of my life. I am worried about the long term effects ...
The practice of prescribing antibiotics for common conditions has, once again, been called into question by two new studies. ...
"I greatly appreciate your publication. Would that such help had been available in 1978/79, when I received such massive doses of penicillin in Guernsey. In November of 1978 I called my doctor ...
Q-Our family has been living in Spain since November 2000. Both our daughters are unvaccinated (Ella, two, was breastfed and Allegra, one, is still breastfeeding) and, until now, had not received ...
A reader last time wanted to know the recommended guidelines for safe usage of this natural antibiotic.
Birth control pills: Some antifungals, antibiotics, anticonvulsants and barbiturates can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, resulting in as much as a 25 fold increased risk of pregna ...
Reader's Corner
Stroke victims with a high level of vitamin A in the blood recover more quickly and are less likely to die than patients with lower levels. ...
After a prostate biopsy, I was told to take a course of six ciprofloxacin tablets. Immediately after the fourth one, I was so ill with uncontrollable shaking fits, a lack of energy and internal problems that I stopped taking them. When I reported...
