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Comment on Which drug can cause Spontaneous Tedon Rupture? by Terry A. Rondberg, DC

Terry A. Rondberg, DC — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:41:04 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. I try to keep up on news like this but I hadn’t seem the report on Cipro. Hopefully, all DCs will learn of this and be in a better position to help their patients.

Terry A. Rondberg, DC

Comment on Which drug can cause Spontaneous Tedon Rupture? by Connie Aud

Connie Aud — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:10:21 +0000

Cipro is in a family of drugs called quinolones or fluroquinolones. Levaquin, tequin and avelox are just a few more quinolones. My husband took Cipro in 1998. Around 11 months after taking Cipro he had his first rupture. He had 2 more ruptures over the next few years after that. A muscle was involved in 1 of those ruptures. None of the doctors he saw knew why this happened to him. 1 doctor referred to them as unknown myopathies while the rest called them non-trauma ruptures. The rupturing seemed to have stopped for several years. In 2004, my husband took Cipro again. Around 11 months after that the rupturing started to occur again. This time he had 3 ruptures involving both his arms. The doctors still had no idea what was causing this. I had been searching the Internet for years trying to find the cause of these ruptures. 1 day I ran across information about Cipro and tendon ruptures. I recognized the name as a medicine 1 had informed the doctor that he was allergic to because of a rash my husband had after taking it the second time. I checked my husband’s medical records and saw the connection between not only the ruptures but all the ADR’s my husband had been suffering from since taking Cipro the first time and how they became worse after taking Cipro again. I called the FDA and talked to a man who worked there. I told him what happened to my husband and he told me the doctors should have asked my husband if he taken a quinolone when the ruptures occured the first time. I asked the man if ruptures could occur that long a period of time after taking quinolones and he confirmed it did. I find the warnings a little misleading when it states that ruptures can occur while or “after” taking these medicines. “After” means so much more than a few weeks or months. These medicines were “black boxed” in 2008 because of the tendinitis and tendon ruptures.

Comment on Which drug can cause Spontaneous Tedon Rupture? by ciprovictimalso

ciprovictimalso — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:36:27 +0000

I believe tendon ruptures can occur long after 2-3 months after taking Cipro. My husband was a former Marine who was in very good physical condition before taking Cipro. He was in his 40′s in 1998 when he first took Cipro. After taking Cipro, he felt like he was developing RA. His arms and legs started jerking involuntarily. Around 11 months after taking Cipro he had his first rupture involving a soleus muscle..tendon or whatever it’s called in his left leg. It tore completely loose from where it was attached at his ankle. His left calf looked like someone who suffered from polio. It bunched up at the back of his calf leaving his calf looking deformed. That was in 1999. In 2000, he had a ligament rupture at his right knee. In 2001, he had a muscle rupture midway up his right thigh. None of the doctors he saw knew what had caused this. This left him with a permanent limp and extreme weakness in his legs. He did have the second rupture operated on, but shortly afterwards the muscle tore in the same leg. This is just a few of the things that happened to him after taking Cipro. There are worse things that happened. There were no more ruptures for several years. In 2004, he took Cipro once more. Around 11 months later, the rupturing started again. He had 3 ruptures involving both his arms in 2005. The first one during this time was at his right elbow. It was operated on, but tore worse afterwards. The last 1 tore in his left arm while using the amount of pressure a person would use to squeeze a blood pressure bulb. He has nerve damage in his legs and arms. He has to use a wheelchair if he has to be on his legs for any length of time. His hands and feet stay cold and numb. He had 6 ruptures and none of his doctors knew what had caused this. He’s disabled now and not getting any better as time goes by. He was a very strong man before taking Cipro. I don’t blame the doctors for this happening to him. They didn’t know just how damaging Cipro can be. The words on the warnings about rupturing occuring before or after taking Cipro are rather vague.

Comment on Drugs to Prevent Bone Loss Have Serious Side Effects by Elizabeth Hanning

Elizabeth Hanning — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:34:19 +0000

Dr. Graeme – Is there anything that shows that regular chiropractic care is beneficial to those with bone loss? I know weight-bearing exercise is. At a minimum, chiropractic definitely doesn’t hurt those with bone loss, but I wondered if there were any known benefits for those with osteoporosis?

Comment on The Gibson family welcomes their newest member by Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:10:12 +0000

Congrats Dr. Gibson and Family!!!

Take some time to enjoy your newest little sweetheart, and help your wife too, lol

Comment on The Gibson family welcomes their newest member by Todd Lloyd, DC

Todd Lloyd, DC — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:41:43 +0000

Congratulations Dr. Gibson!

Comment on Medical Mistakes Lead the Way by Terry A Rondberg, DC

Terry A Rondberg, DC — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:04:34 +0000

The medical and pharmaceutical industries are highly motivated to push for vaccine usage to gain more power and earn more money. But they are equally motivated to pressure the chiropractic profession, by dictating to doctors of chiropractic how they can and cannot practice, and making it difficult (if not impossible) for patients to choose chiropractic care.

Comment on P90X Update: Lions, Plyo, and Yoga, Oh My. by graeme

graeme — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:06:56 +0000

Hi Mary,

The Yoga is basically what is considered Power Vinyasa. I wouldn’t consider it advanced, but there is about 30 minutes that is very challenging. I am going to do it tomorrow, and play hockey as well.

Wish me luck.

Our challenge is still on on those stairs. I’m training hard for it.

Comment on P90X Update: Lions, Plyo, and Yoga, Oh My. by Mary Miller Petteys

Mary Miller Petteys — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:01:24 +0000

Sounds like good stuff! What type of Yoga are you doing?

Comment on 2009: Year End Review by Dr. Kevin Chandler

Dr. Kevin Chandler — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:44:56 +0000

Good Morning,
Came across your site while doing a search on Bill Esteb. I noticed you went to his Conversation meeting recently and just wanted to ask what prompted you professionally to choose him and that particular meeting. I’m in a funky chiropractic mindset right now and alot of stuff he says and promotes really jives with me. My ultimate goal would be to attend his seminar, sounds great, but associating now for 4 yrs. so tough out of pocket expense.
Just wanted your take on the road to that experience and how your practice has benefited. I respect your time so I’ll await your response.
Also, who set up your site, its pretty sweet…simple in the very best way.
Thanks again and really look forward to hearing from you.
Kevin, SC
jkchandler7@hotmail.com

Comment on $940,000,000,000 – Who are the “Uninsured” exactly? by Houston

Houston — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:44:19 +0000

I think one of the ideas is that it will cost less to provide primary medical care rather than just emergency care, but yes, we pay either way.

Comment on How many of us will be obese by 2015?!? by Elizabeth Hanning

Elizabeth Hanning — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:31:56 +0000

“What it made me realize is how many calories some people actually eat each day and have no idea.”

So true. What’s worse is that plenty of restaurants are now listing the caloric content of their foods and we choose to ignore it.

We went on a whole foods diet from September-December. I’m not going to lie and say it wasn’t tough – it was – but well worth it. I didn’t lose any weight, but my husband did. We were faithful… whole foods only, no alcohol, no sugar, no caffeine, nothing processed. Why’d we fall off the wagon? It started with my husband missing beer, then Christmas came, and it spiraled from there. It takes careful calculation and planning to achieve, but I can say both of us felt better and came to the realization that your body simply isn’t equipped to break down a lot of the things we ingest. The good news is that despite discontinuing the diet, we’re much more aware of what we’re eating and generally eating less junk. We’re already headed back towards the diet.

It’s never easy, but that’s because of the planning part. When you’re busy (I work about 12 hours a day and coach Little League), going to the store and carefully shopping can be tiring. But neither of us felt deprived in the least on the diet. We were still able to have most of what we wanted, just modified. Whole wheat pasta actually tastes good! Hardest thing for Seattleites might be giving up coffee.

Great article, Dr. Graeme!

Comment on Excellent Pediatric Chiropractic Care Interview by Todd Lloyd, DC

Todd Lloyd, DC — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:52 +0000

I love it. I also love the cute face that boy made when he was being adjusted.

Comment on Back Pain by Burned Nerves or Chiropractor | Easy Choise for this Oakland Pitcher | Seattle Chiropractor on Queen Anne | Seattle Chiropractic

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Comment on Chiropractors valued at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games: Go Team Canada! by graeme

graeme — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:04:51 +0000

Hi Dr. Frank,

Thank you for the heads up! I know you write 95% of Chiro.org, and didn’t notice the author.

-GG