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roamer65

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10. Quinolones are bad news.

Reply to Desert_Leslie (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:14 PM

Mar 2020

I am deathly allergic to them. Anything with “quin” in its name is usually a quinolone.

Ciprofloxacin is also a quinolone, with a black box FDA warning.

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South Korea experts recommend anti-HIV, anti-malaria drugs for COVID-19 [View all] Desert_Leslie Mar 2020 OP

Why not?! It looks as if it calls for a cocktail of viral drugs. I'm glad they feel they could help. ancianita Mar 2020 #1

"Anti viral drugs" Pachamama Mar 2020 #3

Unless those Meds are imported from China at140 Mar 2020 #2

Every dim watted twit head is gonna panic now, hearing only HIV... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #4

Yep... flying rabbit Mar 2020 #7

But trumpie knows more than these guys, so louis-t Mar 2020 #5

Just contacted my PCP doc and gave staff this website link. She says thank you. sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #6

Me Too Desert_Leslie Mar 2020 #8

Thanx for additional info. sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #9

Quinolones are bad news. roamer65 Mar 2020 #10

Hydroxychloroquine is not a fluoroquinolone elias7 Mar 2020 #11

I experienced massive side effects from Cipro. roamer65 Mar 2020 #13

I'm not minimizing what you went through elias7 Mar 2020 #20

Well I have chloroquine here at home Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #12

This guy talks about how those meds help transfer zinc Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2020 #14

Zicam melm00se Mar 2020 #15

Yeah, my partner made me a believer. It works. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2020 #17

One thing to bear in mind melm00se Mar 2020 #18

Probably just going to take a daily to make sure the zinc is up to par. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2020 #19

Thanks for validating what I got out of it scipan Mar 2020 #16