Antibiotic Misuse, Misdiagnosis and Medical Misconduct
Perilous Pills reveals the disturbing story behind the risks of taking fluoroquinolone antibiotics, their development by Big Pharma that promotes profits above safety, unreliable federal regulation, overuse in hospital settings, errors in pharmacy dispensing, and over-prescribing by doctors, all of which impact the safety of taking these medications. The author offers help on what to do to protect yourself and your loved ones from possible harm.
What People are Saying
“Anyone who has taken or is considering taking antibiotics should read the book as well as everyone in the healthcare field.”
— RATED 4 OUT OF 4 STARS, ONLINEBOOKCLUB.ORG
“Thank you for writing this book! I was given Cipro and it took me 3 years to recover. I could not walk, my speech was impaired and more. I still have knee pain from time to time. A friend of mine is still in a wheel chair after four years. Getting the word out is the best that can happen. Thank you.”
—ANNE
“I've been through hell and back because of Levaquin as well. God bless you for taking the time to write a book and I'm wishing you all of the best on your quest to inform.”
— CHEWY
“From one who was also floxed and nearly destroyed by Levaquin, thank you for what you’re doing!”
— KIMBERLY
Know the Risks
DO YOU KNOW that you can be harmed and even injured by some commonly-prescribed antibiotics? The author found it was true when she developed severe tendonitis after taking an antibiotic called Levaquin, part of a class of drugs called fluoroquinolones that also includes Cipro, Avelox and many generics.
She discovered that these drugs had caused unbelievable injuries and psychological damage to hundreds of thousands of patients. As a journalist, she decided to investigate. What she found were heartbreaking tales from victims who had suffered adverse effects such as rapid heartbeat, neuropathy, pain, inability to walk, nightmares, anxiety, chronic fatigue, retinal damage, aortic aneurysm, and the most common injury — torn Achilles tendons.
Horrified, the author was driven to find out why these drugs are prescribed when they can cause such damage. She uncovered a messy story of profit over safety at Big Pharma, unreliable regulation at the FDA, hospitals that gave fluoroquinolones as preventatives rather than for the bacterial infections for which they were intended, pharmacies that took shortcuts around safety warnings, and industry-influenced doctors who over prescribed these powerful medications which can cause disability or psychological impairment for life.
Here is the larger story about fluoroquinolones and the unnecessary harm that they have caused.
My Mission, My Passion
It has become my mission to increase awareness of the risks associated with taking fluoroquinolones and to generate change in a medical community that has perpetuated this decades-long harm.
— Marilyn Beardsley Heise,
Author of Perilous Pills