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You may have seen in my videos or read on my website that fluoroquinolones can cause mitochondrial dysfunction, which causes a variety of symptoms. Here, I’ll break down how and why fluoroquinolones kill both bacteria and mitochondria, and what this means for your body. I’ll also explain what mitochondria do for your body, where they’re located, and why they’re so significant. Antibiotics kill bacteria Fluoroquinolones are a class of antibiotics, and each class of antibiotics

If you’ve made it this far in my series of blogs on neuroinflammation, thank you for reading. We’ve covered what neuroinflammation is, the related symptoms, and some causes behind it. In the last post, I went over the reason many medical professionals don’t make connections between leaky gut and brain inflammation, and explained how I approach treating individuals in my practice. This post will go more in depth about my philosophy on treatment, and provide some pathways to be

The Causes of Neuroinflammation As much as I wish I could tell you there was only one cause of neuroinflammation, that is simply not the case. If you’ve been following along in this series of blogs about “brain on fire” symptoms and causes, you’ve learned that neuroinflammation can be caused by fluoroquinolones or other drugs breaking down the blood brain barrier. However common this may be, other causes of neuroinflammation do exist and I’ll break those down for you here. It

As I outlined in Part 1 of this series, neuroinflammation – the phenomenon of “brain on fire” – is a common problem for the Floxed community. If you have taken fluoroquinolones in the past and are suffering from symptoms ranging from brain fog (subtle) to seizures (severe), you are not alone. In this blog post, I’ll go over the ways we test for neuroinflammation and the role of glial (your immune cells in your brain) cells in your brain. How do you know if your brain is on f

After countless hours studying the topic, attending seminars on it, and treating hundreds of individuals in my own practice, I believe that neuroinflammation is one of the most overlooked problems affecting the Floxed today. The term “Floxed” refers to people who have symptoms resulting from the use of fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections. These symptoms may include extreme fatigue, tendon rupture, joint and muscle pains, nerve pains, an