Link to the page -- Toxicological Sciences:

http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/1/16

~Shells~





--- In fqtoxicity@yahoogroups.com, "~ Shells ~" <toxic_pinx@...>
wrote:
>
> "Some fluoroquinolone antibiotics (FQs) become toxic and mutagenic
> upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV)."
>
> OK I am reading the previous sentence over and over, thinking how I
> went to Florida just after being floxed (gads I hate that word) the
> second time around....and although I wasn't too sunburned, I did
turn
> a strange shade of "tan". I mean, it was noticeable, and highly
> unusual for me! And I'm wondering.....well, read that sentence
> again.....
>
> We KNOW that FQ's cause a photosensitivity.....but could this sun-
> exposure be the key to toxicity?????
>
> I just can't help but wonder.....are we all sun-worshippers here??
> Or outdoor types?? Could our sun-exposure post-floxing have caused
> this toxic reaction in us??????
>
> OK call me crazy (FQ'ed) but...it's there in black and white.
>
> ~Shells~
>