Overview
- Provides accessible overview of the complex side-effects of Fluoroquinolones
- Deals with diagnostics and treatment of FQAD
- Carves a new path in the debate on diagnostic criteria for FQAD
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Infectious Diseases
- Diagnostic Criteria for FQAD
- Algorithm for Diagnosing FQAD
- “Floxed” Patients
- Antibiotics
- Fully Synthetic Antibiotics
- FDA
- Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee
- Fluoroquinolone - related Disability
- Side - effects of Fluoroquinolones
- Fluoroquinolones
- Ciprofloxacin
- Levofloxacin
- Moxifloxacin
- Side Effects
- Adverse Effects
- Neuropathy
- Tendopathy
- Fatigue
- Psychiatric Symptoms
About this book
In this book, Stefan Pieper supports doctors and therapists in easily diagnosing FQAD and in better and more adequately dealing with FQAD patients.
Fluoroquinolones, as one of the most common and effective groups of antibiotics, are known to have a distinct spectrum of side effects. These adverse effects are rare in percentage terms, but frequent in absolute numbers due to the enormous quantities of prescriptions. Because they are usually quite severe and wide-ranging, they tend to run like a syndrome and have been classified by the FDA as a separate condition, the FQAD, because of their frequency, severity and risk of disability.
This book presents for the first time a comprehensive description and classification of the clinical picture and a proposal for a clinical diagnostic tool based on diagnostic criteria.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. med. Stefan Pieper has been working in a practice for integrative medicine with a focus on mitochondrial medicine, acupuncture, nutrition and homeopathy for 25 years. During his time at the clinic, he worked for many years in internal medicine, anaesthesia and neonatal intensive care units. He is a paramedic and holds a British Diploma in Anaesthesia.
Dr. Pieper developed a diagnostic tool for the reliable detection of FQAD and he is one of the most experienced therapists in this field. With over 500 FQAD patients treated, he has an exceptionally high level of expertise.
Currently he is working together with the Centrum für Herz-, Kreislauf- und Gefäßmedizin, University of Berlin, Charité, on a study regarding the use of Fluoroquinolones and the risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fluoroquinolone-Associated Disability (FQAD) - Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Therapy and Diagnostic Criteria
Book Subtitle: Side-effects of Fluoroquinolones
Authors: Stefan Pieper
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74173-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74172-3Published: 09 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74173-0Published: 08 June 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 70
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine