# Cipro and GBS

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/cipro-and-gbs/1980>\
**Category:** General GBS Discussion\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/cipro-and-gbs/1980 "2014-01-30T00:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![mstree07](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/mstree07/32/1900_2.png) [@mstree07](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/mstree07)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/cipro-and-gbs/1980/1 "2014-01-30T00:49:58Z")

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My doctor put me on Cipro yesterday for a severe kidney infection (I thought I had the flu, but it wasn't!). Reading up on it today, I saw several sites that linked Cipro with causing GBS. Does anyone know anything about this? Of course I will call a neurologist in the morning, but I know that is the reason I can't ever get a flu shot, so I'm wondering if cipro is the same.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_E](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/robert_e/32/374_2.png) [@Robert\_E](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/Robert_E)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/cipro-and-gbs/1980/2 "2014-01-30T15:07:43Z")

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I had a bad infection after a hospital stay - I was treated with CIPRO for about 3 months to get rid of its effects.. That was because I am allergic to penicillin. That was 2 years before I got GBS.

My allergy to penicillian is 40 years old.

Three weeks before I came down with GBS symptoms, I had a deep chest infection and was treated with a Z-Pack.

So -- perhaps it was my bodies reaction to the chest infection -- or possibly my bodies reaction to anti-biotics in general. Antibiotics are a miracle cure for many problems - but - they do have risks.

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**Author:** ![rec60661](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@rec60661](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/rec60661)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/cipro-and-gbs/1980/3 "2020-05-12T16:26:50Z")

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I would avoid fluoroquinolones at all costs. I am certain that Cipro resulted in my diagnosis of sensory motor axonal polyneuropathy. The FDA added a black box warning in 2015 that this type of antibiotic causes permanent nerve damage. For me it started with surgery and then repeat doses of Cipro for a UTI in 2012, 2013 and 2014. I am now disabled; unable to walk and in constant pain. Severe nerve damage 4 years after taking the last dose in 2014. This type of drug is similar to chemotherapy; it damages your mitochondria and once started, it does not stop doing damage. It is now an official diagnosis called FQAD (Fluoroquinolone Adverse Disability).