What’s more dangerous? Levaquin vs. Corolla

LevaquinBlog would like to draw attention to some excellent analysis by the blog www.myquinstory.info .  We encourage you to read the entire post, but here’s some of the most compelling data:

According to Medwatch, the adverse drug reporting arm of the FDA, the following statistics are available on fluoroquinolone antibiotics, from a period from 1997 to 2007: Levaquin 39,128 adverse drug reactions (ADR’S) and 808 deaths, Floxin 13,495 ADR’s and 311 deaths, Cipro 40,395 ADR’s and 837 deaths, Avelox 30,160 ADR’s and 337 deaths, and Proquin 40,151 ADR’s and 831 deaths.  For this list of FQs, and it is not a total inclusive list, the total adverse drugs reactions are 163,329 with deaths totaling 3,124. According to the FDA, reports to Medwatch only represent between 1% and 10% of the actual numbers of occurrence.  Why?

The FDA states that most people have never heard of the Medwatch program and a lot of doctors are not inclined to waste their valuable time in reporting adverse drug reactions or telling patients about it.  Looking at the facts from the FDA’s own admission, deaths from FQ’s could easily total over 30,000, based on if only 10% of the actual occurrences have been reported.

Now humor me for a minute as my logical mind kicks in.  Toyota recalls millions of cars and has to appear before congressional hearings because of the possibility that a defect cause 275 crashes and 18 deaths over 11 years, and the fluoroquinolones antibiotics have caused, at the very least, 163,329 ADR’s and 3,124 deaths, and no hearings, no outcry, no acknowledgement from the medical community? Why?

What do you think?  Should Congress, the media and the public spend more time analysing and worrying about Toyota’s car defects or the ongoing danger that is flouroquinolone toxicity (together with the FDA’s malaise when it comes to protecting the public)?  Which is really more a danger to the public?

See full post here: http://www.myquinstory.info/?p=202

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