BPC-157 to guard against Cipro induced tendon damage

[Sly]

I’m thinking of taking BPC-157 while on Cipro to help guard against Cipro induced tendon damage. Do you think that the BPC-157 would help?

 

[t_spacemonkey]

impossible to answer. IMHO taking cipro is insane to begin with.

 

[Wilson7]

Tendon risks associated with Cipro use have been overstated and the mechanism has been called into question. Still, last resort, but if needed it is needed and understand cephalexin carries similar risks as levofloxacin but not ciprofloxacin. Association between tendon ruptures and use of fluoroquinolone, and other oral antibiotics: a 10-year retrospective study of 1 million US senior Medicare beneficiaries - PubMed

 

[sammmy]

You should reduce stress on muscles by doing lighter exercises. The tendon rupture may happen months/years after the antibiotic course.

I've been on 750mg levofloxacin recently and it was a nightmare, but maybe it was a die-off reaction of the targeted pathogen (it's active not only against bacteria). During the 2 weeks I took it, it gave me a combination of Parkinson (hands trembling) and Alzheimer (extreme forgetfulness of what I have to do in the next 5 mins). Thankfully, all these went away when I finished the course.

I've been on ciprofloxacin before and I don't remember such extreme side effects but maybe I wasn't that infected back then and there wasn't a die-off reaction. I also had a rotator cuff injury at the gym in 2012 but can't remember if I had a course of ciprofloxacin before that - I had one course in 2015.

 

[Forty2]

Accutane can have similar effects on tendons, right?