Comments on: Cipro and Levaquin lawsuit filed by consumer group due to poor warnings about risk of tendon injury http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/ Malpractice, Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ervin http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-5378 ervin Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:26:28 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-5378 Severe muscle and joint pain in arms and elbow after 2weeks of cipro Severe muscle and joint pain in arms and elbow after 2weeks of cipro

]]> By: Peter http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-5036 Peter Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:26:06 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-5036 I was prescribed Cipro for protatitis recently. The course was to be 25 days. I started to feel weakness and a burning feeling in my arms and shoulders. Generally I feel tremors and twitching in my arms and legs now. I decided to stop afer 20 days after reading about these symptoms. Doctor and family won't believe what I am telling them. They put it down to anxiety. Now I am very worried after reading that the nerve damage could be permanent. I was prescribed Cipro for protatitis recently. The course was to be 25 days. I started to feel weakness and a burning feeling in my arms and shoulders. Generally I feel tremors and twitching in my arms and legs now. I decided to stop afer 20 days after reading about these symptoms. Doctor and family won’t believe what I am telling them. They put it down to anxiety. Now I am very worried after reading that the nerve damage could be permanent.

]]> By: Sondra http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-4392 Sondra Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:05:24 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-4392 I was prescribed Cipro for twice for a UTI infection. My ankles begin to hurt and became very painful. I was walking one day and for no apparent reason I could barely walk. I experienced muscle weakness in my right leg. I was also given Levaquin for food poisoning last year. Now I can barely take two steps without being in pain. I cannot stand in one place for a long time without my ankles and feet terribly hurting. Help please! Sondra I was prescribed Cipro for twice for a UTI infection. My ankles begin to hurt and became very painful. I was walking one day and for no apparent reason I could barely walk. I experienced muscle weakness in my right leg. I was also given Levaquin for food poisoning last year. Now I can barely take two steps without being in pain. I cannot stand in one place for a long time without my ankles and feet terribly hurting. Help please! Sondra

]]> By: Trisha http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1339 Trisha Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:15:04 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1339 In Jan. of 2011, I was given CIpro by my general doctor's physician asst. for a UTI, which was actually a kidney stone. When I went to ER in pain, I told them I was taking Cipro. They gave me an NSAID via IV for pain. These two drugs shouldn't have been mixed, but I did not know that. I began to suffer extreme anxiety. One week later, I developed vision problems: dry eyes, light sensitivity, floaters, double vision, and finally developed Central Serous Retinopathy in my right eye. The anixiety lingered for weeks. I was also very tired and slept a ridiculous amount. In addition, I developed an intolerance for caffeine and NSAIDS. I was prescribed NEVANAC for my eye and developed tremors in my thumbs. I developed numbness and tingling in my face, twitching eyes, pain behind eyes, and continued dry eyes along with a buzzing in my right leg, muscle twitches all over, and tightness in my leg muscles. I have very mild psoriasis that stays in remission most of the time, and this is on my charts as a pre-existing condition. For this reason, I shouldn't have been given Cipro--Psoriasis sometimes develops into arthritis with age. I was given Cipro for another UTI in February, took one, and had difficulty breathing, tinnitus, and a rushing pressure in my head. I reported this to my urologist. It was considered an allergic reaction. A couple of days later, I had swelling and a burning pain in the chest where my ribs connect. In March, my general doctor prescribed my Ofloxacin ear drops for an ear infection, and I tool them the first week of April. I started to refuse them and explained I did not want any meds that might effect my eye, including steroids, antibiotics, decongestants, and antihistamines. He assured me that the med would remain in my ear. It did not. My CSR got much worse, and I started seeing sparkles and lightning blots in my field of vision as I finished the round of antibiotics. I also felt a great deal of fatigue. One month later, I had crepitus in all joints, tendonitis for a week in both wrists and just below both knees, a gastrointestinal illness (possibly c. difficile) , bleeding in my capillaries, and burning in my chest where my ribs connect. At present, all of these symptoms persist and my general doctor is angry with me because I complained that they are ignoring my symptoms. I have been to their office six times in last month demanding help and tests. My ENT recently diagnosed hearing loss and bone loss in my left ear. Clearly, this drug eats away at joints and bones. It also destroys muscles and enters the central nervous system. The combination of NSAID and Cipro pushed the drug into every part of my body. The ear drops, WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED TO BABIES AND CHILDREN, have caused more severe reactions even though the dose was less. Clearly, the drug builds up in the body. And, after all this, my general doctor tried to prescribe me Levaquin. I did not take it. I demanded a z-pack. I think it might have killed me. Doctors have no idea what they are prescribing and are unaware of interactions or black box warnings. In each case these drugs were given to me as first-choice. Other antibiotics would have worked. I want my health back. I want my strength back. And, I really wish my doctors would listen. I have spent so much money going to the office only to be ignored or prescribed another drug in this same family. I just finished a Ph.D. and have my whole life ahead of me, but I am wondering f I have my health. I am afraid I do not. Are their lawsuits against Ofloxacin? I know CIpro is no longer being litigated. What do we do when our side effects do not yet involve tendon ruptures? In Jan. of 2011, I was given CIpro by my general doctor’s physician asst. for a UTI, which was actually a kidney stone. When I went to ER in pain, I told them I was taking Cipro. They gave me an NSAID via IV for pain. These two drugs shouldn’t have been mixed, but I did not know that. I began to suffer extreme anxiety. One week later, I developed vision problems: dry eyes, light sensitivity, floaters, double vision, and finally developed Central Serous Retinopathy in my right eye. The anixiety lingered for weeks. I was also very tired and slept a ridiculous amount. In addition, I developed an intolerance for caffeine and NSAIDS. I was prescribed NEVANAC for my eye and developed tremors in my thumbs. I developed numbness and tingling in my face, twitching eyes, pain behind eyes, and continued dry eyes along with a buzzing in my right leg, muscle twitches all over, and tightness in my leg muscles.

I have very mild psoriasis that stays in remission most of the time, and this is on my charts as a pre-existing condition. For this reason, I shouldn’t have been given Cipro–Psoriasis sometimes develops into arthritis with age.

I was given Cipro for another UTI in February, took one, and had difficulty breathing, tinnitus, and a rushing pressure in my head. I reported this to my urologist. It was considered an allergic reaction. A couple of days later, I had swelling and a burning pain in the chest where my ribs connect.

In March, my general doctor prescribed my Ofloxacin ear drops for an ear infection, and I tool them the first week of April. I started to refuse them and explained I did not want any meds that might effect my eye, including steroids, antibiotics, decongestants, and antihistamines. He assured me that the med would remain in my ear. It did not. My CSR got much worse, and I started seeing sparkles and lightning blots in my field of vision as I finished the round of antibiotics. I also felt a great deal of fatigue. One month later, I had crepitus in all joints, tendonitis for a week in both wrists and just below both knees, a gastrointestinal illness (possibly c. difficile) , bleeding in my capillaries, and burning in my chest where my ribs connect. At present, all of these symptoms persist and my general doctor is angry with me because I complained that they are ignoring my symptoms. I have been to their office six times in last month demanding help and tests. My ENT recently diagnosed hearing loss and bone loss in my left ear. Clearly, this drug eats away at joints and bones. It also destroys muscles and enters the central nervous system. The combination of NSAID and Cipro pushed the drug into every part of my body. The ear drops, WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED TO BABIES AND CHILDREN, have caused more severe reactions even though the dose was less. Clearly, the drug builds up in the body. And, after all this, my general doctor tried to prescribe me Levaquin. I did not take it. I demanded a z-pack. I think it might have killed me.

Doctors have no idea what they are prescribing and are unaware of interactions or black box warnings. In each case these drugs were given to me as first-choice. Other antibiotics would have worked. I want my health back. I want my strength back. And, I really wish my doctors would listen. I have spent so much money going to the office only to be ignored or prescribed another drug in this same family. I just finished a Ph.D. and have my whole life ahead of me, but I am wondering f I have my health. I am afraid I do not.

Are their lawsuits against Ofloxacin? I know CIpro is no longer being litigated. What do we do when our side effects do not yet involve tendon ruptures?

]]> By: Jake http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1338 Jake Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:01:05 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1338 I had bad food poisoning and was prescribed 1000mg of cipro. In 3 days my stomach problem was gone but that was not the end. Day three I had a back ache, day 4 I couldn't walk. B y day five Bedridden. My ankle is swollen and I cant walk on it, Back tight as a drum and sore and my Sciatica is so painful I can not sleep at night. I(m trying to a reverse count on days since I started this nightmare.. Pain is a way of life now. I have to work so I limp around in pain. I used to be active and full of life. Cipro has taken all that from me. its poison. I had bad food poisoning and was prescribed 1000mg of cipro. In 3 days my stomach problem was gone but that was not the end. Day three I had a back ache, day 4 I couldn’t walk. B y day five Bedridden. My ankle is swollen and I cant walk on it, Back tight as a drum and sore and my Sciatica is so painful I can not sleep at night.
I(m trying to a reverse count on days since I started this nightmare.. Pain is a way of life now. I have to work so I limp around in pain.
I used to be active and full of life. Cipro has taken all that from me. its poison.

]]> By: Donna http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1337 Donna Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:22:21 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1337 I was diagnosed with a sinus infection in Feburary 2011 was given 2 steroids shots and a two week supply of cipro.Three days after I was having trouble walking and finally got into a orthopaedic doctor xrays showed I had bilateral achilly tendonitis caused by cipro.So I went back to get a copy of the side effects from drug store and it said DO NOT TAKE WITH STEROIDS. How was I suppose to know? I also looked on line it said the label should have a BLACK BOX WARNING on it. There was no such thing .I started out I could not walk the pain was extreme I.I had to crawl to the bathroom to use it and unable to push myself up to use it.This is where I am today I am on the sixth week of being out of work and thefifth week of therpy. My achilles has been so tight I could not move my feet from left to right that is improving. I have lost all my stengh in my legs and my balance is off. I have been at my job for sixteen years and under FMLA you are only elible to be out of work for twelve weeks my job requires me to walk ninty percent .Unless I can do my job 100 percent I cannot return to my job. Not only will I lose my job and insurance for my whole family, medical bills are rising my way of life has changed I can't even walk in a store for a short time. Dr. want to try something called plasma enriched injection with could not improve tendon at all .but could improve them 40 Percent but insurance doesn't pay for it .Its consided surgery so it will be expensive. What are people going to do no one knows the long term effects or if will ever be cured. The drug companies and doctors are at fault They need to be held accountable, but I have called about 20 lawyers they all have denied me in pursuing the case said its to hard to fight drug company. So if anyone can do anything to help me or anyone else so this won't happen to anyone else. I was diagnosed with a sinus infection in Feburary 2011 was given 2 steroids shots and a two week supply of cipro.Three days after I was having trouble walking and finally got into a orthopaedic doctor xrays showed I had bilateral achilly tendonitis caused by cipro.So I went back to get a copy of the side effects from drug store and it said DO NOT TAKE WITH STEROIDS. How was I suppose to know? I also looked on line it said the label should have a BLACK BOX WARNING on it. There was no such thing .I started out I could not walk the pain was extreme I.I had to crawl to the bathroom to use it
and unable to push myself up to use it.This is where I am today I am on the sixth week of being out of work and thefifth week of therpy.
My achilles has been so tight I could not move my feet from left to right that is improving. I have lost all my stengh in my legs and my balance is off. I have been at my job for sixteen years and under FMLA you are only elible to be out of work for twelve weeks my job requires me to walk ninty percent .Unless I can do my job 100 percent I cannot return to my job. Not only will I lose my job and
insurance for my whole family, medical bills are rising my way of life has changed I can’t even walk in a store for a short time. Dr. want to try something called plasma enriched injection with could not
improve tendon at all .but could improve them 40 Percent but insurance doesn’t pay for it .Its consided surgery so it will be expensive. What are people going to do no one knows the long term effects or if will ever be cured. The drug companies and doctors are at fault They need to be held accountable, but I have called about 20 lawyers they all have denied me in pursuing the case
said its to hard to fight drug company. So if anyone can do anything
to help me or anyone else so this won’t happen to anyone else.

]]> By: Norma http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1336 Norma Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:49:36 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1336 I was diagnosed with TTP in 2004, spending nearly 2 months in the hospital. I had to take Plasmafloresis treatments daily , lasting 4 hours each treatment. After my hospital discharge, I was prescribed Cipro for some bacterial infections resulting from Diverticulitis. Over the next few years, off and on, I took (4) rounds of Cipro as well as Levaquin.. I noticed soon after the 2nd round of Cipro, I experienced pain in my right shoulder and right hip. Eventually, I had to have rotator cuff curgery on the shoulder for the tendon repair. In the early part of 2005 the pain in my right hip worsened. I was treated conservatively by my orthopaedic group with anti-inflammatories, exercises, cortisone injections, and several sessions of physical therapy. I had MRI,s CT scans, and X-rays. It finally was diagnosed as (2) Gluteal Medial and Gluteal Minimus tears of the right hip. I have pain from the time that I get out of bed in the AM, going up stairs, walking inclines, pivoting, stooping, and all other daily activities. I am scheduled to have an open hip Abductor Repair of these tendons the last of May of this year. I can directly attribute my symptoms to taking these two medications. No one should have to suffer 6 years of painful walking and such a hindrance to their daily lives because of such a TOXIC drug. This, definitely, should be taken off of the market so that no one else would have to suffer what I've experienced. I'm an RN that has been severely affected by the inability of living a normal pain-free life. It has affected every aspect of my life. Let's band together to see that this drug is no longer available to harm others. IT'S A BAD DRUG!!! I was diagnosed with TTP in 2004, spending nearly 2 months in the hospital. I had to take Plasmafloresis treatments daily , lasting 4 hours each treatment. After my hospital discharge, I was prescribed Cipro for some bacterial infections resulting from Diverticulitis. Over the next few years, off and on, I took (4) rounds of Cipro as well as Levaquin.. I noticed soon after the 2nd round of Cipro, I experienced pain in my right shoulder and right hip. Eventually, I had to have rotator cuff curgery on the shoulder for the tendon repair. In the early part of 2005 the pain in my right hip worsened. I was treated conservatively by my orthopaedic group with anti-inflammatories, exercises, cortisone injections, and several sessions of physical therapy. I had MRI,s CT scans, and X-rays. It finally was diagnosed as (2) Gluteal Medial and Gluteal Minimus tears of the right hip.

I have pain from the time that I get out of bed in the AM, going up stairs, walking inclines, pivoting, stooping, and all other daily activities.

I am scheduled to have an open hip Abductor Repair of these tendons the last of May of this year. I can directly attribute my symptoms to taking these two medications. No one should have to suffer 6 years of painful walking and such a hindrance to their daily lives because of such a TOXIC drug. This, definitely, should be taken off of the market so that no one else would have to suffer what I’ve experienced. I’m an RN that has been severely affected by the inability of living a normal pain-free life. It has affected every aspect of my life. Let’s band together to see that this drug is no longer available to harm others. IT’S A BAD DRUG!!!

]]> By: lawrence http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1335 lawrence Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:03:38 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1335 I took cipro and have had life altering side effects, I can barely get around and I was a healthy middle aged man prior. HAS ANYONE HAD LUCK FINDING AN ATTORNEY FOR CIPRO? I have been calling daily with no avail. Any legal advice would be greatly appreciated. I took cipro and have had life altering side effects, I can barely get around and I was a healthy middle aged man prior. HAS ANYONE HAD LUCK FINDING AN ATTORNEY FOR CIPRO? I have been calling daily with no avail. Any legal advice would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: Joy http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1334 Joy Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:06:54 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1334 I've read most of these comments and it is terrible to know that our government let's the drug still be on the market. I had no idea of the kinds of pain and side effects I'd experience from taking this drug Cipro. All because of a urinary tract infection. I went to a FREE CLINIC for them to tell me that the drug has been black boxed and that I should not take it anymore. Keep in mind I said FREE and the doctor I see whose nurse prescribed this to me I have to PAY. Not to mention I was given 50 of those horrible Cipro pills. Ever since things have been a nightmare. My stool is very dark in color, I have diarrhea all day, I feel nausea all day and not to mention the severe acute pain I have at any given time, dry mouth ect. This is still going on now and I have stopped taking them. HELP get this drug out of here. I’ve read most of these comments and it is terrible to know that our government let’s the drug still be on the market. I had no idea of the kinds of pain and side effects I’d experience from taking this drug Cipro. All because of a urinary tract infection. I went to a FREE CLINIC for them to tell me that the drug has been black boxed and that I should not take it anymore. Keep in mind I said FREE and the doctor I see whose nurse prescribed this to me I have to PAY. Not to mention I was given 50 of those horrible Cipro pills. Ever since things have been a nightmare. My stool is very dark in color, I have diarrhea all day, I feel nausea all day and not to mention the severe acute pain I have at any given time, dry mouth ect. This is still going on now and I have stopped taking them. HELP get this drug out of here.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1333 Jennifer Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:22:01 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/01/07/antibiotic-tendon-injury/#comment-1333 My 62 year old mom was in the hospital with what turned out to be a virus but because she has stage 4 cancer they pumped her full of 4 different antibiotics one being Levaquin now a month after being in the hospital (about 7 days being on 500mg Levaquin) the tendons in her hips will not support her when she first goes from sitting to standing. They shake uncontrollably and she has to brace her self. She gets immediate headaches and low back pain at the sametime. It's enough she is fighting cancer but now this. Her dr. put her on steroids which seemed to help yesterday until late in the day her legs were back to giving out. I'm scared to death of a bad fall. She also now has a swollen area around her kneck/shoulder no one can figure out and I bet they find out its a tendon issue. We find out in the next few days My 62 year old mom was in the hospital with what turned out to be a virus but because she has stage 4 cancer they pumped her full of 4 different antibiotics one being Levaquin now a month after being in the hospital (about 7 days being on 500mg Levaquin) the tendons in her hips will not support her when she first goes from sitting to standing. They shake uncontrollably and she has to brace her self. She gets immediate headaches and low back pain at the sametime. It’s enough she is fighting cancer but now this. Her dr. put her on steroids which seemed to help yesterday until late in the day her legs were back to giving out. I’m scared to death of a bad fall. She also now has a swollen area around her kneck/shoulder no one can figure out and I bet they find out its a tendon issue. We find out in the next few days

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