Cipro and Levaquin tendon ruptures continue to cause problems

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“Cipro and Levaquin tendon ruptures continue to cause problems”

1. Boyd Says:
   February 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

   I have been taking Cipro every 8 weeks routinely as a preventative for respiratory infections. I have experienced pain in my Achilles tendon. At one point it hurt walking but now it just bothers me at night.

2. Cipro and Levaquin Ruptured Tendons - Cipro and Levaquin Lawsuits | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles Says:
   May 1st, 2008 at 7:56 am

   [...] There have been hundreds of reports received by the FDA and the makers of Cipro and Levaquin involving ruptured tendons associated with use of the antibiotics. However, individuals who are prescribed the medications are still not being properly informed about the risk of Cipro and Levaquin ruptured tendons. [...]

3. Chantale Perron Says:
   June 11th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

   I cant possibly believe the way i was treated just now, as i called the pharmacist. I am a 35 y.o woman with a urinary infection. I have been given Cipro, 250 mgs twice a day. Since the second day i experience a fair pain in both ankles, tendons, and right arm and shoulder. I just gave a call to the pharmacist who said there was nothing to worry about.

   I suffer from the restless leg syndrome. I told my doctor about this. My legs are twitching all night already. Now i am in severe pain, and both doctor and pharmacist said this thing about Achile tendon’s rupture is NOT TRUE.
   Why was i not properly warned about this? I just wanted to heal from my infection and i am rarely sick.

   My family already lost a child, a baby, due to a medical mistake. We won our lawsuit, it’s been all over the newspaper here. But damn i still can’t believe the stupidity of the doctors AND pharmacists who keep prescribing these drugs without giving any proper warning and EVEN telling me that there’s nothing to worry about.

4. Diane Says:
   July 13th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

   After some blood tests, I was called and told that I might have a
   Urinary Tract Infection and should start a prescription of Ciprofloxacn Tab 250MG. 1 tablet by mouth, twice daily. I did receive a 2 page Patient Education sheet with this. About a week
   into the 10 day (20 pills) prescrip. I started noticing more pain in my wrists and hands. I had been told when taking antibiodics…, be
   sure to finish your prescriptions! I came upon this notice while on the Mayo Clinic Website.

5. JoAnn Says:
   July 15th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

   I took cipro and similar antibiotics throughout my 20’s and 30’s for chronic sinus infections and 2 bouts of pheumonia and bronchial infections. For years I have wondered why my muscles and tendons became painful with any type of activity and they never seemed to heal.

6. MONICA Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 6:33 am

   IN THE WINTER OF 2001 I WAS PUT OF LEVAQUIN
   ON FEBUARY 2 OF 2002 I HAD A SEVERE REACTION TO THE ANTIBIOTIC THAT CAUSED ME TO BE BED RIDDEN FOR NEARLY 4 MONTHS
   DURING MY WEB RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT WHEN MIXED WITH PAIN MEDS SUCH AS IBUPROPEN OR MOTRIN IT CAN CAUSE STROKES &/OR SEIZURES AND OTHER NUEROLIGICAL DAMAGE. I LOST MY HOME AND HAD TO RELOCATE MYSELF AND MY FOUR CHILDREN AS A RESULT. IT WAS THE WORST TIME IN MY LIFE ! I STILL HAVE VERTICO TODAY AND SUFFER TERRIBLE LEG CRAMPS FOOT TENDINITIS AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS ALL BECAUSE THE MAKERS OF LEVAQUIN HAVE THE NERVE TO PUT THIS POISON OUT ON THE SHELVES

   I ALSO HAVE A SISTER WHO JUST THIS SPRING HAD A BAD REACTION TO CIPROFLOXIN THAT HAS CAUSED HER TO BE SO BADLY DIBILATATED THAT SHE CAN HARDLY TALK , THE CIPRO ATTACKED HER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM…SHE TOO WAS ON IBIPROFEN FOR HEADACHES AND WHILE BEING ON THE CIPRO THE COMBINATION CAUSED HER TO HAVE EITHER A STROKE OR SEIZURE IN HER SLEEP.IT’S TERRIBLE !!!

7. Guina Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm

   I had surgery in April 2008 for a tendon tear in the elbow. The doctor says I definitely had golfer’s elbow. Before the tear occured in December of 2007, I had taken levaquin about 2 weeks earlier.

8. KB Says:
   August 19th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

   I took Cipro for the first time last summer for a recurrent UTI. About the same time, I began suffering tedonitis/plantar fasciitis in my left foot, and a year later, it hasn’t cleared up. I can’t help but wonder if the two aren’t related now. I’m overweight but I’ve never had any sort of tendon injury in that foot that didn’t clear up in due time.

9. Debbie Says:
   September 12th, 2008 at 4:41 am

   I went to doctor for suspected U.T.I., was given Cipro and told to come back in 10 days. 2 days later I called to say I thought I might be having an adverse reaction.They told me to keep taking them. My leg swelled and was severely painfull That was the beginning of this year long nightmare. I just had surgery again for this and am back on crutches.

10. Rose M A Says:
    October 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    I am 52 yrs I have been on both Levaquin and Cipro for over 2 yrs with a UTI very often. I have experienced cronic pain in my knees and fingers, and I continue to get these UTIs.

11. Barbara Says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    Taking Levaquin, only 5 pills in about 4 days, left my knees in constant pain, since the end of March ‘08. Over-the-counter pain pills do no good. It is very hard to bend my knees to sit or to stand back up. Lying down doesn’t help, either. Even though the pain is constant, at times it is more severe. Getting a good night’s sleep is impossible. At times it feels as if I’ve been shot in both knees! They feel as if they belong on a 100 yr. old, & I’m only 59! I’m scheduled to go to a pain center, so I’ll see what they can do for me. Very interesting!

12. alfredo Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 4:05 am

    I started taking levaquin for 7 days as result of a UTI…A month before i was diagnosed with plantar fascitis wich got a little better after i started using arch soles…well, a week after taking the levaquin the planar fascitis became extremely painful…i am glad i finished teh antibiotic today but also hope the PF now goes away and doesn’t get any worse…i checked the drugug litarature and there’s nothing written about PF but tendonities as a side effect

13. Diane A Says:
    December 4th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    I am 49 yrs old and have suffered with UTI’s for the last 2 yrs. My doctor has prescribed Cipro and Levaquin both with tempoary results each time. Now I have been diagnosed with a ruptured muscle between my shoulder and neck with no mention that it may be a result of Cipro or Levaquin. …also backaches and sore feet.

14. sally Says:
    December 15th, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Ive have cancer and I take cipro for ten days after cemo so in the hope
    that I won”t get put in the hospital. I now have numbness in my left arm
    from my elbow to my finger tips ,pain in my neck and shoulder its like
    my head draws to the left .

15. Laurie Says:
    December 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    I have Crohn’s disease, I have been hospitalized several times, they give me intravenus cipro. I have lost feeling and function of my hands and they are extremely painful I have no sensation in several of my fingertips.

16. Ashley Says:
    January 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    I am 31 years old. I 750 mg od Levaquin for 10 days for pneumonia. The day after I stopped taking it I started having some knee pain. 8 days after I stopped this drug I went to my doctor thinking I was having an arthritis attack or something. He said that Levaquin can cause tendonitis. This is what he wrote on my discharge notes from his office - TENDONITIS from Antiboitics. I was told to take 800 mg of motrin 3x’s a day. I missed a does today 11 days after ending my Levaquin presciption and I was in tears because I couldn’t get up from the dinner table. My body feels like it is being held together by broken hinges.

17. rose Says:
    January 9th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    I’ve taken Cipro around the 80’s or 90’s, for a bacteria infection, I’m not sure if my tendonitis is due to this problem or not.

18. Leslie Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    I have been on and off of Cipro and Levaqin for UTI’s and pneumonia. I also have severe pain and some swelling at the Achelles when arising in the AM or if I sit for a while I walk like a penquin. I have a new physician thank god and when I told him what my symptoms were he immediatly said Levaquin can cause this side effect. Great New Doctor!

19. rena Says:
    January 17th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    A few years ago I had pna. and the doctor put me on levaquin, I took it a few days and I got so sick i thought i was going to die. I went back to the doctor and eventually she thought it was a reaction to levaquin, I was aching all over my body, my legs were killing me i thoght i was having a heart attack, I started dry heaving in her office,, my chest got tight,my blood pressure went up and then they called a ambulance and sent me to ut hospital where i was admitted, with mental status change, which i could tell myself something was not right about me and i thought the same thing also, then they gave me ativan trying to calm me down and i was so sick and out of it i could not tell them i wqas allergic to ativan , it has a adverse reaction on me , it makes me hiper, thare i was hiper, mental status change and my legs killing me, my bones, muscles, tendons, joints, and the rest of my body aching, they admitted me to the floor where i am a nurse and my bestfriend took care of me. I told her i had to walk my legs were killing me and she helped me walk around the hallways. i remember walking but i had my eyes closed the whole time. My legs, were still hurting but I thought that it was from the damage in my back because i had had 2 back surgeries. . then the docotor ordered a dilaudid pca, and finally got my legs quit hurting and i went to sleep, then the next mornoing i was back to normal as far as my mental status change goes. but my knees, legs, lowe back, joints, muscles, and bones in my lower extremities were still hurting very bad and still is till this day. I had back surgery in 4/08 and now i dont have the siatic pain but i still have alot of knee pain, joint, muscle and bone pain, which now the doctor has idagionsed me with fibromyalgia. I hope this does not ever happen to anyone of you out there reading this. MY life has been miserable since i 2000 when i hurt my back at work, then had back siurgery went back to work and in 2001 after being back to work almost a month hurt my back again and had toi have another back surgery. hurt it aagain about a year and a half ;later and comp said there was no change and it has been down hill ever since. I am 50 now and have been a nursae for 12 years and it is really biothering me to thoink i may have to retire. I love helping peoiple. this is my calling, I grqaduated at 3 after raising my 2 children and the year after i graduated and started working my husband got hurt at work and had to retire. I would love to work at least 8 more year but at this point i have 3 grandchildren which i lovew with all my heart and i can’t get out and play with them,, go p[laces with them and do the things i want to do. I love to shop but this christmasd i ordered most off the intertenet, which i would have rather went to pigeon forge tn and shopped till we dropped like my daughter said and then get a motel room and sleep. but pain is horrible and i would not wish it on my worst enemy.. I don’t know if the medication made it worse but it did cause mental status change.

20. laura Says:
    February 5th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    I am a canadian women who has been on and off cipro since 2004 for bladder infections.I now have tendon damage and am living in constant pain.Possible surgery.I am trying to find other canadians that have suffered as a result of taking cipro.I don’t know of any class action lawsuits in canada but there should be I know I am not alone and I will pursue this until I get some answers.Good Luck To You All

21. Vicki Says:
    February 18th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    i have a sinus infection and was prescribed 750mg of Levaquin for 5 days first by my primary physician and then when the condition persisted he sent me to an ENT (ear, now & throat) doctor. The ENT continued the prescription by ordering another 5 days of 750mg. Both doctors were aware that I am also taking 10mg of Prednisone a day for an autoimmune condition.

    Last Saturday, 2/14/09 I had a rupture to my calf tendon on my right leg and my calf on my left let was very tight and I was afraid that it was going to happen to it as well. My son is a certified EMT and told me that it was a tendon rupture. He checked to make sure it wasn’t my achilles tendon. I immediately wrapped it, iced it and elevated it. I had crutches from an earlier knee surgery so I didn’t need to go to the doctor as everything I read about the condition said that it would heal and reattach and I read about stretching exercises for after the pain is gone. But for 4 days it was excrutiatingly painful so I stayed off it.

    Today it is still wrapped for support, I went to see the ENT and had a CAT scan of my sinuses - I still have some infection in my frontal sinus areas. He decided to try a similar drug, AVELOX. This time as I was reading the warning at the top, it became clear to me what had happened. I asked the pharmacist for an information sheet on Levaquin and read the exact same warning.

    So I called my ENT to change the prescription immediately.

    I am sooooooooooo mad now! I wish one of my doctors would have realized the problem. Even the pharmacist from whom I get both the Prednisone and the Levaquin from might have said something to me about the two being used together. But everyone said that this rupture is very rare. Maybe not so rare after all.

22. Lisa Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    I was prescribed levaquin 500 MG for a sinus infection to take once per day for 21 days. The Allergist doctor said if your joints start aching, like in your knees call me and I’ll change the prescription, don’t try to work through it. I didn’t think it to be a big deal. After a week into taking Levaquin my hand and arm would go numb in the middle of the night. I thought maybe I was sleeping on it for too long and it went numb. After about 4 more days my knees and lower back started aching and all the way up the back of my calf where the achillies tendon is ..is extremely tender. I called the doctor and asked to have the presciption changed. The doctor never told me the damage this drug can cause to your tendons. He just said if you have aching in your joints, like arthritis. What makes it worse is I went to see an ENT about 10 days after taking the medicine because my sinus’ still didn’t show signs of improving. I told the ENT that I was taking Levaquin. He said it was a good medicine and to keep taking it. Even after I wrote down and told him my elbow joints were aching, had numbess in hand and pain in back of leg. I haven’t taken the medicine for 2 days but the pain up the back of my calf and aching in my knees has not improved.

23. Joan Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    I took 500 mg of Levaquin for 3 days in row to cure a UTI one year ago. I started to have tenden pain in my feet 4 months later and eventually it has resulted into a full blown case of plantar faciitiis. I just started taking the same medication yesterday, one year later, for another UTI. While searching the web for information about UTI’s I came up with this web site and am in shock. I am going to call my doctor and find out why I was not told about the side affects of this medication.

24. Loretta Says:
    April 1st, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    I was put on 500 mg of Levaquin for an URI infection and laryngitis. My doctor knowing I couldn’t talk, just called in the prescription to the drug store. I picked it up on 3/23/09. When I started getting reflux pain, I checked out Levaquin on the internet and saw many side effects that I chose to stop the medication, I took 4 pills of the 7 prescribed.

    Yesterday, 3/31 I tried to get out of bed and couldn’t stand on my foot. I called a foot doctor and made an appointment for 4/1. I went to the doctor a few hours ago and he said this is the worse case of plantars fasciitis he ever saw. I have never had foot pain before this and am convinced this is from the Levaquin. I will have xrays taken and just hope it is not a torn ligament.

25. Azad Says:
    April 2nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    I took Cipro for 30 days, I’m 56 years old and now I have sever pain in my Achilles and Shoulders, not ruptured yet but very painful, I have to take pain killer to help me. I stopped taking Cipro a week ago. I’m so worried. Anyone been at doctor for help to reduce the pain and prevent further injury.

26. betty a Says:
    April 7th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    In sept I had a total knee replacement and during surgery he discovered that every tendon and ligament in my leg was torn. Pre-op and POST-OP, I was on levaquin. It’s been six months since surgery and my knee has never healed properly. I now have a huge lump where my patella tendon was reconnected to my tibia. and in constant pain.

    Why did my dr. put me on levaquin immediately BEFORE and AFTER a tendon repair? stupid!

27. mike Says:
    April 22nd, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    I took 10 days of cipro 1000 mg in 2006, resulted in plantar fascia, achiles tendoniti, shoulder pain, lower back pain, both knees are bad, had surgery on the shoulders, need it again now. left elbow is shot. this is three years after taking cipro for ten days and I see no end to it. I live each day in pain, can’t stand on my feet long unless I want to endure the pain. personally I started conversing with a law firm and want to sue the %$#@ out of themanufacturer. I too was told by Dr’s in 2006 that it could not be the cipro, yeah right!
    to all that have been damagaed by these drugs my sympathy and I hope you seek out a law firm and get some justice for your suffering.

28. Mike Says:
    April 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Unfortunately, this is what fluoride does to the body. When you take fluoroquinolones, it basically causes fluoride toxicity in the body. This is how it treats infections, but the problem is that fluoride destroys your body while it does it. It is well documented that one of the MANY side effects from fluoride is that it hardens connective tissue (arthritis). This is why tendons rupture when exposed to prolonged fluoride toxicity. Just think, this stuff is in your water too. You drink it, you bathe in it, you cook food in it, you brush your teeth with it (it destroys teeth in the long run too) and now, you allow yourselves to be further poisoned by taking these drugs.

    As we have seen with drugs like Vioxx, the FDA won’t hesitate to suppress health risks for drugs in order to make a buck on the population. These people are the real drug dealers and the drugs they peddle are the dangerous drugs people should be worried about. The FDA will approve this garbage while, at the same time, refuse to approve something like Vitamin C. That in itself should tell you what kind of people they are. They just want to make money off drugs they can patent and don’t care who they hurt in the process.

    The moral of this story is: Don’t trust the FDA further than you can throw them and avoid taking anything that is FDA approved whenever you can. If you have to, do your own research beforehand and choose something you feel comfortable with. For UTI’s, a combination of cranberry juice/extract, Vitamin C and Echinacea will cure it in most cases. The cranberry inhibits the ability of the E-coli bacteria (the usual culprit for UTI’s) from adhering to the walls of the urethra making it easier to flush out, the Vitamin C helps prevent any further infection from developing and the Echinacea kills E-coli rather easily. Effective natural cures are out there and with a little research, you can find them. Echinacea is a wonder drug, look into it.

    I wish all of you the best in your recoveries.
    Mike

29. Frances Says:
    April 24th, 2009 at 12:30 am

    I took Levaquin in March 2008 and March 2009 for chest congestion. I recently mentioned to my podiatrist that I thought I was getting achilles tendonitis in my left heel. I had this problem in my right heel several years ago. However, he told me it was not achilles tendonitis, that I had a torn tendon. He gave me an ankle wrap which I will have to use until the tendon heels. I have a “bump” on the back of my heel where the tendon is torn. If it does not heel, I will need to have surgery to repair the tear.

30. Johnny Says:
    May 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 am

    I took a couple courses of Avelox for a severe sinus infection, early last year. Now, eight weeks ago, I ruptured my achilles tendon. It was a complete rupture requiring surgery. I’ve only just begun to walk without a “boot”. I would never have taken this antibiotic if I had even the slightest idea this would have happened.

31. misty Says:
    May 11th, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    I have been on Levaquin and Cipro too. I am currently on Cipro now for a kidney infection. I have been on both pills several times in my life and I am 27yrs of age now. So I have no idea if these pills cause this issue or not. I have never had any problems with either of these medications. I am currently on Cipro at 500mg twice a day for 10 days. I suffer from Sacral Agenesis and I have chronic UTI and Kindey Infections. So I have been on these pills several times. If this sort of thing happens does anyone know how long it takes for these certain side affects to happen?

32. jimroy Says:
    May 13th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    I blew out my shoulder- rotator cuff and labrum hitting ONE serve (that was all) June of 08. I have to have surgery June 09. I had been taking Levaquin for sinus and UTI’s during 09 (three or four times) and to make matters worse I had also used Fluticasone (a corticosteroid nasal spray) during much of the same time. I can’t be positive but it damn sure seems like the Levaquin and spray exacerbated my shoulder problems. I’ve tried acupuncture and taken many Ayurvedic/ Chinese herbs- pain might be a little diminished but I can’t really use my arm adequately. BTW I just bought more Levaquin two days ago as a precaution on a trip to Europe- the pharmacist as usual said nothing. (Naturally I will just throw this stuff in garbage)

33. jimroy Says:
    May 13th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    One more thing. I have been to three orthopedists for evaluation. NOT ONE OF THEM even asked about any antibiotic usage.

34. ellen Says:
    May 22nd, 2009 at 1:12 am

    2 months ago I was hospitalized with Ph, when admitted to the hospital I was given Leviquin by IV for 4 days and a rx for 10 days of oral antibiotics. After I had taken 4 days of the oral medication I went to the doctor explaining that my arms and legs were in great pain. At that point, I had read about the side effects of Leviquin and when I mentioned this to my Doctor I was told that all of that was nonsense. Now my left shoulder and arm ache insistantly and my legs are so bad that I can’t hardly get up in our house becuase the stairs are to high and I can’t put any weight on my legs.
    I was not told in the hospital about the side effects of this medication and would not have given my approval if I had known what I would have these type of side effects.

35. Lulu Says:
    May 26th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    I was put on Levaquin for Bartholin Cyst. I was okay until two days after finishing two week of this medicine. I was diagnosed with tendonitis of the leg. My legs, feet and hands get so numb I can’t feel them. My hands and feet burn constantly. Now a portion of my left hand in the thumb area feels dislocated and I can’t write with my left hand. I am left handed. I cannot hold anything that is even slightly heavy as it is too painful. I developed neruomas, after about three weeks of taking Levaquin. I can no longer walk comfortably as the soles of my feet feel as if they are walking on nails. My feet are red an swollen. I needed all new shoes to fit my swollen, painful feet. I have lost my balance standing and sitting down on a chair…I almost fell off of the chair sideways while at a diner. I never get headaches and now I do. My right cheek hurts and one of my eyes would not open right away when I woke up from sleep. It also is twitching a lot.

    I called the company who makes Levaquin and was crying tellling them how my life has changed since taking Levaquin. I told her thousands of people are reporting their poisoning from Levaquin and it’s aftereffets. The Levaquin represensative saId, Many people are being helped though BUT I WILL TAKE A REPORT. I asked her if we are being used as guinea pigs? Is that all they do talke a report of how you have been harmed with no advice on how to get this poison out of your system??? She said that Levaquin is already gone from your system. I asked her how come the effects from it are still increasing and she said, WE DON’T KNOW WHY. Your doctor is the one who is responsible for knowing all about what can happen. We are NOT RESPONSIBLE. IT’S UIP TO YOUR DOCTOR TO INFORM YOU OF WHAT TO DO.

    I spoke to one doctor, not the one who gave me the Levaquin, and she said to me, “we can’t possibly know everything about the drugs we give to patients.” SO THE DRUG COMPANY IS NOT AT FAULT AND NEITHER IS THE DOCTOR.,.,..,THEN WHO IS? WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE?

    I have read on the internet that the reaction from taking Levaquin can continue for 8 months to 18 months and sometimes the damage is permanent.

    WE MUST STOP THE DRUG COMPANY FROM GIVING THIS OUT.,

    I called the FDA and they said, “we will take a report” that is all we caxn do and we have many reports.

    The drug company and the FDA have been taking reports for many years nowand knowing the damage it is causing…CONTINUES TO “JUST” take reports with no action or responsibility for the thousands that are now handicapped, on disablity, not longer able to live normal lives.

    LET US UNITE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. LET US STOP THEM FROM EXPERIMENTING WITH US.

    LULU

36. Rose Says:
    May 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    I have been prescribed Cipro and Levaquin for several years for bladder infection and dental visits at the recommendation of my cardiologist.
    In August of 03 I thought I sprained my ankle but found out a week later I had ruptured my achilles tendon on my right leg, was put into a walking boot for about 6-7 months. Had several proceedures to try and get blood flow to the lower leg, including a vascur bypass, that didn’t work.
    In June of 05 they had to amputate the leg BK, the wound wouldn’t heal, January of 06 they amputated the leg AK.
    I feel because of the ruptured tendon and having to be in a boot for so long for it to heal, was a cause for poor circulation in that leg.
    I do not have diabetes.

37. Bambi Says:
    June 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    Hi, everone,

    I can’t believe the horrible side effects I am reading in your comments.

    I have been on Cipro for 4 weeks, intermittently,over a month for otitis. It has not helped to clear the infection and just as I finished the last lot, a 10day dose, I found my knees to be incredibly sore and swollen. I had to see my Dr for the otitis and hostital treatment and never mentioned my knees; felt a bit like a am falling apart, hypochondriac, etc. Now nearly 3 weeks later I am still having great difficulty walking. I am 69years of age, always been in good health and not a sign of arthritis or similar in my body. I am outraged that this can happen - your life ruined by some greedy pharmaceuticals ! Have just made an appointment to see my Dr tomorow and show her some of your comments and info on this horrible drug.

    Not sure if there is a class action in Australia, but I have not found any comments on the net. Plase let me know if somebody does.

    .

38. kimberly Says:
    June 4th, 2009 at 8:12 am

    WOW! I was pumped full of these medications for what doctors assumed were continuing UTI’s.
    Came to find out my condition was something more serious than just a UTI.
    But for 10 years I took this medicine over and over and over again until underlying problem was discovered.
    I was walking in parking lot of a business and stumbled over trash/bottle and suffered a severe tendon rupture, had months of therapy, then surgery and have really never recovered.
    Could never understand how a simple Misstep could have lead to such a severe injury… well NOW I know.
    Would have been nice if my doctor would have drawn a parallel between the two.

39. Sky Says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    I was put on Levaquin for 30 days to see if my prostate was infected due to a high psa. Within a month after finishing the course of treatment my archilles heel becgn to hurt and a short time afterwards my knee popped above the knee cap and I have been limping around since. While an MRI has determined a small miniscus tear in the opposite part of the leg from the ligament, I believe it was always there and the knee damage is the result of Levaquin. I had read the manufacturers counter indications but was unaware of the extent of any potential for these problems, Coincidenally, my wife had been put on Cipro for a numb foot and had her plantar faciatis tear. We are now both limping around together.

40. Carol Says:
    June 17th, 2009 at 12:01 am

    I took Levaquin in December and Jan of 2008/2009 which was prescribed to me by a Dr. who was treating me for double pnemonia.I noticed after taking Leviquin for a week (750 mg 4 times a day) it was hard for me to walk.I never related or even thought that the drug that I was taking for pnemonia would cause my “legs” (of all things,) to hurt.
    What really caught my eye in reading about Levaquin is that last week when I was getting out of the bed and as my right foot touched the floor, something popped and made a snapping sound in my right calf.The pain was so bad that I began to sweat, felt as I would faint ,got hot and cold chills.The pain was VERY bad. I finally got ahold of myself and layed down in the bed again.My hubby brought me 2 muscle relaxers ,ice pack and an ace bandage.
    I was not able to walk on my right leg for 3 days and on the 4th day I could put some pressure on it.I have a huge bruise on my calf where what ever it was snapped..I also took Levaquin and I truly believe that this odd occurrence that happend was caused by the drug Levaquin.
    My body is not the same after taking Levaquin.I think that alot of investagation should go into researching this drug and the side effects that people are having from taking it. People should know the side effects that their body will possibly go through by taking this drug BEFORE it is prescribed to them by a licensed physician.

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