Cipro and Levaquin Achilles Tendon Rupture Lawsuits

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1. Cipro and Levaquin Black Box Warning - Tendon Rupture Lawsuits | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles Says:
   July 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

   [...] side effects. The lawyers at Saiontz, Kirk & Miles, P.A. have been investigating potential Cipro and Levaquin lawsuits against the manufacturers as a result of their failure to warn about the risk of the debilitating [...]

2. Bill Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

   Five years ago, for no apparent reason and without pain, I discovered that I could no longer reach above my head with my left arm. An MD could not find the reason, except to say that tendons had pulled free of muscle at the upper arm area and that the “socket” itself was fine!
   About 6 months later I viewed my left shoulder blade on a home video and it just flopped about! again without pain…difficult to sleep on left side though, if at all.
   Just prior to this, about three months, during an employment physical, the examining MD stated that I probably cannot pivot my left foot up while the heel was on the floor while I was sitting! He was right! What caused him to make this observation? He would not discuss this with me, stating that he was responsible to the employer only..strange!
   I had been prescribed antibiotics for dental work and wonder if the antibiotics were at fault.

3. Lynn Says:
   August 25th, 2008 at 10:32 am

   My husband took levaquin for bronchitis and now he is having symptoms of severe pain in his right shoulder with swelling in the deltoid muscle and pain radiates down to his elbow. I saw the commercial on TV this weekend. We had no idea. I told my husband and he just laughed and said it was coincidental.

4. Traci Says:
   October 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm

   I too took cipro and leviquin frequently for bronchitis. One day my thumb would not move and was very painful. It looked almost like it had dislocated. I went to the ER and the doctor also thought I had somehow dislocated my thumb. My x-rays came back with no dislocation or break. He was baffled and sent me to ortho. The orthopedic doctor told me that the tendon that attached to my thumb had “snapped” and would require surgery to repair. After suregery and PT my thumb is functional again and I returned to work only to have my rotator cuff and tendon in my shoulder tear, this to required surgery to repair. I had two surgeries and years of PT.

5. Kimberly Says:
   October 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   I am 34, I took Levaquin this past spring for a sinus infection. After 7 days I needed help from a sitting position on the floor as my knees felt as though they would blow out. Every joint in my body hurt including the first knuckles on my fingers to my toes. My doctor later told me it was something called serum sickness, a rare side effect.I also had pain in my armpit and chest which required ultrasound and mammogram that found nothing. It has been months later and I still have pain in one knee and now have Achilles tendinitis, where some days it is almost unbearable chasing my 1 year old around. I am hoping this works itself out too.

6. antoinette Says:
   October 19th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

   both my achilles tendons snapped after taking 2 ofloxin caplets, within 24 hours.

   i have had no help, doctors denied ofloxin was involved, 8 years later am disabled and bitter.

7. beth Says:
   October 27th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

   I have had to take antibiotics for a couple of years now for a chronic staph infection in my nose. I have had cipro and leviquin and now I am in terrible pain everyday with pain in my achilles tendons in both lower legs, my shoulders at the rotator cuff, my right elbow, my left knee and my left arm to the thumb. I can’t hardly stand the pain sometimes. I still have my staph infection that won’t go away but now I feel like an old person that needs a walker and before I was very active. I couldn’t understand why I was in so much pain but now that I have read the reports on cipro and leviquin I know what is wrong with me but how do i go to my doctor and fill him in on what I think is wrong with me. I need help…..

8. Laura Says:
   April 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 am

   I unfortunately have shared a similar experience with my right hip. Having been perscribed Cipro for an agressive UTI within 2 days I was feeling terrible hip pain, but attributed it to overdoing it. I still continued to take my meds, the following night when I was cooking dinner, I bent down to get a casserole dish and stood to the most unbearable pain I have ever experienced. Felt like my hip had dislocated, I was alone with my three children and could not get help. I finally got it “back in to place” but continued to experience pain. I could not for the life of me figure out how this could happen to an athletic, healthy, retired ballerina. The only thing different was the use of the Cipro. I got out the insert and started to read the very fine print. There it stated as “rare side effect” was tendonopaty especially in populations with extreme range of motion (like gymnasts, ice skaters, dancers) and those who have experienced prior tendon injury. I went the next day to my FP, had x-rays, and was told the stay off of it for 3 month, he also told me that it was impossible to dislocate my hip. That was 3 years ago, I have been to four other medical professionals, everytime I ask if the Cipro could have caused it I get either claims that that is impossible, or that that is such a unusally rare side effect that it could not have happened to me. I began to research for myself and discovered an entire group on line of people with similar experiences. I have still not recovered to my level of normalcy and have just recently turned to Pilates hoping to rehab myself.

9. Sally Says:
   April 30th, 2009 at 7:04 pm

   In August of 2008 I was put on 10 days of Cipro, 2x a day, 500 mg each. In October of 2008 I was again put on Cipro, same dosage and time. The doctor had put one refill on the prescription. The 9th day I got out of bed in the morning and experienced extreme pain in my left achilles tendon. I had sprained my ankle 10 years before and this pain was completely different. Not know yet what was the problem I had the refil filled and began taking it. I saw the doc 2 days later, but she didn’t think it involved the tendon. However, she arranged for an MRI and made an appt. for me to see the specialist 4 days later.

   The first think he asked me was had I been taking any antiobiotice recently. When I told him, he said that was what causing the problem. I was put in a removeable cast for 2 months, which I could remove to sleep. However, I also was having pain below my ankles, the tops of my feet and that entire area, in both feet. After 3 months I began ulltrasound treatments. I had 3, a week apart and after each one I experienced more pain. After the third time it was worse and 3 days later I began having terrible pains in my ankles and feet. DO NOT have ultrasound treatments, because the problem is caused by inflamation due to the Cipro. Nobody knows how long it takes for that kind of inflammation to leave. Believe me when I saw that inflammed tendons do not respond well to ultrasound. I am now back in the removable case and will be in it for 2-3 months.

   I continue having having strange pains and cramp like hot pains in my feet, especially my left foot. My doctor told me that even though I had been wearing a splint down the back of my leg and under my foot my ankle was allowed to twist some for turning around and back and forth while moving around my house. He said sone of the tendons in my ankles and feet had pulled apart from each other. I am so upset about this I can hardly stand it.

   I am not able to go more then 5 miles, each way, in a car because it causes the entire areas to hurt more and then it takes several days for it to subside. I am in constant pain and lost one job that pays me $400 a month. It was 60 mile RT from my house. I am retired with a very small pension and Soc. Sec. Without that I do not know how I could pay my rent or eat.

   I have filed a lawsuit with attorneys in Texas and hopefully will be able to recover at least the income I have lost. I can’t stay on my feet for more then 2 hours and the pain gets too bad, inspite of the pain meds I take. Then I have to elevate my feet for 2 hours and after lunch I take a nap for 2 hours and after supper I spend 4-5 hours watching TV and doing needlework to keep from going crazy.

   It has not been 6-1/2 months and I see 6-10 more months for recovery. Because of my setbacks I feel strongly that the tendons should be allowed to heal before rehab starts, except for mild stretching at home. One isn’t allowed to take a cast off a broken bone 2 weeks before the 6 week recovery, so I think the recovery and rehab for this type of tendintis begin. I have learned the hard way, so now I will allow them to heal.

   Also, even though the FDA issued an order to put a Black Box Warning on cipro in July of 2008, there was none on any of my prescriptions. I stopped taking the refil as soon as I found out what was causing my problems.

10. Dianne Says:
    May 25th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    I recently (within 3 months) took the drug Levaquin for whooping cough. I have always been an avid hiker and backpacker and now am having extreme pain in my left hip and in my right achilles heel. My arms and legs ache on a regular basis and I have never had this before. I don’t know what to do.

11. ellen Says:
    June 3rd, 2009 at 12:35 am

    I was recently given Leviquin for Phenomia after having taken it intravenously and then in tablet form I started to have problems. My shoulders and upper arms hurt and I am not able to lift my left harm. My knees ache and it is very difficult to stand for long periods of time. My hands go numb for no reason. When I talked with my doctor she told me that it could not be the medication that it was used in thousands of cases without reaction. I never had any of these problems before taking this medication and at this point I have had to resign from my job because physically I am not capable of handling the responsibilities required.

12. jane Says:
    June 12th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    I was given Levaquin then Avalox then levaquin again within a 2 1/2 month period for a persistent sinus infection. Within a few weeks of having last dose I began to have pain in my left heel. i blew it off thinking I had pulled a muscle and iced it. After 3 weeks of coming and going pain, I saw the doctor. when he heard that I had been on Levaquin, he responded with /”oh no” several of my patients have had the same result with achilles tendon problems. After an MRI it was discovered I had 2 tears in my achilles and 1 elsewhere in that foot. I am now in a boot cast for at least 4 weeks. I reported this to my allergist who had prescribed drug and he was very concerned and told me he was going to report this. I will NEVER ever again abe on any Levaquin or that family of antibiotics again!

13. Margie Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I took Cipro for 2 days for UTI then my foot started to hurt so bad I called the doc and she gave me prednisone and it got worse ..I finished all the RX never realizing..I called and told her I looked it up and I could not walk at all without a cane.. she said it is not the drugs and she wished they would not give people info like that ..I went to a foot and ankle Doc and she said wear corrective shoes it was tendinnatis and off it ..I sould not walk for 2 mos ..It still swells and hurts some but now I have pain at night in both bicepts so bad I can hardly sleep and feel like someone is pressing on my chest ,,

    I am a widow m y husband was on dialysis and supposed to get a kidney in a couple of weeks ..He spilled hot water on his feet and had to take leviquin and he broke out on chest and had sores in mouth and he died and the neurologist said it was the leviquin ..

    I am at a loss as to what to do but I am worried ..

14. darla Says:
    September 4th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    I am a 36 year verteren coach and phyical education teacher. Last March I was prescribed Levaquin for Bacterial Pneumonia. After several days on the antibiotic, I began to feel severe body and joint aches and pains, lethargy, and pain in both heels and achilles tendon area. My doctor said I has having a reaction to the Levaquin and took me off of it stating that my symptoms would go away. After I stopped taking the drug, I did begin to feel better, but the Achillies area in my right foot still hurt. I was of vacation for 2 1/2 months and went back to work in August, coaching Volleyball. My right achilles tendon hurts. The pain is getting worse, I am now favoring my right leg and having to ice everyday when I get home after work. I will be seeing a othodedic surgeon soon and hopefully will find out if I do indeed have some achillies tendonitis. I can not coach as well as I should because I am so aftraid to tearing the tendon, knowing that it could be detrimental to my job. I also have problems with my thumbs, for some reason. I saw the commercial on tv about the Levaquin situations and would like to talk to someone about options that I may have. I do have evidentiary medical information availability. I would appreciate feedback.

15. dcombs Says:
    September 4th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    I am having achilles tendon problems that my be due to taking Levaquin for pneumonia in March 2009. I am afraid that I will rupture the tendon and be out of a job. I am a phyical education teacher and coach and my job performance is slowing down due to the pain. I also am having some immobility, swelling, and pain in my thumb joints. I would like to talk to someone. I heard the commercial on tv and did not know about the potential problems with Levaquin unitil I saw the adds on tv and information on the internet

16. Kim Says:
    October 16th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    I took levaquin about 11 months ago. I’m having severe pain in my left achilles. I have been to several doctors and the last one put me in a cast for three weeks when they took the cast off they put me back in a boot and i no longer can put any weight on my foot. The tendon is not torn, but i can not get any help I’am seeing another doctor on Monday. I’m very frustrated.

17. elizabeth Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    I went to see the doctor for sinusitus and bronchitis 24 days ago. He prescribed a 10 day course of 320mg FACTIVE. Whilst taking it I had various side-effects which at the time I didn’t attribute to the med, such as hallucinations, and bleeding. On the 8th day of treatment I developed a severe rash all over my body and face. I went to the A&E and they put me on steroids. I have been on them for two weeks now and they are tapering the dose down. The rash cleared after 10 days, However I am getting severe muscle and joint problems as soon as the steroid effect wears off. On the first night I had horrifying pains all over my joints, and pins and needles in both hands and feet. I was shaking uncontrolably and tought my end had come. I took two tablets of prednisolone and the symptoms eased off.. On the second night I had convulsions, all my muscles twiched uncontrolably, and I could not hold the phone in my hand, I took more prednisolone, against the advice of my new doctor. But there was nothing else that helped, so I had no choice. I am terryfied that as soon as I come off the predn. I will relapse into this horrfic attacs of joint and muscle pain and tremmor. It has been the most scary time of my life. Reading this forum, it seems that this can go on for quite some time. I have also suffered insomnia and have been taking sleeping pills just to get a nights rest. I have a two year old.. I feel devastated. These quinolones should be BANNED. They are a poison that no-one should be made to take. I wish I could turn the clock back.

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