Cipro and Levaquin Black Box Warning added by FDA

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“Cipro and Levaquin Black Box Warning added by FDA”

1. Risk of Levaquin Tendon Ruptures - Lawsuits Reviewed Nationwide | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles Says:
   July 16th, 2008 at 7:21 am

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2. CAROL Says:
   July 17th, 2008 at 11:09 am

   I FILL LIKE I HAVE BEEN GIVING TO MUCH CIPROS FOR VAGINIST A PROBLEM THAT NEVER DID GET BETTER ONLY GOT WORST . I FILL THAT THIS TENDERNITIS WERE FRIST CAUSE BY THIS HORRIABLE MEDICATION THAT DOCTOR WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE EVERY TIME I WILL COMPLAINT OF VAGINIST. I WOULD GET CIPRO SO MUCH TILL I WOULD STOP GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE I WAS SCARE THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE REALLY LOW IMMUNE SYSTEM AN NO ANTIBOITIES WAS GOING TO WORK.

3. ciprovictimalso Says:
   July 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

   I believe the previous warnings for these medicines were insufficient & the black box warning has the same problem. I base this on experience from what happened to my husband. He had 3 ruptures after taking Cipro in 1998 & 3 more ruptures after taking CiproXr in 2004. These ruptures involved tendons, ligaments & muscle. Some occurred with no warning. The first rupture was around 11 months “after” taking Cipro in 1998. The rupturing stopped for several years. When the rupturing began again, they started around 11 months “after” taking CiproXR in 2004. “After” listed on the rare adverse reactions needs to clarify the amount of time these injuries might occur. Some doctors and patients may believe that after means only a few weeks after finishing the medicine. My husband has seen almost a dozen different doctors. Not 1 of them associated his 6 ruptures to Cipro. They were puzzled as to what was causing this. This being the case, then these “rare” adverse reactions probably aren’t being recognized by physicians & therefore not being reported. I believe people over 60 are not the age group that actually had the most reported tendon ruptures. My husband was in his early 40’s when he took Cipro in 1998. Tendinitis & tendon ruptures seem to be the only adverse reactions mentioned on these new warnings. There are other adverse reactions that are permanent such as neuropathies. If a person’s tendons can rupture signifying a problem with the tissue, then why would someone think that other adverse reactions won’t occur. My husband has neuropathies, depression, panic attacks, back spasms, muscle & joint pain, headaches and the lists goes on. All of these are listed as adverse reactions from taking these medicines. The Black Box warning still doesn’t do enough to warn people of possible risks.

4. Leslea Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am

   My name is Leslea and I am a Clinical Laboratory Manager, have been a Medical Technologist for almost 30 years. I am very well respected by the medical staff at my facility because if I bring up a subject, perhaps a laboratory protocol that I want to put into place or changed, I have done my homework on the subject.
   With that in mind, I want to urge physicians to take heed to the fact that fluoroquinolones are not safe for a very large segment of the population. There are literally thousands and thousands of people whose lives are forever changed because of the quinolones.
   I know that most, if not all, facilities with microbiology departments put out an antibiogram, at least annually, for the medical staff to reference. Please use your antibiograms to pick the least toxic and most effective antibiotic for your patient.
   Use the quinolone class only as a last resort, after other antibiotics have failed or the patient will expire if they aren’t used. Using the quinolones routinely just doesn’t make sense when other antibiotics will work. Keep in mind if this class of antibiotics continues to be used so nonchalantly they will become ineffective due to bacteria developing resistance to them.
   I have personally experienced multiple system adr’s to the quinolones, and know a multitude of people like me. That is why I am writing this, I want to prevent the number of people that are damaged by quinolones from growing exponentially.
   The adr’s to the quinolones are grossly under reported due to the fact that a lot of reactions aren’t recognized, but are diagnosed as an unrelated problem. If the number of adr’s to quinolones were accurately reported to the medical community, no physician would ever routinely prescribe quinolones again, unless he was some sort of sadist.
   My motivation for writing this is honorable, our term would be risk management in the medical community, for the layperson it would be a passionate desire to prevent others from suffering like I am.
   Just in case you are wondering, my first reaction to a quinolone caused damage to my tendons particularly my left knee. The tendons were so weak that my knee dislocated 6 times over a 7 month period, I probably should have been in a wheel chair, but I needed to work. I have a permanent baker’s cyst in that knee. The tendonitis was so painful that walking was more like hobbling.
   My second reaction made my first reaction seem like a walk in the park. When I mentioned multiple systems earlier, I meant CNS, muscular, skeletal, soft tissues and connective tissue damage. Four and a half years post two doses of Avelox, I still have a multitude of symptoms, some that are not going to resolve. Although I am in severe unrelenting pain, I consider the worst part of my reaction to be the CNS or brain damage.
   I have debilitating depression, which I never had prior to this. But the thing that takes the cake is the following: I am sure you can imagine that I am or actually was above average in intelligence, Avelox has destroyed my short term memory and has made me struggle to find simple everyday words when carrying on a conversation. My nickname used to be “The Steel Trap” because I never forgot anything and could recall verbatim conversations no matter how long or short the amount of time that had elapsed. My memory was what is called photographic in nature. You might be tempted to say, well you are getting older, well I don’t believe that CNS changes due to aging happen overnight unless there is a stroke involved. That, and the fact that I am not alone with this reaction, speaks very loudly to the truth of the matter.
   I will quickly list the other damage I am dealing with; peripheral neuropathy, myofascial damage in my right hip that has lead to permanent gluteus median adhesions after tearing. I have chronic muscle spasms and knots in my right hip and shoulder, this is the cause of the severe unrelenting pain, the shoulder knots and spasms lead to horrible tension headaches. I also have to take Valtrex to keep shingles at bay, another wonderful symptom of the nerve damage. My tendons and ligaments in my right knee are tender to the touch and painful, my vision is altered due to floaters and blurring, luckily laboratories are notoriously noisy so I don’t notice the tinnitus too much. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. By the way, I was a healthy active person prior to this reaction, I was 47 at the time and most people would guess my age at 35 because of my personality, strength and agility, they were always shocked to find out how old I was.
   Please help me in preventing any other healthy individuals from experiencing this nightmare.
   I also challenge you to do your own research into the real picture of this class of antibiotics, quit taking the word of the FDA or pharmaceutical companies, they have an agenda, but it is less than honorable. You can start by going to http://www.fluoroquinolones.org .
   Thank you for your time.

5. Db Cipro Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm

   The FDA is greatly understating the data in Medwatch and anecdotal reports of tendon and muscle damage by quinolones by saying it occurs primarily to people over 60 Years Old, those taking steroids or kidney, heart or lung transplant recipients. I was a 52 year old healthy person with none of the above before my entire health was wrecked by a week of Cipro tablets and one Levaquin. I was and still am pretty sedentary, and there is no reason I have severe aches and pains all of my body from these medicines. I have a constellation of other body and mind injuries from these pills, all of the side effects are listed on the Cipro and Levaquin warning sheets, yet my doctors won’t admit the drugs caused them, and worse yet, they can’t prescribe anything that will alleviate these life destroying side effects. See my story at my website, or read http://www.fqresearch.org for more horror stories. The FDA is not doing their job, or can’t even analyze their own data. The public should have access to true statistics of the injuries. These are not ‘rarely’ occurring side effects.

6. Rose Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm

   I was previously a healthy 40 year old with no history of kidney, heart or lung problems . A 10-day prescription of Levaquin 500 mg for pneumonia completely changed my life. I have lived with crippling pain and neuropathy for more than seven months because of this poison. The thing I want to point out is that I had a DELAYED musculoskeletal and neurological reaction. I suspected my symptoms were caused by the drug; but when I began researching side effects of fluoroquinolones, my suspicions were confirmed when I found thousands of others online who were suffering from the same problems I was suffering from. Imagine how many others are suffering who have not connected their pain with the drug because they had a delayed reaction. Doctors: Wake up! These are not rare reactions. I personally know more than 10 people who have had a negative reaction to a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. When patients go to the doctor with these symptoms, doctors don’t even think it might be from a drug. Instead, they order thousands of dollars worth of tests that all come back negative. Why doesn’t the FDA require doctors to follow their patients for a year after they’ve been prescribed a FQ? I’m sure the world would be shocked! On the other hand, those of us who have been floxed would not be so surprised to see the vast numbers of people affected.

7. david fuller Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 12:54 am

   Rather than retype this comment over and over, as so many sites are running with this story, I would beg pardon from the host of this site to allow me to paste this comment, which has been spell and grammar checked for errors as well as submitted to those other sites.

   I believe it captures the concerns of those who have been injured by this class and hence a relevant comment to this story, as well as adds the facts that have been deliberately excluded by the FDA within their press release:

   Tendon rupture is the least of the patient’s concerns. This class is associated with irreversible peripheral neuropathy, fatal liver and kidney damage, fatal hypo and hyperglycemia, SJS and TEN, toxic psychosis, spontaneous ruptures not only of the tendons but also muscles, ligaments and cartilage, the list of serious adrs is boundless. More than half of the drugs found in this class have been removed from clinical practice due to severe and even fatal adverse reactions.

   I just received a report of a 14year old male who tore the cartilage in both knees requiring extensive surgical intervention as a result of being on levaquin to treat a nail infection. Not to mention they young lady who has been in a wheelchair for the past decade due to the damage done to her tendons which rendered them beyond surgical repair. She was given cipro for an earache.

   Within the NDA (new drug application) for levofloxacin we find clinical studies that revealed an adr rate in excess of 40% (one or more reactions) and a number of listed fatalities. We find these same numbers with all the NDAs for this class. This tendon issue we are now discussing was first revealed to the FDA back in 1982 (bailey et al). The FDA did NOTHING until Public Citizen filed a petition in 1996 seeking both black box warnings and dear doctor letters. The FDA did neither. Another petition was filed by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois in 2005 seeking these same actions. In 2006 Public Citizen once again petitioned the FDA. Rather than respond to these petitions as required by law, the FDA stonewalled the petitioners for more than three years. It was not until suit was filed in Federal Court by Public Citizen to compel the FDA to respond to these petitions did the FDA do anything.

   And what they did was nothing more than a ’slap to the face’ to those of us who have had our lives destroyed by these drugs. It is far too little, far too late. And we would not even be tossed this ‘bone’ if this lawsuit were not pending. This is nothing more than a blatant attempt by the FDA to avoid full disclosure of the true safety profile of this class which will be required when they lose in Federal Court.

   Bayer issued a European “Dear Doctor Letter” in February of 2008 in regards to fatal liver injury as a result of being on Avelox. Yet we see no such letter being issued here in the States, nor do we see the FDA requesting one either. This class has been crippling and killing patients since the mid sixties. For more than forty years now the FDA has hidden the true safety profile from both the patient as well as the treating physician.

   Those who have an interest in reading this forty years worth of medical journal entries, case reports, newspaper articles, clinical studies, etc., that documents all that I state here are invited to log unto http://www.fqresearch.org The FDA is also grossly misleading when they state that the risk factor is one in one hundred thousand. The actual risk is .5% to 16% depending upon which citation you prefer to reference as well as the year in which it was published.

   I find the manufacturers to be grossly misleading the patient and physician alike when they state that this class is a safe and effective antibiotic with minimum side effects. I have forty years worth of medical documentation that proves that they are anything but for those who care to read it, rather than this line of misleading and false information being provided by the FDA.

   Mr. David T. Fuller
   Director
   Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation
   http://www.fqresearch.org
   fqresearch@aol.com
   davidtfull@aol.com

8. Seena Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 9:40 am

   I am a 34 yr old mother who took three doses of Levaquin 2 and a half months ago for a UTI. I stopped taking the medicine due to myalgia, neuropathy, extreme panic, joint and tendon pain, and so on and so on. I’m still experiencing the joint and tendon pain throughout my entire body. There has not been one day in the past 2 and a half months that I have not been in pain. Let me add that the joint and tendon pain started one week AFTER I discontinued the drug.

   This is an over prescribed drug that in some people can cause long lasting symptoms. Other drugs should be given instead, leaving these antibiotics for last resort use only.

   Seena

9. sandy Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

   My knees haven’t stopped acheing since i started ciorofloxacin for a bladder inf. i was taking ciopro for 6-7 days when i couldn’t bend my knees which also began to ach for the first time. on my own i quit taking the drug and returned to my dr. and told him about my knees and he scribed a different anti for the infection. ever since i have had acheing tendons in my knees.

   my husband was given this drug by same dr. and after 4 days his back aches, i told him to tell dr of it, he is there at this moment. i will not ever take this drug again and its on my drug allergy list, i have told others beware. thxs

10. Robin Says:
    July 24th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    I only today found out about the “black box warning”. I have been given Cipro, Avelox and Levaquin a multitude of times for bronchitis, and pneumonia. Even to to the point of IV.
    Now I am suffering pain in the right knee, right hip and thigh, and right shoulder. I am a nurse by profession, and now I am facing a shoulder surgery in a couple of weeks due to tendonitis/bursitis, rotator cuff tear, bicep tear, and frozen shoulder. All these symptoms, plus the neuropathy have all developed over the last 6 months.
    I would personally like to be tested for anything related to the drugs.

11. Julianne Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    I was presribed 7 days of levaquin 500 mg. for bacterial vaginitis. I had absolutely no symptoms at this time, but was put on it by ob/gyn anyway. I took the pills at nigth. The fifth morning (after taking 4 pills) I awoke with excrutiating pain in my left calf. I could barely get out of bed and could put no weight on my foot. I could not figure out what I had done to myself. I got worse as the day progressed. Aching all over, numbness in both legs and feet, joint tenderness and exhaustion. I felt as if I had been run over by a train. I looked up Levaquin on the internet and saw person after person validating exactly how I felt. I called the oncall doctor (this was a Saturday, thank goodness, no work) and he said stop it right away. I did and contacted the prescribing doctor on Monday, who was extrodinarily dismissive and said it was not the medicine (I had been perfectly fine until taking this poison.) I felt as if I was being cross examined on the witness stand in court. He wanted to know why I had not had an ultrasound done because I could have a blood clot and why I had not had a complete blood workup because I could have liver damage. I told him because he had not ordered it! He told me it was not his responsibility and for me to receive treatment from my regular family doctor. I called my internest who got me in right away and diagnosed me with Achilles heal tendonitis in both legs as well as neuropathy. I was sent to the lab where eight tubes of blood were taken out and have an EMG scheduled to see the degree of neuropathy I am suffering with. This is absolutely unbelievable!! And to be treated the way I was by the prescirbing doctor is deplorable. Needless to say I have switched doctors already.

    I have researched this drug and am taking natural supplements to see if they help. The pharmasist says that this is seen in people taking levaquin, but generally younger, I am 50. I was in tip top shape before this medication. I can walk, but my legs are sore, become weak and tired, my knees ache, elbow, hands, shoulders etc. My feet tingle and there is a tight feeling in them and in my legs and pain in my hip. I feel like an old lady instead of the vital person I was a week ago. Interestingly, the woman who called from the neurologist’s office to schedule the EMG asked why I was having it done and I told her. She was shocked said she had been on Levaquin a few years ago and has felt awful on and off. She has had a battery of tests done with no conclusive answers. She also is 50 and feels like an old woman. In talking, she came to the conclusion that she is suffering from Levaquin as well and was going to research it. I told her read what people write not what the pharmaceutical company writes. My bottle that I got last week had no warning on it for tendons, just sun a dizziness!

    If my symptoms do not clear up I am going to pursue this legally. I think the FDA has to take this medication off of the market before other healthy, innocent people are left inconpacitated.

12. rick Says:
    August 6th, 2008 at 12:07 am

    Please excuse my pasting this comment as there are hundreds of websites running this story and I wish to get the word out regarding the devastating nature of fluoroquinolone drugs.

    One feature of this class of drugs(fluoroquinolones) is that the damage they cause may very well be permanent. The only reference to permanence I could find on the label is referring to permanent neuropathy. The tendon ruptures, the PN, many of the other debilitating symptoms are also permanent.
    “stop taking the drug and call your doctor” the warning says – but that may be too late for alot of people.
    Another thing: the ADRs for these drugs may appear months after you take them. This is what happened to me. I took avelox in March 2005 for a sinus infection, and in early June I started feeling the ADRS; fatigue, vision problems, neuropathy, dehydration, tinnitis, insomnia. I had no idea what was causing it, and the med. community was no help. They don’t diagnose for ADRs to FQs or any other drug. So patients get mis-diagnosed.

    I feel this is nothing short of a health crisis in this country. Between doctors being ignorant and misinformed about these drugs and the FDA doing nothing, we have a problem on our hands!

    rick

13. t logan Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    I took Cipro for a UTI in Nov 04, and it never occured to me to put this together with my mysterious symptoms until I heard a bite on TV about Cipro and thought, I’ve taken that..jotted it on a post-it that I finally googled..when I read the accounts I cried, because I have felt crazy, and it finally gave a cause for why I hurt all the time. I have strucurally bad knees so they were repaired and cartilage was scoped back in 2000, after which they felt much better. When the pain started up I just figured my knees were worsening, but it didn’t make sense why I felt it below my knees (I also now have a Bakers cyst), the bottoms of my feet hurt, my forearms and heel of my thumbs, my shoulders,neck, hips, I have weakness in my legs like there is no current, and overall fatigue that is a struggle every day. I had none of these pains before.

14. Karen Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    my husband was given cipro for a UTI. After taking it for 3 days he started having seizures. Was taken to the hospital by ambulance. At the hospital was given levaquin by IV for 5 days. He had trouble staying awake and slowly got worse. We took him home after 5 days and he died two weeks later. This drug should not be given to anyone with neurological problems. I blame the escalation of my husbands problems on these drugs.

15. Shirin Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    I am a 36 yr old female very fit, healthy and athletic who took one full course of Levaquin 7 months ago for a UTI. I completed the antibiotic for 10 days. Since then I have joint and tendon pain on my knees and ankles , wrist and just recently both my shoulders. Need to say I kept continuing doing the sports for the entire time. But I had to stop doing the sports ( windsurfing , kitebaording and gym ) last week since I am worried during one my shoulder my get a ruptured tendon , since I am in a lot of pain.

16. Ricki Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    This is unbelievable! I have been having problems with weakness in my legs and ankles ever since taking a DOUBLE dose of Cipro for a UTI. The first dose seemed to help to some degree, but the UTI returned almost immediately after I finished the Cipro, so I ended up with a second dose to wipe it out. Since then I have had constant pain in my right shoulder which also leads to neck pain and then to headaches. And my legs are so weak. My legs were always my strongest feature. I love to read and until I took the Cipro, I would read five or six books a night. Not entirely, I would read a chapter or two of each book. But since I took the Cipro, I can’t focus on even one book! I have problems focusing on everything. It’s like my mind is soft. I thought I was going crazy and now I read this?

17. Bob Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Bob from Lincoln UK

    I took 7 days of a 28 day course of Ofloxacin in November 2007
    Had to stop the meds due to intense pain in my knees and shoulders.
    4 weeks in: -
    hardly walk with severe swellings in knees , ankles and hips.
    6 weeks in: -
    Toxic psychosis, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts
    9 months in: -
    Pain in joints and muscles, tendons popping in every single joint but worse in spine.
    Chronic back pain
    Worsening of pre existing Tinnitus
    Burning sensations on hands and feet.
    Flushing sensations
    Bee like stings all over
    Feeling of being cold even in hot weather.
    Urinary problems
    New symptoms manifest themselves every week
    Symptoms are progressive and not transient as stated in the prescribing literature.
    I am 43 but feel like 63.
    If you have Prostatitis or any infection that HAS NOT been cultured refuse Fluoroquinolones until they can confirm its life or death, honest it is just not worth the risk.
    BE WARNED YOU QUALITY OF LIFE MAY DEPEND UPON IT!!!!!!!!!!!

18. Betty Says:
    September 23rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    I was given leviquin for a uti by my dr for 7 days, my left knee started giving me problems but has subsided a bit since i have been off of it, Now the dr finds the uti still active and gives me cipro 14 day supply i took the first pill yesterday at 3:30 pm, after going to bed i forgot my 3:30am dose during the night so after two hours after i took my bp meds I took the cipro, now I am dealing with pain in my right shoulder and can’t lift my arm hardly at all. I am not taking this medicine.

19. marj Says:
    September 27th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    unbelievable! after taking just 1 (500mg) of cifprofloxacin for uti>i knew it is a poison, this has to stop! right now i am so worried of what’s gonna happen to me now, i am trying to flush it from my system by drinking a lot of water, i hope it will work but as of now i am experiencing some stomach pains, i hope it didnt do a lot of damage on me, because i cannot afford to not work. GOD BLESS US ALL GUYS! We needed to have a prayer rally for this> this has to be taken off the pharmacy.

20. Heidi Says:
    November 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am

    Well i was given cipro for broncitus and i have been taking it 4 about a week now and i have been feeling like i am getting sick off the cipro and i have basically been feeling weakness in my whole body

21. kellie Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I was precribed Leviquin for a UTI. After being on the drug for 3 days I started to develop a extremely painful achilles tendon. I couldn’t understand why. I am a very active individual but knew I hadn’t done anything in which I could tear or damage my tendon. I continued to take to the medication as I never thought to connect the two. The next day I woke up and my calf muscles were so sore I could hardly walk, my spine began to hurt as well, being ignorant I continued to take the pill for a total of 6 days, as I still couldn’t get the connection. I felt like I was a very old woman, and I am only in my 40’s. I decided to call my phamasists and told her of my side effects, she told me to get off the medication immediately and come into the clinic to be seen by a doctor. I did, the doctor took it very lightly stating it was an extremely rare side effect and had never heard of this happening to anyone before. I have been off the drug for 2 weeks now, and I am still deveoping symtoms. The latest is my arms are numb and tingling and my left pinkie finger feels like it is broken. It is swollen and painful. I feel like I have arthritis over my entire body. Before taking this drug I was a healthy atlhletic individual, now I feel like I am 80 years old. I am scared as I am off the drug and still developing side effects. What upsets me the most, is doctors state it is rare, but now that I have stated to research this I see thousands of other with my symtoms. Why is this drug still on the market, and what is yet to happen to me?

22. Melanie Says:
    March 31st, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    I had been an aerobics instructor for 20 years. I have frequent utis and have been given cipro numerous times. A few years back, in the middle of class my plantaris tendon ruptured….went immediately to orthopedic and was diagnosed. and put to bed for a week, then went through 6 weeks of rehab, shortly after being released for that, the plantaris tendon on the other leg ruptured. These ruptures have been excruciatingly painful. I have also experienced ruptures in my right shoulder as well. I still have pain behind my knees and am hoping that i lose no more of my achilles, since they did not do surgery to fix the previous 2.

23. CAT Says:
    April 13th, 2009 at 12:26 am

    There cannot be any worse pain! Imagine the pain of a skinned knee and a paper cut ALL OVER your body…plus aching and throbbing with electric shock-like sensations circulating your whole body at once! Sheer Torment!
    That’s just a start Follow this by a sudden disappearance of cartilage, atrophied limbs overnight, sudden deafness, vision changes by the hour, feet that feel like you’ve walked on coal…I’m just revving up!
    Then there is the fear! Fear that you eat some food that has traces of fluoroquinolones or foods that vie for metabolism in the liver, causing an increase in the pain!
    Have you had enough? I have! But this is only a portion of the hell that these drugs cause.

24. Joyce Says:
    June 29th, 2009 at 12:24 am

    Would any one know what type of doctor I need to see because my GP just says that it is my FMS once again. I have delet with FMS for over ten years, and I know this is not the same type of pain. This pain shifts all over my body and feels as if my bones are being pulled apart. I guess it is a conflict on interest when I mentioned to my GP the side effects I have read about Levaquin, because she is the one that had me take this medication in an IV when I was in the hospital almost a year ago, and plus tablet form after I was discharged. This pain that I am dealing with has been going on for over several months and is getting worse each day. I am normally a very postive person, but this really is making me not what to be in this body any longer then is necessary.

25. Joseph Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Most of the lawyers only seem to be interested if they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on these cases., I have suffered for 2 months with limping, pain in both achilles tendons, and cannot move my left hand. I would have never taken Cipro if I knew I would be suffering 2 months later. It is affecting my work, my personal life, and my ability to enjoy life. I can’t even drive without pain.

    Bayer Pharmaceutical should not be able to have this drug on the market. Furthermore, doctors must be more educated regarding prescribing this type of medication. Why they gave me Cipro for a minor intestinal infection, it beyond me.

    Please warn your friends and relatives about this drug. It does more harm than good.

26. Dayna Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Has anyone else been diagnosed with a condition known as ‘cervical dystonia’ or ’spasmodic torticollis’ since taking levaquin? It’s just one thing after another for me. I’m only 36, and since taking Levaquin in 2005, I have FMS, CFS, hypthyroid, diabetes, carpal tunnel, complete hysterectomy due to damage to my enitre endocrine system, my CNS system is destroyed, migraines, arthritis, etc etc. Now this cervical dystonia thing. My neck is pulled sharply to one side. I’m barely getting through each day, and I am in pain 24/7. I don’t even bother trying to sleep half the time, and at this point, yes, I’m losing my mind. :)~ My faith is still in he Lord, and somehow I know that He is in control, but it still hurts. :(

27. Amanda Says:
    November 28th, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    I was given Ciproflaxacin back in late July of 09 for a urinary tract infection.In September of 09 my ACL and miniscus both ruptured in my right knee.I had ACL reconstruction surgery and they went in and cleaned up the miniscus which is all they could do for that.I am now experiencing tremendous pain in my right arm constantly,,I have asked the same doctor who did my surgery about it and he urged me to make an appointment beacuse he feels it is tendenitis!! I will never be the same after taking this dangerous drug !

28. Mary Anne Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    I have been given leviquin and now toviaz to help with my incontenance. I saw something on TV regarding the leviquin and cipro (which i have also taken). I have 2 strikes against me to begin with…I have Multiple Sclerosis and am Diabetic. I noticed when I took this medications I had a lot of pain in my arms and my legs and feet, however, when I spoke to the dr he said I was having an MS episode and it would pass … well, it hasn’t and I’ve been suffering everyday all the time and I have just lived with it because I thought it was due to the MS or the Diabetes. Where do I go from here. Everyone is tired of hearing me complain everyday of aches and pains.

29. Mary Anne Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    I forgot to say that I am also taking macrabid everyday to prevent frequent UTI’s. I’t has been 1 year that I have been taking macrabid everyday. No more UTIs but pain all the time … anyone else experiencing problems with macrabid?

30. deb Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 10:49 am

    Avelox ….evil drug!!!!! I was given this drug for 10 days for a sinus infection. On the ninth day I woke up with pain in my left knee. I am active so I just assumed I did something while running or weight lifting. Went to the gym later in the day and felt something pop behind my left knee. That occurred in April/09. I discovered that Avelox causes tendon ruptures and tears. I am now dealing with continued throbbing pain in the back of my knee that is just enough to make me cry. I have a doctor’s appt. soon. Along with the knee I also started having hives and welt like marks on my body. I have been struggling with dermographism since taking Avelox. I also have tingling/spasm like sensations across my back that come and go. I also have what feels like indigestion when I eat certain foods. Never had any of these problems before. Nobody can convince me otherwise ….Avelox did this. I am a Physical Education teacher who always put health first…I don’t have time to complain to just complain. Get this drug off the market now.

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