Ankle area symptoms and conditions

Severe pain in my right ankle area. I had taken avelox with prednisone for 7 days. My pharmacist had read where it could attack your tendons in rare cases.

I was prescribed the pills for a sore on the inside of my nose that wouldn't heal.
After the 5th day have noticed a sever pain in my right elbow
and weakness in my whole body that I didn't have before
taking the pills . I also have bee sting like pains in my right leg and ankle area , not noticed before .
I am stopping the pills today and hoping all the symptoms will stop in a day or two . I intend to go back to my Dr. in another day or so to let him know what steps I have taken .

After looking at the listed side effects for Pred. i can say that my wife has expierenced all of them. She has Chrons and was on Pred. for about 9 months. Just so you all dont feel like your crazy, ill post what this "miracle drug" had done for our family. INSOMENIA, she would sleep for about 3 hours a day, man was my house clean! MOOD SWINGS, she would flip out for no reason. She even wanted a devorce! For no particular reason, she " just wanted me out of the house ". WEIGHT GAIN, she went from a size 3 to a size 13.*note* she lost weight in the first month, went down to a size 2. MOON FACE, she kept saying she looked like a jack-o-lantern. BURNING SENSATION, she would just break out in a sweat, and complain of "feeling" hot. ACNE, neck, back, and chest. FATIGUE, she just couldnt move, always felt "drained". EATING LIKE A LINE BACKER, she would polish off a full sized bag of cheese curls, and look for more. DEPRESSION, would just break down and cry, for no reason. I would ask, whats worng, and get " i dont know ...." BACK PAIN, she would wake up with major back pain. We contributed this to the added weight, pressing on her back while asleep. SNORING, agian, do to he added weight.

My question is this, my wife has been off the Pred for almost 50 days now, and she has lost little weight. It kills me that she looks in the mirror and cries now because she still has the added weight. She has lost a little in the face, and in the ankle area, but had yet to loose a majority of the weight gain. Her Dr. told her that it will take another 2 - 3 months to loose her weight and get back to "normal". If some one can varify this; the long gradual weight loss, it would make my wife feel so much better, knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks in advance,

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i have been using atacand for several months and have developed a severe, red, itchy, raised skin rash on the lower leg and ankle area. It started as small pimple rashes which have spread probably due to rubbing the itchy area. Creams such as cortate&Canestan combination recommended by my Doctor do not help as i have been using it for four months. Other Moisture creams do not help either. Any suggestions????