Bacterial infection symptoms and conditions

I started taking Avelox 9 days ago. I was prescribed 14 days of Avelox after a round of Ceftin failed to clear up a sinus infection.
I am an avid tennis player, playing 3-5 times a week. My first bad experience happened yesterday when I went out to play and as soon as I walked outside I had a head to toe tingling feeling. This felt like I had chills but no goosebumps were showing. Over an hour or so later, the goosebumps showed up. This was in 90 degree heat!! I first thought it was dehydration, which it may have been, since I didn't seem to be able to get enough water/Gatorade no matter how much I would drink. This is even at night when I am not in the heat!!
I didn't take the medicine today. Played again this morning. I had the same tingling feeling head to toe, but no chills this time. To explain the tingling, I told a friend my skin felt like it was creepy crawly! It was a horrible feeling again in extreme heat!
I, also, have a hamstring that feels a lil tinge to it. I never have these problems and I am guessing this is due to the medicine, too.
If I walk outside, my body temperature feels like it shoots up! Even though I do not have a fever.
I went to my doctor's office and he is out of town! I asked to see another Dr. and he was "too busy to see me" since he was trying to get to the hospital! I was told to call my family Dr.which I did, only to be told he was also booked and I couldn't be seen. So, I gave up! And, not taking the medicine anymore!! Never again. This will be on my list of 'Allergic to.'
I usually have no side effects from medicines.

You just described everything that's been happening to me to a T! Except I've only had it in 11 months, my periods come completely randomly still, and range anywhere from barely there to torrential bleeding. My back pain has started to get to the point where curling up is the only thing that relieves it, and my face is breaking out so bad that I had a doctor think i had some wretched bacterial infection. I also have no energy, but yet can't seem to sleep. And have lost almost all motivation to do anything, at all. I thought I was going crazy or just maybe coming down with depression, but now I'm thinking that's not the case. I'm only 24 and haven't had the chance to have a family yet, but I think if I want that option in the future, Mirena has to go!

I thought I was going crazy, but I guess this is the norm...I got my mirena inserted about 3wks ago after my son and ever since then my period has been on everyday, the cramps are terrible and it caused a bacterial infection. I'm considering having it removed. I was on the depo for 3 yrs but I was tired of getting injected every 3mths.....should I give it a little more time?

i had the mirena put in in late march 2009...i HATE the MIRENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had it removed 2weeks ago...i look like like im 20 months pregnant....my breast are swollen...im normally a b cup...now im a 38 c....i've gained about 20 lbs or more...and i HAD beautiful skin...i now have acne...and the pimples will not come to a head...i bled every day that i had it , sometimes heavy some times light and it would be at least for 3 weeks and then i would have either a yeast infection or a bacterial infection the 4th week and i was not sexually active...then the day after i had it removed i had to be rushed to the E/R i thought i was bleeding to death..i passed clots and tissue...i hate that i had this thing in my body....i had the paraguard i.u.d for 9 years with no problems...but you ladies are accurate in calling the mirena EVIL......it must have come from hell.......thank god for this site...im happy to know its not just in my head

WOW! I have to agree with most of you, i recently got the MIRENA in March 2009, and my FREGGIN VAGINAL DISCHARGE had an odor to it, which i came down with BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS! UGH! i thought i received an STD when my discharge started to stink. But i went to the DR, and got treated for it. THANK GOD it was JUST Bacterial vaginosis. BUt now i noticed a creamy freggin discharge, almost chalky color. and i HATE IT!! TOP THAT OFF, i was spotting for a WHOLE month AND A HALF!

-M.

32 year old male here. I was prescribed Levaquin 500mg 2 days ago for 10 days after being diagnosed with cellulite which is a bacterial infection in the blood. I had a swollen and sore groin on the right side. I already take prilosec once a day for acid reflux. Since starting Levaquin the infection seems to be clearing up, but the heartburn is pretty vicious. Yesterday I thought to myself hmm, maybe I didn't take my prilosec but I thought I did. So, I took a second prilosec but with no results. Today again as listed on the bottle I waited two hours after taking the Levaquin and then took my prilosec, but no luck. I've since taken a second prilosec and a couple of tums. As I drove home from work the heartburn started reoccurring. Thats when I googled it and came to find this site and that I'm not crazy. I also had sharp pains in my wrist and hands today and feel really run down and almost mildly depressed. I can live with joint pains and feeling a little run down, but the heartburn really does effect your eating and sleeping. I guess I'll have to see how the next 7 days go.

I have put on weight I am 104kgs.I am picking up bacterial infections.I have a persistent cough and feel somewhat deflated.I also suffer from mild schizophrenia as well as my O.C.D.I take 375 mgs of Effexor and 10mgs of
Olanzapine or Zyprexa.I have had bouts of depression since the age of 25.I am now 39.I would dearly like my medication to be reduced as I'm finding it hard to be happy and content.Any advice?

I took Levaquin for a sinus infection March 26th... 5 doses of 750 mg. I felt slightly better initially but that lasted only a day. I think it was prescribed wrongly, I had a virus and was getting over it... not a bacterial infection. The problems started about a week after the 5 day course ended. I ended up in the ER feeling like I was going to die, some strangeness in my breathing and feeling as if I was having a stroke... like I was going to pass out. They found nothing wrong except an elevated blood pressure and did a d-dimer to see if it could be an embolism (at my insistence, I had no idea this could be from levaquin and thought I was having a stroke. After the ER visit, I just felt like I had the flu, but I didn't... weak, extremely tired with some muscle aches ... two weeks out I had a lot of pain in both legs, like charlie horses that didn't go away... that lasted several days to a week... the weird depersonalization and the anxiety has been intense throughout. Constipation (never ever had it before this drug) started about a month out from taking it. I still feel pain in my legs from time to time and a feeling like there is a tight band across the top of my left foot... like when you tie your shoe too tight and need to loosen the shoe strings, but I am not wearing shoes.

i was prescribed levaquin for a uterine bacterial infection but im afraid to take it because im already nausea and don't want it to get worst.. reading this side affects makes me not want to take it even more

hello ladies I to had the mirena placed jan 27, 2009 after giving birth to my beautiful baby in December. Since having the mirena I have been extremely moody, extremely nauseous, depressed as hell and I feel tons of pressure in my uterus like im about to get my period but i don't get it. My lower back hurts so bad and to make the situation worse I can not get rid of BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS!!! If you r not familiar with BV its a bacterial infection caused by my mirena which gives my Vajay jay a foul smell, tons of itching and lots of disgusting smelling discharge. I hate this darn mirena and plan to get it taken out asap! Ladies who don't have it, DON'T GET IT!!!

I am in total shock!!! I have been at the hospital with my dad for 9 days now and not one person can figure out whats going on. We came in through the ER with extreme pain redness and joint swelling in shoulders, hands, elbows, ankles. Thought it might be gout so they withdrew fluid from ankle that was milk colored, no gout crystals. He started lisinopril 5 weeks ago at 5 mg per day he was on Inderal LA before with no problems. The pain has moved through out his body and he now has generalized pain weakness. He was taking lipitor but has not taken for the last 8 days so I was thinking if it was the lipitor this would have stopped by now. They ruled out any bacterial infection, labs and blood cultures have all been clear. They started checking for off the wall crap viruses like yellow fever, west nile virus, parvo virus and denguey SP? He has not had a fever what so ever and has not been out of the country for 30 years. I am going to make sure he does NOT take this drug starting in the AM does anyone know how long before the side effects take to go away?

I am 20 and had all 3 of the shots. I was going into my freshman year of college, and in September became very sick. I refused a blood test because I hate needles. By November I could barely walk on my own. The hospitals kept giving me medicine for bacterial infection, but it just kept getting worse. My fever stayed at 103 before I went back to the ER. A blood test concluded I had mono. Just figured I got this from being a freshman partier. During this time I also had an abnormal pap smear for the first time. My mom did research and found other girls who had cases of mono after the 3rd shot too. Very, very rare. Now I have to go to the gyno every 6 months because they found pre-cancerous cells. I also failed my first semester of college because I was so sick. This is all thanks to the Gardisal shot. I do NOT recommend. It should be taken off the market now!

I am about 3 weeks post mirena and getting this thing out has been the best decision I've made in a really long time. I was experiencing headaches, extreme fatigue, constant moodiness and depression, weight gain (which I've lost in the 3 weeks), VERY smelly discharge (which was a bacterial infection from the IUD that took 2 rounds of antibiotics to cure), cramping, NO sex drive, and mild hair loss. I'm so glad I didn't "try to stick it out" like the doctor almost convinced me to. I feel amazing like I'm my old self again. Every symptom I had has vanished. They try to tell you that most of these symptoms aren't from the MIRENA, but I say they don't know sh*t. I don't think enough research was done on this IUD before they just pushed it out there. LISTEN TO YOUR BODIES LADIES!! You know you best, not some doctor just trying to make commission!! If you're thinking about getting this in, I definitely wouldn't. I would've never taken this risk and put my body through this had I known some of these side effects were even a possibility. Good luck to all of you and I wish you all the best!

i was extremely excited to start the nuvaring but after about six months i start to get extremely emotional. i am a very laid back person and every little thing started getting to me. Things i would not think twice about before. then the headaches started. i get headaches starting the week before my period and go thru the week im on my period. my sex drive faded and seemed to get worse the longer i was on it and once i actually did have sex it hurt. the pelvic pain had me worrying i had PID or something. very strange. I have never had a yeast infection or a bacterial infection in my life and i have had both at the same time with this!! its terrible. i talked to a friend that was also using the nuva and she was having problems with infection too. both of us stopped using the nuva. I switched back to Yasmin. happy with it just didn't want to take a pill everyday but its well worth it compared to the side effects of the nuva. i haven't had any of the symptoms since i switched. emotional i feel sooooo much better and no infections now.

I share the scare - I developed a bacterial infection after surgery and had an allergic reaction to first two antibiotics so was given Avelox. About an hour after the 1st dose my eyes became bloodshot, my joints ached like I had the flu or severe arthritis and I started having jolts of pain in different places, legs, groin, neck. I became disoriented and developed tiny blisters on bottom of feet, behind knees, on neck they faded, and at base of my fingers. The second dose caused severe joint and neck pain, disoriented feeling and again blisters. My doctor had me break the pills in half to take twice a day with benadryl. I also took large dose of Ibuprofen an hour after taking Avelox. That helped lessen severity of side effects. Final straw was the fifth dose - took before sleeping, woke at 4am and could not move from neck pain. My husband pulled me up so I could use the bathroom with me crying from pain. Sitting on the commode, I threw up and started to pass out. I managed to get downstairs and take an 800 mg. Ibuprofen and passed out for about 30 seconds. We went to ER. The attending physician decided I was having a muscle spasm and dismissed my fear it was the drug. They gave me a muscle relaxer and sent me home. I slept like the dead. My doctor called me that afternoon and told me to stop the Avelox immediately. You can imagine after missing 5 weeks of work for surgery, then having to miss three days last week and who knows this week how bummed I am. I am 46, have a wonderful family (a husband and 4 kids), a job I love, and life is good. I hope my body can recover soon as I am not used to inactivity. I cannot seem to function normally anymore.

This drug does an OK job, however, the side effects are almost unbearable.

As a person who rarely gets sick (mild cold a day out of the year), the last time I took antibiotics was as a child -- the pink stuff that needs refrigeration.

After acquiring a strange bacterial infection in my chest/lungs, the doctor prescribed Avelox for one week. This happened down in Mexico, where nobody discusses side effects. The packaging had absolutely no warning/information, a pack of gum literally gives you more details.

From day one, there was an incredible feeling of anxiety (like being jacked up on 50 cups of coffee), panic attacks, extremely rapid heart rate, shallow breath, depression, despair, severe paranoia, zero appetite, pain in my stomach, blurry vision, insatiably dry mouth that no amount of fluids would satisfy, insomnia, an out of body feeling, dizziness, and fairly vivid hallucinations of geometric shapes and insects.

In other words, pure hell. I'd take the drug before bed to try and avoid the side effects, which would subside after around 12 hours. The interaction from Avelox was about ten times worse than the actual illness.

After a week, my symptoms had mostly cleared up, but the doctor switched me to five days on Cedax which is as harmless as Tylenol and completely resolved the issue.

I'd recommend you stay away from Avelox unless it's a last resort. Although it works great for the majority of people without incident, the side effects are VERY real. This stuff is dangerous.

I have had Mirena for almost 5 years now. I got it inserted in 2005 after I had my son in March of that year. I was 20 when I gave birth to my son and got the mirena inserted. Let me state that I have great skin. I have only ever got a pimple here and pimple there which was usually associated with my period and would be gone within a week.

Now I have HORRIBLE acne. It covers my chin, jawline and all over my forehead onto my temples and on my scalp AND behind my ears! When I first had it put in, my weight was 175 because of my pregnancy, granted I started out at 106 and I am 5'6" when I got pregnant. I have always been a tiny woman, and now I average at 120. At first I lost a lot of weight after I had it inserted (My metabolism has always been super high!) and now I am starting to gain weight. 120 is not unhealthy for my height but I am worried about my weight increasing over time. I never ever thought that the Mirena could be the cause of my acne. I went to the doctor and instead of taking it out she gave me a speech and explanation of how smoking can be bad for your health. I have quit smoking since then but she did not help me with what I went to her for.

Instead she insisted so much that I keep it in that I got tired of arguing with her about it and left the place! I too felt pregnant and I have a horrible discharge and smell. At first the discharge and smell started only when I was about to start my period and while I was on it but now it is everyday and all the time! When I went to the doctor again, they told me that it must be a bacterial infection and then they tried to say I had some kind of STD and that turned out to be negative. I tried to explain to them that I never had any of these problems before I had it inserted! I didn't have heavy periods or any real reason to get it other than the fact that I had just had a baby and didn't want another one for a long time. I wouldn't say that I have been depressed but emotional would cover it accurately.

I get upset over stupid things and I am quick to snap at someone if they are upsetting me, which is NOT like me at all. I am a quiet and nice person. I rarely let anyone get me angry enough to react in a way that is rude or disrespectful but now I feel like crap all the time. I have an appointment for the 9th of Feb and I plan to have them remove it and find some kind of medication for my severe acne and fix my issues with my discharge. I hope that all of this will go away after I get it removed but I have heard of people who continue to have infections constantly, even after having it removed and all because they decided to get the Mirena.

Has anyone had any problems with their hair? I've always had healthy and thick hair with awesome body. Now, my hair is very dry, brittle, and dull. It has no life. I have split ends horribly and it's broken off really bad. It may seem as if I'm exaggerating a bit, but I am absolutely telling the truth. I've had the mirena for a year now; since January 2008. No major problems. But I have notice also as someone mentions on here previously about the horrible discharge and it's odor. (All of this has been going about 4 months after having mirena inserted). I had a culture done about 3 months ago and doctor says it's a bacterial infection and yeast, but it isn't sexually transmitted. Doctor says my pH balance is way off. I took the medication, my husband used a condom, and still the bacterial infection came back. But what I really want to know is can anyone tell me about the hair loss?

One week ago tomorrow, I was diagnosed with BOTH a yeast infection (my first) and a bacterial infection. The doctor gave me the generic forms of Diflucan and Flagyl. I think this medication is interfering with my sleeping. I've been taking 500 mg 2x/day for a vaginal infection and I can't sleep at night. I take the pill between 7-9am and 7-9pm and since I've started, the only night I was able to get any sleep was the night I took some Benadryl. To boot, I'm STILL having problems with vaginal itching and I don't think the Metronidazole has helped my infection at all. ARGH!!!

I used loestrin for a little over a year. The first 6 months of taking this pill were great. I had a 1-2 day period which was wonderful. After 6 months I started with this abnormal discharge that was itchy. The itching turned into burning and everything down there would get swollen and red. I was tested for every STD there is and everything was negative. The doctor did find yeast a microscopic exam every time I was there. All these symptoms started in the second week of pills each month. I am now using the nuvaring and praying that the same thing does not happen with this. Did/Does anyone else have this problem?

Have had the flu for 6 days, taking 500 mg 3 times a day for accompanying bacterial infection on the chest. I had 40º temperature for the first four days felt awful due to that but now on reflection I believe the amoxicillin is causing mood problems; feeling furious about insignificant things, crying triggered by sad news stories (I am a man) waves of hopelessness and depression, today I sat in the kitchen and wept feeling pessimistic and overwhelmed by life.

The first 2 days that I felt ill I had no negative mood, just fever and headache, before I started taking the antibiotic. Also I think the first dose caused me to vomit.

I HAD MIRENA FOR 1 YR AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS I HAD HAVE CRAMPS AND PAINS I ALSO WENT TO MY DOCTOR AND TOLD HER THAT EVERY SINCE I GOT THE MIRENA PLACE I HAVE HAD A LOT OF SHARP PAINS IN MY SIDES ONLY MY PERIODS NEVER STOP.THE OTHER I WENT BACK TO MY DOCTOR COME TO FIND OUT I CAUGHT
A BACTERIAL INFECTION WHICH CAUSE ME TO HAVE A INFECTION IN MY UTERUS I HAD HER TAKE IT OUT AND NOW I FEEL WEIRD WITHOUT B/C SHE ASK ME WHAT BIRTH CONTROL I WANTED IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD BIRTH CONTROL OUT THERE. IF YOU GET PREGNANT YOU GET PREGNANT IT'S BETTER THEN ALL THESE SIDE EFFECTS I WONDER IF I HADN'T TAKEN IT OUT WHAT WOULD OF HAPPEN TO ME.

I took this medication for 7 days 2 times a day for bacterial vaginosis. I thought I was pregnant!!! I am always regular each month and on this medication I got my period 3 days early! It was thought to be implantation bleeding because it was very light etc. All except it lasted 8 days my period only last 4 days. I believe this medication messed my cycle up for the month. I just got the results from a blood test I am not pregnant!!!? It's got to be from the antibiotic. Has this ever happened to any one????