Concoctions symptoms and conditions

After having been in the hospital taking intravenous antibiotics of all kinds trying to stop an infection of cellulis, and being asplenic (no spleen), I was SO pleased to to be discharged with Levaquin. I had no side effects whatsoever, so clearly every "body" is different. I am allergic to so many categories of antibiotics, I am grateful I can take this one. It finally killed the infection, I am happy to say. I did notice that the 750 mg was a little hard on my kidneys at first, but that went away quickly, and I attributed much of that to having had so many antibiotic concoctions in the hospital. Do note that the Levaquin 750 pill should not be cut in half (there is no "score" mark on the tablet). I cut it in half but learned later I shouldn't have done that. Still, it worked and I'm thrilled and alive thanks to Levaquin.

Re: Lisinopril Side Effect
I've been on lisinopril for about 4 years. Started at 20mg for about 2 years then moved up to 40mg for about the last year. I've had some of the side effects described here however I've manage to counteract them by taking men's health vitamins and health food concoctions made with zinc, pumpkin seed oil, damiana, fish oil and others. My surprise is that I didn't know that I was taking a large dosage of lisinopril. That explains my loss of sexual drive, loss of hair. I can see now that I was masking the problem by taking the vitamin concoctions. My next step is to research the various BP meds and make up a list of those with the least side affects. I can hardly wait to see my doc again. My best advise to this forum is to not put up with the know it all attitude of your doc. You make up your own list and demand that your doc LISTEN TO YOU! And if you have to, replace him/ her with one that will listen. Years ago my doc convinced me that there was no difference between generic and brand name. Bad move on my part. I've learned to be hard nosed when it comes to docs and I've found that they respond well when they have to deal with an angry patient. Time to kick butt and take names!

I started Singular a month ago and added Advair 250 to it 2 weeks ago, and stopped using the Singular. I noticed slight weight gain with the Singular and rapid weight gain with the Advair, overall 10 lbs in a month. I've maintained the same weight for many years, and am a fitness instructor, nothing else had changed in my lifestyle. I've also noticed muscle heaviness, and muscle soreness, chest heaviness when climbing stairs, extreme nervousness, anxiety, and sore, sore throat. After 13 days I quit the Advair entirely. I will pursue more conservative methods of controlling my asthma. I'm not convinced these steroid concoctions are the way to go.