Derivitive symptoms and conditions

As I read these posts I want to S C R E A M! This drug is like a slow death from Arsenic. If your Memory is impaired, it should be. It's listed as one of the side affects right inside the pamphlet that the Pharmacist gets. I have a Pharmacist friend and she read me, muscle pain, joint pain, muscle twitching and on and on. It's poison for sure and anyone on it should get off it ASAP. My husband's been off for one year next week and he still experiences mental sluggishness and cognitive deficits. So much so, he's retired because he could no longer do his job. It creeps in on you slowly, and insidious. When you start to notice, you're scared to say anything or you don't associate it with this drug. Guess what, the only drug he's ever taken. And, oh yeah, lead to depression. This is a centrally active Ace Inhibitor that cross the blood brain barrier and is literally poisoning you. Actually, there is a derivative from a Brazilian Pit Viper. Synthetic or not, it's poison. Get off people, get off. It will eventually affect your memory more and more until you resemble some form of dementia. Maybe that's why so many people are sitting in Nursing Homes with full blow dementia. The disease that caused it are the DRUGS you're taking.
Get off.

Is anyone experiencing confusion, trouble thinking, trouble concentrating, decreased cognitive function, mental sluggishness, trouble solving problems or situations which require logical thinking and sequencing, and memory loss? Would love to hear from anyone experiencing any these symptoms and if so, how long were you on the drug.
Thanks!

I had racing pulse, heart pain, headache and nausea the first time I was prescribed Levaquin for a UTI. I called the doc's office and was told I it had nothing to do with the med. I took it, all the while feeling miserable, for the whole prescibed dose. I was prescribed it again, and had similar reaction, called and asked about it, and was told that my culture came back negative and I should stop taking the med. I was happy to do so. Third time it was pneumonia. I got a shot first of a penicillin derivitive, then was prescribed Levaquin. Within 24 hours I had severe hives, along with feeling awful, which my have just been related to the pneumonia. Went in to the doc, and was taken off the Levaquin, and told to never take any of this class of drug again, because my doc said the next reaction could be much worse. I was switched to a penicillin derivitive and put on a prednisone pack for the hives, which took a couple of weeks to go away even after stopping the Leviquin.

I was perscribed Levaquin after a complete regiment of amoxicillin for a sinus infection. After the second day, my heart began racing, I was sweating purfusely and shaking took over my body. I felt as though I was going to black out. I called my doctor who called back 5 hours later. My husband came home from work because I thought I might go to the hospital. While waiting for him I read the sheet that came with the medication and lo and behold, it can cause a hypoglycemic reaction which is what I was experiencing. After drink a soft drink I felt fine. I told the Doctor what happened but she told me to make sure I eat carbs and stay on the med. The 1st 14 pills did nothing for my infection, so she ordered a second regiment. After starting the second supply, I found that I was loosing the ability to walk. My legs swelled and I had severe pain in my one foot. This continued for three days over a weekend. I have cronic Lyme disease where I have been in remission for 9 years. I chalked it up to my remission fading until I found this website. One of the people who wrote in experinced the exact same symptons. Needless to say, I will no longer be taking this drug or a similar derivitive. I made an appointment with a new doctor and see if he can come up with something that will help me recover from this infection.