Herniated discs symptoms and conditions

I was on Levaquin in February of 06. Although it helped the sinus infection, the price has been great. I had severe burning and tingling in my lips. Lower lip still numb after 20 months. Soreness and weakness in fingers--sprained two fingers while doing routine things. Stabbing pains in soles of feet, decreased over 4 months. Excruciatingly sore Achilles tendon, especially sore to the touch. Large muscle twitches in arms and legs. Decreased over several months. Ear ringing began--still have it. Dramatic increase in floaters in eyes also during the course of the drugs--still have them. Serious back problems began then also, with 4 herniated discs being diagnosed 5 months later. I have read that connective tissue damage may result from Levaquin. I feel that everthing that stated then is related: back, ears, eyes, numb lips, hands, etc. I checked with my doctors office, told them the symptoms, and I was instructed to keep taking the drug if I wanted to get well. But I only spoke with a nurse. . .shame on me. Good luck to all of you.

I have a seve4e bronchial infection and was prescribed Levaquin 750 mg once a day for 5 days. Tomorrow will be my fifth day although I will not be taking it. When I started the medication I was beginning to feel better although I still had a really bad cough. I was also put on an inhaler.
I woke up today and felt like I have been hit with a truck. I can't hold anything in my hands, my kneew and ankles feel like someone took a bat to them and I have spent all day trying to figure out why I felt worse overall and now why I was feeling this horrible pain that is practially crimpling me.
I found this site when I googled "sever bronchial infection and joint pain".
I'm calling my dr tomorrow but I'm scared. Will this be permanent. I already have 2 herniated discs in my back and now I can't even walk or get up from a seated position.
I have a 1 year old I cannot even hold and have ot have someone help me take care of.
I hope this goes away and soon. The pain is close to unbearable.

I was given an injection of Kenalog one week ago. By the time I got home I felt extreme fatigue and was forced to go to bed. I had not been nervous about the injection & it was pretty much pain-free. The injection was given for two herniated discs & sciatica. Within the next couple of days new symptoms appeared -- fast & irregular heartbeat, headaches and excessive urination. I also feel unusually anxious. I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome and wonder if that condition had something to do my onging symptoms. My medical knowledge is very limited, but I wonder if this medication could cause changes in my adrenal function. When I saw my orthopaedic physician assistant on Friday I mentioned the symptoms and she didn't seem concerned & said maybe I had been retaining fluid --- which is not the case. I am 59 years old & I know my body! Although I have been eating well, I have lost three pounds. I am so confused. I have also had sweats, similar to hot flashes. Do you all think these symptoms could be related to the injection. I have a call in to the pain management doctor who did the injection, but I guess he will just blow me off, too. This is awful. He wants me to have another injection next Monday. Right now, I do not think I am going to follow though -- but will just deal with the pain the best I can. !

Hi,

For two substantially herniated discs I have previosly been taking : co-codamol, diclofenic, tramadol, slow release tramadol, paracetamol, ibruprofen, naproxen and diazepam, along with omeprazole to combat the stomach side effects and senna to combat the constipation.

I was then put on the 25mg patches as things were not improving, but then was in a car accident so am on the 50mg patches, while still taking naproxen and paracetamol.

This is by far the worst side effects I have had from any of the above. I constantly feel ready to throw up and not quite 'with it'. I took my first patch off after three days just before driving for about three hours, so didn't have a patch on, but was still taking naproxen and paracetamol. I feel fine driving and have good concentration, but I was getting increasingly frustrated at bad driving from others and found myself starting to get aggressive. When I got home I was feverish and anxious, so put another patch on. That settled me down, so I think I was withdrawing, but I am still feeling very nauseous. That is the worst thing really, I don't really find myself suffering too much from the other common side effects.

One thing that a lot of people have noticed in me though is a tendancy to talk far too much. Once I start, there's no stopping me. (Same with typing really, as you can see!) Also, my short term memory has become very, very bad! I can watch a film one day, then a few days later not have a clue that I have watched it! Anyone else?

I have had severe pain for the past 5 years, stemming from 3 herniated discs, and then a fractured thoracic in 2004. I became so addicted to the pain, ( narcotic), meds, and didn't even know it. The pain meds kept me "high", until I went through physical withdrawls ( aka DT's), and never got relief from the pain as I did with methylpred. Last year, I was prescribed 4 mg. in a 5 day pack. This was a very heavy dose, and my nerves were shot! Thanks to our phamacist, I was able to get a prescription in a bottle, rather than a heavy dose by the "pack". Being able to take it "as needed", took the pain completely away. Unfortunaltly, if you have liver problems, as I do, it can take it's toll on your body. After high liver enzymes were revealed, I knew I had to get off of them quick. It is a good alternative to narcotic meds, but then , we all have pain in different ways. I prefer to suffer it out, but if I need meds, I'll only take Methylpred.

All I can say is that I sound like guest no. 2kclark. Same age etc. I have 3 herniated discs, need artificial disc surgery but thank god i have been scared and skeptical since law suits are coming out on the charite disc. further i was then diagnosed with CFS (EBV) and fibromyalgia and AS (ankylosing spondilytis). I also apparently have a rotator cuff tear....all because of incidents at work...of which i am embroiled in a heated law suit over. my rheumatologist has given me 2 shots over the last 90 days. this last one was 2.5 weeks ago and i am still hardly walking around because of it. i feel like i have the flu and any act of normalcy is completed with shear painful effort. i called another doctor who wanted to inject my spine and told them that i was not having any injections for awhile bc of the reaction that i had to this 'kenolog' shots. to my surprise the lady said yes she had heard about those - the are like 'chemo'. her friend has lupus - she said others patients have had something but not sure what, and they are having a hard time with the shots. apparently 3 bad weeks then 1 good week just to go back and get another shot. well not me. just thought yall might want to know this. it apparently is for the pain? which is what i got it for....which it helped that but the fatigue and numbness across my entire body and the feeling of dying, i think i would rather have the pain. and no, i was not told of the effects either.

Started to take ultracet for 2 herniated discs. I only take 1 pill when the pain is so severe that I can't get up and walk. i probably take 2 pill a month. No side effects yet.

I was attempting to wean my self off Celexa with Md. ok. I couldn't get off it! The feelings of electrical current abruptly would occur (I don't really know the words for how it felt) with movement.

I am again trying to cut my dosage little by little because when I was down to 10 mg and using SAME 200 - 1200 mg I was feeling better than ever! I had a sense of humor again and my creativity had returned.

Celexa has dull my personality but has help with the depressiona and brief bouts of anxiety. But S.A.M.E.was doing it also.

If you are giving it to your children DONOT abruptly take them off it because it is a horrible feeling and they won't be able to tell you what they are feeling. I am an adult and I can 't explain to my Md.

It's been about two months since the last of my three epidural injections. And, although all of my back pain and sciattica, related to my two herniated discs is gone, I am left with moon face, acne, irregular periods and a bloated stomach. One dr told me the symptoms would go away a few weeks after the last injection. They only seem to be getting worse. Any one else with a similar situation?