Immobility symptoms and conditions

Has anyone experienced bilateral achilles tendon tears on Levaquin therapy?

i was on advair for about 4 months, i too experienced many of the side effects mentioned.

i had hoarsenss, thrush, sores on my gums and tongue.
my body i experienced hip pain and immobility, arthritis in pinky. i am very active in sports, i noticed muscle weakness in my abdomen, i also noticed i couldn;t get ripped like i used to while on advair, and a sagginess and roundness to my face. also experienced back pain/ache due to the advair. i noticed i tended to get injured much more quickly. i felt i constantly had to exercise to maintain my strength.

also frequent urination and slow urination, dribble etc.

then i tried serevent and flovent, almost all the same symptoms, got off of that

also had sinus problems, , when i got off advair, it's been around 4-5 months the side effects are all gone.

right now , i'm not on any meds except albuterol inhaler, it's been tough, but i am experimenting with other alternatives.

Prescribed Levaquin from Nextcare doctor after severe bronchitis with cough and wheezing for 3 weeks was not helped by Azithromycin or Albuterol. 4 days into the 500mg daily dose, I could not walk on rt leg. Knee pain and snapping so severe. Next day lt knee began to go out and snap. I had to scream each time I tried to straighten or bend my rt knee. Concurrently, left index finger swelled 2x normal size with pressure and pain as if it would pop. Rt wrist so sore that if it is touched, feels like all the nerves are exposed and being stabbed. Next my back began to hurt. This all happened before I realized it was toxicity from the antibiotic. I called the pharmacist explaining symptoms and she said mostly women get them and just take the last pill.
I did not, and went back to Nextcare dragging my right leg. The doctor then said he was 80% sure it is a reaction to Levaquin as my chest xray and blood tests came out negative for pneumonia or Valley Fever. So he said just rest a week. My symptoms are getting worse, I am trying to get into an orthopedist and have discontinued all my daily activities for the 9th day now as my rt knee is so horribly painful. It is snapping at least a hundred times a day with movement. I WAS an avid tennis player and have canceled everything due to pain and immobility. I have no support from any doctor so far as the urgent care center just does not care for individuals with a problem that they cannot dx as a cold or some simple thing.
I am in fear for my life after reading www.fqvctims.com site.
Help us all that we are allowed to be given poisons like this.
Ortho-McnNeil knows, so do the doctors, but enough of us have not died yet I guess. I can only hope I will not be one of them.

Since going on Effexor 3 years ago, I have had similar side effects, as well as withdrawal symptoms when trying to go off the drug. My symptoms while on it are: night sweats, being hot all the time (sweaty hands and feet), rashes all over, excema on my scalp and neck, "lightning flash" type feelings in my brain/head, extreme depression, an inability to feel intimacy (although no sex drive problems), extreme weight gain (despite frequent exercise and good diet). During my pre-menstrual period, I am pretty much psychotic, to the point of wanting to hurt myself and others. With the weight gain and depression, I really AM better off not taking the drug. But I find it impossible to take two weeks off work to simply stop taking a drug. It is not possible to stop taking effexor and work or function in ANY CAPACITY. I really feel for the moms out there who have had to do it. One other thing I have been experiencing is severe joint pain. I would like to know if others have experienced this.

I suffered a large MI 22/11/2003 and as well as three stents, was placed on a drug therapy that included 40mg lipitor. My life expectancy is not long and I have already exceeded expectations. on 8/12/2003 I had a left side stroke and during the next six months, the pain and immobility in my left side increased which I considered to be my fate after my stroke. I collapsed two weeks ago and was hospitalized while tests were carried out to find out the reason. I am still under review but I took this as an opportunity on discharge to stop the lipitor and see what happens. After ten days the pain in my left foot and ankle, left hip and pain in the chest almost vanished. The left shoulder pain was reduced to being almost non-existant and the lower back pain also. I could almost run upstairs now and no longer feel like a cripple. However I re-introduced a 10mg dose of Lipitor and within 24 hours the pain, discomfort and immobility were back to as bad as before. I do not intend to suffer the last few months of my life in agony and will consider other options. I am having another Liver function and cholesterol test in 10 days time. I will see what my values will show then.

Thanks to this website, I've learned that my mother is not alone. She has been on Lipitor for 5+ years. She is suffering from rhabdomyolysis and myotosis. Her sympthoms are severe muscle pain, every daily task is 10 tens as difficult. She can not raise her arms over her head to brush her hair. She has difficulty walking, or picking up a kitchen pan. Her doctors have prescribed Prednisone and Azathiprine because she has horrible bruise like blotches all over her body. The doctors seem to think she has arthritis, so they've prescribed- Methotrexate. Sadly, her muscles are severely damaged to the point that she has IV infusions at least twice a month to help get rid of muscle tissue in her bloodstream. You see, the disease (rhabdomyolyis and myotosis) has caused her muscles to disintegrate... and are bodies are made up of muscle- skeletal muscle, heart, lungs, kidneys, esphogus, etc.
She has also experienced hair loss, loss of taste, and like mentioned earlier severe muscle pain, and immobility. I agree with all of you, the pharmaceutical companies need to be held accountable. Thank you for your support.
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After a week and a half I developed a back ache. Then my knee joints ached to the point of immobility. And now, terrible lethargy. I would be happy to stay in bed all day. I have no proof that that the Welchol and symptoms are related. I am, however, going to stop taking it.