January 5th
2005
1:16 AM
severe leg pain in the am. was walking 3 miles per day, started short jogs knee cap popped, stop walking.severe back pain, occasionally heart will pulse fast at times,skin on bottom of heal of feet, no feeling, oh get this, can gain 4 lbs in one day,find this very strange.also if i sit in a chair in my office, legs are very week when i get up, then clears some what.notice back pain starting, also have been on lipator 3 plus years
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March 22th
2005
8:13 PM
Oops! Excuse the entry below. I goofed & hit the wrong key.
-- By rab | Reply | (2) replies | Private Message meAnyhoo, here is my Levaquin story. I am 51 & was diagnosed with cellulitis on Jan. 19th of this year. I was given an IV drug, (Daptomyacin) & 500 mg of Levaquin for 16 days. Towards the end of the treatment, my joints became very achy. (mostly in my knees) I was having burning, tingling sesations throughout my body & my calves were cramping. One week after treatment, I could barely walk through our house. I normally am active, with daily walks & short jogs. Within days, I had to have knee surgery. It is now almost 5 weeks past my surgery. The achy joints, burning, cramping & tingling are still present off & on throughout my body. Although the orthopaedic surgeon did find trauma in my knee, (past fractures, etc.) I am convinced the Levaquin sped up & exacerbated the damage. Now my other knee is hurting so bad, I am starting to think that one will need surgery as well. Both my orthopaedic surgeon the infectious disease Dr. that prescribed the Levaquin dismiss the notion that Levaquin had anything to do with it or that my joints are aching because of the drug. I am thrilled I find this site, because I realize that I haven't imagined these symptoms. But the reality of these reactions is quite sobering. I have never had a bad reaction to a drug in my lifetime. This one was so sudden & severe, I had to add my account to this list. I've just started trying the Milk of Magnesia & hope it works. I too have been drinking lots of water. God bless each of you out there suffering with this & may we find some solutions soon.