Leggs symptoms and conditions

During and after stopping the medication experienced some muscle twitching and jerking all over including eye, hand shoulders, arms and legs.

My husband was recently prescribed Bactrim from his family doctor for a case of the ful. We thought it strange, since flu is normally not treated with antibiotics, viral we thought. Anyway, we felt Doc knew best, so he took three doses. His original symptoms of the flue were simply nausea, vomiting and a bit of diarrhea. After taking the bactrim, he developed a very high fever, headache, pain in legs and feet, burning eyes, chills so severe his whole body shook with a vengeance. He was sent home from the ER and told this was "worsening flu symptoms" and to continue the medication. We didn't follow the advise, and thought it might be the bactrim. He still continued to get worse, and went back to ER next night, bad stomach pain and all other symptoms worse. We found out it was all due to the bactrim, which shouldn't have been given in the first place for a mild case of the flu. He also suffered decreased kidney function, which has taken some time to come back to normal (luckily). His heart rate is still increased after several days, and may remain so permanently, requiring him to take beta blockers for the rest of his life. The doctors won't admit this is from the bactrim, but i have found medical literature stating otherwise. His doctor said it was his fault for not reading or understanding the little insert that came with his medication from the pharmacy. A lot of this information wasn't even on it. There are so many other choices of antibiotics to use, which do not chance a horrible reaction, permanent medical problem, or a fatality, which seems to be the case more often than it should from the medication, bactrim.

Hi,I am a 54 year old male and a recipient of a kidney transplant in mid 2006. I have been on a variety of different drugs mainly the two that i am most concerned with are Prednisone and Fosamax. I stopped the Prednisone with my doctors blessing as my transplant went very well. However i have been suffering from joint pain first in my feet at the joint of my big toe and then my knees and right hip, next my neck. The knee pain is the worst and my legs feel fatigued most of the time. I am active however it is difficult to remain positive when you experience constant pain. I don't know if this is being caused by Fosamax. I now believe that the Prednisone was masking the pain. Any thoughts?

MAJOR WEIGHT GAIN, SHAKING OF THE LEGGS, CONFUSION,

"Free at Last, Free at Last, Thank God I Am Free at Last" - That was my first thought as after two months, the horrible effects of Levaquin finally left my body. Don't give up hope, although with no support for doctors, it is hard not to! I just don't know why they are not interested in how bad the side effects can be with this drug - I received the same story - "out of the millions of prescriptions written, how many people have had adverse reactions"........well, with as severe as a reaction as I had with every joint, muscle and tendon in my body aching as though I had been hit with rheumatoid arthritis, and from all the other testimonials I have read, someone ought to be doing something about the toxic reactions to Levaquin. I was prescribed 750mg for 20 days and threw it in the trash after the 10th day. Honestly, after reading all the postings with people with similar symptoms, I cried not knowing how long this was going to last. I have posted previously that I don't know if it was a time coincidence or the fact that I went to a health food specialty store and was told to take Zyflamend A.M. & P.M, liquid magnesium and another liquid Cal/Mag/Zinc drink. I also took the largest dosage of Fish Oil (Omega 3) that I could find. I did this religiously for at least 3 weeks, so you may want to give it a try - one of my doctors said that it has to "work out of your system", but I can't think that the magnesium based products did help and they are godd for you also.

I am not a person inclined to sue anyone, but if there is a class action suit ever instituted against Levaquin, I would happily participate in the suit - this drug does things that I would never imagine an antibiotic would do.

Make sure to get on all you medical charts that you are allergic to Levaquin and related drugs in this category.

I also thank the day that I found this website as it relieved my mind to find out what was ailing me - I guarantee you that it would be a rare instance to have a doctor concur with the side effects!

sever hypertension and sever dizzyness throat swelling up chest pain fatigue in arms and leggs unable to sleep panic attacks and weight loss due to not being able to eat. also taking Glucophage and asprin and darvocet what alternative blood pressure medications for blood sugar can i ask doctor about?

I was given this drug from ER doctor for a restiant strain of MRSA, 10 days of pills. I stopped taking the pills two days short. I had night wsweats, constant tired,. then two weeks AFTER stopping this medicine, Every Joint and tended in my body swelled up for two weeks, leggs were burning and stiff. hips hurt... Went to er told nothig they could do. Wend to my doctor who perscribed oral sterioids, they started working 5 hours after taking first two pills. I AM TWO DAYS OUT OF A 10 DAY REGIMENT ON STERIODS AND STILLHAVE JOINT PROBLEMS.. I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS MEDICINE AGAIN!

Hello everyone,
First of all, let me tell you how happy I am to have found this website.
I have been prescribed Doxy for a Bronchitis and the very next day I started experiencing the temperature swings, the drowsiness, the sleeplessness, the sore throat, the mild nausea, the sound and light sensitivity, the weird pasty feeling in my leggs, the loss of appetite and most of all : the chest pressure right between the lungs that varies in severity, to the point where the doctor thought I was having an anxiety/panic attack !!!
Believe me, I am not prone to anxiety or panic attacks, I have faced very stressfull situations in the past with no such thing, yet it really felt like one.
I took this med for 6 days, the 7th day I stopped it. Almost right away most of the side effects are gone, but the chest pressure, which is persisting.
If anyone experienced this before or knows of it, how long will it take to clear up ? And is there anything to help it go away faster ? as I am getting ready to take finals and it is really distracting.

Thank you for reading and I hope you all feel better soon.

Cheers-