Ocassions symptoms and conditions

Have taken 500mg Levaquin for 10 days on numerous ocassions to fight lung infections in between Cat Scan follow-ups for Lung Cancer since 2006.

Worked fine for my lungs, and I've been LC free for some time. Two months ago rt elbow swelled up, first like a mushy sack, now more firm, size of an egg, no pain then or now. Few weeks later Lt elbow began to swell but not as large and no pain. Dr. said wait few weeks and he'll refer me to surgeon. Now this FDA report on Levaquin has me wondering. I have full motion and no pain. Could this be a pre-cursor to possible tendon damage from Levaquin. Your input would be appreciated. Bill B

I have been on lipator about 4 years 40mg.. started having leg pain. Being me I thought being over weight was the cause. I can hardly walk 20 steps. Doctor took me off the drug after speaking loudly about the symptoms. Unable to sleep an entire night. Life seems to not exist. Depressed....lazy...constant pain....take the max amount of Excedrin every day...no relief. If I could just wake up and have one day of painless living Oh what a blessing. This is unreal. When on rare ocassions I shop at the mall. I use the shopping cart as a walker. Sit down at every available bench or chair. Used to be fairly active. Rode motorcycles, fishing,yard work. Just everyday take for granted stuff. Its awful. Only been off the drug a couple days. I will be thankful when the pain goes away. P.Ode that a drug Rx'ed can cause such devastating affect on a human being and still be on the market.

I am reading this stuff and find I am very angry with the doctors who don't do the research to see what they are putting into us! I know some who say this is all just overactive parents but I think there is much more to it than that. My 8 year old child has been put on Singulair twice now and I have taken him off both times for what I thought were side effects of this med. After reading all this I know I WAS RIGHT! The first time he broke out in hives and complained of pain on several ocassions. This second time around they told me it couldn't have been the Singulair that caused the reaction and so I tried it again. He took it for 3 weeks before I connected it to constant loose to at worst water stools. He also acted differently and complained of headaches. I will say though his allergies were well in check from this medication and I wish it didn't have the nasty side effects. He finally after almost a month of being off it has normal stools again. The doctor admitted it could take this long to get out of his system. He wanted me to start it again because my child is experiencing the same allergic symptoms that Zyrtec and Flonase don't keep fully under control. Does anyone know how I can stop the stuffy / runny allergy nose with out meds?

After receiving two kenalog injections in my hip on seperate ocassions, my psoriasis increased ten fold. At first it was like a miracle, no psoriasis. A few months after my second injection, I noticed new areas of psoriasis popping up. For over 30 years I had psoriasis on my elbows and knees, after the kenalog shots I have them on my arms, legs, and head. The worst thing about this is I have no pigmentation in these areas, I probably have 50 or so white spots that range in sizes. My self-esteem has dwindled terribbly because of this. I wont wear shorts or short sleeve shirts because of people staring at me. I went to another dermatologist for a second opinion and she said it looked like my psoriasis rebounded after the shots. If anyone could help I would be so grateful.

I was on prednisone only for two weeks on two different ocassions, (after an out-patient surgical procedure) but the side effects and withdrawl symptoms are so intense I hope I never have to go on it again.

While on it:
sweating, hands that feel like they're never going to stop swelling up, tingling and muscle weakness in my lower legs, extreme moodiness, and low self esteem.

After two days of going off of it:
I still have leg tingling (mostly in the morning), knee pain, a sense of jitteriness overall, and my hands shake a little, and I still am pretty moody (my wife can attest). I get startled really easy too. I found this board becasue I did a web search on prednisone withdrawl, because on my way in to work today I thought I was havig a stroke or something! All those symptoms hit, plus my lip and jaw were quivering, and when I got scared, that just sent my mind racing.

Also, I hadn't had coffee in a long time, and this morning when I did, it seemed to magnify the reaction.

-John

I have my 70yrs old mother decided to take prednisone for hemolytic anemia. The dosage has been (60-50-40-30-30-25-20mg) over the last 7 weeks. Lately she is complaining about moderate to severe pain in her left back (in hte ribs). Since the last 10 days she also has two ocassions (each about 36 hrs.) of increased body temperature each time with elevated levels left back/ribs pain.
Any ideas if this is associated with prednisone side-effects. The doctors suggested this drug to treat the empirical diagnosis of hemolytic anemia.
My own analysis is that - well I back off with my own opinion before hear from experts.
Thanks in advance, for your feedback.
Tarun

Any insight will be greatly appreciated.