Pnuemonia symptoms and conditions

I want to thank all of your ladies posting your Mirena side affects. I am 15 and just had my daughter August 3rd, after her c-section i contracted staph in my uterus, which gave me sepsis and pneumonia, which they said they have never seem before and recommended i get an IUD to prevent having any more children for at least 2 years. After reading about the risk of uterine perforation, i found this site, I cannot believe the number of side effects you can have from the IUD!! I am just shocked.
I want to thank all your ladies, I am calling the OB and canceling the Mirena order and just sticking with good, old birth control.

I took a 8 day regiment of 750 mg for pneumonia. I started developing joint pain in my right thumb on day 5 and then my left shoulder on day 6 by day 9 I was unable to raise my left arm over my head. It is now in both hands. I am so stiff in morning I cant turn a door knob with out lots of pain and forget trying to open the dishwasher where you have to squeeze the lever to open the door. In the shower I use my right hand to raise my left arm ober head so the warm water can run on my shoulder blade. warm water also helps relieve the pain. I am hoping this is just a temporary setback cause I never had symptoms like this before. 57 yo male

Ok here's my story with Prednisone. Let me first give you a little back ground info on me. Born with a VSD, that was repaired at 8 months of age, only after developing severe pneumonia. Was fine as a child growing up until at 18 i developed asthma. i am 29 now and have been on and off prednisone during that time. During that time however I have always been on a metered dosage pack that has always tapered usually within 5 days with no side effects.

Now lets talk present day with me. First off I went in back in early Sept. for what I thought was just a sinus infection, turns out my lungs were so tight, i was immediately put on 80 mg for 5 days straight, and you guessed it no tapering. Those 5 days were the worst five days of my life. I have SVT- taychcardia and the med made it worst, I was running around like I was on Speed or something. Also, I had started to urinate like crazy. Headaches, nausea, muscle pain as well as joint pain. i can not walk without feeling as though my knees, and ankles are going to break. Also, i am not as foccused as I usually am. Ever since that faithfully day in September I have been on this stuff. it has already been 2 months and im on 40mg now. And I cannot sleep at all at night and during the day now i crash once it seems like the prednisone starts wearing off. its horrible. I am going to go see the Pulmanologist Monday hopefully he will have some answers, and Im dreading him telling me i may have COPD, from a protien defiency(sorry for spelling, this med is messing with my thought process). Any who, i cant just stop taking it, i have been warned about that. something has to give or my body may give up.

hope this helps.

this med is good if used correctly but i agree Doctors need to fully warn patients before hand of all possible side effects.

I feel almost lucky to have hardly any side effects considering what most of you have been through. I just finished about a 7 day prescription of Levaquin for pneumonia. Well, I remember the first day I took it I was lying in bed and my right arm started aching and my muscle in my forearm was throbbing. Then, my arm started to burn and tingle. I attributed to painting the ceiling my bathroom the night before and ignored it even though the script package said that that could happen and to call the Dr. The sensation was gone in the morning. The rest of the week, I had been extremely tired, anxious, nervous, restless, couldn't sleep, crying for no reason, I would pop off at my family which is completely out of character for me. I would fall asleep and then pop up in a panic spontaneously. Last night I noticed my teeth chattering and my throat and tongue feeling almost swollen. Today they feel just strange swollen but almost heavy and tense. Today was my last day on this medicine thank God! I too noticed that I was fine in the am but clawing at the walls by the evening. I am also on an ADHD medication (that the Dr.'s new that I was prescribed) and the added stimulant has made me foggy, antsy and jumpy and my muscles from head to toe will twitch and jerk. Thanks so much for the information. I will definitely inform any of my family and friends to refuse this medication.

i was prescribed Levaquin in April for pneumonia. I took 1 pill in the morning and by mid-evening felt gross. My stomach was in knots, head was fuzzy. I decided to NOT take any more and let my body fight it. Last week I had awful pain in my ear/jaw and thought it was my tooth so didn't go to the DR. right away. Finally I couldn't handle the pain and went. He said I had an ear infection and immediately wrote a script for Levaquin despite me telling him how it made me feel in April. He said it was no big deal, the feelings would go away. I came home and against my better judgment took what I had left from April. (6 pills) I am done them now, but was looking up Levaquin on line because I feel like crap, my ear and jaw still hurt like hell, and tonight my leg started to hurt. I have a flaming esophagus as I sit and type this at 2 in the morning because I cant friggen sleep. Pain my chest feels like I inhaled glass. My husband said he noticed I haven't been acting right...news to me. I'm cranky because all this crap did was make me feel worse. DR. told me to take 2 aleve in the a.m. and Tylenol/Motrin every 4 hours after that for pain. I just got done reading that NSAIDs shouldn't be taken with Levaquin. Nice to know after the fact. My stomach has been turning for 5 days and food is absolutely disgusting. I have awful diarrhea from this med too, which the doctor said was normal.. good to know that spending hours on the toilet was"normal". I've been teary too. Crying over nothing, literally sitting at the pc playing a game of cards and I busted into hysterical sobbing OVER CARDS!! Hopefully I will feel better in a few days and nothing else happens. DO NOT TAKE LEVAQUIN!!! Save yourself the trouble.

Last Christmas (07) I was diagnosed with pneumonia in the the right lung and x rays ordered. Xrays revealed an "unknown mass", or so they thought... they decided to redo - confirmed them and ordered CT scan... mass was gone, but there was PE in both lungs... so started the coumadin. I am type 2 diabetic as of Jan 07... have been managing my diabetes with healthy diet and regular exercise (A1C 7.4 to 5.4 in 9 months) ... no drugs... so the prospect of coumadin for life bothered me. However, my doctors all made a great case about how safe it is compared to other drugs... I lost 35 lbs in 07 after changing my lifestyle... and felt great. I am here today because I gained 20 lbs in 4 months of coumadin therapy (no change in how I was living), have aching muscles, chest pain and shortness of breath, and thinning hair.

After 2 days on the web I find only doctors and pharmacies say no side effects, but the hundreds of testimonials of actual coumadin guinee pigs like myself are finding a lot in common. For me, Im off it tonight.

I had Avelox prescribed after severe pneumonia. It kicked the pneumonia, but there has to be a better option. I am a little scared right now. I took my fourth (and last) pill this morning, feeling pretty good. The last 3 nights I have not slept despite being wiped out from pneumonia and type A flu. I was hallucinating mildly, as soon as I close my eyes or turn the lights, I get a real light show and weird images coming at a frantic pace. My heart races, my neck feels stiff and pressured, I can not concentrate, and I just feel too weird to describe.

1 hour after taking the medicine this morning, all these symptoms returned, stronger than before. I now feel a bit depressed. I started studying Avelox as soon as these symptoms returned. If you are reading this, I hope you were smart enough to research Avelox before taking. There is a ton of scary stories about this poison on the internet. I am now experience heart palpitations every couple of minutes, though I have had arrhythmias before, but not consistently. I have looked at a lot of websites with patient feedback on drugs, and I never imagined that anyone would proscribe a medicine with so little positive feedback and some many horrible stories. Good luck to all of you who are in my shoes.

I was diagnosed bipolar a year ago and worked my way up to 200 mg of Lamictal a day but recently desided to wean myself off of it as I have found some chinese herbs that will stabilize my moods without the side effects. Since being on Lamictal, I have had horrible pain in my left foot when I walk and it just kept getting worse. The pain got so bad I could not stay at work. I am a welder and have to be on my feet all day but after two hours I would be in so much pain and have to take tylenol 3 with codeine just to make it through an 8 hour shift. I am now down to 25mg of lamictal and soon to be totally off. My foot is now healing and I feel great personally. I am not irritable or moody but am taking Chinese herbs . I noticed when I got myself down to the 100 mg level then went to 75 mg of Lamictal, I got really sick like I had pnuemonia and I had severe chills, bad headache, swollen lymphnodes and very nauseated with no appetite for three days. I lost 5 pounds during this time. I got through it but felt like I was haveing a illegal drug withdrawal big time.
Lamictal was poison to my system. I feel great now. I can now start to run and exercise again. For anyone who has interest, go to Ron Teegaurdens Dragon Herbs web site and find a natural way. you will be much happier.
Lamictal is bad stuff.

anonymous

Just wanted to update my situation. Well the shaking muscles have subsided a bit (it's been 8 days since I've stopped levaquin) been to the dr's 2 more times and had new blood work done yesterday. One doc says 90% sure it's from the levaquin but wants me to take the doxycyline anyway and then see a rhumatologist. My primary disagrees, did more blood work believes it definitely from the levaquin and is sending me to rhumatologist. They also they are updating their warnings in their office to make sure that it states this is a SERIOUS side effect (she also printed me off all my symptoms that are side effects of levaquin from their computer but say "rare") My knees started to subside until I bent down and BAMN just like it was all brand new, they are burning like no tomorrow! My ankles (achilles) and my shoulder tips (where the tendons are) are still killing and I am getting muscle contractions in my thighs and left arm but not as much, this may be due to the muscle relaxers and motrin. I have also been taking diazapam for the spasms so who knows how I would feel otherwise. I am disguising the pain with medication it seems and my fear is I am going to hurt myself worse. One dr told me that if the tendons were going to rupture then there is NOTHING I can do about it, they're going to rupture, the other dr. disagrees. My primary feels I need to be seen and diagnosed asap with tendon and joint pain and feels as though it's serious, but also believes it will not last as long as the other dr said (about 4 months). I am going to go swimming tomorrow because it's suppose to be good excercise for the tendons and joints. I have been putting hot pack and nuprin cream on the knees and ankles (cold seems to aggravate it and make them feel like they're ripping). If I type (like now) I can feel the burning in my shoulders and my left elbow now. This is a serious disease this medication has given me and the second I see the rhumatologist and I am diagonosed with something I do NOT want to hear (like permanant, or long term) I am calling a lawyer. I am not a sue happy person but who the hell does this company think they are making MILLIONS off of this medication and leaving people disabled or dibilitated for long periods of time. I am too young (early 40's) to be feeling like a 80 year old as a matter of fact my mom is 70 and goes to the gym every day and walks and swims, I was the same way until this medication poisoned me. I have herniated discs in my spine and they are aggravated because I have not been able to excersise that is part of my life and routine and I am furious.

If anyone has contacted this company, can you post it here and let me know what they have said? Thank you all and I hope you are all feeling better!

My daughter took advair. She was an asthmatic for years. Last April she had bronchitis, and went on prednisone, I don't believe they took her off the advair. She developed a severe septic pnuemonia, went to the hosp. on a Monday with body shutting down, kidneys involved etc. Wed. seemed to pass the crises, Sat, developed a staph, and died on April22. Ask your doctors and pharmicists, about this combination. I will always believe it was a contributing factor to her death.

After being on Lisinopril for 2 weeks, I experienced severe chest pains. Then I began having a persistant dry cough, left arm soreness, unable to sleep at night, hives, severe heartburn, and just plain feeling unwell. I thought I had pnuemonia or bronchitis. My doctor advised it was the Lisinopril and had me stop taking it immediately. I have been off of it for 1 week but am still experiencing the cough and heartburn and joint pain. How long does it take for this stuff to get out of your system? I wish I had never taken this stuff.

During the 2000/2001 school year I became extremely ill from a pnuemonia type disease. It was my first year as a public school teacher and I was reluctant to miss any days. I tried self medicating myself and was not able to get over it. I sought relief from this from my family doctor. He examined me and prescribed the antibiotic levaquin. He described the drug as the "cadilac" of all antibiotics. I took the medication as prescribed. During this course of this medication I developed yeast infection in my mouth. My doctor prescribed the recommened medication for the yeast infection. Soon after the levaquin I began to experience severe ulcerated colitus including bleeding stools several times a day. I notified my doctor who emphatically denied that levaquin was in any way the cause of this. He advise me to seek treatment from a specialist. I was treated with such drugs as Asacol (12 capsules a day) and for a time predisone. These symptoms continued for the next two to three years. As a middle school teacher I experienced much stress from my duties as a new teacher and along with the daily rigor of the effects of the disease was unable to perform my teaching duties to the standards of expectation. In the spring of 2003 my teaching contract was not renewed. I have not been in the class room since. Additionally in the Spring of 2004 I switched medical plans and went under the care of a new specialist. He performed a colonoscopy outpatient and determined that I was free from the Colitus. Even though I am pronounced free from the disease the above circumstances have had a direct impact on my general health.

To all my other sufferers of this hell, I too have been thru this agony. This started on March 12,following an pnuemonia attack. My dr. prescribed leavquin because he felt that it would attack the virus better.I took the 750mg dosage for 10 days & actually started felling normal again. I returned to work without any side affects,doing everything that I always had. But then,out of the blue and 13 days later, I started feeling bad. Me being a truck driver,I experienced the leg cramps,joint popping,light headedness,shortness of breath & fatigue. I thought I went back to work too early after the pnuemonia .The next day I had body aches all over but I had a family function to attend so I went with the pain. 3 hours into the evening I got up to go to the restroom & this is were my hell has started. Lack of breath,dizziness,unable to walk & 20min. later,severe chills. We left the party & arrived home with the chills and 102 temperature. I thought I would sweat this out but I was wrong! I wound up going to ER where my body was off the charts,elavated vitals,severe chills & muscle aches. ER setup an IV and a monitor. BP was 177/117,pulse 107,wcbc was 19,oxygen/blood ratio was92. I recieved 2 pushups of dilonted and that supressed the chills & fever. 9 hours later I was sent home with a 104 temp,messed up vitals and was told to follow up with my Dr. Saw him 2 days later,told him that i was weak,nauseous & had a bad sore throat. He gave me tagamet,have a echograph for my heart,blood work& sent me home. 5 hours passed,then he says he wanted to admit me to hosp.for "observation".
The next morning I awoke in a sweat, my throat had completly closed and my sinuses had open causing me to gag on mucus. I was so bad that i could not swallow water,even small sips and my abdominal muscles were sore from from coughing. Needless to say,in brief,I have been tested for lupus, viral infection for sinus,lung,stomach,uti & prostate(complete with biopsy testing) and full xrays of legs & spine. My veins are collasped from all the blood draws(9)-"37 vials & counting", guess what...SO FAR EVERYTHING IS NEGATIVE!!! So it has been 7 weeks,instead of doing normal activities like walking the dog,yard work,sports,etc, I am walking with a cane,have shortness of breath,extreme cramping of my calf muscles,popping joints & lots of fatigue. Next set of tests are neuromuscular & to check for the "parvovirus"(I'm not a DOG!) but now the doc seems it is related to my dog of 12 years that stays at home & never leaves the yard. The dr & his collegues still wont admit that this is the "horrific side effects attributed to Levaquin", but we all know better,may we all strive to get well!

weight gain,extreme tiredness,insommia,high blood pressure and constantly thirsty and always hungry. when i first took advair ..my dr prescriped it without doing any breathing tests just heard me cough. asked if i had asthma as a kid. said no just bronchitis( sorry typo queen here).i had pnuemonia twice. anyway i quit the advair after seeing the side effects but still can't lose the weight. how long does that stuff stay in your system? will i ever be able to walk distances again without having to stop and lean against something ? any input would be helpful..thanks

was using levaquin for a bout with pnuemonia after the 7th day, i couldn't walk because of severe pain in my legs, hips and arms. I called the pharmicist who suggested hospital.
Which i went and I had severe adverse reaction of muscle and tendon tearing...............it's been two months and i am still in pain

My 13 month was prescribed Omnicef for an ear infection and a slight case of pnuemonia. This is here second dose of Omnicef and she has started having reddish colored diarrhea. At first though of course, you are alarmed, and blood enters your mind. I took her to the doctor and they tested her and confirmed that this was a side effect of the Omnicef

My bottle said not to stay in the sun or you could get a rash. I'm taking it for bronchitis/pnuemonia... I have taken it for three days and have a had a horrid, ongoing headache, have been grouchy, lack of appetite, and a little disoriented. I hate this medication and will NEVER take it again. I'm not sick anymore--but I feel awful, does that make sense?

I have taken Doxy several times now and usually end up discontinuing use because of strange side effects. Once because of intense burning of my skin (lasted several days). Another time because of disorientation and headache. Now I am taking it for a sinus infection. Giving it one last shot. I have only taken two doses, one last night and one this morning; and I am already extremely nauseous and lightheaded. My doctor told me if I dont finish this, my infection may turn into pnuemonia. I guess i will suffer through it.

I will never, ever take this medicine again. Had pnuemonia, went to hospital. Put on mega doses of prednisone. Have been home for three days and feel like l want to die. Next time, I will stay at home and suffer through an extra 10 days of pnuemonia to never have to feel all these side effects. You know it's bad when you're 36, and all you can is cry, "I want my mommy!!"

I have pnuemonia and trying to stay out of hospital for holidays...this 40mg prednisone - going to get flushed tho...great that I can breathe - but I want to file taxes - read all 66 books of the bible - handicap horses - Work out - and its 3 am and I am not well and do not work out...this stuff messes with the mind....big time

I have been on Levaquin (500mg) for pneumonia for a week. The doctor informed me of some of the possible side effects. The pharmacy that filled my perscription gave me TWO pages of information on the drug that INCLUDED possible side effects. If I suffered from any side effect it was insomnia. And that was just the first night. I took my first does just a few hours before going to bed. So on each day since I have taken the Levaquin between noon and 2 and have had no trouble sleeping at night. It is a powerful drug and sometimes some people suffer from side effects of drugs. It hasn't been a problem for me. I hope to never get pnuemonia again, but if I do and the doctor suggests Lavaquin, I will take it.