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I was prescribed Levaquin for an upper respiratory infection this...

Posted at 10:42 AM on Jun 18, 2006 by djust30, #15738
I was prescribed Levaquin for an upper respiratory infection this year. After taking the medicine as prescibed, my lymph nodes became extremely enlarged. My tonsils were removed when I was 17, yet my throat remains swollen together. I have a metal taste in my mouth. I have no energy. I went back to the doctor for more blood work and was told that I had chronic recurring mono. I have never had mono. I have not taken this drug in about one month. My feet and legs ache so badly that I can hardly walk. I have not been able to sleep through the night. I feel so out of it like I am going through motions of living, but that I am absent, somehow. I have patchy dry skin, which I have never experienced before. I could really identify with the person who said they feel they were hit by a truck. It is impossible to sleep through the night, yet you can't sit up. Do these symptoms subside? I read on here that someone is still having these symptoms three years later. I am not able to live my life. I go to the grocery store and I have to come home and lie down. My energy level is so low that it is affecting every aspect of my life. I had two prescriptions of Levaquin this year. I never knew of the side effects. Why was there no warning. I would have never taken this drug, had I known the consequences. The pain that I am experiencing is not alleviated by any pain medication I have tried. My throat is so swollen that it chokes me at night. My glands remain enlarged and I feel as though my spleen is enlarged. There is no where I do not hurt. I feel so "out of it" that it is hard to drive anywhere or complete any task. Does anyone know if there is a cure for these things?
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