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Posted at 1:47 AM on Sep 29, 2006 by roxannej, #17522
i am 22, and before the levaquin and tequin i was healthy and normal. Last november while visiting family for thanksgiving, i came down with strepthroat. i couldnt get an appt with tricare so my mother gave me some tequin, she had used it for strep throat. Since then my life has been a living nightmare and it has been the worst year of my life. I took the tequin for 4 days. on the 4day, i left to go back to VA where i live. I got horribly sick that day, but thought nothing of it as my husband and son had gotten the 24 hr bug while we there. pretty soon i started having anxiety attacks and chest pain left and right. The came the stomache PAIN. I thought i was having appendicitis. I ended up going to the er once sometimes 2x a month for things like severe abdominal pain and chest pain, anxiety attacks going out of control, and unbearable migraines (which i had never had before.) i was diagnosed with lots of different things, IBS, Ulcer, pulled muscles, chest wall pain, and once even gall bladder dysfunction. So as a result of all that i have been perscribed all kinds of things for the pain the nausea the headaches the unbearable insomnia etc. These things caused a major rift in my marriage. My husband has at a few times talked of divorce bc he couldnt stand the hypochondriac *as he put it* that i had become. I have thought i was going crazy, have contemplating hospitalitizing my self etc. Recently my PCM and I decided to try a perscription for depression. One of the major symptoms of depression is"persistand physical symptoms that DO NOT respond to treatment. Such as Headaches, digestive disorders and headaches." so i tryed it. Then a week ago i stepped on something outside and went to get a tetanus shot. They perscribed levaquin 750 mg a day for 5 days, and gave me a 750mg dose at the hospital. That was Monday. it is now 430 am on friday and this week has sucked. My side effects have included insomnia(even with my nightly ambien), nausea, burning/tingling in my entire right arm, chest pain, a sinus infection, knee pain, back pain, shoulder/neck stiffness, headaches, jitters, something kinda like blurred vision..like right on the verge of not being able to focus. Constipation, pain in my hands, and almost overwhelming fatigue. regretably i had already taken todays dose, and i started feeling bad again so i decided to look up all my current meds online to see if maybe it was an interaction of sorts. I tried the levaquin last, as it is an antibiotic. After reading 9 pages of nothing but negative comments i decided to flush the remainder of the bottle of pills down the toilet. I plan on filing a compaint with the FDA. This is poisin and I cannot belive with all the side effects it is still on the market. I cannot believe that for almost a year my life has been a living, tormenting hell. And all b/c of something that is supposed to make things better? If you read this please stop taking the pills and see your doc about another alternative. I agree that the drug should be taken off the market and soon. i also agree that a class act lawsuit should be filed. These side effects LAST A LONG TIME, they interfere with your ability to function on a daily basis. I am very interested in talking with others about the problems with the side effect, and the longevity of them. My yahoo email/ID is ******* i would appreciate and be thankful for any advice, and i would also like to be in contact with others who have suffered as i have suffered.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Apr 27, 2008 by ac1017, #7682

Hi, My name is Linda,I was put on Levaquin 750mg. for Bronchitis, I was taking for less than 4 days was rushed to the hospital by ambulance with blood pressure of over 200 and burning on the left side of my body, and kept passing out. Face turned red and the right side had blotches, looked like a rash. I had 7 of these flashing attacks in the hospital. Brain feels like in a fog, am confused and light headed still have been released from the hospital, but still feel this way. I was told it was dehydration, but I know it was the drug. Have never had a problem like this with meds, and in the hospital they hooked me up to other meds including a Z pac, they took blood every 4 hours, gave me steriods plus other meds. and no levaquin so they had to know that was the problem. Blood pressure is fine now, but head does not feel right, I am going to the doctor tomorrow. This drug is a bad thing, someone needs to do something about taking it off the market, before someone losses their life. I was a very secure women with a great job, I feel broken down and confused???????

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Reply 11 months ago on Nov 25, 2008 by gayla, #14814

Levofloxacin, Levaquin & Ciprofloxacin are extremely dangerous drugs, especially when given in IV form undiluted. I came very near death June 2006 and I am still disabled. I wonder if my health will ever return. I have extreme bone, joint, muscle, tendon... pain throughout my body. My eyesight is very poor, my gastro intestinal system and other interanal organs are in pain. My heart now has ilongated Q wave, abnormal EKG. I was 49 when this happened to me, now at 51, I am more like a 70 year old person with arthritus and extreme gastro intestianl issues. My symptoms are too many to mention. My poor husband, he has taken up so much of the slack, I really am disabled but I will not give up, I keep pushing forward hoping and praying this will be over soon.

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