I took Levaquin from May 1, 02 until July 19,02 for an infected ...

I took Levaquin from May 1, 02 until July 19,02 for an infected hip prothesis. I developed severe pain in my fingers, knuckles, hands, shoulders and TMJ joints. The Dr. said it would go away. As of May 9, 03 I still have the problem and am seeing a rheumatologist. He, through blood test said I have ANCA Positive vasculitis which is caused from taking Levaquin. The course of treatment is steroids. I took steroids and the raised havoic with me, and only made matters worse. His next course of action is massive doses of steroids. IV therapy for three days followed by 100, yes 100 days of taking 15 mg prednisone daily. He treated his only other patient with ANCA Positive and it did not work. I'm currently waiting to get in to Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic or University of Michigan Medical Center. My question to anyone out here is if there is a class action law suit going against the manufacturer of Levaquin. jcoleman@shianet.org