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I was diagnosed as having Bronchitis. I have cardio vascular dise...

Posted at 8:46 PM on Jan 28, 2008 by nod, #26722
I was diagnosed as having Bronchitis. I have cardio vascular disease; have had 4 heart attacks. A doctor prescribed Levaquin 500mg for seven days. I started getting pain in my left leg about the 4th day of taking the Levaquin. I started having difficulty breathing and found myself gasping for air especially at night. I just thought the infection was getting worse and I finished the 7 day of pills. After that time I got a rash on my body, shortness of breath continued, my eyes were swelling up, had little urine flow, got cramps in my feet, thighs, neck and arms and I gained 20 pounds of fluid even though I was not eating much and swelled up like a water balloon in my abdomen and down to my feet. I went back to the doctors office, had a different doctor which she said I was having heart problems. She ran blood tests to check the heart and liver, took another x-ray, gave me a drug to test my urine flow and when the results of the blood test came back I was told I had an enlarged heart, fluid in my heart cavity and referred to schedule an appointment in two weeks with a cardiologist. Then the doctor asked me if the previous doctor knew I had heart disease and I said yes. This doctor informed me it looks like you had an allergic reaction to something. She then prescribed a blood pressure and diuretic for me to relive fluid and released me, I took the diuretic one day did not relieve any additional fluid became constipated and I immediately stopped taking the water pill. I then went to a third doctor four days later since I got no help from the first or second doctor for the shortness of breath, fluid retention,swelling and shortness of breath. This doctor asked me what medication I had taken I informed him Levaquin and he proceeded to tell me they were having trouble and bad effects in some people taking Levaquin. I felt relieved because I had read the warnings that came with the medication and I confirmed I had certain allergic effects from the drug. The doctor then took a blood and urine test told me to come back in four days until the blood test results come in. I am extremely angry at the medical profession and the treatment I have received for their failure to treat the side effects of the prescribed medication I was given, I even read Lefaquin has caused cardiac collapse in some patients so why on earth would a doctor prescribe this medicine to a person with cardio vascular disease? I am sitting here suffering the side effects and they are out of the office not having a concern to my suffering just lining their pockets Monday through Friday with cash, Our medical and drug systems are broken and no one is attempting to repair them to my knowledge.
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Reply 8 months ago on Jan 29, 2008 by echo_in_light, #4465

How these adverse side effects are being trivialized by the medical profession is beyond me. Best of luck to you.

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Reply 2 months ago on Jul 22, 2008 by spyder, #10357

Believe me, you are not alone! Until the general population wakes up and begins to understand that we (as patients) are being used simply as people for the drug companies to practice on (and the doctors are fully aware of this), this will continue and get much worse. One has to realize that the drug companies make the drugs (and thus the profits from selling them), the doctors believe the drug representatives as to what the drugs will and will not do and they pass the drugs on to unsuspecting patients who look upon their doctors as Gods. Nasty little cycle there ......... BE AWARE, ASK QUESTIONS and DO YOUR RESEARCH before you swallow one more new medication.

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