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Posted at 9:17 PM on Mar 25, 2008 by cfloss2th, #28354
I am a registered Nurse who was recently hospitalized for a bacteremia cuased by a sinus infection...........Of course with bacteremia and cuastive germ as strep viridans, the first thing to rule out is endocarditis. So 6 days later after fighting with doctors to treat sinuitis and not endocarditis they finally put me on Levaquin 750 for thirty days on discharge........ well three days later I thought I had gout in my right knee and left hop. then the following day my other knee became involved..............this medication side effects apparently affects the joints as it also affected my shoulder and elbows..I am an active, healthy woman who does yoga and runs and bikes....I feel like all that the doctors did was look at tests and read books popping all kinds of heavy duty antibiotics into my system I do not take anything at home except vitamins...............so beware...........I refused to take more levaquin and have informed these infectious dis. docs that I am seeking a second opinion with my dentist as the sinusitis is related to an endo/root canal problem in my molr...........I am also a dental hygienist........bottom line consumers need to be assertive and docs need to listen and trouble shoot with patients and their families.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 26, 2008 by dognurse, #5870

Have your symptoms resolved at all. Has anything helped. What can we do FDA,etc. I am so frustrated I went in for bacterial abcess and now feel like I have RA> I am thinking thatdrinking plenty of water would help with the cleansing of my system that is allI have come up with, On another blog it said that this was from mineral deposits. I wish I knew which ones so we could break them down some how. Have you heard if this at all goes away ever. This sight is not very promising. I agree with the tooth root abcess, I see it all the time in Vet Med. A unilateral nasal discharge and rads reveal abcess. We use same type abx pets cant talk. I wonder.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 26, 2008 by antileviquin, #5873

Amen on your comments. If the doctors would stop saying........."such side effects only happen in isolated instances.....", maybe we could get some answers. Even one instance is too much if you are the person suffering. The flushing of the system with water doesn't seem to be a realistic solution (especially since it has been 15 months in my case and longer in others).

I think the first step is acknowledgment that there is a problem with this medication. Then perhaps some studies to find out what it has done to us. Only then can a reasonable course of corrective action be determined. Anything else is merely speculation.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 27, 2008 by gracy, #5886

Amen... a simular situation took place with me as well. I've been sick for 5 mo. all the symptoms you have a few more. Although I did have breast cancer, I still was put in the hospital after my 2nd surgery. With all the vancamicin, ginamincin and levaquine. This stuff will kill you. I am a Dental Hyg also. Have not returned to work yet. Debbie

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