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I was prescribed AVELOX for an ear infection when another antibio...

Posted at 9:23 PM on Apr 01, 2008 by jalb824, #28953
I was prescribed AVELOX for an ear infection when another antibiotic didn't work. I have never had a problem with antibiotics until I took this CRAP. This is Chemo in pill form. Within 2 days I had severe fatigue, my legs felt like lead, my fingers hurt, I had stomach pain and I felt like my back was breaking in two pieces. My mouth was so dry there was no moisture in it and my tongue swelled making it hard to pronounce words. After the third dose I called my doctor and she told me to stop taking it immediately. This stuff gave me the same symptoms as my mom who is on Chemo for lung cancer. I am a 45 year old male and this stuff really jacked me up. Luckily, I have since returned to normal and my ear infection is going away on its own. After reading many of your posts I pray that all of you who are still having side effects return to feeling normal. My prayers are with you. I wouldn't give this stuff to my worst enemy. I don't know what Bayer was thinking. My only concern is that I don't have any issues that arise in the future from taking this Antibiotic(Chemo pill) for 3 days.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 23, 2008 by abrooksv, #8553

Hi - I took one of these terrible pills on April 19th 2008. The next day I felt as if someone was stretching a rubber band across my back. Everyday I seem to have a new strange thing. It is now May 23rd and I have had extreme muscle pain all over my body, from my fingers to my toes. It is strange, it moves around as the day goes on - sometimes it even feels like there is a beetle or something crawling around in my body. I now feel like I need glasses because I am having trouble seeing far away - and I usually have perfect vision. I have to urinate more frequently than usual and I seem to be drinking more but when I use the bathroom I seem to go less liquid than it seems I should. How long did it take for your symptoms to go away? I took that pill so long ago and it seems like all is just getting worse. I have found that eating a lot of protein helps the muscle pain and the fatigue but I feel like I am eating so much that I will start to gain weight. I can't even excersize anymore since it hurts and I get so tired. I used to feel energized after I excercized, now I just feel exhausted. I think I will go get one of those de-tox foot baths from a homeopatic doc to see if that can get rid of some of this - I don't know what to do - water doesn't seem to do anything. The only time I have felt good this whole week was when I drank beer to eleviate the pain, asprin and tylenol didn't even help at all. I also have high anxiety over this, thank goodness I don't have the depression like some people. If anyone has experienced recovery of these symptoms from this crap let me know so I know that there is some light at the end of this tunnel. I hope I am posting this reply right, I've never put anything on the internet before.

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