I have taken Cipro & levaquin or several occasions for several ye...

Ya think? I am so sorry that you have suffered the same horrendous problems that so many of us have...this has been happening for a long time and the drug companies and reps are NOT telling doctors anything but how great this class of drugs are...powerful, yes, effective at knocking out the infection, yes, but at a terrible price...I am two and half years into this nightmare and suffer daily pain, stiffness, muscle soreness, it;s like I have run a marathon after years of inactivity EVERY DAY and hobble around like a 90 yr old...I am no closer to a solution than two years ago, but do consider myself lucky as I have not ruptured a tendon...YET...as a result of this fear, I don't do any strenous exercise, and worry about what I do...the fact that you are a nurse, and have suffered after taking this drug gives me hope that those in the medical community will help those of us who are not get the word out...in my community, I am the activist and raising hell that this poison is being handed out like candy by the clinics and drs in my small town...free samples for the simplist cold, what we all have to remember is that we ARE NOT ALONE...educate yourself and others...if I can prevent one person from suffering what I have gone through it's worth it! Good luck and stay strong!!