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Posted at 1:39 AM on Aug 13, 2008 by sore, #33359
I too have been on a regimen of 750mg of Levaquin for an infection on my leg. On day 2 I could not figure out why my upper keft arm was hurting me so much. I as so many others, wrote it off to hanging drapes and cleaning out my pantry. Four days later the pain started in my right arm and again, I was trying to figure out what in the world was going on. It's an intense pain like I've never had before. I have Crohn's disease so I wrote some of it off to that as well. I saw my Doctor today and didn't even think about telling her about the Levaquin (different Doctor prescribed it). As I lay in bed this evening unable to sleep I decided to do some research on Levaquin as it was the only thing I could think of that was causing problems. Boy, did I discover something. Thank you all for posting your issues on this website. I will be seeing the prescribing doctor tomorrow and will let her know the outcome of the drug and will make sure that I will never be taking Levaquin again. Too bad we can't get this word out to everyone being prescribed this drug. It's dangerous and hardly worth it. There has to be something else out there that we can take. .
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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 13, 2008 by rosaria67, #11067

Your story sounds very similar to mine. The pain started in my left arm, a few days later, I had the same intense pain in the right arm. It was so bad for me i couldn't bend or straighten my arms for about a month. Don't be surprised if you have this pain in your legs also. It's been almost 8 months for me and I'm still getting "new" pains but the old ones are feeling much better. Also, don't be surprised if your dr. looks at you like you are crazy. It's been many people's experience that doctors simply don't believe us. It's a terrible feeling when your dr. gives you this medicine and then abandons you when you have a reaction to it. If this happens, find a new dr. Even if there's nothing they can do to help you, the emotional support is so important. If you feel like doing more research, check out www.fluoroquinolones.org, fqresearch.org, fqvictims.org, favc.info. Also there are support groups on yahoo. There's a link to one of them on the fqresearch site. Good luck to you and please know that it will get better but it takes a lot of time. For me, it's 8 months and although I'm doing so much better, I'm nowhere near what I used to be. I will pray for you. God Bless.

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