My wife is experiencing severe muscle pain in the back and rib ar...

It's different for everyone. there is no one formula I am sorry to say. Research as much as you can. Some have said that magnesium helps, fishoil also has been said to help leech this poison out of your system. Please file a Med watch report at the FDA website. I am 2.5 years into this and am still suffering daily pain in all joints and tendons as well as nerve damage in the achilles tendon areas on both heels. Good luck and stay strong. you are not alone!

I too have had a time with severe back pains and shoulder, elbow and wrist since taking this drug Levaquin. It has affected many people unfortunately. My pains have lasted off and on almost a year now. Chiropractic care and eliminating sugar along with pure water and stretching is very helpful. Keep me posted on how she is doing. I understand the frustration personally and will be thinking of you both.
Catherine

Here is my posting for November in reference to Levaquin.

November 10th
2007
3:02 PM

I had a sore throat. The first doctor said mono. The 2nd doc. said no mono or strep --must be viral. Third doc says viral and puts me on predinsone, levaquin and darvocet because my uvula was swelling from infection. White count was elevated and had low grade fever. That was Friday..............................The Monday after that I had severe pains in my left side. After teaching went to ER they said gas after 2 minutes. Next day level 8 pain same side went back to ER. They said skeletal prescribed me 4 more drugs and told me it was viral too. Went to internist on Wednesday had to miss teaching he scheduled CT on Thursday morn. Level10 pain almost passed out on Thursday eve missed school/teaching. Friday admitted to ER at different hospital beyond any level of pain I have ever had, blood pressure through the roof, heart palp, they gave me morphine and phenagrin and muscle relaxer for spasms.

Here I am a perfect state of health get a sore throat and the next week I am in the hospital because of the 2nd ct saying that I am full of poo. 4 weeks later I am still in pain, missed 12 days of teaching and now they say i have ibs. I miss my active life before. I believe the combination of these drugs caused this. I am young no children and very healthy. Ultrasound,s blood works, 2 ct scans with dye, colonscopy, xrays show no probs. Which is great but still in pain. Anyone PLEASE HELP the doctors are taking their sweet time while I have lost weight and stay in bed which helps the pain. Bending over, lifting, eating, pooing, sneezing, coughing, hiccuping can make it worse. It is intense SHARP pain. I have cut out everything med wise except for Miralax and now I have diarrhea and joint pain.

They want me to take Dicyclomine and IMIPRAMINE, MIRALAX and Levisin sublingual and Diflucan.

I stopped taking this after 3 days of being on it, its only been 24 hours since ive stopped, but i havent yet seen any improvements, im actually feeling more pain that i was before and i think ive got a tendon tear in my left shoulder. i hope your wifes condition improves, as where im only 16 and im not supposed to be on this drug, but for some reason, my doc saught it nessessary and now im paying for his consequences.

I took this medication starting Aug. 4th and it is Sept.5th and I still have pain in my joints and my bones. This is so weird!! I don't feel like myself! I feel 100 yrs. old!! Any word on how long this lasts?????

My wife's doctor was no help but she went to an orthopedic doctor who prescribed steroids and antiinflamatory drugs after finding that her rib cartelidge was inflamed. It took about a month of treatment, but she is now about 90% better.