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Posted at 7:30 PM on Sep 09, 2008 by hoquiamdlj57, #34329
My 80 year old mom is going through Chemo for Bladder Cancer. She is also diabetic. Bacteria was found in her urine so the doctor gave her 4 tablets of Levaquin. Saturday night of Labor day weekend mom took the first pill. Sunday she woke up almost BLIND! She panicked and, thinking it was her diabetes causing the problem, took her blood sugar numbers. (She was so scared that she can't recall what the numbers were, just that they were 250+). She started taking her fast acting insulin. She couldn't get the blood sugar numbers to come down after numerous injections. She called me so confused and not knowing what to do. Thank God I wasn't gone that weekend. I rushed 18 miles into town. I calmed her down. We just kept watching the numbers and she kept taking her injections. About 6 hours later the numbers were down to normal for her. We narrowed the cause down to either the Levaquin or the infusion of platletts she had on Friday. We called the pharmacist and he said that Levaquin could cause blurriness of vision. She didn't take any more Levaquin. It had been 10 days since she took that one pill and her eye sight is still messed up. When she tries to read the newspaper the letters jump around. She has a hard time reading the dosage numbers on her syringes now. She is so scared that her eyes won't get better and she will have to be dependent on someone.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 13, 2008 by swedish, #12330

If I remember rigth this kind of antibiotics can raise your blood sugar.

Please visit www.fqresearch.org, www.fqvictims.org for more information.

I am not a doctor/nurse just an ordinary person who spent a lot of time looking for information about this kind of antibiotics.

Please also read - Bitter Pills - by Stephen Fried.

Search for his name or the book title and you will find more information.

I think he has his own site with links to other interesting sites.

This group of antibiotics is called quinolones.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 26, 2008 by mark300, #12795

My 80 yr old mother in law is suffering from tendonitis and nerve damage to her head. I strongly feel that Levaquin has caused this permanent damage. She is in severe pain now and is suffering. Has yur mom ever experienced and nerve damage or tendon problems? It says people over 60 yrs of age are at higher risk of problems with this drug. It says it right on the medication paper work.

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