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I was given Avelox at my clinic for bacterial pneumonia, the doct...

Posted at 8:46 PM on Feb 09, 2009 by supermom, #38813
I was given Avelox at my clinic for bacterial pneumonia, the doctor said it was a wonder drug and I'd be up and running in a couple of days. I took the medicine that night and I got very dizzy and started sweating, felt like an anxiety attack so I took my xanax and it helped a bit. The next day I tried to get up and about 15 min. later my head started buzzing and my ears were ringing, I tried to walk up the stairs and dropped to my knees at the top step and fell to the ground. I didn't lose consciousness but I couldn't move or speak for several min. when I started to come to, I crawled to my bed and everything was spinning, I started to have severe chest pain and was rushed back to the clinic. The doctor said to stay on the Avelox and take it before bed and finish all the dose, so I did, and gradually got worse and worse. I went to my doctor the day after Christmas and told him what happened, he said I still had crackling in my chest and my cough was still bad, he put me back on Avelox for 3 days, so I've now been on it for 10 days. I became so weak and couldn't eat, it felt like the food wouldn't go down, I was sweating, dizzy, still had cough so I called my doctor again and he put me on prednisone taper and another 5 days of Avelox. Two days later I ended up in the hospital with severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, muscle weakness(felt like I had lost muscle), severe bone pain to the touch, sweating, extreme fatigue, decreased mental ability, confusion, headaches and chills in my legs. It has been over three months since I first got sick and I feel worse today, my doctor's have no answers or solutions, just let it run its course. I feel trapped in my body, I'm 33 and a mother of two active kids, and I can barely get out of bed most days. I feel like my life has been taken from me and I want it back.
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Reply 9 months ago on Feb 09, 2009 by rosaria67, #16913

Oh no! Your dr. is so ignorant. Fluoroquinolones should never ever be taken with steroids! Avelox is a drug just like Levaquin and Cipro. They are all such dangerous drugs that can have long lasting reactions. I know exactly how you are feeling because I was in your shoes last year. There are so many of thousands of us who are screaming out for this madness to stop! These drugs should only be used for life/death situations and even then, very cautiously. File a medwatch report with the FDA. For support, join the forum on the yahoo health board. The address is: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/fqtoxicity/messages. There are so many wonderful people who can give you a lot of hope for the future. You will get better but it may take several more months. Hang in there because it WILL happen. Don't lose faith. I am praying for you.

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