I have had pain in my knees and legs after taking levaquin for pn...

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Posted at 11: 0 AM on May 03, 2009 by mwebb77, #41145

I have had pain in my knees and legs after taking levaquin for pneumonia for 10 days. I am weak. It is hard to get up and down and very painful with steps of any kind. I am very depressed from the pain and inability to find anything that will help. I have been to an orthopedic doctor and had X-RAYS. Just given anti-inflammatory. No tendon or obvious reasons for pain. What do you do now? Who do you go to for help? In the mean time, my breathing at night has gotten worse again.

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Reply 6 months ago on May 12, 2009 by nottsfloxed, #19748

You have been poisoned by a quinolone antibiotic; there are literally thousands that have been damaged by these drugs. Just not everyone has made the connection to the serious adverse reactions. For the most part these reactions occur weeks, months or even years after the antibiotic treatment.
The drugs are
Levaquin (levafloxacin)
Cipro (ciprofloxacin)
Floxin (offoxacin)
Avelox (Moxifloxacin)

If you have not already file a med watch report to the FDA

Log on to these sites for more information and help.

www.favc.info

www.fluoroquinolones.org

www.fqresearch.org

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/fluoroquinolones/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/fqtoxicity/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjpNGWgIylc&feature=fvsr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpDkN_KJmdA

Hope you have a swift healing process and above all never take another quinolone antibiotic.

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