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I WAS GIVEN AVELOX AFTER I HAD A SINUS INFECTION WITHIN A COUPLE ...

Posted at 4:49 PM on May 04, 2009 by sgray, #41187
I WAS GIVEN AVELOX AFTER I HAD A SINUS INFECTION WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS. I WAS ALSO PRESCRIBED PREDNISONE. THE FIRST DAY I TOOK THE AVELOX I RAN A FEVER. I STARTED THE PREDNISONE THE NEXT DAY. I FIGURED I WOULD FEEL BETTER ONCE THE AVELOX KICKED IN. HOW WRONG. IT TOOK ME THREE TRIES THE NEXT DAY TO GET THE DOCTOR ON THE PHONE BECAUSE I HURT SO BAD. EVERY MUSCLE, EVERY JOINT IN MY BODY HURT. I DID NOT MOVE OFF MY COUCH. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT I COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THE NEXT DAY. MY MUSCLES HURT SO BAD AND THE JOINT PAIN WOULD GO FROM ONE TO ANOTHER WITH WEIRD CHILL LIKE FEELINGS AT TIMES. MY MUSCLES IN MY ARMS AND LEGS WERE VISIBLY SHAKING WHEN I RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. HE BLAMED THE PREDNISONE. BUT TOLD ME AFTER A DAY OFF OF IT IF I STILL DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO STOP THE AVELOX. YA THINK? THREE DAYS LATER AND I AM STILL IN PAIN. AFTER 4 DAYS OFF WORK I HAD TO RETURN AND I HURT ALL OVER. DURING THAT TIME I CRIED FROM THE PAIN. MY STOMACH HURT, AND I WAS NERVOUS. I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS LOSING MY MIND I HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS AND HURT SO BAD. WAS SO GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SUE THE DRUG COMPANIES. I WOULD LIKE TO SUE THE DOCTOR TOO.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 11, 2009 by wlcxsndr, #19734

I also have been given Avelox for ten days and am on day six and all of my joints hurt especially my feet..my muscles in my shoulders hurt and my body feels like it is so tight that I can hardly move..have been waking up every morning with a bad headache like some one is putting a rope around my neck. I am a hairdresser and can not hold on to a comb..keep droping it over and over. I called my friend and told her what was happening and we both decided that I will stop this terrible drug. I have been dizzy, terrible taste in my mouth food tastes alwful along with the shakes. Hope I am not to late at stoping this...get this off the market now!!!

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 15, 2009 by anglmrtn3, #22273

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File a report with them, FDA, manufacturer, and distributor!!

Class Action Suit is needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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