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I have taken Avelox before with only minimal side effects nausea...

Posted at 9:26 AM on May 07, 2009 by hcowger1, #41278
I have taken Avelox before with only minimal side effects nausea and diarrhea were the only ones I got but they were enough. I have been suffering from chronic sinus and ear infections for going on two years now. My doctor gave me samples again of avelox on Monday. Last night I had to be rushed to the hospital. After throwing up all day I got a severe headache. I felt dizzy and out of sorts all day but when I couldn't take the headache anymore I tried laying down. With this medicine you can't take any pain relievers so I thought if I just went to lay down maybe it would ease up some. Well it didn't, and before I knew it I was shaking uncontrollably with tremors and could no longer put sentences together. My head hurt so bad I just wanted to stab myself to make the pain go away. At the er they gave me an IV with something to help with the headache.Anyway after taking a Ct scan and not seeing anything on there the er doc gave me the ok to go home and gave me a script for pain meds. I was having hallucinations, anxieties, and could not speak correctly. I am still having trouble making sentences, I am stuttering, which I have never done before. And I can't get words to go together to make a sentence. The Er doctor wants me to follow up with a neurologist. My tremors still haven't stopped and now I sound like the guy from rain man when I am trying to make a sentence. This is pure torture and I feel like I am in someone else's body.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 07, 2009 by barryd, #19585

I just finished a 10 day regime of avelox and experienced only mild side effects, some dizziness in the evening and some tightness in the chest. I also experienced some pain in my back but I am not sure that it is related to the avelox or is a problem that is recurring as a result of the cancer I have. Anyway, I was surprised to read that you thought you couldn't take any pain medication. I used 5mg of morphine and it helped with the pain and didn't interact with the avelox. I have been prescribed 10mg tablets of morphine to use as a result of the cancer that I have, (multiple myeloma) and just cut them in half. I was told that a 10mg of morphine is equal to to tylenol 3's but the advantage of the morphine is that I don't get constipated which is kind of nice. Hope you're doing better.

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Reply 5 months ago on May 29, 2009 by avw, #20213

I have been on Avelox for three days and thought I was loosing my mind. I could concentrate or focus. Simple tasks took forever to complete. I felt like my mind was racing, but my body was in slow motion. My hands were shaking, my legs would cramp so badly it made it difficult to walk. I decided to look up the side effects and found this website. Thank God! I have called my doctor and requested a different antibiotic. Bless all of you who have gone through so much. This drug should be taken off the market.

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