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My husband took Levaquin for ten days along with Prednisone for a...

Posted at 6:47 PM on May 13, 2009 by btravis4, #41455
My husband took Levaquin for ten days along with Prednisone for a chest infection. On the tenth and last day of the Levaquin, he began having burning in his knees. It then progressed to cramps in his feet, calves, thighs, knees and now his forearms. He has been referred to a neurologist. I plan to go with this information in my hands when I take him tomorrow. He had called the prescribing doctor's nurse and asked if the problems could be caused by the Levaquin since I had read nerve damage as a side effect. He never got a call back about it. He has also had nightmares so bad he kicked my in the middle of the night while having one. He has been in so much pain, he can hardly walk. He has incredible fatigue with other things already. He takes tramadol as a muscle relaxer, but then he can't drive to pulmonary rehab he is supposed to go to three times a week.
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Reply 6 months ago on May 14, 2009 by helen950, #19827

predisone and levaquin should never be taken at the same time. Tell your so-called dr. to READ. Make sure you get a good lawyer!!

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Reply 5 months ago on May 16, 2009 by antileviquin, #19879

helen950 is right on the money! I'm the living proof of why they shouldn't be prescribed together. I had all the symptoms you mentioned along with many other including: drenching night sweats, unbelievable anxiety, terror attacks (way beyond panic attacks) and then a complete tendon rupture 9 months after taking the drugs. This is a bad combination. Your doctor is also incompetent..... this is old news.

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