I started taking Avelox 9 days ago. I was prescribed 14 days of ...

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Posted at 7:21 PM on Oct 07, 2009 by hollygb66, #44981

I started taking Avelox 9 days ago. I was prescribed 14 days of Avelox after a round of Ceftin failed to clear up a sinus infection. I am an avid tennis player, playing 3-5 times a week. My first bad experience happened yesterday when I went out to play and as soon as I walked outside I had a head to toe tingling feeling. This felt like I had chills but no goosebumps were showing. Over an hour or so later, the goosebumps showed up. This was in 90 degree heat!! I first thought it was dehydration, which it may have been, since I didn't seem to be able to get enough water/Gatorade no matter how much I would drink. This is even at night when I am not in the heat!! I didn't take the medicine today. Played again this morning. I had the same tingling feeling head to toe, but no chills this time. To explain the tingling, I told a friend my skin felt like it was creepy crawly! It was a horrible feeling again in extreme heat! I, also, have a hamstring that feels a lil tinge to it. I never have these problems and I am guessing this is due to the medicine, too. If I walk outside, my body temperature feels like it shoots up! Even though I do not have a fever. I went to my doctor's office and he is out of town! I asked to see another Dr. and he was "too busy to see me" since he was trying to get to the hospital! I was told to call my family Dr.which I did, only to be told he was also booked and I couldn't be seen. So, I gave up! And, not taking the medicine anymore!! Never again. This will be on my list of 'Allergic to.' I usually have no side effects from medicines.

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Reply about 1 month ago on Oct 07, 2009 by propsguy, #23438

a doctor told me once that systemic antibiotics are not very effective at treating sinus infections. first of all, there aren't that many blood vessels running through the sinuses so you have have to have a lot of drug coursing through your entire system to get a little bit to your sinuses. second, they never check to see if what you really have is a bacterial infection in the first place! maybe it's viral, maybe it's fungal, maybe it's inflammatory, in which cases the antibiotic won't do anything anyway, even if it could get there!

his suggestion, since he knew that i used a neti pot, was to put a drop of antibacterial, non alcohol based mouth wash in my nasal rinse since that would deliver the antibiotic directly to the tissues

i have a friend who wiped out a life long sinus condition in that way. he was miserable for about a month as dead glop kept coming from his sinuses until he reached the back wall and then they were clear. he stopped snoring, stopped mouth breathing at night and it was years before he got his next cold

maybe give that a try

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