Avelox and pills

Severe swollen wrist and knee pains, hurts to walk and hurts to do anything with my hands. My Dr. said to keep taking for a couple more days i guess because its thre week-end, but now after reading this stuff, I really don't want to, I have only taken 2 pills.

Well, this is obviously a very strong antibiotic. I had a raging sinus infection and was in a lot of pain. The doc prescribed this along with prednisone. I think I tolerated it quite well. I did get side effects though. I didn't have insomnia. I had just the opposite. I was soooo tired that I had to take naps every day that I was on it. I also had heart palpitations where it felt like my heart was going to jump out of my chest. It would take my breath away. It made me feel depressed also. I wouldn't take this again unless I really needed something strong. On the plus side, after 6 hours of taking it, I could feel my sinuses start to improve.

I highly suggest taking Avelox with food and LOTS of water. I took 2 pills without food and I was sick to my stomach but it passed quickly. It works great...my sinus infection is clearing up after 3 days!

I was prescribed Avelox for diverticulitis. I have been taking it for 6 days. After taking it I feel nausea, light-headed and shaky. I have not left the house in 3 days. I have 2 pills left but I am not going to take them. I had cataract surgery in one eye 5 months ago - turned out great. Now, however, I feel blurry in that eye, plus trouble focusing. I don't know if it is a reaction to the medication but will see my eye doctor. I sure hope it does not do damage to the eyes as well. I read all the postings here and no one said anything about their eye vision. I have to go to a CAT scan for the diverticulitis but won't go until the nausea goes away as I have to drink 2 bottles of medication for the CAT. I will add this medication to the other medications that I cannot take. I am so sorry I did not know about it sooner - but will not take it again that is for sure. I just hope that the side effects that this medication has caused will go away soon!!!

I was prescribed Avelox for a sinus for 14 days, and have been taking it for 9 days now. I couldn't figure out why I'm so exhausted, dizzy, not sleeping, having heart palpitations, and aching joints until I found this site. I will not take any more of the pills, and have a call into my Doctor. I'm not sure I trust him to prescribe another drug after he gave this to me.

After exactly 2 hours of ingesting the Avelox 400mg. pill, I suddenly felt a sensation of vertigo as I was standing in my kitchen talking with my young daughter. This was followed by extreme dizziness. I had to lie down for the next hour and a half as I had no balance. I felt slight nausea as well. I spoke to the pharmacist on the phone and she said these symptoms were fairly common (2-5%) and I should try to continue taking the drug the next day, "if I could stomach it." It was very hard speaking to her as I was also experiencing severe confusion; it was hard to form my thoughts and to string them together into a sentence. I went to bed feeling groggy but slept okay for most of the night; only slight insomnia in the early morning hours. The next day, I felt physically and mentally disoriented; I was incapable of driving my daughter to school and my mind felt completely "zonked out of it" -- "stupid" -- like my mind was almost a blank. It's a shame because my sinuses and bronchitis felt a bit clearer already -- but I simply could not go through that experience again -- I have a life to lead and can not spend 9 more days incapacitated, lying on a couch and incapable of looking after my 4 year old daughter. I usually take medicines just fine and am not prone to side effects, so this experience took me totally by surprise.