Levaquin and conspiracy

To Guest 42227, It won't do any good to tell the pharmacist or the dr. You have to send a medwatch report in. Go to www.fda.gov and fill it out. The drs are not obligated to let the fda know and most of them don't want to anyway because it's hard for them to "bit the hand that feels them" as they say! It's quite a conspiracy.

STOP WITH THESE POSTS LEADING PEOPLE TO THAT HORRIBLE WEBSITE WHICH OFFERS NO HOPE FOR THESE PEOPLE!!! THIS WEBSITE: WWW.FQVICTIMS.ORG TELLS THESE POOR PEOPLE THERE IS NO HOPE AND THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE PERMANENT, WHICH THEY ARE NOT! LISTEN GUYS, IF YOU ONLY TOOK 1 OR 2 DOSES OF THIS MEDICATION AND HAVE SUFFERED THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THE SYMPTOMS DO GO AWAY. FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 40 WHO WERE ON THIS MED LONGER THAN A WEEK, SOME OF THEM HAVE SUFFERED PERMANENT MUSCLE AND TENDON DAMAGE AFTER THEY STOPED THE MEDICATION... PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTORS FIRST INSTEAD OF READING THESE HORRIBLE STORIES ON THESE DEPRESSING WEBSITES THAT OFFER NO REAL HELP. THERE WAS A SUICIDE A MONTH AGO BECAUSE OF THAT WEBSITE. THE PERSON FELT THERE WAS NO HOPE FROM WHAT HE READ AND TOOK HIS OWN LIFE... PLEASE PEOPLE, AFTER READING THIS, KEEP THE FAITH... CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR AND FIND PEPOLE IN YOUR FAMILY THAT CAN HELP YOU... WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER PERSON FEELING HELPLESS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY READ ON SOME CONSPIRACY WEBSITE... ITS JUST HORRIBLE. PAY NO MIND TO WWW.FQVICTIMS.ORG ... FOR YOUR OWN SANITY...

I've been taking 500 mg Levaquin for about 2 weeks for a chronic urinary tract problem. I've taken it before for a shorter period of time, with limited side effects, but this last time was another story. I got severe abdominal and lower back pain that keep that makes it difficult for me to walk, sit or lay down. I'm experiencing so much nausea and lathargy that I haven't been to work since I started this last regiman of Levaquin. My doctor has no idea why I'm experiencing so much discomfort despite my urinary tract infection has been resolved even though I still have the constant urge to go and are totally bloated. I told him I thought it was the medication,but he wouldn't confirm it. He just discontinued the medication and scheduled me for a CAT scan asap. The nurse told me that she's heard of Levaquin causing body aches similar to the flu. What's up with the doc not informing me of that information. Conspiracy with the drug company ? I'm just scared the symptoms with take forever to go away. Anyone out there experience the same thing and have seen the light at the end of this horrible tunnel?