Levaquin and headache pain

My 16 year old son took Levaquin 6 months ago and had a bad reaction to it. His symptoms were severe muscle weakness (he would get exhausted walking from the parking lot to a store and back, severe joint pain (in thumbs, wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles), dizziness (he felt like the room was moving away from him and would lose balance), and headaches (a severe pressure in the back of his head that was constant and then shooting pains in his his head that would come and go for no reason). I should say he was in top shape before this and wrestling in the 125 pound category. He took Levaquin to prevent an infection after sinus surgery.

Now 6 months later, his joint pain is completely gone except for his knees. They still hurt when he does squats and they are not good enough for him to go back to wrestling, but he can walk around pain free. His dizziness is also gone as well as his muscle weakness. His headaches are still there and still constant, but not as bad as they once were; however, he has had them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 6 months. He is on Lyrica which has helped make the headaches subside.

I have taken him to more than 16 medical doctors of all specialties, had multiple MRIs, CT Scans, blood tests, spinal tap, and an MRA. All come back negative. Thankfully, despite all of this, he still remains happy and positive that he will once again be 100% healthy; it will take lots of time, but he will get better. I know the first three symptoms (joint pain, dizziness, weakness) are clearly Levaquin related, but I haven't heard much about the headaches from people. Anyone else out there that has suffered from a constant headache after Levaquin? I REALLY want to hear about headaches from others!!!!

By the way, we have filed a medwatch already. I also know that Levaquin is not approved for anyone under 18 years old and he never needed such a powerful drug to prevent an infection, but there is nothing I can do about that now except to warn others. One of his UCLA doctors wants to write a case study on him to make this more known to others and I am helping him with that.

If anyone has questions, please feel free to ask. If you have had a headache from Levaquin, please let me know where in the head the pain was, if it is constant, what it feels like (pressure, shooting, throbbing), how long you have had it, and what, if anything, helped. THANKS.

This Levaquin is some potent stuff. Rat poison probably.
WOW!
And guess what, I have only taken "1". I have bad anxiety, very irritable, bad headache, pain in the back of my neck-stiffness too, also I have very bad muscle aches. Feels like I just worked out for hours, that is how sore I am.
I called the Dr. to switch to something else and all of the other drugs have side effects but, not as bad as this one. I feel for all of you who have taken more than "1". It must be bad.
I have started Shaklee and I am a member, meaning that I paid a membership price and I am taken a detoxin (natural vitamin) to help get this drug out of my body. You need to get this out, because otherwise it stays in your body and you get worse.
If any of you need help with the de-toxin part, e-mail me and I will try, by Gods grace, helping you.
Also, they have a cream that people swear by used for pain and muscle pain.
I will be than happy to help, please don't think that I will be making money off you, I just am a member and I get a discount and I could let all of you get a discount also.
Meanwhile, we should start a petition and let the FDA read all of this. This drug company is going down!
Save and write down all of your reactions and problems related to this drug. I don't want to see or hear about another person suffer from this.
Like I said, I cannot believe what just 1 pill has done.
Amazing!