Avelox Severe Anxiety, Sleeping Problems, Recourse, Dizziness, Stomach
Posted over a year ago
WOW!! I cannot believe I found you all! I am having severe reactions after taking Avelox. I took it for 9 days, stopped it on 12/20/08. Sice then, I have continued to experience extreme dizziness, confusion, sleeping problems, stomach upset, depression and severe anxiety. Please someone tell me I have some sort of recourse here. I am about to lose my job over it. Thanks ~
Disablednurse - WHY WERE YOU TAKING AVELOX AND SHAME ON DOC WHO ORDERED IT!! GO BACK TO ORDERING DOC AND TELL HIM EVER SINCE STARTING AVELOX YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL THESE SYMPTOMS. MAKE SURE HE DOCUMENTS WHAT YOU SAY. DON,T TELL HIM YOU ARE CONSIDERING SUING ANYONE OR HE WILL GET DEFENSIVE AND PROBABLY CALL YOU CRAZY. JUST TELL HIM YOU LOOKED UP AVELOX ON INTERNET AND FOUND ALL THESE ADVERSE SERIOUS SYMPTOMS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SINCE AVELOX. TELL HIM YOU KNOW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE AVELOX HAS DONE THIS TO YOU! ASK HIM TO DO A EKG BECAUSE OF THE DIZZINESS AND CONFUSION. TELL HIM A NURSE TOLD YOU TO ASK HIMWHY HE CHOSE AVELOX INSTEAD OF A SAFER ANTIBIOTIC. DON,T LET HIM TELL YOU YOU,RE JUST HAVING SEVERE ANXIETY! STICK TO YOUR GUNS AND INSIST THE AVELOX HAS CAUSED THIS. YOU MIGHT ASK THE DOC IF HE WILL REPORT YOUR ADVERSE REACTIONS TO THE FDA AS WELL AS BAYER PHARMACEUTICALS. TELL HIM THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS DRUG IS DOING TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. REMEMBER,I ALSO HAD A TOXIC AVELOX REACTION AND NOW HAVE ASTHMA AND SEIZURES. I ALSO HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION DISORDERS. I RECEIVED 6,900 ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS FROM THE FDA IN 2005 ABOUT AVELOX. THERE MUST BE THOUSANDS MORE BY NOW. TELL YOUR DOC THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF SERIOUS ADVERSE REPORTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO AVELOX AND ASK HIM IF HE WAS AWARE OF ANY?? BE CAREFUL. DON,T TELL HIM YOU MAY SUE,NOT YET. CONTACT THE FDA AT FDAMEDWATCH.GOV AND FILE A COMPLAINT STATING EVERYTHING THAT IS STILL GOING ON AS WELL AS WHEN IT STARTED. BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE.
NOTIFY BAYER PHARMACEUTICALS AND FILE A COMPLAINT. THEY WILL RECORD WHAT YOU SAY AND TELL YOU THAT YOUR REACTIONS ARE RARE BUT THEY ARE LYING. THEY WILL MAIL YOU A CONFIRMATION LETTER. AT LEAST YOU WILL HAVE REPORTED IT.
GET COPIES OF YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS SO YOU CAN PROVE YOU NEVER HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE THIS. PRAY THAT YOUR DOC IS ETHICAL AND WROTE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. YOU WILL NEED THIS. DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR DOC REACTS TO YOUR ASSESSMENT OF YOUR SYMPTOMS,DON,T TRUST HIM AT THIS POINT! BE A REBEL WITH A CAUSE! JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS!
CONTACT SEVERAL PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS. I FOUND AN EXPERT TOXICOLOGIST IN CALIFORNIA,DR. JAMES DAHLGREN, WHO STATES AVELOX IS VERY TOXIC AND CAUSED MY PERMANENT SEIZURE AND ASTHMA DISORDER. HE ALSO SAID HE HAS SEEN MANY CASES OF AVELOX INDUCED PTSD(POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER!! I AM IN DELAWARE. SLIM PIKINS FOR LAWYERS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND AN ATTORNEY TO FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST BAYER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS AND THE NUMBERS ARE RISING!
GOOD LUCK. BURNSY133@VERIZON.NET
Mom23angels - I took Avelox on 1/29/08 and I am experiencing the same side effects as you. Extreme dizziness, confusion, depression, and anxiety. If you find anything that can be done about it, please let me know! I went from a normal independent capable person to someone who cannot care for her children or take care of my home without assistance. This drug has ruined my life!
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