Avelox Sinus Infection, Heart Palpitations, Severe Pain, Dehydration, Blood Sugar

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I took Avelox for a sinus infection in July 2010...suffered with severe dehydration, severe/uncontrollable shaking, cold and hot feeling, blood sugar dropped to 80, eyes would not move or function properly, muscles cramped accompanied by severe pain, could not walk, headache, could not breath properly, anxiety and heart palpitations. I thought I was going to die. The medication finally wore off 3 days later; I have never felt so sick in all my life. Yes, I agree, Avelox should be taken off the market and banned. Dealing with a sinus infection is debilitating itself, let alone subjected to further suffering caused by medication that is supposed to help.

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Kerri38846 - Sinus infections are RARELY bacterial in nature and almost always respond better to aggressive nasal washing (neti pots, etc) than they do to antibiotics. This is because they are almost always fungal. This is why there are millions of people with chronic sinus infections- because antibiotics don't work. Start using a neti pot with warm saline every day or get an electronic nasal irrigator (like a water pik but more gentle). It's NOT worth the risk of taking Quinolone antibiotics in order to attempt to get rid of a sinus infection that isn't going to respond to antibiotics anyway! Avelox side effects can be a LOT worse than what you were experiencing. Take a look here: http://www.side-effects-site.com/avelox-side-effects.html Kerri Knox, RN

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Propsguy - hooray, kerri! i say this so often on this site that i sound like a broken record. you're a nurse- perhaps they'll believe you! even if/ when they are bacterial, sinus infections don't respond well to antibiotics because there are very few blood vessels running through the sinuses. so you have to have a lot of drug coursing through your system to get a little in there. you can juice up your nasal wash a bit by adding a tiny drop of an antibacterial mouthwash, preferably one with no artificial coloring. that way if your infection is bacterial, you'll be applying the medicine topically. there are also herbal additives made to enhance your nasal wash but be careful. i'm allergic to grapeseed extract and the tincture i bought contained it. until i figured it out, my nasal wash made me worse everyday! doctors give these antibiotics out like candy and sadly, they are giving out stronger and stronger drugs for milder and milder conditions. is a sinus infection, a UTI or even a cough really worth a possible stroke, ripped tendons, chronic pain, etc that this class of antibiotics can cause? save the drugs for when you really need them! americans are becoming like the boy who cried wolf. they rely on so many drugs that when they need them for something actually life threatening, there won't be any that work!

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