Levaquin Sema Auto Show, Sinus Infection, Definitive Proof, Acute Onset, Docto

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So I just went online to double check how many Levaquin per day I needed to take and for how long and found this site. I have taken it before, 3 times I remember for sure and now have some sample packets I wanted to take for my current sinus infection. This site was a HUGE eye opener!! I took my 1st cycle somewhere around 26 yrs old,,, that is when I remember that my joint problems started to surface. I just attributed it to getting older. I worked out every day, 2 hrs a day,, it was my passion,, and never really had any problems. The joint problems just seemed to get worse and seemed to come outa nowhere!!. I took levaquin again somewhere right around 30 yrs old,, and whatya know,, my joint pain started getting really bad,, even my hips started hurting. I would joke that turning 30 was the light switch where everything went downhill and how I better put a down payment on a nice walker. I mean cummon,, hips should be fine until at least 50 yrs old.. Anyway, the most definitive proof in my mind was when I took levaquin at 33 yrs old. I, at the time, attributed my "extra" joint pain while taking Levaquin to just being sick. Shortly after I went to the SEMA auto show in Vegas and could barely make it through the first day due to extreme hip, knee, and ankle pain,,, I literally could barely walk. There is no real excuse, now that I think of it, for such a drastic and acute onset of joint pain, especially at such a young age and high level of fitness. I feel now that Levaquin was at a minimum a catalyst for my now chronic joint pain at 36 yrs old. My lifestyle is drastically impacted, which in turn has impacted my state of mind. Is my case legitimate?? Who knows for sure.. But there is no way Im taking it again. Not worth the risk (Although part of me wants to try it just for further affirmation). In conclusion, I am actually quite upset at the thought that an "approved" drug may have ruined my life. I will research this some more as my mother and my fiance's father are both doctors. I'll see what they think and post what I find. Hope this helps.
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Helen950 - please let us know what your mother and your fiance's father say about this drug. If they need to, have them read from pdr. let us know thanks, helen

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Xargaw - Are you sure you were taking Levaquin? Levaquin was only administered in a hospital setting until 2004? Cipro has been widely used for some time and can cause similar tendon/joint problems, but it is unlikely you were given levaquin as an out patient by your doctor if it was prior to 2004.

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Digitalfreedom - This post applies to all such medical related advise and posts scattered all across the internet. I strongly feel marketers have largely turned to blogs, posts, chatrooms, etc. to carry their advertisements and attempts at controlling what we thing and do. In short, I clearly see a disinformation campaign so large it makes all major wars in history pale in comparison with their Dis-information Campaigns and false propaganda being spread-out thru the world. But today millions read this stuff and believe it is 100% the Gospel truth. So sad.. Why is it every time I search ANY med I am prescribed all I find are gloom and doom stories about how deadly the drug is? Are only attorneys for competitor's drugs witting this stuff? For a good analogy, surf to www.download.com and check out all of the mud slinging going on in thier comment''s section for ANY popular download within the top 2 or 3. Thank God for well trained doctors, because we can not allow the internet to diagnose our problems and advise us what drugs are safe and effective and which are going to kill us. From Now on I am only trusting a handful of medical advise sites such as a small one like MD-Junction. There are two sides to any story and I feel too many medical sites get most of their hits from uninsured patients such as I trying to self diagnose our own medical problems, or at least second guess what our trusted doctors are doing for us. I have been uninsured most of my life and I pray the Health Care Reform Law NEVER gets overturned because unemployed poor people such as me need REAL "doctoring" and not s zillion mixed up opinions from supposedly real patients in this billion $$ American prescription drug market. There is a large incentive for competitors to plant stories to scare patients away from effective products all in the name of the good old Free Enterprise system. I can only pray that Health Care Reform never gets screwed with by 2014 so the middle class and poor get a chance to see how far America has to go in Health Care. We have allowed the large health care business take over everything, right down to controlling the what free speech is said on the internet and what the TV orders us to tell our doctors to prescribe. Somewhere out there is the real truth about so many pharmaceuticals, there real effects, and the truth shall be exposed how powerful this industry goes in influencing public opinion. I only hope people live long enough to see the justice and reforms we all deserve, rich and poor alike. I believe false medical propaganda has flooded the internet and TV. It's truly sad how far people's health and odds of living long are being walked over in the name of making a profit. The Love of Money is at the Root of All Evil. Somethings need not be said.

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Propsguy - digitalfreedom- what drugs are YOU on? people write into these sites complaining because they're doctors don't advise them on side effects, prescribe drugs too casually and are dismissive when their patients suspect that a drug is making them feel worse. these people are not advertising anything, except their genuine misery in the hopes that A) someone in a similar situation will give them some good advice B) they are not crazy and C) that hopefully others will be more cautious before taking certain drugs. you say thank god for well trained doctors but where have you found them? most doctors have gone to medical schools entirely funded by pharmaceutical companies that teach one form of medicine- pharmaceutical medicine. by the time they come out they are little more than marketing personelle for drug companies. in the average 5 minute visit, they can do little for you but write a scrip, often for a drug you do not need and often for a drug that will do you more harm than good. i have two friends who took levaquin for pneumonia when something much less toxic would have done the trick. i begged them both not to take it. they both decided to rely on the wisdom of their "well trained " doctors (thank god!) rather than their crack pot friend, who probably has read more books on drugs than the average doctor who pretty much relies on the information he gets from the attractive drug company reps who bring him free lunches, free pens and free samples. one friend had a serious stroke 6 days into her "treatment." she had familial high blood pressure and how a doctor could have prescribed a drug that raises intracranial pressure to a person with high BP is beyond me. she will never be the same but now she is being treated by many "well trained" doctors, one who has put her on an anti-depressant (of course she's depressed- she had a stroke!!!!) that lists as one of it's side effects "increased risk of stroke!" how smart is that? my 2nd friend also wouldn't listen to me until her achilles tendons started to ache after one pill. she called her doctor and he dismissed her concerns. after her second pill, with increasing pain, she talked to some "well trained" ballerina friends who all said "you can never take levaquin. it will rip your achilles tendons in half!" now i can tell you that ballerinas are not doctors and i bet they don't know as much about pharmaceutical drugs as i do but they sure know about achilles tendons and their message was very clear! so she called her doctor and insisted that he give her something else. he put her on zithromax. now, i have to ask, what factors influenced his decision to give her levaquin first, when he was willing and able to prescribe zithromax? had the sales rep come in that day? does he think it's a "sexier" drug? is it more expensive? does he get better free stuff from that company? who knows? the point is you must protect yourself since you CANNOT rely on your well trained doctor to do it for you. and that is why people congregate on these sites with their doom and gloom. they are trying to save your ass! and yes,, there is a ton of false medical propaganda flooding the internet. it's called advertising and the drug companies are the ones doing it

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