Post Marketing Reports for March 1999

Gwenndoline <gwenndoline@y...
Date: Sat Mar 6, 1999 5:14pm
Subject: Re: followup-2
Mary,
I have done so much research on this two products and the more I find
I will forward the sites on to everyone.
My story from yesterday is as follows:
I want to the Emergency Care clinic down the street from my work. I
was at the point where I couldn't remember the date or even read the
computer screan. The doctor evaluated me and said"You shouldn't have
had a reaction to this drug and I don't know what to give you to
counteract it" I asked him to call my primary pysican because I was
not leaving until I had some answers. After he spoke to my doctor,
they agreed that I would have to wait for the drug to leave my system
on its own. He also said" Well I an find some type of antidote but it
will take me 6-8 hours
so that he could contact the manufacturer. I told him not to waste
his time I was going to the emergency room.
I went to the emergency room with confusion and hyperventalation. THe
doctor asked what had happened.
I told him that I had been give a 5 day suppy of cipo
and then a 4 day supply of levaquin for a bladder infection. The
first this her said was" did you know there drugs were in the same
family? and why did your doctor do this"" He also said" there is no
need to give your more than one of those pills for the infection, all
you need is one pill to kill the bacteria"I told him that only
learning for everyone here at this website did I stop taking the
LEvaquin. THis is what he described to me as what I was going trhough..
"The first drug Cipro you were given created reactions that you might
noticed as insomnia dizzinss & nausua. Once you stopped taking this
and stared taking levaquin, Cipro had already layed a foundation which
are prlonging you effects to levaquin. You are experiencing panaic
attacks which are not abeling you to seep and causing insomnia. The
reason you conn0t remember anything is because your brain has not
slept in 7 day.He said that he see this alot the the emergency room
and regular doctors are not familuar with the symptomes.
My doctor prescribed Lorazephm(to make me sleep) and
Benadryl for the allergic reaction.
This was yesterday and the aniexity pills are working.
I do have still a short term memory and keep forgetting to put the
orangejuice away.. and the obvious,, how to spell.
Does anyone know where to find at article that was writte by that
doctor on the internet? I would be interesed to read it.
Thanks to everyone for your support. I will keep you posted.

ddk <ddk@o...
Date: Sat Mar 6, 1999 1:34am
Subject: adverse reaction levaquin
I was given levaquin 500 mg daily for 10 days ending 12-31-98 for ear
infection and URI. I began having a buzzing sensation in my head the
first day and by the end of the 10 days I was what has been since diagnosed
as ataxic. Ent tests of eng and abr were negative. MRI of
cervical region was neg. I had a history of central cord syndrome from a
spinal cord contusion 15 years previously. Today after talking with the
orthomcneil people I found out that if you've ever had head trauma you
shouldn't take it both of which would have made me a bad candidate for this
drug. But it certainly wasn't on the information from the pharmacy that I
received. At first I had no pain then went into muscle spasms in the neck
area and intense burning pressure pain in the head. This has abated
somewhat. But the buzzing which is like a mild electrical current has
increased and now I have difficulty sleeping because I feel like I'm
vibrating when I try to go to sleep. I also have explosive headaches and
what feels like intense pressure or twisting in my head all the time. I
kind of go around in a dazed confusion that is hard to describe. I've
become extremely sensitive to sound and it hurts to hear music, conversation
etc. I also feel jarred everytime I take a step, the car door slams and
such. I'm on medical leave from my job. My neurologist is trying to get in
contact with Dr. Flockhart but I haven't heard anything yet. I seem to have
little strength and have difficulty with everyday tasks. I was given
naprosyn for pain and became hypertensive and had to quit. I have found
that sometimes benadryl helps the muscle spasms, confusion and even
occasionally with the shortness of breath I've been having. I'm filing a
report with the FDA. "Bitter Pills" has been most interesting. ddk