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Drug Reaction Forum hosted by Yahoo, which is independently owned and
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Research Foundation.
This personal story was
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a victim of a quinolone antibiotic and need support or advice then
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Cipro + Floxin + Levaquin
Posted on 26 November 2002
My God, what a revelation. Here I was, thinking I was going insane,
thinking I was being a wuss... and then I got the idea to research
this drug I'd been taking... but I'm getting ahead of myself.
I took Levaquin about a year and a half ago, and had HORRIBLE effects-
pain, insomnia, adverse mental reactions. Called my doctor after the
second dose, saying I felt like I was going crazy, and that I refused
to take anymore. He gave me something else. Felt like crud after, but
it passed, and I forgot...
A little over a year ago I took Cipro... anti-terrorism and an
"anthrax" scare. I felt like crud, but I figure antibiotics always
make me feel bad. It passed, and I forgot...
6 months ago, I took Floxin. I hurt- horribly. Joint pain, muscle
aches, lethargy, insomnia... I looked at the side effects and said,
"Oh no, this is just like that other one... but it's not making me
feel AS bad, and I can't afford something else." I felt like crud, but
it passed, and I forgot...
2 weeks ago, I took Floxin again. I'm now in more pain than I've been
in ... well, in ages. Burning in my hips and back; feels like muscle
spasming in my back, joint pain in my neck, back, hips; serious pain
in my ankles and heels. I don't sleep well. I feel ... foggy,
mentally. It isn't passing, and I'm NOT forgetting.
I got online tonight, miserable, looking for SOMETHING... why I'm
hurting the way I am, what I could possibly have.
I found this group. I found numerous articles ... I'm not the only one
having this. I'm not the only one suffering... I'm not ALONE.
I can't lie. I'm horrified. I'm also terrified, I can't imagine
spending the rest of my life with pain like this. I'm also confident I
won't HAVE pain like this forever...
But the main thing is... I feel validated. Thank you guys, for
creating this, for letting me know I'm not alone. Renee
Originally posted on the Quinolone Adverse Reaction Forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quinolones/message/11014
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