Post Marketing Reports February 2004
 

Avelox

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:47:36 -0500 by Guest, #4500
corneal edema. Started with bloodshot eyes, blurred vision and photosensitivity after 8 days on Avelox. Was diagnosted as inflammation of cornea. taking mediciation but after two weeks vision is still very blurred and does not seem to be getting better
 

Cipro

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:58:55 -0500 by Guest, #4491
I took Cipro in April 2002 with no apparent side effects at the time. In June 2002, I experienced an unexplained tendon rupture in my arm. Over the next year I began to have more and more muscle and tendon pain. Now, February 2004, I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. My rheumatologist believes it could be related to muscle and tendon damage caused by the Cipro.
 

Levaquin

regina - Sat, 14 Feb 2004 04:38:51 -0500 - #1564
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Horrible Side Effects to Levaquin
My MD prescribed Levaquin for a UTI. At 5:30 PM I took my first dose, 500mg. It is 4:40 AM and I can't fall asleep. I keep getting chills, sweats, am anxious and my neck and shoulders are hurting. This is criminal. My MD didn't even tell me of any side effects (gave me samples to start with prior to filling RX).

Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:01:44 -0500 by Guest, #4616
I was given Levaquin for a upper respiratory infection. The first day I had diarrhea from 12:30 until 10:00 that night. I just assumed it was part of what was going on with me. My husband and I are remodeling a house, and I having carpell tunnel so I assumed my hands hurting was from the hammering and working at the house. However, it was a different hurt. It hurt in the joints and all the way to the bone. Then it moved up my arms, my elbows hurt terribly. My shoulders and in-between my shoulder blades are painful. I have been taking Levaquin for at least 10 days now, but no more. I have been getting up in the morning only to walk like my grandmother. My ankles hurt so very bad. I have cried for 2 days now worrying if I have rhumetoid arthritis, or worse. My mother died of cancer. She had breast cancer, and then was cancer free for two years. In the following winter, her legs and bones hurt. She also had arthritis (her father had rhemetoid arthritis) so we assumed that's what it was. It was cancer in the bones. She was diagnosed in January and died in April of that year. I have been so afraid, scared and really was terrified of finding out what was wrong. I also started drinking Mountain Dews because I had no energy and felt so bad. Then when my hands started swelling I started taking motrin. Now I have learned from some of you on here that that's exactly what I shouldn't have done. I am so thankful for all of you sharing and knowing now that I'm not alone or a whiner. I'll pray for all of you and I will do my part to try to get this medicine off the market.

Renee'

Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:15:04 -0500 by ggarcia, #4569
My mother was prescribed Levaquin for a bladder infection on January 19, 2004. She took it for 8 days and our life has been a living hell ever since. She is a little better now but after she took the medication we thought she was going crazy. She did not sleep at night, had muscle spasms in her legs (her legs would pop up for no reason at all), had heat flashes, serious anxiety, she could not taste food at all (she lost 30 lbs), body aches, very sore muscles, nightmares, crying, feeling like she wanted to jump out of her own skin, an overall feeling of doom. After several doctors visits and emergency room visits she is almost herself again. My mom is 64 years old and a very outgoing woman. Someone needs to see that this drug gets taken off of the market!! If she had been told of the possible side effects she would have never taken Levaquin!!

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:13:29 -0500 by Guest, #4492
i have taken levaquin and had to stop. immediately after ingestion i had dizziness and stomach pain. after 5 days my skin began to change. it became very dry and started to crack. i had dandruff on my face as well as in my hair. some of these cracks began to bleed. this continued long after i quit taking the drug. i still have hives and dry skin and am consulting my doctor for treatment.... i would not recommend!!!

Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:39:08 -0500 by Guest, #4454
Eleven days ago my doctor gave me Levaquin for bronchitis. I took one dose and twelve hours later I had muscle cramps in both arms and legs, back pain, severe nausea, an anxiety attack, insomnia that lasted 48 hours, and my blood pressure shot up to 180/112. My doctor seemed surprised at the muscle pain, said it should only happen to kids under 12 or adults over 70. (I'm a 50 year old woman.) He told me they should go away in ten days, but I am still suffering from all of the above except the blood pressure. I have totally lost faith in him and have made an appointment with another doctor who is a specialist in infectious diseases, and according to the friend who referred him, he carries an electronic version of the PDr to check for drug interactions. Hopefully I can get some help, since
suffering from all these things in a lesser way is agonizing.

Sat, 7 Feb 2004 18:37:23 -0500 by Guest, #4425
Metallic taste, loss of real taste, constipation (NOT diahrrea!), disrupted sleep with nightmares, chest pains, sweats/chills, dry mouth & throat making it difficult to swallow, anxiety, depression, shakiness, irritability, leg pains, reflux worsened, blurred vision.

Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:37:08 -0500 by muddle, #4386
I am on Day 3 of a 7-Day treatment with 500mg of Levaquin This treatment is for asthma related breathing and coughing issues .So far , hot flashes, headaches , nausea, back muscle pain, leg muscle quivers, and a feeling like Im drunk or in some type of stupor; or fog........hard to concentrate and focus on anything for more that 2-5 seconds. Wheezing is back , even after Ventolin treatment .