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The following post marketing reports are from Medications.com, which is independently owned and operated and has no association with the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation. NO new postings were found for Cipro, Floxin or Tequin as of March 2005. Only one new posting for Avelox, the rest were for Levaquin. Post Marketing Reports February 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:27:36 -0500 by Guest, #9479 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:23:52 -0500 by Guest, #9751 Ref: guest # 9738. Got a reply from the FDA. They informed me that when I take a drug the results may be good or they may be bad. What do I think. They don't care. Ed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:45:24 -0500 by amber, #9747 I was prescribed Lavaquin for a reoccuring strep infection. Today is my 7th day on the drug. Almost immediately upon taking Levaquin I began to feel unusually anxious and depressed. I did not link this to Levaquin, but thought I was experiencing some sort of unusual mood swing. The anxiety and depression continued with the use of the drug, combined with slight nausea and a general feeling of apathy. I took the medication again this morning and thought I might check online and see if there were any strange side effects--my doctor had mentioned that it could cause one "to dream." I am now wondering if my anxiety and depression--the second being totally unusual for me--can be linked back to using Levaquin. I notice that most side effects mentioned here have to do with muscle and joint pain. My joints feel fine, but my muscles in my back, shoulders and neck are unusally sore and tight--something I'd normally attribute to anxiety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:37:35 -0500 by Guest, #9738 Took 2 tablets. one a day. Thought I was going to die. Found your website. Now very mad. E-Mailing the Gov. and the company for some answers. No excuse for this kind of situation. Thanks-Ed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:31:13 -0500 by Guest, #9688 I was prescribed levaquin for a sinus infection and began to have pain in my calves and ankles the next day. After the second day, the pain was debilitating and involved joints included knees, ankles, hips, shoulders, and back. My dr initially stated this was not a side effect of the drug. I have since learned otherwise. It has been 10 days since I discontinued the med, and I still am unable to do my usual exercises and activities. I had previously been active and am in good shape, but now cannot run ot go up and down steps, and even walking is paiful -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:15:53 -0500 by Guest, #9619 Lost the pamplet to drug effects on this pill so i thought i wouls come to this sight to see what the word(s)were on it! What an eye full!!!! The nausea, blurry vision, diarrhea, insomnia, no appetite neck pain, headaches(i get enough of them without this stuff) and leg pain. How can this be good for you with so many negative side effects!!!? I want the regular antibiotics back. I have been on this for 6 days and have 4 to go. Don't know if i can continue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:04:41 -0500 by rob, #9506 I am 35, was in good health, ate right etc. In October of 04, I took levaquin for a bacterial infection that had caused swollen lymph nodes. The infection returned and I was given another round of levaquin after Thankgiving. Around the holiday season, my feet and legs starting hurting (feet hurt, leg muscles ached), left wrist and fingers started hurting, and recently my knees and thigh muscles have begun to hurt. I have been to several doctors, including an infectious disease doctor who ran scores of tests (everything came back negative). He is treating me for TB even though the tests came back negative (a biopsied lymph node indicated an infection). He thinks it is a mycobacterial infection. When I can across this site about levaquin, it was like an epiphany - some here decribed my symptoms to a T. I called my doctor but he said these symptoms were not from levaquin. He wants to put me in steroids for a week to see if that helps the pain. I am able to go to work and function, but running and moving around pain free are not options now. I am ready to return to normal. Anyone have suggestions for these symptoms? How long does it take for these effects to dissipate? If the pain would go away, I'd be back to normal. This has been going on for a few months now, but I haven't taken levaquin in 1.5 months. Help! Rob tsip19@hotmail.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:16:04 -0500 by jetta, #9489 In Aug I was on levaquin for 4 days and experiencing subtle side effects (nausea, fatigue) until day 4 when i woke up with severe abdominal pain and called 911. I later reread the prescriptions notes and figured it was a side effect from levaquin. But now i am sitting on $15,000 of medical bills because i don't feel the ER physician caught this connections and ran every test possible including 2 CAT scans and an MRI and still never mentioned that it could be a side effect. It seems obvious to me and I am not even a doctor. If anyone else has been to the ER or doctor because of these side effects or if there is a doctor out there that can help me build a case against the physician who I believe missed on diagnosing me correctly and administered several unnecessary exams, I would greatly appreciate it. I need alot of evidence and resources. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:21:45 -0500 by Guest, #9487 I, too, am a recent "victim" of Levoquin. Went to the doctors on January 14th with swollen neck glands and generalized physical weakness. Thought that I had mono but a quick culture revealed a strep infection. A RX was written for Keflex. I insisted on a 24/48 hr. culture and sensitivity. Thirteen days later my doctor phoned me at work (without a doubt I should be looking for another Practice!!) and said that the strep would not respond to Keflex but that it would respond to Levoquin. My lucky day! This was the beginning of the end. So, for the first ten days of this infection I was on Keflex. Then seven days of Levoquin 500 mg. daily. A repeat culture done on February 10th still revealed Strep. Way to go Levoquin! Now I am on a twenty day course of Levoquin 500 mg. daily (the doctor refers to it as a nuclear bomb). No kidding, Dick Tracy! Shoulder pain is unrelenting, joint pains all over, glands are still swollen, throat is swollen, ears ache, do not sleep.... even with the aid of Ambien, AND, my eyelids are scalded. A new side effect for this medication? This is day seven of this round. I don't know if I will make it to day twenty. I am still waiting for a return call from my doctor. Help! How in the world can a medication that causes so much harm be good for you? I would love to see the test study data on product. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:27:02 -0500 by daveshep01, #9480 It all started on my 9th day of therapy of a 10 day treatment. I woke up and went to work only to get weak in my arms and legs. I had to leave work and my GP said it was the flu. Since Jan.12th and numerous visits to my GP I still am having problems with my arms and legs and have been off work since. Finding a MD that knows of this problem is a very big problem. Does anyone in the northern KY or southern IN area know of a good doc who can help treat this problem? Please e-mail me and let me know. Good luck to all of those who have been devastated by this drug. daveshep01@juno.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:26:41 -0500 by jmolson, #9474 I began taking Levaquin about 5 days ago for a sinus infection. I started to have joint pain right away. First my calves and ankles hurt, then the joint problems progressed to my knees, ankles, shoulders, hips, etc to the point my sleep was severely disrupted and daily activities became difficult. When I called to report this to my dr, she denied these problems were a side affect noted in the physician's info. THIS MUST CHANGE! Only the research done by my wonderful husband provided the awareness of this drug'e debilitating side affects, and I insisted I be switched to another antibiotic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:27:10 -0500 by cynthiah, #9441 It's Valentine's Day 2005 and I took 750mg Levaquin for 3 days. My side effects include nausea and my tongue burning on the tip. The doc gave me moxifloxacin, another flouoroquinolone last November before Thanksgiving. I'm worried that my symptoms: achey hip joints, pain in a neck gland and now a rash that persists are related to fluoroquinolones. >I have an appointment with a dermatologist for the rash. (Glad the Levaquin made me sick, because I couldn't take my teenager to the Hudson Valley Mall on the day the Columbine copycat shooter open fired!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:52:54 -0500 by vette85coupe, #9402 I was given a 500mg tablet before having a prostate biopsy and then I took a second tablet the next day. It was to prevent infection from the biopsy procedure. Within two days after taking the pills I developed severe hives. I had no idea what caused it. I called the pharmacist and was told that it could be a temporary reaction to this drug. I was instructed to take some benadryl. I did and the hives went away within a few hours. Since then I've had a reoccurance of hives three more times (within a week of taking it). It usually happens in the evenings. I'm not sure if there's another factor that's causing it to reoccur or not. I have not taken any further doses of the drug. I can't seem to pin-point any other variable that can be affecting me. Is it still the effects of the Levaquin a week later? I guess I will talk to the pharmacist again tomorrow and see what else they have to say. Hopefully the symptoms won't get any worse and that this will stop soon. I was not given any precautions before taking the drug. I've never had any side affects to other drugs before this one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:07:51 -0500 by mreester, #9387 I was administered Levaquin for 7 days intervenously in the hospital and sent home with more for 9 additional days. I started having pain above my left thumb, red and swollen and painful. That went away but now I have severe pain in my knees and legs, shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat. After reading all of these side effects for this medication I'm appalled at the doctors. I called my doctor and he said Oh yeah, it's the Levaquin but can you take it for at least 3 more days? NO!!!! And I advise anyone else not to take this medication either. How do you file a complaint with the FDA? Marie - MREESTER@AOL.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:47:30 -0500 by janet, #9377 I'm glad I found this site. I thought I would be in pain forever and like Teri thought I had developed rheumatoid arthritis. I have such terrible pain in my one arm that I thought at first I had broken it. The doctor sent me for x-rays of my shoulder and arm. Nothing found. The pain got worse and traveled to my other arm and then my knees. I can hardly walk and wonder how I am going to go to work tomorrow. I hope you are wrong Teri when you say that it takes a long time for Levaquin to get out of your body. I don't know how long I can take this pain which keeps me awake at night because my arms are so painful. Does anyone know of a way to make it go away quicker? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:52:28 -0500 by Guest, #9324 Side effect of Levaquin - numbness in the back of my brain, loss of balance, mental acuity is terribly effected, loss of appetite, need more sleep, personality changes, numbness of fingers and hands, speech affected, vision affected - I think that I was lucky to be taking benedryl during the time, but was also taking theophylline and aspirin - doctor should never have given me this drug. I should never have swallowed it in the first place. Was 500mg for only 3 days but was enough to make me crazy and I stopped it. Doctor has yet to respond to my complaints and his nurse only offered me another drug - which I refused. I feel like I am living in another time and space - not a normal space. I am keeping the fluids going to try to flush it out of my system. What a raging nightmare this is. I will email anyone who emails me at gypsy899@hotmail.com about this drug. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:49:24 -0500 by teri, #9306 I am so glad i found this site. I was convinced i was developing severe arthritis at age 39. I was put on a 3 weeks course of levaquin in November to combat a sinus polyps and sinus infections. Shortly after, i started complaining to my husband that i was afraid i was getting arthritis. Had the aches and pains through December and then got another sinus infection in january. Was given another course of levaquin and the 2nd day into it, i awoke with terrible pains in my wrists, knees, ankles and shoulders. I called my doctor and got prescribed another antibiotic. It is now February 7 and the side effects linger including sleeplessness (benadryl can get me to sleep) and dry mouth. My symptons kind of come and go - my joints will feel fine for a couple of days and then randomly the pain returns in my ankle, or hands and feet (sometimes all 3). I wanted to encourage many of you that although this is irritating and uncomfortable, you will get better in time - it is a slow process to get this drug out of your system. I have done lots of research and have found that taking 2 tablespoons of milk of magnesium a day can help clear the poison from your system plus taking acidophilus to restore your healthy bacteria and echenasia goldenseal to restore your immune system. Plus and most importantly drink LOTS of water. I have learned that depending on the severity of your reaction - that getting back to normal can take anywhere from a few months to 2 years (for the most severe reactions) But more than likely, it will be a several months. I am feeling better and the aches are tolerable. I am thankful i figured out it was the levaquin or i might be in really bad shape right now. I have two small kids, work part time and don't have time for this!!! I have also learned that you can take this medication one time and suffer mildy and then the second dose can knock you out - so even if you didn't react severely the first time, i urge you not to take it again. Anyway, i would love to hear from others how long it took to get better. I am 2 weeks into my recovery and feeling hopeful and lots more educated. I will never take meds for granted again. Hope this helps. Blessings........ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:40:32 -0500 by bills, #9273 My wife and I took Levaquin for two days, Thursday and Friday for colds, neither of us slept either night and I urinated every 15 to 20 minutes during the night, and less but more than usual during the day. We didnt take it last night (Saturday) and both slept much better. Friday and Saturday I experienced sharp pains in my left elbow joints- something I never had before... as well as back pain in my mid back left side. My wife also experienced some discomfort in the right elbow joint, something she never experienced before. After not sleeping for the first two nights I told my wife we're stopping the drug, my doctor was not available saturday. I came to the internet to see what side effects this drug has- and came across this forum. BillS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:54:29 -0500 by sonia, #9261 i took levequin 1 month ago because i had repetitive cysticis and since then i have insomnia and i have to pee all the time!!my mother who is a doctor in france thought that it was psychological because i ve had so many cysticis but when i see all this comments it makes me think that i really have a pb!! Sonia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:59:20 -0500 by username, #9212 Please let me know if anybody has frequent urination after talking levaquin.I took only one tablet of levaquin for a slight burning sensation after urination and within three hours after taking the levaquin I had to pee every 15 all night.I didn't have this problem before taking the levaquin.How long will the effect last?Do I need to take magnesium,will magnesium help.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:54:50 -0500 by pscoop, #9187 HOW CAN WE START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE MAKER OF LEVAQUIN FOR THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT IT HAS CAUSED????????????????????????? I took levaquin over a year ago for the treatment of Lyme disease. I have not been able to have a normal nights sleep since. I am told that I go directly in REM sleep and this is why the dreams are so vivid and unrestful. We need to stop this drug from being on the market. The drug companies think that they can get away with anything to get their drugs out there. Please help us stop them. They are killing us! sonia - Sat, 5 Feb 2005 19:10:03 -0500 - #3274 mreester - Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:02:16 -0500 - #3306 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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