Serious Side Effects Associated with Levaquin
April 6, 2009
The fluroquinolone antibiotic Levaquin, used to treat lung, sinus, skin, and urinary tract infections caused by certain bacteria. FDA recently ordered the makers of Levaquin to include a black box warning on the drug after reports of severe Levaquin side effects related to painful tendon and ligament injuries.
The Levaquin side effects resulting in this black box warning include tendonitis and tendon ruptures, both of which can be very painful and debilitating. Patients may not realize they are experiencing such side effects until it is too late.
If you are taking Levaquin you should discuss these possible side effects with your doctor. If you have been taking Levaquin and have experienced pain in your tendons, ligaments or joints, you should consult with your doctor immediately about a possible link between the drug and your symptoms.
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How long does it take for these side effects to show up.I was on Levaquin in Dec.2008, 500mg. 10 pills.In late Feb.I started having pain,stiffness and pulling feeling in my neck.Could this be from the Levaquin.
I took levaquine for a bad bout with bronchitis, I took the whole prescription, by that time, I could barely walk up the stairs. I developed bursitus in my hip. I suffered with the pain for years. It is finally getting better. I was in pain for a few years. I went back to my doctor, he claims it wasn’t from the Levaquin, but I know it was. Hw sent me to a rheumatoligist and she concurred that the levaquin could cause the pain I endured. I have levaquin on my liist of drugs never to take again. it was a nightmare. Anyone I know who is prescribed it, I warn them to go back to the dr and get sometihing eles. I did help my bronchitis but it killled my joints, and caused other issues.
I was on Levaquin for 7 days recently because of Diverticulitis. The day after the first pill, I had a difficult time walking. I had pain in all my joints, and it was hard to get off the couch .I’ll never take this drug again.
Two days ago, I took Levaquin for a potential urinary tract infection while having troubles with anxiety. I woke up at 2 AM unable to go back to sleep.
I lay thinking about ships crashing and their cargo pouring out, then all of a sudden I had a severe panic attack which caused me to start thrashing about, I had chills all through my chest, my neck grew hot, and, strangely enough, my netheregions felt like they’d EXPLODED. I’m still having problems with that particular issue. I still have no idea why.
I took it again last night and found later that night that I was developing a rash on both of my legs just south of my hips.
My mom read the list of “CALL YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXPERIENCE THESE SYMPTOMS” list, and all of my problems were THERE
To top it all off, I’ve not been able to eat anything for the last day because of vomiting it helped produce. THe other cause of my problems? LEXIPRO.
NEVER TAKE THEM BOTH TOGETHER YOU WILL REGRET IT
I have been taking levaquin for 5 days I feel terrible. My hands and feet are swollen, I can barely walk. I have difficulty swallowing as well. I will not take it any more.
I took Levequin for a sinus infection about 1 month ago and the day i took it I could not walk without severe knee pain. Five days ago I had emergency Knee Surgery for a cartlidge tear that just came on 6 days after taking the dangerous drug. Tell everyone you know not to take this drug. I am in serious pain now and home recovering and on crutches for 4 weeks. This is a serious problem and needs to be taken off the market.
I was also prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection a couple of weeks ago. I had taken my 4th dose and the next morning I woke up to the WORST knee and lower back pain I have ever had. Of course I threw the drug in the trash. But it has been over 2 weeks now and I still have difficulty going up and down stairs and just walking in general! Several of my doctors (and not the doctor who prescribed it) have told me that I should be lucky I am only experiencing pain because it usually causes tendon RUPTURES! I am sure the drug did some damage to my knees (I am just praying that it is not permanent). I’m going to give it another couple of weeks and if the pain hasn’t gotten better, I guess I’ll see an orthopedic doctor to see if any permanent damage was done. My back pain has gotten somewhat better, but is still there. The knee pain is just awful though. I am only 51 years old and I have many steps I have to go up and down every day. I can’t get anything done here around the house in this condition. This drug should be BANNED. I warn anybody to think twice before they take this drug. I would much rather suffer through my sinus infection than suffer this knee pain that is affecting the quality of my life!
I took two regimens of Levaquin recently for bronchitis. The first time was a two week regimen and after taking about 10 pills, I got horrible bicept muscle pain. After suffering with this for about 5 weeks (I thought it would go away), I went to see my GP. He did not know what was causing the muscle soreness, but thought I was coming down with bronchitis again, so he ordered a three-week regimen of Levaquin. I still have muscle pain, but I believe it is getting better. My doctor referred me to a rheumatologist. After reading about the side effects of Levaquin, I am sure that is what happened to me. The pain is subsiding, but the range of motion in my arms is still lacking.
I took Levaquin for 7 days due to a urinary tract infection. After the 4th day I noticed a hot, almost burning sensation in my privates. It wasn’t unpleasant, but the odd thing was I began to develop an excessive, way overactive libido. My husband was thrilled, but… dang. He wants to know if I can get more of these pills for our vacation.
I just started taking this as I went to an emergency medical clinic this weekend feeling pretty lousy. Severe chest/cold symptoms, that I have had for 3 weeks and my first round of antibiotics my family physician gave me did not work. My doctor was not available this Sunday, so I went to a walk-in clinic. Anyway, the doctor gave me Levaquin. I am on day 2, and the only side effect was that I couldn’t sleep last night. But I am taking it with cheratussin, cough medication. thought my cough meds were keeping me awake. Anyway, I want this sickness out of my system, and per the doctor, this is one of the best ways to get rid of infection. As I read side effects I am actually starting to feel pain in my feet. Psychological, perhaps? I felt nothing before! I am freaking out. It seems that people who experience side effects are taking other meds. I am taking nothing else right now. Hopefully, it doesn’t affect me?
I’m a 45y/o female who took one Levaquin tablet back in early 2006 and have been suffering joint pain since. That one pill put me in the ER approx. 45 minutes of taking it! The shoulder pain is the worst, and it radiates down both arms; it’s even painful to write now because of the bone pain in my hands. My orthapedist was giving me cortisone shots in both shoulders every three months; they don’t help at all now. Went to a rheumatologist for a huge battery of tests that showed nothing. In July 2008 I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma (b-cell)…and after reading so many comments about Levaquin side effects and the lymphoma associated with it, I am seeking the advice of an attorney. Did Levaquin cause my cancer? I have always been a very healthy person who exercised daily and maintained a healthy weight…no illnesses…nonsmoker…very rarely drink alcoholic beverages…no cancer in my entire family.
Continued from previous mssg. I also have severe pain in my ankles and feet; hard to get out of bed in the morning, or even after sitting for a brief period. Once I put any amount of weight on my feet it feels like they are breaking! My orthapedic doctor showed me how my left foot comes completely out of the socket..and I’ve never even injured it. I can’t run any more because I will fall to the ground with no warning since there is little strength in my ankles. I feel like an 80 year-old! My oncologist even says the pain I experience in my neck and shoulders is not from the lymphoma.
I am 66 years of age and have always been a healthy woman. I prided myself on going to the doctor just once every year for a normal check-up. Last year, I found out that my heart has a very small mitral valve which caused angina pains. I was put on all kinds of medication.
This year, in May I got the flu and went to my doctor. He prescribed a treatment of 7 LEVAQUIN tablets. He never mentioned the side effects to me and I bought and took the tablets in good faith. The day after I took the first one, I could not walk. I was in so much pain from my knees down. I never thought that it could be the LEVAQUIN. I normally go for a two-mile walk every day, but the pain prevented this. I had to take time off my work and lie down to ease the pain. I also had very bad angina pains. I called my cardiologist and reported this.
I am very sad about this as I wonder if this will be with me for the rest of my life. I, who have always enjoyed good health, am now in pain due to lack of openness on the part of my doctor. I would NEVER had taken this awful thing had I known then what I know now.
I am posting on behalf of my brother. He had taken two regimins of Levaquin about four months ago for a sinus infection and hasn’t been the same since. He has had joint pain, muscle pain, tingling in the neck and back, brain fog, and just felt plain miserable. He has even had to take FMLA from work because he cannot work because he is soo miserable. He has been to numerous doctors, and had numerous tests ran, done several months of physical therapy and yet no one can figure out what is wrong and instead of getting better he is getting worse. No one will say it has anything to do with the Levaquin. I do not beleive that it is just coincidence that his symptoms started right after taking Levaquin. This is criminal and it needs to be stopped!
I had a horrid cough and chest congestion starting the first week of June. I went ot my doctor and he gave me cough med and azithromycin. It didn’t clear up, so I went back two wks.later and he put me on Levaquin becasue of wheezing in my chest. He believed I had pneumonia. I had x-rays and 4 days later, his office called and said I did not! But they didn’t say to stop the Levaquin.. I was scared to take it because of thes die effects I read about. My sister, who works for an urologist, told me she has taken it and felt better after the second day and that the urologist presribes t all the time for patients. I took it for 9 days and then stopped because I started hurting in my hands and feet. I am now off of it for 5 days and returned to the doctor to let him now what is happening to me. He didn’t seem to think it is a big deal hurting like this!!! Naturally, the drug companies and drs. stick together becasue of lawsuits etc, I believe. He offered me pain pills, but I refused becasue they also wil have side effects. I am still hurting and pray this leaves me with no further effects. KD I will never, ever take this drug again…
I am 65 years old with a sinus and bronchille infection. I have taken Lev Aquin for 5 days and have had severe stomach problems, bad dreams, bad taste in mouth, sore tendons legs hurt and nausea, joints hurt.
This is the 5th day and a decided to look up side effects.
I have 5 left, but I quit – it isn’t worth what I am dealing with.
Just completed 10 days of treatment using Levaquin and have severe pain in both knees. I have never had pain in either knee before. I’m really scared!
I am a 25 healthy female who has a cyst and it became infected due to an aspiration. So the doc put me on Levaquin and wooo is it expensive! $400.99 ouch in the pocket book!
i took it for the first night last night and was very excited all day and even today. I kept waking up thinking someone had broken in my house or someone said something…scary crap huh? lol doc said toss um and dont take another dose..400.00 down the drain…
But at least I wont have trouble sleeping, aches, pains or hear things. scary crazy drug.
My husband just had fusion of the C-4/5 and also had a plate put in his neck. Two days later he developed pneumonia. Our family doctor prescribed Levaquin for him. Do you think it will do more harm than good? Please advise.
I took the drug a year ago, and ended up in the hospital because I woke up like I was crippled- Till this day my joints ache daily – I do exercise but sometimes the pain is always there- I never knew about this recall-
my doctor did several tests on my legs and still tells me this was not caused by the drug levaquin – at least now I know that I am not crazy, and that several other people are going through this -
I am a very healthy and active 29 yr old…The doctor I work for prescribed me levaquin for a uti that wouldn’t go away. I had been experiencing several symptoms but attributed them to being active over the weekend. I finished my last dose yesterday and feel horrible. I called my gp and told her I feel like a 90 yr old with arthritis. I can’t turn a door knob, squeeze a shampoo bottle or walk the stairs at the hosptial. All of my joints ache so badly (my hands, elbows and knees). I am really scared that this isn’t going to go away and that I will feel like a cripple the rest of my life-all of this to have it not hurt when I urinate!!
So what’s the deal with this drug? I’m 39 years old and in relatively good condition. I took this powerful drug for 3 days (I stopped because of these symptoms) and now have mild pain and tightness in my feet with some pins and needles sensations. I’ve been off the drug for 2 days now. I can’t seem to get a straight answer from anybody regarding how Levaquin ravages the body (does it raise Uric acid) or if the damage done is permanent. Also, how can I get the toxicity levels in my body down and get better? It seems all i’m hearing are similar issues but noone seems to have a “magic bullet” answer which is frustrating to say the least. Probably most frustrating is that the Doctor’s seem to defend this drug almost denying that it has side effects at all. Yeah right. Doctors seem inclined to insult the intelligence of their patients. So anybody have any answers or solutions rather than complaints? Anyone?
I’ve just finished taken 20 days of levaquinn for sinus infection, and I’m in so much pain with my knees it hurts to walk. I don’t dare try to get on my knees or squat, I wouldn’t be able to get up. I was on levaquin once before, several years ago and woke up one morning with one knee swollen twice its size. I was told then it was a reaction to levaquin. Will this pain go away, or does it cause permanent damage.
I started taking Levaquin for fever and infection. I woke up the next day with my knee swollen. My wife looked up the side effects–I’m stopping the medication now. I have been on it for 4 days. Will the pain in my knees go away. My wife is freaking out that I will be disabled for life because of all the stories out there. Are there people who recovered after taking the medication? why are they still giving this stuff to people???
On July 23 started taking UTI but couldn’t see my doctor for a month! Went to his
office and saw a nurse who called in a prescription for Cipro, which didn’t do a thing! On August 5, the doctor’s office called in a pres for Levaquin, three pills.
Thank God, it was no more! Long story short, it took four prescriptions and doing
a urine culture to get rid of it. By that time I had BIG PROBLEMS and thought I was groing crazy from the terrible nightmares. My left foot swelled around the ankle and my right foot started with pain in my arch and now is swollen on the top. My right hand, little finger has been puffy and discolored, very tender and sore. The worst pain ever. Within two days of taking the Levaquin, I saw a TV ad
a group of doctors had and my daughter researched the internet and found this
website along with others. When I finally got to see my doctor again, he wants me to go to a Rheumatologist—seems to be the norm. This doctor may have some ways to relieve the pain, but I don’t want to go through any more tests as
all that I’ve had (blood tests, etc) have been negative. It has been eight weeks, I can’t walk without pain pills and a cane. Up until now I’ve been healthy, only an
occasional UTI, now I’m a cripple. Is there any hope? And, does this drug do good for anyone? It should be banned. I don’t want my daughers to ever be given
this drug—or anyone else!
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I took Levaquin for a sinus infection a couple of weeks ago. By day three I felt great, but then I took the fourth pill. That night I had a sudden panic attack that included peeing all night long. The peeing wouldn’t stop for days and developed into a UTI that I got an antibiotic for today. I feel much better already and the peeing has subsided. I have problems with anxiety as it is and this drug pushed me to go get back on a psychotropic med. Horrible, just horrible.
I came across this site and board thru a google search. The search being Levaquin.
I have major health issues and have been told I cannot be in pain, my test results come back normal for RA, Thyroid, etc. Back in 2001 I had a hysterectomy which was botched. I ended up with major abcesses (sp) internally and was given MASSIVE amounts of this drug intraveinously. While it did nothing for the abcess in the long run, I remember how crappy I felt while this was being run thru my system.
Since then, I have had one problem after another, I had an ACL tear in my right knee and thought it was related to my job. I constanly feel like I”m in pain and was told maybe it’s Fibromyalgia, At the time I was given the Levaquin I was 38, I am now 46 and feel 90. I have constantly complained about aching all the time, legs swelling, being tired constantly. I wonder if some of my issues now can’t be traced back???? I always attributed my ailments to my Hyst…….now I wonder? Anyone have any suggestions on how to find out? I’m so bad I can’t even work anymore and am currently appling for SSI.
I was prescriped Levaquin for bronchitis five days ago. On the second day I started to have pain in the knuckles of my right hand. By this morning, it had become unbearable. My doctor switched me to a different antibiotic, but I want to know when the joint pain will stop.
I was prescribed Levaquin late in 2008 for strep throat. it was the worst experience i have had with medication in my life. i couldnt sleep, i kept hearing music and people talking in my head. it was HORRIBLE. i didnt panic only bc i have a doctor in the family and i work for a biopharmaceutical company and am well aware of such weird side affects. so the following morning after not sleeping and having hallucinations, i googled this drug and read all of the side affects. needless to say, i threw it in the trash and called my doctor immediately. she gave me amoxcillin instead. and now, 11 months after taking this drug i am having tenderness in my tendons. will have to go back to the doctor for this. if you are reading this and all of the previously written comments, throw this drug out!!!!!!!
I am a 32 year old healthy female. I started taking Levaquin 750mg once a day for a UTI. Come to find out this was not a drug that could cure the problem in the first place. After two pills, I have severe back pain. It hurts to walk. Hope it gets better soon. Threw drugs out, I will not ever take this drug again. If you have a UTI ask what drugs can actually cure the culture, before you start taking any antibotic. Hope this helps.
I took 10 Levaquin tablets (500mg) back in July 15 for a colon infection . Since then I have been experiencing extreme pain in my lower back, shoulders (especially left) and hips. I also have trouble sleeping, and a very dry peeling skin, it seems like even little exposure to the sun is affecting my skin. My medical record show that I took this drug (Levaquin) 3 years ago for a lung infection and I don’t remember having any of these side effects..weird.
I am 37 years old and healthy. I got a lung infectionand the Dr. priscribed Levaquin 750mg. I took the pills for 3 days.on the 4th day my knees and hips hurt so bad that I have needed cruches. Now I am having trouble sleeping, walking, or even just sitting.. I will never take this Med, again.
I was in the ER having my gallbladder removed and also had a sinus and ear infection, they put me on levaquin after being on amoxicillin for 5 days, then when I go out of the hospital, they put me on 15 days worth at 500 mg each, my legs and feet are killing me, I can hardly walk and feel like if I sit too long and get up I might fall over… I thought maybe it was arthritis but I am only 35. I am glad to have found this site and will be going off Levaquin forever. Hope to be back to normal soon, hard to even put shoes on- my bones ache….
I was prescribed levaquin for 5 days for an upper respiratory infection. I only took it for 4 days because it made me feel awful. It has been a month. I really don’t have in joint pains, but every time I eat I get nauseated and have headaches every day.
I have taken more aspirin in 1 month than I have in a year. I am miserable and just want to feel better. I cannot believe that they still give this drug to people with this many complaints.
Has anyone had a good experience with Levaquin? I have been taking it for 4 days for bronchitis. I do not notice either side effects or intended effects. Still coughing and lots of raspy fluid noises when I breathe. The only difference I notice is that I haven’t really been hungry at all and my skin seems kind of irritated. Also I believe that since reading this page I may need to change my pants in fear of my achilles tendon snapping or for possibly killing myself. I think I might be better off choking on my own phlegm.
Prescribed levaquin for a bronchial infection. Suffering severe joint & muscle pains along with tendons hurting. I am active, travel for work and I can barely go up/down stairs. If I sit at work, I have difficulty trying to stand up. I am so glad to have found this website. I thought I was going crazy. I have stopped the medication and will never take it again.
I am a 53 year old healthy female on no medication. On April 17, 2009, I took Levaquin for a respirtory infection. My joints beqan to ache so much that I simply thought I also had the flu. On May 1, I went to the Dr. with a severe injury to a tendon in my hand and was given a steroid shot. I remember telling the Dr. later that I had just developed tendonitis in my heel and the steroids seemed to help that too. Three weeks later, I was in the hospital E.R. with a torn tendon in my left shoulder.
All summer, my right hip joint, my right foot, and both elbows ached me immensely. I would almost cry in pain and fear that I had some type of crippling disease attacking my body. I have been to the Chiropractor many times and the intense pain was still there. I went to the podiatrist in Septemberand did everything he told me to do. I even bought the shoes, the splints and the night time boot thing for a few hundred bucks. NOTHING WORKED.
Two weeks ago, I went back to the Dr. for the right shoulder. ANOTHER TORN TENDON! He gave me a shot of cortizone, which did not help very much. Last week, I found out about the Levaquin. This has to be what is wrong with me!!! I have always been healthy and athletic and this condition has ruined my life. For the last six months, I have not been able to dance, swim, ride the motorcycle, go shopping, or even walk on the beach. I want to know- IS THIS PERMANENT? I started taking zinc, vitamin C, and eating natural tissue builders for about three months. What else can I do to reverse this obvious damage?
For a few years now I have had many tendon injuries, breaking of bones, and many sprains. Minor accidents cause these injuries, which in turn has caused nerve damage causing painful tingling and burning in my ankles and feet. I’ve been working with a specialist to help with the pain and strengthening my body to stop these many injuries. I’m only 27 years old and have more problems then a 60 year old… I was put on Levaquin a week ago for a sinus infection and noticed that my ankle and foot pain was so intensified that it was hard to get out of bed and I hated the thought of touching my foot to the ground. I decided to google “tingling and sever pain in ankles and feet” and this cite about Levaquin came up. After reading all the entries I’m noticing a resemblance in my symptoms. It’s been a week of sever pain and tingling and it started the same time I started taking the Levaquin. I’m just wondering how soon you start to feel better after stopping the meds. Or is this problem going to be permanent? If anybody has any answers I’d really appreciate it. Thank you.
After having the flu in January of 2008, I developed a respiratory infection and was put on levaquin to help with that. After being on levaquin for 4 days I broke out in hives all over my body and face and all my joints swelled up and I have not felt the same since all this happened. I feel like I have the flu 24/7!! My Doctor has now diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia!! Is there anyone out there with this same problem that I have?
I have had a urinary tract infection for going on about 3 months now and it just won’t go away so I was prescribed Levaquin as a last resort and now I have 7 of the 13 possible side effects on top of the fact that I have a very bad burning and itching on my private parts, also the joints in my ankles won’t stop hurting, I can’t eat anything but if and when I do get to I just throw it up. I have lost weight now because of it, which normally I would be happy about losing a couple sizes but not this way. Please if anyone has any suggestions for me let me know.
I took Levaquin for only 5 days and now experience severe pain the ligaments in the back of the right knee. It subsides if I do nothing, but teach water aerobics so that’s hard. I thought, at first, I just pulled a tendon, but I think now it was the Levaquin. Does it go away?
I have a sinus infection and took my 4th dose of Levaquin (500mg) today. Tonight I am breaking out in hives on my face, neck and back, I have a horrible metallic taste in my mouth and my left calf muscle is throbbing down through my ankle like uncontrollable muscle spasms and am in terrible pain. I have also had daily stomach pain since the start. I told my doctor I was nervous about taking this medication and she assured me it would not be a problem. Needless to say I will be calling her in the morning. I will never take this again and will tell everyone I know to find an alternative medication.
This drug should be outlawed! My Dr. prescribed it for me for a ongoing sinus infection. I told him I had heard about the side effects of it and was hesitant to take it. He advised me that he had written hundreds of scripts of Levaquin to patients and no one had had side effects. I agreed to take it based on what he said and the fact my sinus infection had gone on for 6-8 weeks even tho I had taken 2 series of a Z-pack with no results. He prescribed 7 Levaquin pills.
On the 5th day after taking 4 doss of Levaquin I woke up to get out of bed and fell down due to tremendous extreme pain and swelling in my feet, ankles and achilles tendon area. That was a Sunday so I had to wait until Monday to see my Dr. who was not available but his partner, in the clinic, who is a PA could see me. He admitted it was from the Levaquin and recommended 10 mg of Prednizone daily for the next 7 days; icing my ankles; keep my feet elevated and no walking for 2 weeks. This is my 4th day of not taking the drug but I’m not seeing any significant change in the pain which is now in my legs also. I have difficulty walking and moving about.
I will be doing a follow up with the Dr.s after the 7 days of Prednisone which I’ve used for 3 days since my app’t.
I would NEVER advise anyone to use this drug! I don’t want to live the rest of my like this.
My husband took levaquin for a sinus infection, now he has tendon ruptures in all of his joints. He has to take steroids just to be able to move around, and in a great deal of pain. I would like to know who do we contact about this medicine. We live in GA and would like to find help for him.
I was given Levaquin for bronchitis 10 days ago. I have to say it helped the bronchitis that I had had for over 4 weeks, but the day I started taking it my right side around the rib cage and around to my back on the right down to my waste starting hurting like I pulled a muscle. I just took the last pill and the pain has gotten worse over those 10 day. There are times it is so painful it hurts to move or cough. Not sure what to do and nothing seems to be making it better. I am too looking for someone to contact about this problem. I will continue to watch this forum for any information or post anything I find out.
I too have taken Levaquin recently and all of a sudden have knee paim and joint pain. No one has answered the question – will this go away??? Is there anything I can take to reverse this.
My daughter was prescribed Levaquin for a UTI that was diagnosed at the ER back in late September 2009. She was first given it IV, then a 10-day prescription. On day 2 she noticed odd pain in her right calf. By day three the pain moved to both calves, hands and feet. Day four she felt like she’d been hit by a mac truck. We didn’t have any clue about the side effects of this drug or would have stopped it then. Eventually did stop it but now my daughter moves like she is 90 years old! She was a vibrant, healthy, ambitious college student who worked full-time. We discussed with doctors the possibility of the issue being caused by Levaquin but because the rheumetologist said ‘there are no studies that talk about his kind of pain, only tendon rupture’ that thought has been dismissed and instead we received a very long explanation of why my daughter now has Fibromyalgia. Yes, every other test has been ordered with everything coming out negative. Her experience is so exact to many of what you have described I just know that this is the cause of her pain. The tingling in the hands and feet though her hands are better now, but the feet are not, pain in the feet, calves, ankles, sometimes hips. My daughter kept calling it joint pain but every time the doc does the test, both by physical exam and blood, there is no RA and no joint pain. They said she got Fibromyalgia because of a lapoproskpy (SP?) she had in August, then the GMAT test in September. Said it was too much stress on her body.
My daughter is on a ton of meds but nothing really seems to get her pain free. As a mom, I want her fixed. Many of you who have submitted comments have asked if there is any help, will it go away, etc. Could you please share any of the responses you received or any information you may have, or point me in the direction that someone-a doctor-will listen to me?
I took this poison for 14 days and now am suffering sever leg pain and cramping. Arms also are in a great deal of “sore” pain. I am so frustrated that this drug was given to me. It did kill the pneumonia but is it killing me? I have scoured the internet looking for signs of hope but none are found. I read magnezium may help…taking that three times a day. I do feel a slight improvement and pray that I continue to improve. My future is in God’s hand right now!
If you have had these horrible pains and they have gone away, please post so others have hope. I will post here often so others can know how I am progessing, it is very scary and no one seems to be following up. I hope it is because they are better and have forgotten the horrible pain caused by this poison,
Johnson and Johnson, you should be ashamed, as well as charging a fortune, you are Ruining peoples lives knowingly. I personally will no longer support this company!
OMG, can’t believe so many people have the same symptoms. I started having knee pain and hand pain on day 4, but since no one told me about the side effects, I did not relate it to the drug. I have now not taken any for 4 days, but I am not getting better. CAn’t belive there has not been an investigation into this drug. Even the ER doc should have warned me. I am active and work full time, but I will not be able to go back to work this week with pain in both hands, knees, hips and arms. My arm muscle pain has started to subside, but the rest is still awful.
And the brain fog too. I have to work, sure hope this gets better. Only 51 but feel twice that old.
Has anyone out there had their symptoms go away???
I recently took Levaquin for 9 days to treat pneumonia before realizing that I was having a very serious side effect. On the 9th day of treatment, I suddenly could hardly walk because I had arthritis-like pain in my knees. The pain and stiffness has progressed over the past week to the point that I can barely bend my right knee. My calf muscles are so tight, they feel like they might snap at any moment. My knee feels like I have a 5-lb.weight tied around it and I have very little movement in it. Overall tightness in both legs with some shooting pains into my ankles. Other, less distressing, side effects have included nightmares, depression, weepiness, and loss of taste. I am over these side effects, but my question is: When will this leg and knee pain and stiffness end?
Has anyone had this side effect before? I was prescribed Levaquin to make sure a sinus infection was totally gone so I could be approved for surgery. I had taken 2 doses, on the 3rd day my eyes were burning really bad. Atter the 3rd dose my eyes got worse. Redness,burning, swelling, and a TON of yellow junk coming from my eyes. I looked like I had a very bad case of pink eye in both eyes. This side effect developed over 5-7 hours so I didn’t think it was pink eye. I called my doctor, he had never heard of this but told me to quit taking it. By about 9 or so that night my eyes had almost swollen shut and my vision was horrible. I couldn’t open one of my eyes at all the next morning. I had to use a hot wash cloth to get all the junk off my eyes. They still bothered me somewhat that day but was better by the following morning. I was prescribed cefdinir and just finished it about 3 days ago. I stopped taking the Levaquin about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been having chest pain for the past several days. Went to the ER and they couldn’t find anything. I told them about taking Levaquin and what it did, they didn’t say anything. Please let me know if you have had this side effect.