FDA Warns of Levaquin Tendon Rupture & Injuries

[lesorciercalifornien]

The sooner they take this POISON off the market, the happier I'll be.

[lesorciercalifornien]

I am not in any of the high-risk groups but am still battling the tendinitis I got after taking Cipro for a bladder infection. Should have stopped after the burning foot pains after the first dose, but the doctor said she couldn't be sure it was the Cipro unless I took a second dose and the pain came back. I did, and it did. She changed my Rx to Bactrim but the damage was done. It's a lot better when it does but I still get the soreness now and again and worry about possible rupture.

[seanrcl]

I was on levaquin for 3 weeks almost 2 years ago and have had no side effects.

[nonnakaren1]

I had severe levaquin reaction too but recovered from severe damage with nikken magnet use particular sleep system, my life back to normal, Patty

[sharong11]

I have had 3 tendon surgeries after taking Levaquin. I am only 48 and was healthy until I took the meds. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!

[riversimplicity]

After three years of near complete paraplegia, confined to a wheel chair due to a neurological condition, I began having recovery. I've been working so very hard in physical therapy, and it paid off... I'm out of the chair and on my feet (with a walker) again. Until I got mastitis and took Levaquin. Now I have severe tendonitis in both achilles and in multiple smaller tendons in both feet. The pain is excrutiating and has halted my progress in re-learning to walk. I wish I had known, I wou

[scorpiaerika]

definitely depression!!! omg, i was sooo depressed on levaquin. my doctor said just try to deal with it and if i can't work, let her know, so i had to take off work for 2 weeks because of the side effects.  additionally, my knees felt like they were on fire and i was so weak for several days after discontinuance. it's unfortunate that so many necessary meds have such harsh side effects. :(

[nobleh]

I took Levaquin a few times in the last 4 years and had long lasting reactions also. The last time I took it after I had a respiratory infection the side effects never went away. I still suffer from increased pulse rate, insomnia, and other effects that cause me to be depleted. I have found that L-Theanine has helped me to get by day to day to deal with the stuff that continues to go on. L-Theanine is a amino acid that helps with the stress and has other effects hat are not yet proven.

[rydag11]

I was given Levaquin for a sinus infection and two days into taking it I noticed that my insomnia was much worse. I stopped taking it two days ago but I still can't sleep very well do the effects go away?

[ragdollannie]

I was given Levaquin 750 mg back in february... NINE months ago... I am afraid I will never be the same again... I went from walking 4 miles a day for exercise to barely being able to ride a bike for 5 minutes, the pain is awful... i also have nightmares, depression, heart palpitations, anxiety... the calves of my legs are shaped like a barrel when relaxed instead of being soft and normal shaped like they used to be. LEVAQUIN IS POISON. somebody needs to be held accountable! BIG PHARMA is EVIL

[Ebits21]

I took three pills and my tendons still feel tight 5 months later.

Things have improved over time. For the first three weeks I was on crutches and had tendonitis in both achilles tendons and in both knees. I could only shuffle walk. Over time things have gradually been getting better.

[Ebits21]

For the last month I have been able to begin working out with light dumbells (taking it easy on the legs) and have been making good improvements. My tendons are getting stronger, I can walk to classes again, and am able to do things such as light jogging and exercises. They still, however, continue to have a slight swollen feeling at times.

[Ebits21]

If you take Levaquin and have any burning sensation in you tendons GO BACK TO YOUR DOCTOR AND DEMAND TO BE TAKEN OFF THIS DRUG. If I had I would never have gotten to the third pill...

Oh, and yes, I am an otherwise healthy and normal 23 year old male... this IS NOT a problem only for seniors!

[icysnow23]

I have been given levaquin for over ten years and I am one of you RARE people who's life is forever altered!

[420BubonicChronic]

10 yrs!!! holy shit ive only taken it for 3 months and it fucked me up i cant even think how it would feel after 10 yrs

[eliden]

LEVAQUIN RUINED MY LIFE!

[icysnow23]

Three doctors have been trying to figure out what is wrong with me. Every year I get an upper res. infection a couple of times and they have given it to me. I had two bags of it I.V. for pnemonia. I just never knew what was going on!