9th June 2006
Hi, I was given twenty days of Levaquin in December of 2004. The first week after I stopped taking it, I started developing aches and pains that traveled through my body. By one month out, I had severe, crippling pains in nearly all of my joints, which severely limited my ability to use my arms and legs. More adverse reactions also appeared over the first few months, including fatigue, depersonalization, dizziness, anxiety, depression, intense muscle spasms, heart palpitations, insensitivity to extreme temperatures, nerve damage in my lower legs, severe muscle weakness, gastrointenstinal problems, joint/muscle/tendon pain, I could keep going, but I feel that's enough...
It has now been almost a year and a half since I took that drug. I am completely disabled, with severe pains in multiple joints (most notably my knees), and every joint I use too much (which isn't very much any more) begins hurting severely. Many of the other side-effects, thankfully, have lessened in intensity, a few have even disappeared, but most are still here or come and go with time.
There were no warnings that this was going to happen to me while I was taking the drug, the only side-effects I experienced were some fatigue, a little bit of nausea, and some occasional dizziness. Side effects from this class of drugs (fluoroquinolones, also includes Cipro, Floxin, and Avelox) can appear weeks, months, and sometimes even years after a person has stopped taking them. Unfortunately, the warnings placed on these drugs are woefully and horribly inadequate; doctors are not being properly educated with regards to the dangers associated with them. Many people who are injured by them never know what caused their new-found ailments, because they appeared months after treatment; many of these people are given them again...
My experiences with and since taking this drug amount to nothing short of physical and psychological torture. I share this not to scare you, but because I know that if someone had told me this two years ago, I would still have my life. I've said most of this elsewhere on this forum, because I now have nothing else to truly offer to anyone except for knowledge, and having it, I feel that it is my duty to share it in hopes of preventing others from ending up like me or the other victims (there are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands) of this class of pharmaceuticals.
Please be careful, do some research into what you’re putting into your body (please), and take care.
It has now been almost a year and a half since I took that drug. I am completely disabled, with severe pains in multiple joints (most notably my knees), and every joint I use too much (which isn't very much any more) begins hurting severely. Many of the other side-effects, thankfully, have lessened in intensity, a few have even disappeared, but most are still here or come and go with time.
There were no warnings that this was going to happen to me while I was taking the drug, the only side-effects I experienced were some fatigue, a little bit of nausea, and some occasional dizziness. Side effects from this class of drugs (fluoroquinolones, also includes Cipro, Floxin, and Avelox) can appear weeks, months, and sometimes even years after a person has stopped taking them. Unfortunately, the warnings placed on these drugs are woefully and horribly inadequate; doctors are not being properly educated with regards to the dangers associated with them. Many people who are injured by them never know what caused their new-found ailments, because they appeared months after treatment; many of these people are given them again...
My experiences with and since taking this drug amount to nothing short of physical and psychological torture. I share this not to scare you, but because I know that if someone had told me this two years ago, I would still have my life. I've said most of this elsewhere on this forum, because I now have nothing else to truly offer to anyone except for knowledge, and having it, I feel that it is my duty to share it in hopes of preventing others from ending up like me or the other victims (there are tens, if not hundreds, of thousands) of this class of pharmaceuticals.
Please be careful, do some research into what you’re putting into your body (please), and take care.