Terrible reaction to levaquin with disabling joint pain. What can I do to get well and reverse effects?
FQToxicity Research Staff
Hi Steve,
We’ve been recommending The Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Solution at the link below. I used it myself to get significant improvement. It gave me better advice than spending $25,000 on the tons of doctors and other treatments that I tried. Several of our staff also used it to good effect, and so we are officially recommending it for those who request help. Good luck, and we hope that it helps you as much as it’s helped us here.
Marcal William Conceição Santos, 26 years.
In February 2014, were the first symptoms. I started to present a picture of pain in the groin and pain in the lower back. So I looked for a infectious disease doctor, who prescribed some tests such as urine culture. Upon receiving the test results, the only result “abnormal” was a bacteria in the urine. Then I looked for a urologist which in turn has prescribed an antibiotic called levofloxacin 500mg, one a day for 28 days based on the result and with suspected prostatitis.
Having just ingested four tablets felt strong fatigue and malaise as if with virus. Because of this I came to seek medical infectious disease specialist who recommended change to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin 250 mg two daily for 14 days. With the use of this medication, as well as fatigue, I felt burning in the legs, I started having insomnia, irritability and pain in his right leg.
Even before finishing the medication, I felt strong pain of stomach and went to emergency, where the GP advised me to come back to take another 7 days levofloxacin up going to another urologist.
The new doctor said it was not prostatitis.
From there, the left side of antibiotics, but continued with pain in his right leg same time after you stop taking the antibiotic.
Two months later, I went to another urologist who referred me to a battery of tests, including the espermocultura pointed out that other bacteria. The doctor diagnosed again as prostatitis and said that all the symptoms were explained by this. Then again prescribed levofloxacin 500mg each day for 28 days. I did not realize at the time it was the same medication before because the trade name changes.
In the beginning of the ‘new’ treatment did not feel prominent symptoms, only the pain in his right leg that bothered much.
Until one day, during treatment, my leg was paralyzed, I ended up going to the emergency room again. Where this was not associated with the antibiotic. Then continued treatment.
Then I came to have difficulty swallowing and there were blisters on my calf. Still not associated to the antibiotic. Associated symptoms of a possible disease. Because I had never heard about side effects like those caused by a ‘simple’ antibiotic.
Until the 22 days after treatment had severe diarrhea with mucus where my belly was very swollen. I tried to treat it, but not solved with conventional remedies.
Anyway I associated the symptom to the antibiotic and researched about it.
Found that fluoroquinolones cause severe diarrhea because of a bacterium called Clostridium Difficile. And I could also have acquired a colitis.
Already tired of going to doctors and distressed by the situation, I decided to treat myself on my own against bacteria and bought Florax and metronidazole.
After four days the diarrhea has passed, but the nightmare began there, other symptoms began to appear after discontinuation of the drug: muscle wasting, chronic insomnia, burning in the legs and arms, numbness, muscle spasms, irritability, panic attacks, psychosis, anxiety attacks, dry mouth, constant cleft lips, metallic taste in the mouth, coating the tongue dorsum, dry skin, sore eyes, fall of the eyelids (ptosis), constant itchy eyes, dry and red eyes at night , constant sickness, pain and weakness in both legs, pain in the tendons, reddish urine, blood in the stool, constant diarrhea, allergy to the sun, back pain, pain in the teeth, redness and severe scaling (fungal infection) in the scalp, shut cold (electric shock), chronic fatigue, small red spots on the skin (fickle), rashes, constant tingling in two fingers, intracranial pressure, jaw pain, excessive sweating, pain in the ankle and heel, swelling inside the nails, slow metabolism, sudden weight gain (10 kg), memory loss, poor concentration, blurred vision, dizziness, constant pain in the throat and urinary incontinence.
After some time unable to sleep, I had a psychotic break, but kept aware enough to realize that my situation was the limit and that tended to worsen. So I tried suicide. But I was rescued in time and hospitalized.
I was right. I had completely lost control of myself and my life. I was experiencing a symptom called ‘depersonalization’, which was slow and air all the time. So they decided to treat me psychiatrically.
Time passed and I keep almost all symptoms.
Considering the high amount, variety and complexity of these symptoms is difficult and analyze their processes and their effects. However, the fact is that 1 year and 6 months later, most of the symptoms remains debilitating, limiting and destroying my quality of life.
I am convinced that all this did not occur or occurs to everyone who takes this antibiotic. Myself after finishing the first treatment did not feel much. And after the second, virtually all the effects of the medicine label and others who just found out a lot about researching broke out all over my body.
People around me were slow to understand what was happening to me, even I only dived in depth on the subject after many months. He hoped that all effects would pass and tried to lead a normal life.
We arrived at a point where I realized all my physical limitations and decided to collect me. I thought about giving up and tried suicide again. Because of this I interned in a psychiatric clinic. Of course it did no good. Except for the friendships I made and the rehabilitation that had even a not so friendly environment.
After all this, I put aside the psychiatric treatment, take only one remedy to sleep (Rivotril) and I am dedicating myself only study to find a solution or solutions pros symptoms that purchase.
There are reports, news, medical testimony, documentary, book and even scientific articles describing and detailing the danger of this drug and the irresponsibility with which it is prescribed.
I sincerely feel that I have lost my youth and I’m afraid to grow old with all of these symptoms. My situation is dramatic, I was a young healthy, happy and dreamy. Today I am weak and can not do anything I liked and planned to do.
But do you want to predict what will go wrong? Or get better? If you are interested in getting better rather than watching for what bad things will happen next, we recommend the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Solution.
How is ciprofloxacin even on the market? I live in Canada. 10 years ago I was prescribed cipro for sinus problem. After three days, woke with pain in heel. Checked side effects and found Achilles tendon RUPTURE! Ceased immediately, no further effects. Now it was prescribed for kidney infection, and I was in temporary brain disconnect, did not even look at the prescription name. At home, since obviously too inconvenient to go back to doctor, and with pressing problem, decided if same heel problem started, then cease. What could go wrong? Right?
Thurs. evening. Well, 500mg. down and then what? In half an hour, the tendons on the back of my left hand started to contract, and my hand movement was compromised. In the night, suddenly the tendons on the inside of my left arm were burning and sore to the touch. Soon tendons all over my left forearm, and then up to the shoulder, started to act up. The tendon over my left ring finger jerked noticeably. Please take note. I was only aware of the Achilles tendon, not any other tendon problem. This information is for the benefit of all those doctors who just love to impute psychosomatic and psychiatric causation to every symptom.
I had no idea these symptoms were even possible. I did look it up on Friday, and found the horror story. It is Monday morning (3 1/2 days) and just I when think it is all gone, then it comes back, into the right arm, then one heel, then the other, then the back of my knee, pain, burning, and stiffness in the tendons. My left hand does not work properly. It is stiff and numb across the back. This is with one 500mg. tablet. This is really dangerous! The reason to ban it would be that the condition is not predictable, and it is not necessarily reversible. Can you imagine how long it would take to recover from a ruptured Achilles or other tendon. It has to be months in a cast after the operation. Ban it.
Do you have a newsletter? My late husband was on several rounds of cipro shortly before he passed away. I want to do some research from your website. Thank you!
This was on your webpage, “If you believe you’ve been poioned by Fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as Cipro, Levaquin, and Avelox, please join the UCSD study and help researchers to identify and better treat these issues.” How do I join? The links on the page don’t seem to go anywhere.
Is this a legit questions forum? Yesterday I asked about the personal stories and today the question is gone
FQToxicity Research Staff
Brian, no one deleted your question. You asked yesterday on the CONTACT US page, and we don’t check it everyday. Also, we moderate questions on other pages, so pages do not show up immediately until we allow them. I do not know what personal stories you are talking about. We are carrying on this site from the previous owner. Perhaps he deleted the stories you are talking about.
I see the question showed up. There were hundreds of stories on the original website. My own was also there. It was also a site to let others what worked for us so that they could help themselves. I am so disappointed if they deleted them. Thanks for answering. No your fault.
Can you please list your sources? When I click on the footnotes I get linked back to either the same article or other articles on this website.
FQToxicity Research Staff
I have no idea what you are talking about.I checked several footnotes and they go to the source. Perhaps you are clicking on the little NUMBER, which will take you to the source at the bottom of that page, then you must click on the actual link at the bottom of the page.
We often link to other pages on our site that explain the concept better or where we’ve already footnoted the concept before. But those are not ‘footnotes’, those are just ‘links’. Footnotes are noted as such and link to the source material.
Could someone post some scientific evidence (research articles) about all the potential toxic effects of fluoroquinolones? I personally find the lack of references very suspicious…
FQToxicity Research Staff
I’m not quite sure what you are talking about. Perhaps you missed the footnoted references? I link to or footnote every one of my references, which are many. Here is one image of just one random post I picked.
I am an MBA, an affected patient who probably got what I have from Cipro. I nearly died in 2015 and have been suffering for years. My body was so weakened by 2015 I could barely physically exist. I took Cipro in the 2012/2013 timeframe and kept getting worse. Thankfully today I am doing a little better. I’d like to help also in some way. I don’t know what I can do to assist, but I have read SO MANY medical publications in the last five years, I may have come across some pieces of data that might help.
FQToxicity Research Staff
Hi, we’d LOVE for you to help out with FQResearch.org as one of our writing staff. We believe you should be rewarded for your contributions, so it’s possible that there could also be payments for articles as well. Please see our page here and sign up to be a staff writer. We’d love to work with you to contribute to helping prevent injury.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hyer-mobile. It is a disease of the connect tissue and I have had this my whole life, but was not diagnosed until I was an adult. I have often been prescribed Cipro and other fluoroquinolones, only to find that I can not take these!! Most doctors and other healthcare workers, have never even heard of this disease. I have had so many surgeries because of this and it is alarming! Could you please list all Fluoroquinolones so that all of my doctors have this list in all of my medical records. Thank you for your time.
FQToxicity Research Staff
We have a list on the site already. You can look at the front page or search for it.
At beginning of June 2017 i took Ciproflaxin for a non specific viral infection, I was a fit and active 51 year old however 10 days later my patellar tendon snapped without any real reason or major trauma, this required major surgery to restitch the tendon together. Since then I have also had issues with my shoulder tendon (shoulder tendon impingement) and my foot. Most recently i have had a scan and have found out that I now also have a fatty liver. I believe all of these are interrelated with the Cipro.
Unfortunately i live in the UK and they dont appear to have done the studies or research into Cipro that has been done in the US. I was told by my consultant that it could not be the Cipro as it only effects Achilles tendons !!! (however that is only in runners).
Is there anywhere i can contact to discuss further
Thanks Karl – UK
Years ago I found out I was allergic to levaquin/Cipro and very badly. Years later I was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, lupus, and now MS. As of recently, because of the lupus, they prescribed me hydroxychloroquine. In desperate need of relief I started taking it right as the Covid virus Rules started hitting Alabama. This is important because I could not see the doctor except by phone calls. Within two or three weeks I had gained 8 pounds, my ankles were swollen, I became so full of fluid I could not even take a deep breath and I was wheezing. Then some thing on the right side of my stomach right below my right rib (which I’m assuming is my liver) became swollen from one side to the other side in like a long oval shape. I do believe I remember this from when I took Cipro and Levaquin, But it’s been so many years ago I’m a little unsure. I started trying to reach my doctor because it was becoming very bad and I knew I’d end up in emergency room if I didn’t get help or advice soon. But with the virus I was having the hardest time reaching her and the only option was a phone visit which I finally got. This doctor is very nice but I could not get her to understand how serious this was and she told me most likely it was just a pulled muscle, which I knew it was not . She told me to continue taking it wanting to feel better I did for quite a few more days till I got to the point where I could barely breathe at all and I wasn’t getting up anymore and now my knee became swollen and I couldn’t walk at all.. I just felt sick and I hurt all over so I finally decided to stop on my own. It’s been a month now and I am not completely well but I am over halfway better and yes I did try to reach my doctor again to tell her I quit taking it but I found out she’s on vacation and won’t be back at least for another week. I did tell them anyway and asked if they got the blood work back that I had put i it’s been a month now and I am not completely well but I am over halfway better and yes I did try to reach my doctor again to tell her I quit taking it but I found out she’s on vacation and won’t be back at least for another week. I did tell them anyway and asked if they got the blood work back that I had done The day after I had called her telling her that it was making me feel unwell. The office told me no she has not seen it yet which makes me even more upset just because maybe it would’ve told me something about what was happening to me. So basically what I’m asking is,…. icee hydroxychloroquine or Plaquenil Related to, connected to , or any other version of Quinlilone drugs? After some deep researching I feel pretty strongly that I am right that they are but I want some verification because I truly wanted to be able to take this medication in order to feel better but I’m pretty sure I can’t. Also I feel if it is it needs to be well known to the public especially since they’re pushing it for the COVID-19 virus. I’m sure there are people like me they have no idea and need to know.. I’m pretty sure if I contracted the virus and they gave me that it would kill me because I retain so much fluid starting in my chest all the way down to my stomach that I cannot breathe and I wheeze and I cough and then it seems like everything goes downhill from there. If anyone could help me with these answers or knowledge that is actual fact I would greatly appreciate it.
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Terrible reaction to levaquin with disabling joint pain. What can I do to get well and reverse effects?
Hi Steve,
We’ve been recommending The Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Solution at the link below. I used it myself to get significant improvement. It gave me better advice than spending $25,000 on the tons of doctors and other treatments that I tried. Several of our staff also used it to good effect, and so we are officially recommending it for those who request help. Good luck, and we hope that it helps you as much as it’s helped us here.
http://www.fqtoxicity.com
I was exposed to if cipro in oct. I have neuropathy in my toes, pain, burning in legs, diarhea, and feel ill. What can I do?
We’ve developed a comprehensive program at:
https://www.fqtoxicity.com/
Marcal William Conceição Santos, 26 years.
In February 2014, were the first symptoms. I started to present a picture of pain in the groin and pain in the lower back. So I looked for a infectious disease doctor, who prescribed some tests such as urine culture. Upon receiving the test results, the only result “abnormal” was a bacteria in the urine. Then I looked for a urologist which in turn has prescribed an antibiotic called levofloxacin 500mg, one a day for 28 days based on the result and with suspected prostatitis.
Having just ingested four tablets felt strong fatigue and malaise as if with virus. Because of this I came to seek medical infectious disease specialist who recommended change to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin 250 mg two daily for 14 days. With the use of this medication, as well as fatigue, I felt burning in the legs, I started having insomnia, irritability and pain in his right leg.
Even before finishing the medication, I felt strong pain of stomach and went to emergency, where the GP advised me to come back to take another 7 days levofloxacin up going to another urologist.
The new doctor said it was not prostatitis.
From there, the left side of antibiotics, but continued with pain in his right leg same time after you stop taking the antibiotic.
Two months later, I went to another urologist who referred me to a battery of tests, including the espermocultura pointed out that other bacteria. The doctor diagnosed again as prostatitis and said that all the symptoms were explained by this. Then again prescribed levofloxacin 500mg each day for 28 days. I did not realize at the time it was the same medication before because the trade name changes.
In the beginning of the ‘new’ treatment did not feel prominent symptoms, only the pain in his right leg that bothered much.
Until one day, during treatment, my leg was paralyzed, I ended up going to the emergency room again. Where this was not associated with the antibiotic. Then continued treatment.
Then I came to have difficulty swallowing and there were blisters on my calf. Still not associated to the antibiotic. Associated symptoms of a possible disease. Because I had never heard about side effects like those caused by a ‘simple’ antibiotic.
Until the 22 days after treatment had severe diarrhea with mucus where my belly was very swollen. I tried to treat it, but not solved with conventional remedies.
Anyway I associated the symptom to the antibiotic and researched about it.
Found that fluoroquinolones cause severe diarrhea because of a bacterium called Clostridium Difficile. And I could also have acquired a colitis.
Already tired of going to doctors and distressed by the situation, I decided to treat myself on my own against bacteria and bought Florax and metronidazole.
After four days the diarrhea has passed, but the nightmare began there, other symptoms began to appear after discontinuation of the drug: muscle wasting, chronic insomnia, burning in the legs and arms, numbness, muscle spasms, irritability, panic attacks, psychosis, anxiety attacks, dry mouth, constant cleft lips, metallic taste in the mouth, coating the tongue dorsum, dry skin, sore eyes, fall of the eyelids (ptosis), constant itchy eyes, dry and red eyes at night , constant sickness, pain and weakness in both legs, pain in the tendons, reddish urine, blood in the stool, constant diarrhea, allergy to the sun, back pain, pain in the teeth, redness and severe scaling (fungal infection) in the scalp, shut cold (electric shock), chronic fatigue, small red spots on the skin (fickle), rashes, constant tingling in two fingers, intracranial pressure, jaw pain, excessive sweating, pain in the ankle and heel, swelling inside the nails, slow metabolism, sudden weight gain (10 kg), memory loss, poor concentration, blurred vision, dizziness, constant pain in the throat and urinary incontinence.
After some time unable to sleep, I had a psychotic break, but kept aware enough to realize that my situation was the limit and that tended to worsen. So I tried suicide. But I was rescued in time and hospitalized.
I was right. I had completely lost control of myself and my life. I was experiencing a symptom called ‘depersonalization’, which was slow and air all the time. So they decided to treat me psychiatrically.
Time passed and I keep almost all symptoms.
Considering the high amount, variety and complexity of these symptoms is difficult and analyze their processes and their effects. However, the fact is that 1 year and 6 months later, most of the symptoms remains debilitating, limiting and destroying my quality of life.
I am convinced that all this did not occur or occurs to everyone who takes this antibiotic. Myself after finishing the first treatment did not feel much. And after the second, virtually all the effects of the medicine label and others who just found out a lot about researching broke out all over my body.
People around me were slow to understand what was happening to me, even I only dived in depth on the subject after many months. He hoped that all effects would pass and tried to lead a normal life.
We arrived at a point where I realized all my physical limitations and decided to collect me. I thought about giving up and tried suicide again. Because of this I interned in a psychiatric clinic. Of course it did no good. Except for the friendships I made and the rehabilitation that had even a not so friendly environment.
After all this, I put aside the psychiatric treatment, take only one remedy to sleep (Rivotril) and I am dedicating myself only study to find a solution or solutions pros symptoms that purchase.
There are reports, news, medical testimony, documentary, book and even scientific articles describing and detailing the danger of this drug and the irresponsibility with which it is prescribed.
I sincerely feel that I have lost my youth and I’m afraid to grow old with all of these symptoms. My situation is dramatic, I was a young healthy, happy and dreamy. Today I am weak and can not do anything I liked and planned to do.
What happened to the report that was on the web in 2007. It was very accurate in predicting what happens to someone that has been floxed?
It’s here Syd.
https://fqresearch.org/pdf_files/FLOX_REPORT_REV_12.pdf
But do you want to predict what will go wrong? Or get better? If you are interested in getting better rather than watching for what bad things will happen next, we recommend the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Solution.
http://www.fqtoxicity.com/
How is ciprofloxacin even on the market? I live in Canada. 10 years ago I was prescribed cipro for sinus problem. After three days, woke with pain in heel. Checked side effects and found Achilles tendon RUPTURE! Ceased immediately, no further effects. Now it was prescribed for kidney infection, and I was in temporary brain disconnect, did not even look at the prescription name. At home, since obviously too inconvenient to go back to doctor, and with pressing problem, decided if same heel problem started, then cease. What could go wrong? Right?
Thurs. evening. Well, 500mg. down and then what? In half an hour, the tendons on the back of my left hand started to contract, and my hand movement was compromised. In the night, suddenly the tendons on the inside of my left arm were burning and sore to the touch. Soon tendons all over my left forearm, and then up to the shoulder, started to act up. The tendon over my left ring finger jerked noticeably. Please take note. I was only aware of the Achilles tendon, not any other tendon problem. This information is for the benefit of all those doctors who just love to impute psychosomatic and psychiatric causation to every symptom.
I had no idea these symptoms were even possible. I did look it up on Friday, and found the horror story. It is Monday morning (3 1/2 days) and just I when think it is all gone, then it comes back, into the right arm, then one heel, then the other, then the back of my knee, pain, burning, and stiffness in the tendons. My left hand does not work properly. It is stiff and numb across the back. This is with one 500mg. tablet. This is really dangerous! The reason to ban it would be that the condition is not predictable, and it is not necessarily reversible. Can you imagine how long it would take to recover from a ruptured Achilles or other tendon. It has to be months in a cast after the operation. Ban it.
Do you have a newsletter? My late husband was on several rounds of cipro shortly before he passed away. I want to do some research from your website. Thank you!
What ever happened to the personal stories?
This was on your webpage, “If you believe you’ve been poioned by Fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as Cipro, Levaquin, and Avelox, please join the UCSD study and help researchers to identify and better treat these issues.” How do I join? The links on the page don’t seem to go anywhere.
I believe the study is over.
Is this a legit questions forum? Yesterday I asked about the personal stories and today the question is gone
Brian, no one deleted your question. You asked yesterday on the CONTACT US page, and we don’t check it everyday. Also, we moderate questions on other pages, so pages do not show up immediately until we allow them. I do not know what personal stories you are talking about. We are carrying on this site from the previous owner. Perhaps he deleted the stories you are talking about.
I see the question showed up. There were hundreds of stories on the original website. My own was also there. It was also a site to let others what worked for us so that they could help themselves. I am so disappointed if they deleted them. Thanks for answering. No your fault.
Can you please list your sources? When I click on the footnotes I get linked back to either the same article or other articles on this website.
I have no idea what you are talking about.I checked several footnotes and they go to the source. Perhaps you are clicking on the little NUMBER, which will take you to the source at the bottom of that page, then you must click on the actual link at the bottom of the page.
We often link to other pages on our site that explain the concept better or where we’ve already footnoted the concept before. But those are not ‘footnotes’, those are just ‘links’. Footnotes are noted as such and link to the source material.
I am highly interested in working along side you as I am an RN who strives to transition to holistic medicine and speak out against these matters.
Hi Jenna,
You are welcome to submit articles to us. You can see the requirements here. We’d LOVE you to help us! And we profit share as well!
You can get the info and sign up here.
https://fqresearch.org/contribute-to-fqresearch/
Could someone post some scientific evidence (research articles) about all the potential toxic effects of fluoroquinolones? I personally find the lack of references very suspicious…
I’m not quite sure what you are talking about. Perhaps you missed the footnoted references? I link to or footnote every one of my references, which are many. Here is one image of just one random post I picked.
I am an MBA, an affected patient who probably got what I have from Cipro. I nearly died in 2015 and have been suffering for years. My body was so weakened by 2015 I could barely physically exist. I took Cipro in the 2012/2013 timeframe and kept getting worse. Thankfully today I am doing a little better. I’d like to help also in some way. I don’t know what I can do to assist, but I have read SO MANY medical publications in the last five years, I may have come across some pieces of data that might help.
Hi, we’d LOVE for you to help out with FQResearch.org as one of our writing staff. We believe you should be rewarded for your contributions, so it’s possible that there could also be payments for articles as well. Please see our page here and sign up to be a staff writer. We’d love to work with you to contribute to helping prevent injury.
https://fqresearch.org/contribute-to-fqresearch/
What are the alternatives to Clindamycin fight infection?
We’re not doctors and have no idea of your medical issues. You’d have to ask your doctor about that.
I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, hyer-mobile. It is a disease of the connect tissue and I have had this my whole life, but was not diagnosed until I was an adult. I have often been prescribed Cipro and other fluoroquinolones, only to find that I can not take these!! Most doctors and other healthcare workers, have never even heard of this disease. I have had so many surgeries because of this and it is alarming! Could you please list all Fluoroquinolones so that all of my doctors have this list in all of my medical records. Thank you for your time.
We have a list on the site already. You can look at the front page or search for it.
Just released.
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm628753.htm
At beginning of June 2017 i took Ciproflaxin for a non specific viral infection, I was a fit and active 51 year old however 10 days later my patellar tendon snapped without any real reason or major trauma, this required major surgery to restitch the tendon together. Since then I have also had issues with my shoulder tendon (shoulder tendon impingement) and my foot. Most recently i have had a scan and have found out that I now also have a fatty liver. I believe all of these are interrelated with the Cipro.
Unfortunately i live in the UK and they dont appear to have done the studies or research into Cipro that has been done in the US. I was told by my consultant that it could not be the Cipro as it only effects Achilles tendons !!! (however that is only in runners).
Is there anywhere i can contact to discuss further
Thanks Karl – UK
This just out.
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm628753.htm
Hello,
Can you tell me what your requirements are for a guest post contribution?
I am a holistic health expert from Siberia and would love to connect and collaborate with you if possible!
Looking forward to soon reply,
Polly
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Years ago I found out I was allergic to levaquin/Cipro and very badly. Years later I was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, lupus, and now MS. As of recently, because of the lupus, they prescribed me hydroxychloroquine. In desperate need of relief I started taking it right as the Covid virus Rules started hitting Alabama. This is important because I could not see the doctor except by phone calls. Within two or three weeks I had gained 8 pounds, my ankles were swollen, I became so full of fluid I could not even take a deep breath and I was wheezing. Then some thing on the right side of my stomach right below my right rib (which I’m assuming is my liver) became swollen from one side to the other side in like a long oval shape. I do believe I remember this from when I took Cipro and Levaquin, But it’s been so many years ago I’m a little unsure. I started trying to reach my doctor because it was becoming very bad and I knew I’d end up in emergency room if I didn’t get help or advice soon. But with the virus I was having the hardest time reaching her and the only option was a phone visit which I finally got. This doctor is very nice but I could not get her to understand how serious this was and she told me most likely it was just a pulled muscle, which I knew it was not . She told me to continue taking it wanting to feel better I did for quite a few more days till I got to the point where I could barely breathe at all and I wasn’t getting up anymore and now my knee became swollen and I couldn’t walk at all.. I just felt sick and I hurt all over so I finally decided to stop on my own. It’s been a month now and I am not completely well but I am over halfway better and yes I did try to reach my doctor again to tell her I quit taking it but I found out she’s on vacation and won’t be back at least for another week. I did tell them anyway and asked if they got the blood work back that I had put i it’s been a month now and I am not completely well but I am over halfway better and yes I did try to reach my doctor again to tell her I quit taking it but I found out she’s on vacation and won’t be back at least for another week. I did tell them anyway and asked if they got the blood work back that I had done The day after I had called her telling her that it was making me feel unwell. The office told me no she has not seen it yet which makes me even more upset just because maybe it would’ve told me something about what was happening to me. So basically what I’m asking is,…. icee hydroxychloroquine or Plaquenil Related to, connected to , or any other version of Quinlilone drugs? After some deep researching I feel pretty strongly that I am right that they are but I want some verification because I truly wanted to be able to take this medication in order to feel better but I’m pretty sure I can’t. Also I feel if it is it needs to be well known to the public especially since they’re pushing it for the COVID-19 virus. I’m sure there are people like me they have no idea and need to know.. I’m pretty sure if I contracted the virus and they gave me that it would kill me because I retain so much fluid starting in my chest all the way down to my stomach that I cannot breathe and I wheeze and I cough and then it seems like everything goes downhill from there. If anyone could help me with these answers or knowledge that is actual fact I would greatly appreciate it.
I didn’t notice AVELOX listed on this page: https://fqresearch.org/list-of-quinolones-and-fluoroquinolone-drugs/ I think it should be there.
Avelox is the brand name of Moxifloxacin.
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