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Sep-24-09 San Diego, CA Kirk C. says that when he started taking Levaquin he had no idea he was not supposed to do any physical activity. That is because the reported Levaquin side effects include tendinitis and ruptured tendons. However, some patients, like Kirk, say they had no idea the Levaquin medication could cause such serious side effects. "I was on L... - Levaquin Made Me Hurt so Bad
Nov-9-08 Blountville, TN: "I went into the hospital this past August with double pneumonia," says Bob. "I was given Levaquin for the infection and during my stay I also got a staph infection—both infections caused me to stay in hospital for 19 days, and 15 of those days were in the intensive care unit. Needless to say, I was given a lot of antibiotics, includin... - Another Levaquin Lament
Aug-11-08 Philadelphia, PA: For no apparent reason, Lynn had damaged her Achilles tendon; it got so bad that she could barely walk. Then she had problems with the rotator cuff tendon in her right shoulder. Her injuries were baffling Lynn and her doctors, until she discovered the link between damaged and ruptured tendons and Levaquin . "The first time I took Lev... - Johnson & Johnson Faces $800M Levaquin Lawsuit
Mar-5-16 Raritan, NJ: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reportedly faces an $800 million Levaquin lawsuit , alleging the company hid vital information about side effects linked to the drug. Plaintiffs in the Levaquin antibiotic lawsuit allege Johnson & Johnson, and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, deliberately mislabeled Levaquin. In addition to J&J... - Levaquin Injury "So Severe for Doing So Little"
Aug-16-11 Palmdale, CA "Just two months after I was prescribed Levaquin for walking pneumonia I ruptured my Achilles tendon," says Teresa, "but it took years to connect this drug to my injury??"I was shocked when I did find out…Levaquin changed the quality of my life forever." Teresa wonders how on earth an antibiotic could cause such an injury. It's n... - Levaquin Lawsuit Seeks Unspecified Damages
Jul-29-11 St. Clair County, OH When Timothy Gilley was prescribed the antibiotic levaquin , he had no idea that the fluoroquinolone would have such a devastating impact on his tendons. It's for that reason that the Ohio man has launched a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Levaquin, claiming various allegations in a filing June 3 in St. Clair County Circuit Cou... - "The Levaquin Makers Are Going to Pay for the Damage They Caused"
Dec-9-10 Spokane, WA "I'm not the type of person to sue anyone and I have never taken anyone to court, but this time is different," says Rob. In my book, the Levaquin side effects far outweigh the benefits. Just before Thanksgiving, a nurse practitioner prescribed Rob Levaquin for a sinus and staph infection. "The very next day my lower legs, especially my... - Generic Levaquin Is in the Pipeline
Dec-14-09 Washington, DC The potential for adverse responses to Levaquin increases with the expiry of Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) patent for levofloxacin, as it paves the way for generic manufacturers to introduce new sources of Levaquin into the drug market. It was announced on December 4 that Mylan Pharmaceuticals has been granted tentative approval b... - "Did Levaquin Cause my Tendonitis"?
Nov-1-08 Hollister CA: "When I was in hospital for a total knee replacement (TKR) I developed a lung infection and was given the antibiotic Levaquin ," says Linda. "Three hours later my daughter visited and I told her my neck was itching. She saw that my whole back had broken out in hives—now I know that I can never take Levaquin again." Hives was the least of L... - Levaquin—"The Big Gun"—Shoots the User
Sep-1-08 Fairview, KS For the past five years Alice has suffered from bronchitis and breathing problems; she was prescribed numerous antibiotics but nothing worked until her doctor gave her Levaquin , that he referred to as "the big gun." Alice took Levaquin when it was new to the market, when the side effects weren't known, when she wasn't warned of overuse. "... - "Levaquin Should Not Be Prescribed to Patients over 60"
Jul-12-11 Frankfurt, KY Al Parke was 64 years old when he was prescribed Levaquin to treat a serious bacterial infection. The infection cleared up, but he began to develop other problems, such as joint pain, that prompted him to research Levaquin side effects online. "Unfortunately I read after the fact that Levaquin should not be given to people over the age o... - Levaquin Tears More Tendons Than Other Fluoroquinolones
Feb-11-11 Cornwall, NY Just two weeks after taking Levaquin for an earache, Charles had a dull, aching pain in his wrist. Although this happened in 2008, he remembers it well. "I had taken my daughter to Disneyland and couldn't even turn the doorknob and open our hotel room," he says. Turns out, Charles suffered a torn tendon, an increasingly comm... - Levaquin Patients Were "Denied Informed Consent"
Oct-24-10 Tacoma, WA Patients who took Levaquin and suffered Levaquin side effects might want to consider contacting an attorney, now that the time for the first lawsuit to go to court has almost arrived. Although they took the Levaquin medication to treat bacterial infections—mainly those associated with the sinuses and bronchial tubes—patients migh... - Levaquin Side Effects Meant Life in Wheelchair for Seven Years
Oct-23-09 Washington, DC When your child is prescribed medication you assume it's safe. However in the case of Levaquin, detractors say the safety factor is debatable. And Levaquin side effects , including Levaquin tendon rupture put one family through hell. Her name is Cheri Fakes—a soft-spoken, lovely young woman who one day dreamed of working for Disn... - Patient "Thankful" She Was Told to Stop Taking Levaquin
Jul-23-09 New Orleans, LA When patients think about a drug's side effects, they probably often consider things like nausea, vomiting and dizziness—they probably do not think that a drug for a sinus infection could cause tendon ruptures. However, Levaquin side effects include both tendonitis (also called tendinitis) and tendon rupture, 2 very painful condit... - Reported Levaquin Side Effects Change Patient's Life
May-28-09 Beaver, OK Janet A. says she has suffered multiple traumas in her life, but nothing compares to the pain of a reported Levaquin antibiotic side effect. Janet experienced a tendon rupture, one of the alleged Levaquin side effects. Although Janet says that the Levaquin medicine did help to treat some serious infections, the side effects she suffered had a... - Levaquin Patient May Require Surgery
May-2-09 Lepanto, AK Patients who have taken the Levaquin antibiotic once or twice may know the pain of Levaquin side effects. Levaquin has been linked to an increased risk of tendonitis and tendon ruptures. However, for some people the link between the Levaquin medicine and tendonitis was not made in time. Dana W. is one of those people. She says she took Levaqu... - Levaquin Patient Suffers "Excruciating Pain"
Mar-26-09 Ogdensburg, NY Brian S. only took the Levaquin antibiotic for 4 days before he asked his doctor to prescribe him something else. Unfortunately, that 4 days was long enough that Brian suffered serious Levaquin side effects. In fact, his injury was so serious, that it took a year and a half for Brian to recover, even though he took the Levaquin medicine fo... - Levaquin Peripheral Sensorimotor Neuropathy Lawsuits Expected to Grow
Jul-3-15 San Francisco, CA It’s bad enough when a prescription medication leaves you with a nasty, but temporary side effect. It’s another thing entirely when a devastating side effect proves permanent. That’s one claim amongst a host of allegations contained in a Levaquin Antibiotics lawsuit currently before the courts and arguing for consoli... - "Levaquin Took My Legs Away."
Feb-4-11 Boyertown, PA I started taking 500 mg of Levaquin last summer for an upper respiratory infection," said Sara, a nurse. "Within one day, after just one dose, my lower leg hurt. By the time I saw my doctor I could barely walk; right away he knew that Levaquin was to blame." As it turned out, Levaquin caused more than an aching lower leg. Because the d...