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Sort by date 129 pages found matching levaquin- Lawsuit: Johnson & Johnson Pushed Levaquin, Other Drugs on Seniors
Sep-27-10 Sacramento, CA: A recently filed lawsuit accuses drug maker Johnson & Johnson of pushing certain medications on senior citizens, including Levaquin . The lawsuit alleges that the drug company conspired with pharmaceutical consultant Omnicare to encourage nursing home residents to buy Johnson & Johnson medications, which is a violation of Medic... - Johnson and Johnson May Have Used Kickbacks to Increase Sales of Levaquin
Jan-22-10 Boston, MA The US Justice Department claims that noted pharmaceutical conglomerate Johnson and Johnson (J&J) may have paid tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks to influence pharmacies to carry many of its drugs like Risperdal and Levaquin . An official complaint filed with a federal court in Boston accuses the company of illegally paying mill... - Patient's Knee Swells up After Levaquin Use
Nov-25-09 Newport, RI Some patients who have taken Levaquin know how debilitating the side effects can be—the drug has been linked to an increased risk of tendon tears and tendon ruptures. Mark P. (real name withheld) says he suffered Levaquin side effects and still feels the associated pain. "Fifteen years ago, I had some problems with diverticulitis,"... - 3 Levaquin lawsuits filed citing tendon problems
Sep-16-09 A total of 15 Illinois residents have filed three lawsuits against Johnson and Johnson for the reported adverse Levaquin side effects that they saw caused muscle problems. According to the suit, which was filed on September 2 in Madison County Circuit Court, the 15 plaintiffs say they were unaware at the time that the medication had the potential to caus... - Patient's Tendon "Sheared Off" After Levaquin Use
Oct-24-08 Campbell, OH Chuck K. thought that his problems with his leg were over after he had major surgery on his left leg and finished rehabilitation. However, Chuck was given Levaquin to deal with a series of infections related to his surgery and, soon after, found himself undergoing a second major surgery and rehabilitation all over again. "It started back... - What Fluoroquinolone Peripheral Sensorimotor Neuropathy Looks Like
Dec-18-14 Washington, DC It’s little wonder the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is in the throes of taking a good hard look at fluoroquinolones (FQs) and their association with Peripheral Sensorimotor Neuropathy. An important Canadian study appearing in late September in the Journal Neurology has the medical community talking. With headlines screaming... - Fluoroquinolone Increases Risk for Permanent Nerve Damage, FDA Warns
Aug-16-13 Washington, DC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued notice that it requires the drug labels and Medication Guides for all fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs to be updated to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy (PN). This serious nerve damage potentially caused by fluoroquinolones may occur soon after these d... - J & J Asks Judge to Toss Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Promotion of Levaquin, Other Drugs
Oct-25-10 Boston, MA Johnson & Johnson recently asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit against them which accused the company of paying kickbacks so nursing homes would promote the use of a number of its drugs, including Levaquin . The pharmaceutical giant allegedly paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to long-term care pharmacy Omnicare Inc. so that... - Levaquin Side Effects "Like Getting Hit with a Fastball"
Nov-6-09 El Paso, TX When Charles H. (name withheld) first started taking Levaquin, he experienced some minor aches and pains. However, he did not associate them with Levaquinuntil his most recent exposure to the medication. "I was suffering from sinus infections," Charles says. "In August 2009, I had a prescription for 500 mgs for ten days. Shortly after I... - Videogamers may want to avoid Levaquin and its reported side effects
Oct-30-09 New York, NY According to new research, children who spend more than an hour playing video games may want to avoid medication such as Levaquin , due to its reported increased risk of developing tendonitis. Dr. Yasuf Yazici, an assistant professor of medicine at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City, was the senior author of a study that... - New research suggests Levaquin and Avelox side effects may include double vision
Sep-12-09 Antibiotics in the fluoroquinalone class have been linked to potential concerns over tendon ruptures, and now scientists say that the list of Levaquin and Avelox side effects may also need to incorporate double vision. Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University compiled more than 170 reports of double vision, or diplopia, with the average time t... - Avelox Vicious Circle: The Cure Caused the Problem
Jul-27-09 Nashville, TN "I had surgery to cure a chronic sinus problem and I was given Avelox in the hospital," says Sean (not his real name pending a lawsuit). "About two weeks later I had ruptured both Achilles tendons; I'm no athlete so how could this happen?" Sean was shocked, to say the least, when he discovered that torn and ruptured tendons are linked t... - "Just a matter of time before Cipro Kills Me"
Jul-26-08 Tampa, FL David F. has quite the story to tell regarding Cipro and other, similar drugs. His saga started back in the mid 1980s when he was prescribed Floxin for pneumonia. Over the next 20 years, David was prescribed other fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics known to be toxic to tendons, cartilages, the nervous system and other organs. Floxin t... - Avelox Antibiotic Injuries Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Avelox (moxifloxacin hydrochloride), is in a class of antibiotic drugs known as fluoroquinolones, which includes Cipro and Levaquin. Avelox antibiotic is used to fight bacterial infections and is generally prescribed to treat bacterial sinusitis, chronic bronchitis, and community-acquired pneumonia. However, the oral fluoroquinolones have been linked to... - Azithromycin Linked with Irregular Heart Rhythm FDA Warns
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public that azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax) can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead to a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm. Azithromycin had previously received an updated warning label by the FDA following concerns over increased ris... - Fluoroqinolone Antibiotics Require Black Box Warning for Heart Rhythm Side Effects
Nov-17-15 Santa Clara, CA: Fluoroqinolone antibiotics, including Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro, should have a new black box warning regarding the risk of heart rhythm problems according to Public Citizen, a prominent national watchdog group. Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro are among the most widely used fluoroquinolone antibiotics, which are a controversial group o... - Woman Files Lawsuit Against the Makers of the Fluoroquinolone Avelox
Mar-3-15 Los Angeles, CA Bayer and Merck are facing a product liability lawsuit filed by a woman from Nebraska who alleges she developed peripheral neuropathy while on the popular antibiotic Avelox. Avelox (moxifloxacin hydrochloride), is in a class of drugs known as fluoroquinolone which includes Cipro and Levaquin. While warnings provided with Ave... - West Coast Woman Says She Has Cipro Damage
Aug-26-14 San Diego, CA Eight months ago, a woman (we’ll call her “Susan”) was a healthy young mother looking forward to going on vacation. She believed she had a bladder infection and was anxious to see it cleared up before she headed south for a warm and sunny vacation. Her doctor listened to her list of symptoms and wrote a prescription for... - Study Links Popular Oral Antibiotics to Increased Risk of Nerve Damage
Aug-23-14 Vancouver, BC A Canadian-US research team has made an important and scientifically proven link between a class of potent and commonly used antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (FQs) and a condition known as peripheral neuropathy (PN) . “This is the first large epidemiologic study. It confirms a previous data mining study and the conclusions of the... - ER Overcharges “Sickening”
Oct-10-13 Gadsden, AL One Sunday last summer Kandi thought she had a urinary tract infection (UTI). Because she doesn’t have health insurance, Kandi - who works for a physician - at first treated herself with Cipro, a strong antibiotic. But it got to the point where she wound up in the local hospital’s ER. Kandi made a quick recovery “but emergen...