Summary
Name: Brian
Email: briandraver@yahoo.com
State or Country of residence: New Jersey
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Quinolone taken: Levaquin
Reason for the Quinolone: Suspected Throat Infection (was given 2 samples)
Was a safer antibiotic tried first? : No
How long did you take the Quinolone for? : 2 Samples
How long ago did you take the Quinolone?: 6 months
How much have you recovered as of now?: 60%
How often do you relapse or cycle?: Every 2 weeks
Does your doctor agree the Quinolone is the cause of your problems?: No
Do you have a history of seizures or neurological problems?: No
Please list anything your doctor did that helped in your recovery: Zip
What has helped you in your recovery?: I take chelated
magnesium, calcium, multivitamins, valerian root, melatonin (for insomnia), and
Omega 3and 6 Oils (combined)
Brian's Story
I am deeply disappointed at the medical
industry for allowing this POISON FROM HELL DRUG to even be on the market.
My heart goes out to all of you in this forum, as well as other forums, and
also the people that have been poisoned and do not have a computer or do not
have internet services and therefore are left out of all this information.
Doctors, either by ignorance (unjustifiable by all means), Denial, or fear
to be SUED, TRY TO TELL US THAT IT'S ALL IN OUR HEAD!!!. The pharmaceutical
companies are making MAD MONEY poisoning us and then turning around and
giving us an array of other drugs to treat "What's in our heads", to keep
making more MONEY. I bet anything that THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, and choose to
ignore it. One day though, WE WILL have our revenge. As I read the postings
here and all other websites, all of us feel that we have been given a poison
that only God knows how long will stay in our bodies. I, like you,
experienced psychotic side effects as well from taking Levaquin 5+ months
ago, and this is the time that I am still suffering from some of them. When
I took the Levaquin (2X 500mg) back in April, I didn't notice anything right
away, except that I was losing my sleep day by day. 7 days later ALL HELL
BROKE LOOSE. This is the List of side effects I experienced: Tightness in throat (choking) Reflux from stomach got all the way to my throat and burned it! SEVERE INSOMNIA (still have it) Disorientation Depersonalization Severe nervousness (still have it) better about 20% Noise Sensitivity (still have it) better about 50% Depersonalization (Didn't feel myself for good 3 1/2 months) better about 80% Foggy brain (better about 85%) Severe Anxiety Attacks (better about 80%) Panic Attacks (better about 80%) Shoulder pain still have it Hip pain (comes and goes) Back pain (still have it) Neck pain, feel like something ruptured in right side of neck (still have it) Vivid Nightmares (whenever I managed to sleep a few hours) GONE! Allergies (Never Had allergies in MY LIFE)!!! now I sneeze every day! DEPRESSION (better about 70%) Cold Sweats GONE! Sunburn Sensations on skin (felt like I was sun bathing all the time) GONE!
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Last Updated 11/04/04