I have taken Levequin off and on several times over the last two years and have never had foot pain before however every time I started using it - it becomes very painful for me to walk. My doc says that the Levequin would not cause this problem however I have read articles saying that it can. It has been several months since I have been I have taken it and I still have pain and it makes it almost impossible for me to do anything. I have tried the gel foot pads in my shoes and it does help some. Has anyone else had this kind of experience? If so how long did it last and what did you do to help the healing process?
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foot pain and levequin
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Hi!
Absolutely this is a problem with levoquin.....this has happened to me many times before I figured out how to handle it. For me it affects my knees and ankles....sometimes toes.
Start taking a magnesium supplement with calcium is best...they help each other absorb.....
If you are on levoquin now, make sure to take magnesium at a different time atleast two hours apart....levoquin works leaching magnesium from the body and that can cause A LOT of problems.
mandy
this should relieve your pain very soon!
also, try a probiotic...
Absolutely this is a problem with levoquin.....this has happened to me many times before I figured out how to handle it. For me it affects my knees and ankles....sometimes toes.
Start taking a magnesium supplement with calcium is best...they help each other absorb.....
If you are on levoquin now, make sure to take magnesium at a different time atleast two hours apart....levoquin works leaching magnesium from the body and that can cause A LOT of problems.
mandy
this should relieve your pain very soon!
also, try a probiotic...
Levaquin is well known (for what reason I do not know) for causing tendons to rupture in your ankles. If you are having severe pain, it could definitely be your medication. I would ask your doctor to perhaps look into it. It doesn't happen to all people, but can happen to many. Another drug with a similar effect is Lipitor that is taken for lowering cholesterol -- it causes muscle degeneration in many people, but similar drugs do not (i.e. Zocor)
I'm with Amy -- hit the doctor on the head and ask for Cipro.
I'm with Amy -- hit the doctor on the head and ask for Cipro.
My doc did have me try Cipro however after being on that for a month it was causing some pretty bad side effects so I had to discontinue it and then he started me on Levequin. I was on a treatment plan of Levequin for 3 months and then after the having a culture and still showing PA he had me take it for 2 more months and then it has been like that for the last two years. He said that between inhaled Tobi and Colistin and Cipro and Levequin there really isnt anything else for me to take. I have been trying to do research on my own to see what else might possibly be out there for me to use. I guess have been wondering if maybe the treatment wasnt for so long at a time if maybe I could handle the Cipro ( a month or two at a time seems like a long time if not too long of a treatment time). What is common for others as far as how long you stay on a antibiotic just to knock the PA down? That is the only reason he had me taking something because I do feel fine.
Keeping PA levels down is so hard.
I'm on zithromax to decrease inflammation (not to kill PA, but it does have some effect on reducing mucoid PA).
I'm also on Hypertonic Salene since my doc took me off of TOBI (I'm resistant to tobramycin)
Eating foods that help the body produce glutathione (Stanford is studying molecules such as glutathione that can help slow/prevent PA growth) such as asparagus, broccoli and avocado.
Colistin could also help. I would be wary of taking an quinolones over a long period of time....
I'm on zithromax to decrease inflammation (not to kill PA, but it does have some effect on reducing mucoid PA).
I'm also on Hypertonic Salene since my doc took me off of TOBI (I'm resistant to tobramycin)
Eating foods that help the body produce glutathione (Stanford is studying molecules such as glutathione that can help slow/prevent PA growth) such as asparagus, broccoli and avocado.
Colistin could also help. I would be wary of taking an quinolones over a long period of time....