Taking the antibiotic Levequin changed my life.  My life is defined by “before Levaquin, and after Levaquin.”

The initial side effects…which I prefer to refer to as “the initial effects of my poisoning”…were bad enough.

I never would’ve imagined that the drug would produce such a deep and devastating effect that it would impact my entire lifetime.

But it did.  This class of drug makes for a most excellent way to torture people for the rest of their lives.

I decided to make a list of my post-flox symptoms

I was experiencing such an endless and non-stop array of health problems, which I never did before the Levaquin, that I realized it would be helpful both for my sake and others if I referenced and discussed them, and what I’ve been able to do in each case to help reduce or eliminate the symptoms.

I of course can’t “prove” that all of the below is due to the Levaquin after effects, but there’s a pretty good bet that that’s the case, especially since I had only occasional and fairly “normal” physical health problems before the Levaquin, and nothing but a string of problems after it.

Each item in the list will over time also be a link to a page discussing it, along with what I’ve done to manage it.  List is in no particular order.

The List:

–Disc Herniation (Now definitively tied to Fluoroquinolone use) and accompanying neuropathy
-Tinnitus
-Diplacusis
-Neck Nerve Pinch with Head Paralysis/Pain
-Vertigo
-Cluster Headaches
-Bloody Stool
-Bone Pain
-Systemic Muscle Pain (palpable “knots” and “nodules” in muscle tissue)
-Skin Issues/Collagen
-Random Various Pain
-Severe Testicle/Anus/Prostate Pain Definitely Caused by Levaquin for a year and a half
-Plantar Fasciitis
-Rotator Cuff and Immobile Arm
-Foggy Thinking
-Near-Kidney Stone Several Times
-Significant Vision Loss Upon Awakening Several Times
-Severe Cramping
-Thrush
-BPH
-UTI’s
-Psoriasis
-Psoriatic Arthritis
-Tendon Pain
-Vocal Cord Damage

Consider all the side traumas involved with these items here; I will expand on them with each corresponding page that is built discussing them.  Meaning, although I’m including the vocal cord damage, I’m not explaining how that damage destroyed what was a wonderful singing voice, something I loved doing, having been involved in music my whole life, that I can no longer do.  I was robbed of something I absolutely loved.

And then there’s the fun of having a catheter jammed up me for weeks when I was stuck with BPH during the floxing.

Etc, etc…Oh the joy… (gotta try to find humor somewhere here).

Carefully Consider Future Antibiotic Use

I’m hoping this page is motivation enough to get people to seriously rethink taking this class of antibiotics, and prescription drugs in general.  In my opinion, they should only be used as a last resort.  There are too many other safer, and even more effective, options for most of our ills.

Keep in mind that direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs didn’t even start until 1997.  And countless health care workers in the industry found it extremely inappropriate, because it was.

Now, these drugs are promoted along side popular candies and snacks during our commercials, which creates a false sense of comfort about using them.  Perhaps you’ve seen my youtube video (“Disturbingly Honest Drug Ad”) where I demonstrate the lack of full, real (and graphic) disclosure in the ads.  It has received very few views compared to my other videos, as it would never be promoted on that platform.  Gee, I wonder why…