by Mark YannoneThe motivation behind the creation of this blog was a pneumonia patient I know who was put on three antibiotics (in series, within seven days). The doctors did not allow him to finish either of the first two courses in the hospital (very bad idea), started him on Levaquin, and discharged him the next day. He was exhibiting negative side effects from Levaquin before he could be wheeled out of the hospital (Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona).
His wife called me that evening, I looked up the drug, she held the Levaquin, and I created this blog. His muscles were still twitching from the Levaquin, and he had other Levaquin symptoms as well.
"My legs feel dead, like they're going to fall off," reported the patient.
His wife notified the nurse of the reactions before leaving the hospital and notified the doctor as soon as she could reach him.
The doctor is in 100 percent denial mode. "It's not the drug," he said.
Uh-huh. Is there a medical malpractice/personal injury attorney in the house?
Levaquin (Levofloxacin) is a broad spectrum antibacterial agent for oral and intravenous administration, one of the fluoroquinolone antibiotics, like Cipro, Floxin, and Noroxin, among others.
