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Levaquin caused me some very painful moments and I had to stop taking it. Even after I had stopped the muscle and tendon problems remained for weeks.
Just my experience....others do okay on it.... would advise that you stop if you get this problem. I did better on Cipro.
Good luck!
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I have done 3 courses of Levaquin with excellent results. Each time I have herxed, but less each time, with good improvement in symptoms.Hope you do as well. Cindy
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No advice to offer... just best wishes for a successful outcome, Geneal.
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Hi Geneal,
I'm on Levaquin now, and at first it gave me one heck of a herx. Some symptoms seem better now, so I believe it's worthwhile.
My LLMD had me start off with 250 mg for a week, then up it to 500 mg. After the first 3 weeks at 500 mg, I developed tendonitis & had to stop taking the Lev while it healed. Must have caught it early, because the tendon pain went away within a few weeks.
(Oh, and during the time my tendon was healing, when I was not taking Levaquin, I developed a bart rash for the first time, ugh.)
Because I'm a wimp about the tendonitis, I've done some experimenting with my dosing (with my LLMD's knowledge) - if things are too intense & I begin to feel tendon pain, I drop back down to 250 mg for a few days, then go back up.
I've also found it works better if I split the doses and take 250 mg in the am & pm. Each time I try to go back up to 500 mg once daily, I begin to feel tendon pain.
As far as the herx goes - it was rough at first. Very painful, but I did seem to feel an increase in energy, and had quite a problem with insomnia at first. 3 months into it, and now I have less pain, and the insomnia has given way to unrelenting fatigue. Hopefully that will pass as well.
Hope the Levaquin experience goes smoothly for you!
Healing thoughts, Cactus
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