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Levaquin with Prednisone

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sky87001
sky87001

Hi everyone. Due to inflammation in sinuses/chronic sinusitis, my specialist prescribed me Prednisone and Levaquin. I read about these medicines like I always do, and everywhere it says not to take both together due to very bad health problems and possibly death. Have any of you took these two together? The side effects sound absolutely awful and it says that Levaquin is in the most toxic group of antibiotics so many have even been taken off of the market.

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  • Micklemus
    Micklemus sky87001

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    Sky I was told that Ciprofloxacin which is in the group of antibiotics as 'yours ' is a fluoroquinalone. My GP said there are some that have very adverse effects with any of the fluoroquinalones.She said the adverse effects are rare but of course this is attributable with the individual who reports adverse effects to the authorities.

    If you wrote to your doctor he might say drop the antinflamatory off but continue with the antibiotic to eradicate the infection if you are concerned you might be in the small group which the antibiotic might hurt.

    There is a lot of hit and miss prescribing by doctors. The scientific procedure to isolate what your infection is should really be carried out through the lab each and every time and the question is was that done? Don't forget though that some bacterias are good at 'hiding' in the tissue and are not easily accessible for sampling.

    It has been said on this forum that some would like fluoroquinalones banned but with careful research it has been found that thousands of patients have been 'cured' by some antibiotics that others are not able to take. If a patient is in a kill or cure situation to term an old phrase I know so well what indeed does one do? A similar situation applies if a persons life is intolerable with a health issue.

    Ask any patient that if there is a good chance of being cured or the exact opposite of that I'm confidant what the sufferer would choose. Any doctor should methodically try to isolate the infection by the lab but do they =no.

  • joshuapryce1987
    joshuapryce1987 sky87001

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    Stay safe and do not take the risk, at least take lower dosages of the antibiotics.

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