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Old 01-05-2006, 06:34 AM   #1
AndrewNZ
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What do you make of this?!?!

I have had abdominal pain, back pain , started in lower back and has
been over the rest of my back, right lower leg pain , chest pain and
sometimes pain in my left arm. The pain in my leg felt tense, the pain
in my top right chest burning like, sore arm and abdominal pain felt
like it was gonna explode at one point and back pain that moves around
the back
I am getting better now which is good, not totally better yet but
getting there I think.
I went the doctor on Christmas eve when I had just abdominal pain and
back pain and he thought it was appendicitis so he sent me to hospital
, they found nothing wrong with me so they sent me home and said it
was a "virus". On Christmas day I had very bad abdominal pain so I
went to the hospital and they thought it was kidney stones, I had a
scan for that which turned out negative.
On New Years eve I had top right chest pain and they did a heart check
and some short tests and said it was mussle pain. On Tuesday just gone
my right leg and left arm was in a lot of pain so I went to hospital
and they did some blood tests ( I have had blood tests and urine tests
at the other hospitals as well apart from when I went for chest pain)
they thought it was a neurological problem so they sent me to another
hospital (one I had been to allready) they did a nurological test
there and found out that that was not the problem. So they sent me
home with a precription for 200 painkiller tablets! They havent found
anything wrong with me and put it down to a virus. (all blood tests
fine , urine tests fine and nothing shown on CT kidney scan) The last
hospital said my symptoms were bizzare. I havent been feeling to bad
today and I think I am getting better which is good.
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Old 01-05-2006, 09:59 AM   #2
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Re: What do you make of this?!?!

Quick question: have you taken any fluoroquinolone antibiotics in the last few months? Such as Levaquin, Cipro, Tequin, Avelox...there are others but these are the most commonly prescribed.
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Old 01-05-2006, 07:08 PM   #3
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Re: What do you make of this?!?!

I took some antibiotics back in july or august or september I think it was a while back now, I am not sure what they were though sorry
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Old 01-06-2006, 07:44 AM   #4
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Re: What do you make of this?!?!

The reason I asked was, of course, because the symptoms you are describing correlate fairly well with an adverse reaction to one of the drugs in this class. Pain in multiple areas of the body, especially pain that 'moves around' is common. It also seems to be about the right amount of time since you took them, as side effects from these drugs can appear months, or in some cases even years, after treatment with them has stopped. Unfortunately, almost no one in the medical field is aware of this and many people get hurt without ever realizing what caused it.
Also unfortunately is the fact that if this is the cause of your pains, then there is no cure for it, only time. The good news, and the reason I wrote to you, is that if you know the cause, then you know not to take any of them ever again (if it turns out that you did). If someone had told me about this a little over a year ago, they would have saved my life from being ruined, which is why I'm here now.
Do you have any other symptoms? The most common related to these drugs are: muscle spasms, sensitivity to light, ringing or pressure in ears, fatigue, lowered endurance, eye floaters...there are too many to really list them all.
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Old 01-06-2006, 04:59 PM   #5
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Re: What do you make of this?!?!

Hi

Well that is interesting that could have been it. I found out the name of the antibiotic I took, its called Ranbaxy-Cefaclor. I am in New Zealand so that could be the New Zealand name.

There is a fact sheet on it here

[url]http://medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/r/RanbaxyCefaclorcapsusp.htm[/url]

Thank you very much for your help

I will do some more reading and see what I can find out

Thanks for your help

Andrew
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