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What Are The Side Effects Of Levoflaxacinn?
well i have taken levoflaxacinn500 mg 7 pill cassue doctor told me its for bronchitus and it has pains in joints side effect, well i took the 7 fine but the pains in joints didnt come for two weeks later?? is it from this medication
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Mon, 4 May 2015
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Welcome to HCM.
I appreciate your concern for the joint pains following the use of Levofloxacin.
The most common and important side effects of levofloxacin are:
Abdominal discomfort, nausea, loose motions, and allergic rash when expose to sun.
Other less common but serious side effects are:
Arthropathy: Damage the growing cartilage in children
Tendonitis: may cause tendon rupture in adults causing joint pains.
Risk factors for tendonitis:
Age greater than 60 years, corticosteroid therapy, renal failure, diabetes mellitus, and a history of musculoskeletal disorders
Time taken to develop the tendonitis (joint pains) has been reported to be a few hours to months during the therapy after few weeks of discontinuing the therapy.
Hope this answers your query.
A feed back is appreciated
Welcome to HCM.
I appreciate your concern for the joint pains following the use of Levofloxacin.
The most common and important side effects of levofloxacin are:
Abdominal discomfort, nausea, loose motions, and allergic rash when expose to sun.
Other less common but serious side effects are:
Arthropathy: Damage the growing cartilage in children
Tendonitis: may cause tendon rupture in adults causing joint pains.
Risk factors for tendonitis:
Age greater than 60 years, corticosteroid therapy, renal failure, diabetes mellitus, and a history of musculoskeletal disorders
Time taken to develop the tendonitis (joint pains) has been reported to be a few hours to months during the therapy after few weeks of discontinuing the therapy.
Hope this answers your query.
A feed back is appreciated
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