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What Causes Upper Abdominal Pain Along With Levofloxacin?

I was given 3) 500 mg tablets of Levofloxacin on February 10th. I took the 3 pills finishing up on the 13th. For the past four or five days I ve had horrible upper stomach pain. On Wednesday I had severe abdominal cramping resulting in Diarrhea, Thursday I seemed OK except for the upper stomach pain, Friday I had some abdominal cramping and a bout of diarrhea again. I took a Milk Thistle Pill that seemed to help the stomach, the pain came back a few hours later so I took another. It s been about 4 or 5 hours since the last milk thistle pill and my stomach is really hurting again. Nothing seems to help. I ve taken probiotics, papaya, ginger, DGL [licorice], tea, chicken broth but the pain comes back. I had my gallbladder removed June 2015. What is going wrong and what should I do?
Mon, 19 Nov 2018
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Hi,

This looks like you have got gastritis. This may occur with the drug or for other reasons.

I would suggest you should take some antacids like Lansoprazole with some antacids syrup like Gaviscon. If this help it's fine.

If not then you should see your doctor for a proper check up and management.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman,
General & Family Physician
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What Causes Upper Abdominal Pain Along With Levofloxacin?

Hi, This looks like you have got gastritis. This may occur with the drug or for other reasons. I would suggest you should take some antacids like Lansoprazole with some antacids syrup like Gaviscon. If this help it s fine. If not then you should see your doctor for a proper check up and management. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman, General & Family Physician