Hello everyone, I am the caregiver for my husband who has MM. I just wanted to ask if anyone has had any problems taking Leviguin ? I keep receiving e-mails telling me that Leviquin can cause ruptured tendons. When I got the first e-mails I had asked the nurse and doctor about this. I was told my husband was not on a strong enough dose to hurt him.. A week ago my husband started to fill pain in his knee. Around the 13th of this month he went to get out of bed and felt a pop. He is in a lot of pain, he was told to ice it. Then if not better in a week call or come in. We go back in a couple of days.
I just want to know if anyone else has had problems with this medication?
I'm aware of the FDA warnings and it did/does concern me. However, I haven't had any problems that I can associate with Lev. I'll also say that I'm comforted knowing I have Lev on-hand for when I catch a chest cold or bronc infection...it has been very helpful.
It's really difficult figuring out which drug is causing which side-effect...at least it has been for me. Make sure you're talking to your doctor as well as the rest of the medical team....they all need to know.
Dr. Tricot, the director of the Huntsman Cancer Institute Myeloma Program, says:
Tendon ruptures can happen with levaquin but are very uncommon. It is more common to see tendon ruptures when levaquin is taken for a long time in combination with dexamethasone or prednisone. I have seen this happen twice in many thousands of patients that I have followed. Both times, the achilles tendon was involved.
