Comments on: Cipro Lawsuit Lawyer in NY & PA– Tendon Rupture Cases

By: Jim Reed

Jim Reed — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:54:10 +0000

Sonia:

Sorry but we are no longer taking Cipro cases. Long story short, the N.Y.C. law firm with whom I was handling Cipro/Levaquin cases recently notified me that they have decided to no longer handle these cases and would be declining them outright. Accordingly, my office is no longer handling these cases. Sorry but I wish you the best of luck.

Thanks, Jim
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By: Sonia Contreras

Sonia Contreras — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:01:25 +0000

I was given Cipro during and after a shoulder injury.. I developed very bad diareah. I had diareah for about 12 days before I went to the ER, they took a stool sample and sent me home with another antibiotic. a few days later I was back in the ER and hospitalized with severe Collitis caused by the Cipro. I was in isolation due to the serious of the infection caused in my intestines. The Cipro killed all the good flora in my intestines and caused a serious infection. I was in soo much pain. my stomache felt like it was on fire and about to burst. I was hospitalized for 3 full days.. and that was over a year and a half ago.. I still have episodes that double me over in pain and send me rushin to the restroom. I am looking for an attorney in California who will take my case. Any suggestions?

Thank You.

By: Autumn McVeigh

Autumn McVeigh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:42:20 +0000

I took Cipro back in November, and have been on crutches/in casts pretty much since then. I attributed the injuries to work, and just sort of suffered thru them. I have had 2 torn achilles tendons, and have had a few hurt tendons in my feet. I am feeling anxiety and depression related to the loss of my physical abilities, and hating going to work! Someone help me with this, please.

By: Jim Reed

Jim Reed — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:33:56 +0000

Joan:

Sorry to hear about your medical difficulties. If you want to sit down and write out a detailed chronology (with dates) summarizing the onset of your symptoms, the medications you took and in what dosages, and all medical treatment, I will be happy to review that chronology and then let you know if I think you might have a viable case. You can E-mail me directly at jreed@zifflaw.com.

Thanks, Jim
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By: joan

joan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:13:12 +0000

I took avelox in Feb. of 2009…I started developing a clicking in my thumb that progressed to an inability to bend my thumg and terrible pain. As this continued to worsen, I finally went to the doctor who said it was tendonitis. He recommended a splint which did not help and I finally went to the orthopedist who gave me a cortisone shot that finally brought some relief. I also have had pain below my ankle, never knowing which step would feel like a horrible sprain..now the pain is continuous. I have a bad shoulder as well and I am now going to see if I was given these antibiotics before the should started…I somehow remember that I was but need to check..I never connected the dots here and just assumed that these things happen. Now I am wondering if my blurred vision, my depression, my stiffness, muscle cramping and pain is all due to this drug. I am not one to run to doctors and can handle pain well, but with these problems, I am starting to not be able to live with the pain and would consider looking into a class action lawsuit. I feel that my life has changed, I feel old and stiff…difficulty walking and just doing the simple things…I don’t know what to do next.

By: Diane Watson

Diane Watson — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:26:25 +0000

I suffered ruptured arch-bearing tendons in both feet in 2003. I saw in my records some time ago that the foot doctor told my medical doctor to give me no more cipro, and that it caused my tendon rupture. I immediately started investigating the drug and asked many M.D. s if cipro caused my ruptures. Every one of them told me that it was just my feet ( I used to have very high arches), and I have had a weight problem, so they always said that it was just the combination of the two. I have a letter from the last doctor I asked in 2007 stating so.
Is there any possibility I can try to collect damages at this date? I have serious foot problems because of this and will have to have the three major sections of bones in each foot wired together to try to stabilize my ability to walk. I will have to be in a wheel chair for two months afterwards. The doctor had prescribed me 12 prescriptions of cipro over about two years time and I was taking the drug when the major ruptures occurred in 2003. I have been disabled since then. This has ruined my life. I hope there is something that can be done. Thanks.

By: Leslea

Leslea — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:13:45 +0000

Please forgive me for C & P my comment, those of us that are irreversibly damaged and living in unrelenting pain are trying to get the word out about quinolones to stop other people from ending up like us.
My name is Leslea and I am a Clinical Laboratory Manager, have been a Medical Technologist for almost 30 years. I am very well respected by the medical staff at my facility because if I bring up a subject, perhaps a laboratory protocol that I want to put into place or changed, I have done my homework on the subject.
With that in mind, I want to urge physicians to take heed to the fact that fluoroquinolones are not safe for a very large segment of the population. There are literally thousands and thousands of people whose lives are forever changed because of the quinolones.
I know that most, if not all, facilities with microbiology departments put out an antibiogram, at least annually, for the medical staff to reference. Please use your antibiograms to pick the least toxic and most effective antibiotic for your patient.
Use the quinolone class only as a last resort, after other antibiotics have failed or the patient will expire if they aren’t used. Using the quinolones routinely just doesn’t make sense when other antibiotics will work. Keep in mind if this class of antibiotics continues to be used so nonchalantly they will become ineffective due to bacteria developing resistance to them.
I have personally experienced multiple system adr’s to the quinolones, and know a multitude of people like me. That is why I am writing this, I want to prevent the number of people that are damaged by quinolones from growing exponentially.
The adr’s to the quinolones are grossly under reported due to the fact that a lot of reactions aren’t recognized, but are diagnosed as an unrelated problem. If the number of adr’s to quinolones were accurately reported to the medical community, no physician would ever routinely prescribe quinolones again, unless he was some sort of sadist.
My motivation for writing this is honorable, our term would be risk management in the medical community, for the layperson it would be a passionate desire to prevent others from suffering like I am.
Just in case you are wondering, my first reaction to a quinolone caused damage to my tendons particularly my left knee. The tendons were so weak that my knee dislocated 6 times over a 7 month period, I probably should have been in a wheel chair, but I needed to work. I have a permanent baker’s cyst in that knee. The tendonitis was so painful that walking was more like hobbling.
My second reaction made my first reaction seem like a walk in the park. When I mentioned multiple systems earlier, I meant CNS, muscular, skeletal, soft tissues and connective tissue damage. Four and a half years post two doses of Avelox, I still have a multitude of symptoms, some that are not going to resolve. Although I am in severe unrelenting pain, I consider the worst part of my reaction to be the CNS or brain damage.
I have debilitating depression, which I never had prior to this. But the thing that takes the cake is the following: I am sure you can imagine that I am or actually was above average in intelligence, Avelox has destroyed my short term memory and has made me struggle to find simple everyday words when carrying on a conversation. My nickname used to be “The Steel Trap” because I never forgot anything and could recall verbatim conversations no matter how long or short the amount of time that had elapsed. My memory was what is called photographic in nature. You might be tempted to say, well you are getting older, well I don’t believe that CNS changes due to aging happen overnight unless there is a stroke involved. That, and the fact that I am not alone with this reaction, speaks very loudly to the truth of the matter.
I will quickly list the other damage I am dealing with; peripheral neuropathy, myofascial damage in my right hip that has lead to permanent gluteus median adhesions after tearing. I have chronic muscle spasms and knots in my right hip and shoulder, this is the cause of the severe unrelenting pain, the shoulder knots and spasms lead to horrible tension headaches. I also have to take Valtrex to keep shingles at bay, another wonderful symptom of the nerve damage. My tendons and ligaments in my right knee are tender to the touch and painful, my vision is altered due to floaters and blurring, luckily laboratories are notoriously noisy so I don’t notice the tinnitus too much. I could go on and on, but you get the picture. By the way, I was a healthy active person prior to this reaction, I was 47 at the time and most people would guess my age at 35 because of my personality, strength and agility, they were always shocked to find out how old I was.
Please help me in preventing any other healthy individuals from experiencing this nightmare.
I also challenge you to do your own research into the real picture of this class of antibiotics, quit taking the word of the FDA or pharmaceutical companies, they have an agenda, but it is less than honorable. You can start by going to http://www.fluoroquinolones.org .
Thank you for your time.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:30:29 +0000

Norfloxacin completely destroyed my life – tendinitis being the least of my worries? This stuff should only be used in life-threatening situations and the patient should be warned of the possible consequences – they should not be prescribed like handing out lollies, as they have been?

By: ~Shells~

~Shells~ — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:50:56 +0000

Previously HEALTHY, ACTIVE mom of twin boys…
20 pills of AVELOX and LEVAQUIN (prescribed for sinus infection) completely altered and interrupted my life and the lives of those I love.

FLUOROQUINOLONES such as CIPRO, LEVAQUIN, AVELOX
(and more), are TOXIC chemotherapeutic agents commonly prescribed by doctors as “antibiotics”.

The Black-box warning for tendon damage is just the tip of the iceberg!! The ADVERSE-REACTIONS caused by these drugs are NOT mere “side-effects”, but the result of damage to DNA, due to the TOXICITY of this class of drug. These severe reactions are often permanent and disabling. These reactions may also be delayed resulting in “misdiagnosis” because the doctor and patient fail to connect the “symptoms” to the drug.

In 2003 I ingested 20 pills total of AVELOX and LEVAQUIN, as prescribed by my doctor to treat a sinus infection. My life has been hell on earth ever since, w/ the progression of severe, disabling adverse reactions. Today as I post these words, I can add Premature Ventricular Contractions (heart-palpitations),to the never-ending list of ADR’s. I have also recently had an X-ray of my neck because of sudden pain so severe, I could hardly hold up my head…and am now awaiting an MRI.

Every morning when I open my eyes, I awaken to this nightmare. There is a “sickness” that feels like my body has been poisoned. My hands and feet are swelled and sore…my entire body is stiff and painful…heart-palpitations, vibrations throughout my body…ringing in my ears…bleeding specks of sores on my skin…and a full, bloated feeling in my gut…I feel like I should be dead. It is only by the grace of God, and the love of my 2 children that I am able to pull myself up out of bed, and make it painfully down the stairs. Crying will do no good, as I know I must be strong to fight this horrendous ordeal that has become my life. Knowing that there are others who are living this nightmare gives me a sense of strength…and compassion. There are no more words to described what we are going through emotionally, let alone physically. How could something so unbelievably criminal have happened to us?? And why is this insanity being allowed to continue?? How many more innocent people will have their lives destroyed…how many more must suffer…how many more must die….before something is done?? Someone tell me, what will it take??

Diagnosed w/ arthralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, tendinitis both elbows, enlarged lymph nodes, PVC…and now awaiting an MRI of my neck… still seeing doctor after doctor, and specialists who can only treat the “symptoms”, but unfortunately not the cause.

The Black-Box warning for tendon damage is hardly sufficient and long-overdue.

The poisons that robbed my children of a mother were AVELOX and LEVAQUIN…20 pills. I traded a sinus infection for this life of pain and misery.

http://blog.garymoller.com/200.....-with.html

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:06:00 +0000

My husband took Cipro 500mg in 1998. Around 11 months “after” taking it he had his first rupture in 1999, another in 2000 & also 1 more in 2001. Muscles are also affected by ruptures. The quadriceps needs to be listed as possible tendons involved in ruptures on the warning as well as muscles can also rupture. These ruptures & avulsions came without warning that this was going to happen. The doctors didn’t know why this happened. In 2004, he took Cipro XR 1000. This was the second time he had ever taken a Cipro medicine. Around 11 months “after” the rupturing began again in 2005. He had 3 ruptures in 2005. Again the doctors didn’t know what caused this. Ruptures & tendinitis aren’t the only adverse reactions that occur after taking these medicines. There are far worse ones that aren’t being mentioned. My husband has quite a few of them as does so many other people. I feel the current warnings are still rather misleading. My husband was in his early 40’s & in great physical condition. “After” on the warning that mentions rare occurrence of tendinitis & tendon ruptures can occur while or AFTER taking these medicines means more than a few weeks or months but instead a much longer period of time. My husband is disabled now because of all his injuries.