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BE CAREFUL - Warning
Just a warning - a lesson I just learned the hard way.
Me who googles everything. Me who reads every single pamphlet and drug interaction and has spent six? years here on this forum saying the exact same advice that I ignored myself.
I got sick this weekend pretty badly and went to the doctors. I was prescribed a new antibiotic and was told it was great stuff. OK went home and took it and felt worse. Couldn't even get out of bed for four days. Finally got to a computer today and googled it up........
DO NOT TAKE WITH LIVER DAMAGE MY CAUSE FATALITIES.
In addition it is contraindicated with just about every other medicine I am on and also is not supposed to be taken if you are allergic to the one medication that has been on my families charts for 15 years and is the first thing we ALWAYS tell medical professionals.
I should have caught this. In fact, if I was thinking half in my mind I would have but I was so sick I just went to bed. I know better.
Read every single medication that you get BEFORE you take it.
And by the way do not under any circumstance take Avelox for pneumonia.
No wonder I feel worse and I thought I was crazy thinking I looked sort of yellow the other day (that could have been my imagination though I always get worried about that when I am sick). Another doctor appt tomorrow to find out how bad this could have hurt my liver.
Wonderful after all of this!
Me who googles everything. Me who reads every single pamphlet and drug interaction and has spent six? years here on this forum saying the exact same advice that I ignored myself.
I got sick this weekend pretty badly and went to the doctors. I was prescribed a new antibiotic and was told it was great stuff. OK went home and took it and felt worse. Couldn't even get out of bed for four days. Finally got to a computer today and googled it up........
DO NOT TAKE WITH LIVER DAMAGE MY CAUSE FATALITIES.
In addition it is contraindicated with just about every other medicine I am on and also is not supposed to be taken if you are allergic to the one medication that has been on my families charts for 15 years and is the first thing we ALWAYS tell medical professionals.
I should have caught this. In fact, if I was thinking half in my mind I would have but I was so sick I just went to bed. I know better.
Read every single medication that you get BEFORE you take it.
And by the way do not under any circumstance take Avelox for pneumonia.
No wonder I feel worse and I thought I was crazy thinking I looked sort of yellow the other day (that could have been my imagination though I always get worried about that when I am sick). Another doctor appt tomorrow to find out how bad this could have hurt my liver.
Wonderful after all of this!
Glad you are feeling better.
New and improved meds are not always better for everyone.
We can't assume our doctors know or remember every med we are taking and so many meds are toxic to the liver for us that have liver damage. "Patient be ware". Of course when we are ill and out of sorts that last thing we want to do is read the "Cautions" and "Possible Side Effects" on our prescription bags.
I heard awhile ago that Walgreen's pharmacy was thinking about implementing software that would list all possible interactions between the meds that a patient is taking concurrently. In time I am sure this will be available from all pharmacies. It won't catch all interactions, no system if 100% effective, but it would be better then the system we have now where it is really up to the patient to read the"Cautions" and "Possible Side Effects" on each med. A patient could also access their med database over the Internet and look for warnings and drug interactions. Perhaps certain illnesses such as HCV infection or cirrhosis could be added to the database that would identify meds that have the potential for further damaging the liver?
Until then, this is one more thing that all patients should be doing on our own especially patients with serious illness.
Hectorsf
:)
New and improved meds are not always better for everyone.
We can't assume our doctors know or remember every med we are taking and so many meds are toxic to the liver for us that have liver damage. "Patient be ware". Of course when we are ill and out of sorts that last thing we want to do is read the "Cautions" and "Possible Side Effects" on our prescription bags.
I heard awhile ago that Walgreen's pharmacy was thinking about implementing software that would list all possible interactions between the meds that a patient is taking concurrently. In time I am sure this will be available from all pharmacies. It won't catch all interactions, no system if 100% effective, but it would be better then the system we have now where it is really up to the patient to read the"Cautions" and "Possible Side Effects" on each med. A patient could also access their med database over the Internet and look for warnings and drug interactions. Perhaps certain illnesses such as HCV infection or cirrhosis could be added to the database that would identify meds that have the potential for further damaging the liver?
Until then, this is one more thing that all patients should be doing on our own especially patients with serious illness.
Hectorsf
:)
i took levaquin prescribed by my treating doctor orally for three weeks when my anc went to 280 and I got and ear and throat infection. No liver enzyme issues during that time and I was being monitored for them every two weeks.
Still as you said I would certainly read the information and be informed about what I was taking.
- Dave
Still as you said I would certainly read the information and be informed about what I was taking.
- Dave
I'm paranoid but I am sure reading it all every single time.
I'm sure my liver will be fine too and boy I appreciate the calming words.
So many years of worrying about this stuff I admit to being completely and totally overparanoid.
But, I wont make the mistake again.
I'm sure my liver will be fine too and boy I appreciate the calming words.
So many years of worrying about this stuff I admit to being completely and totally overparanoid.
But, I wont make the mistake again.
Nygirl, When I was on treatment, I got sick and my neuts fell to zero, I was on IV levaquin for 15 days and went home with oral levaquin for a few more weeks. I have cirrhosis. My liver enzymes didn't even budge. I think you will be ok, too. While we have to be cautious and make sure our docs are doing the right thing, many of those warnings are weighed against the benefits of taking the drug.
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