Holy Crap

"You are NOT to take a steroid with levaquin. This is a deadly combination which increases your risk of an adverse reaction to the levaquin. Levaquin belongs to the class of drugs known as fluoroquinolones. Side effects include spontaneous tendon ruptures, irreversible peripheral nueropathy, chronic joint and muscle pain, severe insomonia as well as hundreds of other serious adverse reactions. I would suggest you log unto www.fqresearch.org and review the 4000 plus medical journal articles and post marketing reports that detail how toxic and dangerous this class of drugs are. These drugs are a drug of last resort only to be used when the patient faces the loss of life or limb. They are NOT a first line agent for any disease. It is plainly stated in the package insert that you are NOT to combine steroids with this class as severe adverse reactions to the central nervous system may result. Not trying to scare you but trying to avoid you facing a life of pain and misery as so many other patients have. The number of people who have had serious and even fatal adverse reactions to these drugs cannot even be counted. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois has filed a petition with the FDA demanding Black Box warnings for this class. This is THE strongest warning you will find on any drug. The next step is removal from clinical use."

This is a comment I received after my post about being on these medications. It's got me a bit freaked...so I'm going to look into this.

I just called the pharmacy...and they are FINE to take together. There are some extreme side effects to Levaquin....but chances are after over a week I would have started feeling them by now if I was prone to them.

Whew!