[jobenjo]

I had a single pill of levofloxin about three years ago (for pneumonia). I woke up the next day, barely able to walk, with mass tendonopathy (tendon loss) in my arms and legs. I did the research and found out the dangers immediately, but one pill was enough to cause massive damage for me. My recovery took about ~2 years and was slow and challenging, but I'm now part of a facebook group where I see I'm one of the lucky ones. Many people have horrible symptoms and aren't recovering years out. New people join daily.

[thenanyu]

I took 4/10 doses 6 years ago and basically experienced the same thing — it's terrifying and the effects linger forever, but I feel thankful and lucky to have my life back

[mattigames]

The most worrying part is probably that they gave you a full pill; it seems that something so likely to fail should be given as a microdose to check if its well tolerated by the patient.

[jobenjo]

In the future, I hope there's a blood test to check for susceptibility... There is already talk of a gene that many people who get fluoroquinolone toxicity have in common.