Healing Levaquin Tendonitis
Since Your Doctor Doesn't Have Anything To Help

There is almost nothing out there on the internet about Healing Levaquin Tendonitis. And there is certainly nothing useful coming from doctors and the medical community (that is still prescribing Levaquin and Cipro, btw).

There is, however, a lot of information about the side effects of the Levaquin medication on tendons. Unfortunately, that won't help you heal from them.

What Exactly Causes Tendon Rupture from Levaquin Use?

I wonder...do scientists and researchers really not know exactly how and why the Levaquin antibiotic causes tendons to get damaged so quickly? That's scarey.

It seems that cytotoxicity from the Levaquin medication causes inhibition of fibroblast proliferation. This means that the cells that constantly produce the cellular matrix of tendons lessen or stop producing.

This means that the constant breakdown of tissue is no longer being replaced. The pathologic mechanisms responsible for Levaquin induced tendonopathy seem to be multifactorial. Studies have implicated ischemic, toxic, and matrix-degrading processes.

Certainly, part of the cytotoxic effects could be from Levaquine somehow blocking tendon tissue from absorbing nutrients and/or oxygen.

If it could quickly block a tendon cell's ability to absorb nutrients, Tendonosis would start to happen instantly, and quickly progress. Tendonosis is a deterioration, degeneration, and cell death due to lack of circulation/nutrients. Pain is a symptom, and rupture becomes a possibility.

Regardless of the cause, this degeneration is happening. Cell damagage and pain have been reported as quickly as 2 hours after starting Levaquin dosage. Something bad is happening in there.

It also appears that Levaquin causes DNA damage. This would mean that as new cells are produced, they are produced with damage/problem such that the body doesn't actually -heal-.

Levaquin Tendonitis
What to do about it

The Levaquin antibiotic has the potential to really mess up your body/tendon tissue with lasting structural deterioration and doctors, scientists, and researchers don't yet know the cause of Levaquin Tendonitis.

While they don't have a 'cure', my partner and I- after doing MUCH research, testing and working with many people with Levaquin Tendonitis and toxicity, have figured out a few things that DO help..

Obviously, stopping the use of Levaquin is a mandatory first step. Stop the source of the damage, and then try to counter and repair Levaquin side effects issues.

I saw on a forum today a person say "I'm taking Levaquin but I'm being careful."

There is no 'being careful'. There's either taking it, or not. Taking less may be safer than taking more, but ultimately, if you are taking any Levaquin dosage, you're at risk for Levaquin Tendonitis.

The problem here is that the agent in the Levaquin that causes the damage may get absorbed into the tendon, and hang out in there. This could be a factor in 'permanent' damage, in that taking it once can set you up for ongoing pain and damage.

Still, stopping the use of Levaquin is a required step to preventing more damage and beginning the process of helping your body heal itself.

Not taking it in the first place is the only certain way to avoid damage. Unfortunately, it's too late for too many people that have already trusted their doctors and taken their prescriptions.

Supporting the body's own healing processes, stopping the damage that is currently occurring and stopping the oxidative damage and stress that is going on in the body should be your PRIME focus in order to heal. Here are some suggestions to help:

1. Increase your protein and mineral intake. You want to get as much building blocks to the tendon. Use Bone Broth as the best Tendon Supplements to get all the collagen and mineral nutrients your body needs to heal and repair the damage Levaquin causes.

Often, damage doesn't heal because the body isn't getting enough of the necessary building blocks. And western diets- even in those who think that their diet is 'great'- are often seriously lacking in the nutrient department.

Protein deficiency can lead to weak collagen and tendon structures that may have contributed to the ability of the Quinolones to harm so badly in the first place. .

Not everybody is affected, and nobody knows why.

2. Do the Ice Massage from the How To Reduce Inflammation page.

This will get waste product out and new blood and nutrition in.

Alternate heat and cold for a bigger circulatory effect. This will also help get any Levaquin antibiotic out of the tissue if it is free floating. If it is bonded to tendon tissue, it won't help so much.

Inflammation is of of the most serious indirect side effects of Levaquin, in the sense that where there's damage, there's inflammation. Icing will help knock out the inflammation process if you -overwhelm- it with cold.

Along with dialing down the Inflammation response, equally as important is getting waste product out of the tissue, new blood, nutrition, oxygen, and protein TO the tissue.

3. Read the Levaquin Tendonitis Treatment page and see what we are working on to get people well.

4. Get the Levaquin Tendonitis Solution. This book is the culmination of research, extensive testing and working with real people suffering from Levaquin Tendonitis. By far, this is the BEST solution out there for those suffering from Levaquin Tendonitis.

I believe that we can heal almost anything in our bodies, we just need to find the right tools to make that happen, and the Levaquin Tendonitis Solution is the right tool.

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