Ankle pain.tendinitis

[charles468]

My ankles are killing me.I have tendonitis for years and now I have very bad pain.I am taking Paracetamol in the night time.What I should do?Please

[CDreamer]

Hi Charles - I don’t think this is anything we can help with - you need to go see your doctor.

[charles468 in reply to CDreamer]

My gp said only cortisone injection would help.I am allergic to cortisone

[BobD Volunteer]

If you have AF then plese do not take ibuprofen or similar but since we are not doctors please see your GP soonest.

[Bagrat]

In view of your issues with cortisone I would look to a physio or chiropractor. My husband and several friends have had to put up with this and the right sort of massage and/ or exercises can help. It's not a quick fix but it does improve.

[Ppiman]

My tendinitis has been far worse since my arrhythmia issues began earlier this year. I can’t find anything to help it so I look forward to the replies you receive.

Steve

[Auriculaire in reply to Ppiman]

Do you think it could be the meds you take that exacerbate the tendonitis. I too have had a worsening of my tendonitis .

[Ppiman in reply to Auriculaire]

Hi. I don’t know what is causing it and my doctor - otherwise excellent - has no idea, either. All tests are normal. I’m only on rivaroxaban now, after my ablation, so it could be that. It’s said to be common in over sixties and I just have to put up with it. I tend not to get constant pain, only sudden stabbing pains in my thumb, forearm, elbow and knee, along with hotness in my feet. It’s an odd condition.

Steve

[MarkS]

Agree with Bagrat, try a physio. They can help build up the muscles in your ankle which is the best long term solution.

[seasider18]

When I first had tendonitis many years ago after walking to much on holiday I went to Physio and found that ultrasound treatment helped before the exercise programme. I was then all right for years until prescribed Cipro and Fluoroquinolones for prostate infections. The most common side effects from them is tendonitis or even ruptured tendons. Were you ever prescribed them ? The drug can lie dormant for a long time and be triggered by other drugs in my case bisoprolol and later another anti biotic.

Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Syndrome is well documented and the drugs are now supposed to kept for major infections.

[Auriculaire in reply to seasider18]

Hi Seasider- as a fellow floxie I was really intrigued by your reply. I have noticed a worsening of my tendonitis and joint pain since taking beta blockers. I have now been on these for 18 months ( Bisoproplol and the last 5 months Nebivolol). I have felt less fatigued on the latter but recently my skeletal pain has become much worse and I am considering weaning off as the reviews on askapatient mention hip and knee pain frequently. I know I have some arthritis in the right hip as a recent xray showed it but the left hip is also painful and the xray did not show damage. I have never come across beta blockers being responsible for floxing flares- do you have any links for this?

[seasider18 in reply to Auriculaire]

No actual links to it but when prescribed bisoprolol was when I was as I later realised I was initially Floxed. It did in the main wear off when stopping bisoprolol apart from some neuropathy in my lower left leg. I thought that it was behind me until I was prescribed another antibiotic CLARITHROMYCIN within days I could hardly walk.

I had from earlier symptoms seen an orthopaedic consultant and had a neurology appointment for the following week.

The neurologist was very good and did a wide range of tests including an head MRI, EMG tests and genetic tests with no definite conclusions. A later know all neurologist looked at my gait and said CMT. I said that the EMG and genetic tests had not shown that. Not to have his opinion doubted he said did they do the right tests did they interpret them correctly.

Prior to bisoprolol I had problems with amiodarone the second time I was prescribed it that caused me balance problems but was that also linked to the previous cipro ? Amiodorone like Cipro/Fluoroquinolones stays in your system for years.

Using amiodarone together with ciprofloxacin is not recommended. Combining these drugs can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm that may be serious. You should seek immediate medical attention if you develop sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or fast or pounding heartbeats during treatment with amiodarone or ciprofloxacin. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor

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drugs.com/cipro.html

[Auriculaire in reply to seasider18]

I did have a cardiac reaction to Cipro when getting it on a drip in combo with Flagyl in hospital in 2014. They stopped it but did not tell me my reaction was due to the drug and that I should never take it again! After my discharge from hospital a few days later I had an episode of tachy . It might have been afib as well but it only lasted about 3 hours and when I went to my GP the next day all was normal . He was puzzled as he thought it was unlikely to be a reaction to the Flagyl that I was still taking orally since I had had no alcohol. I guess he had never heard of delayed reactions to Fluoroquinolones. Because the gastroenterologist never wrote about my reaction to Cipro my GP gave it to me 9 months later for a suspected UTI. Luckily I only took one capsule but a week later I was taken to hospital with a major attack of afib. Coincidence? I think not.

I have never been prescribed amiodarone. My afib is not that bad ( 6 attacks in 5 years ) and my last attack was a year ago. I have weaned off Bisoprolol after the attack that I went to hospital for with the blessing of my cardiologist. I went back on it after going into afib last year -again in hospital after major bowel surgery. I then had two further attacks last year. I have started to reduce my dose by shaving a tiny bit off the quarter if the 5mg Nebivolol tablet I take. I will never take a FQ again and wear a pendant that says "No Fluoroquinolones''. If my pain reduces with a lower dose I will wean off altogether if possible. The trouble is that I get relapses of my floxing symptoms and it is hard to know what the culprit is. I don't think the doctor will be bothered about reducing the beta blocker as long as I am taking the Apixaban. After all the meds are about QOL and if my pain improves my QOL is definitely going to be better.

[seasider18 in reply to Auriculaire]

I phoned the hospital prior to going in to have my aortic valve replaced to tell them that I thought I had prostatitis. They said that was OK but in the theatre they evidently could not get a catheter in so had to use a supra pubic one and they gave me fluoroquinolone. When I came out of hospital eight days later I went to my GP asking him how I could have tendonitis after not having walked for a week.

Some time later he prescribed it again and after two days I had tendon pain and the other reactions again so stopped it. The same happened later with Cipro.

Do you know this site ?

floxiehope.com/

I did not like the Wafarin effects and NOAC's are contra indicated with a tissue valve so I paid to have an Amplatzer amulet fitted in Spring 2017.

[Auriculaire in reply to seasider18]

Yes , I have been registered at Floxiehope for nearly four years -since finding out about floxing. I post there under my own name. I am not on Facebook so have never joined any groups there. I also post at a French floxie forum. I think that as far as denial in the medical profession is concerned things are as bad or even worse here . Probably due to most of the scientific research about how noxious the FQs are being in English. My GP does read English and I have taken him some stuff linked to by Lisa and I think he has changed his mind quite a bit about prescribing FQs. I am pretty sure I was floxed twice in England in 1989 and 1999 so I have had 30 years of my health blighted by FQs. I did improve a lot before but this time age is not on my side.

[seasider18 in reply to Auriculaire]

My GP is very open minded and I gave him a recording of Miriam's presentation to the EMA conference in London last year plus the chairpersons summing up.

[Auriculaire in reply to seasider18]

Miriam is brilliant. I correspond with her regularly. At her instigation I testified by email to the enquiry. Her presentation was very impressive but she's pretty miffed with the milk and water outcome of the proceedings. And rightly. The recommendations are very mild and the classification of the reactions as very rare is ridiculous. Makes cynics like me suspect that the protection of Bayer's profits was more on the EMA's agenda than the protection of patients.

[seasider18 in reply to Auriculaire]

I was also very disappointed a the recommendations as the summing up had seemed quite positive and Miriam's invitation to go to London to discuss PIF wording with the MHRA was promising but another let down.

In many third world countries you can just walk into a pharmacy and buy it.

GP's here are allowing patients to get a private prescription before going on holiday in case of holiday tummy. Our GP's web site has a list of things that you can self treat and that is one of them.

I get Google alerts for the drugs and the harm is being well publicised around the world but most of the alerts are on investment and company profits.

American TV stations are doing features on the harm being done.

10news.com/news/team-10/tea...

[Auriculaire in reply to seasider18]

OMG!!! That'appalling. Prophylactic for holiday tummy! Hos about just being careful about what you eat and drink? Are you in the UK? I avoid all farmed prawns because I have read that those from the Far East use FQs .

[seasider18]

It being prescribed for holiday tummy was featured in the EMA conference by a few victims.

I'm in Sussex. I don't like shellfish actually as a child I lived in Edinburgh and just didn't fancy them. Family and friends all used to collect them from the shore and cook them except from Musselburgh where at that time the huge beds were contaminated .