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Swollen Knee Due To Fluid Retention. Pain And Popping Sound. Side Effects Of Leviquin?

how can i counter the effects of leviquin my knee is so swollen have had 60 and 50 milililetres of fluid drained off and it keeps coming back and the drs. don't have enough data on it to deal with it it was doing good after the second draiage but had a slight pop in the back of my knee and the pain is excrutiating i've had 5 surgeries on my right shoulder and am on 30 mgs 3x a day and it doesn't touch the pain i need help
Thu, 6 Jun 2013
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hi, i don't think this is the effect of leviquin. it is probably osteoartritis with effusion (accumulation of synovial fluid). you may benefit from an intra articular infiltration of a steroidal anti-inflammatory. goodluck
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Swollen Knee Due To Fluid Retention. Pain And Popping Sound. Side Effects Of Leviquin?

hi, i don t think this is the effect of leviquin. it is probably osteoartritis with effusion (accumulation of synovial fluid). you may benefit from an intra articular infiltration of a steroidal anti-inflammatory. goodluck