LEVAQUIN Reviews (LEVOFLOXACIN)Average Rating: 1.7 (2159 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LEVAQUIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | pneumonia, bronchitis | More energy, slight problem sleeping but worth it. | After week of ZPack, nothing. Then was prescribed Levaquin, which started working within 2 hours. I thought that was impossible with an antibiotic, so started reading about it. Still have no idea how it works, but I am dramatically improved and after 2 doses ready to return to work. | F | 62 | 7 days 500 1X day | 4/29/2012 | 1 | sinus/ear/lung infection | 1/14/2012. I was given Levaquin and two steroid shots for an ear/sinus/lung infection 1/15 calf twitching 1/15 Chest pain acid indigestion 1/16 calf cramping 1/18 loud pop in left leg (like a gunshot) 2/24 Infection came back and a double round of Levaquin an steroids 3/6 Left shoulder starts crunching. 3/8 pin point pain in left hand 3/18 left hand ice cold, white as a sheet of paper. 3/20 right ham string starts hurting but higher up. At this point testing shows blood clot in the left forearm, more testing to come. I went from incredible health to blood clots, calf spasms, possibly two torn ham strings. I have ZERO risk factors for any of these problems. I am 56 race (raced) single speed mountain bikes, road bike about 400 miles a month. Blood panels were perfect, 11% body fat, 9.5% organ fat with a resting heart rate of 40 bpm, sleeping 25 bpm. I am looking for more info to help the doctors treat me. | Treating doctor, sold the Levaquin with out the BLACK BOX label that is required | M | 56 | 15 days 5 1X day | 4/29/2012 | 1 | UTI | this med made me phsically ill. i felt weak, sick, couldnt stop throwing up, and blacked out. HORRIBLE DRUG | F | 26 | 2 days 1X day | 4/27/2012 | 1 | pneumonia | double vision | I realize most people don't read this until they are already taking the drug, but as far as i am concerned (from what i have read online, and all the law suits against it), no one should ever take this. While taking it, I started having double vision, so i googled double vision to see what might be causing it, and in the corner of one of the websites was a box saying fluoroquinolones (levaquin) were known to cause this... sometimes irreversibly. (it was not listed in the info that came with the rx as a possible side effect, (standard warnings for headaches and stomach distress) but it IS mentioned on the levaquin website. it has been 2 weeks since i stopped taking this, and i am hopeful that it is getting better. (I am also hopeful that i do not develop any of the other problems which the makers of the drug admit can show up for several months after you stop taking it). Definitely, if i had known any of what i know now, i would have asked for a different medication. | F | 65 | 7 days 750mg 1X day | 4/25/2012 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe nausea, insomnia, constipation, and on the 3rd night woke to extreme muscle weakness and pain in my arms as well as leg cramps. The tendons in my arms swelled and I am still suffering 3 weeks later. I am incurring more symptoms such as shoulder & neck pain, swollen tmj, & my teeth hurt. I'm stiff all the time now and struggle to pick up my 2 babies. This is a dreadful drug and I cry myself to sleep every night wishing i'd never taken it. I'm in constant pain. Even worse is every doctor I've talked to doesn't believe it was the medicine & try to write it off. It's frustrating not feeling heard & knowing there's nothing to help me now. I was an active, healthy, happy person before taking levaquin. | F | 34 | 3 days 750mg | 4/21/2012 | 1 | for surgery | I V | It is poison | F | 58 | 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 1 | infection in foot from rusty nail | ankle pain, major shoulder pain like I dislocated it, lethargy, overall body aches, foot pain, thumb pain, feeling like I am 90 yrs. old in bad shape. | I am a movement/fitness coach, exercise physiologist that is other wise healthy. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG-EVER. I am pissed nobody told me of the BLACK BOX warning. | F | 47 | 10 days 500 1X day | 4/18/2012 | 2 | To kill bacteria before surgery | Ache in thigh for 3 days. Woke me up. | Surgeons say it will make surgery safe by killing all bacteria in body. They don't say how awful the drug side effects are. Thank God I only took two. | M | 70 | 1 days 30mg 2X day | 4/7/2012 | 1 | UTI | brain fog, joint and tendon pain, nightmares, fumbling for words, slurred speech, memory problems, depersonalisation, brain lesion (confirmed by MRI) | DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON! IT HAS DESTROYED THE LIFE OF THOUSANDS! ASK FOR A SAFER NON-QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC! | F | 46 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 4/4/2012 | 1 | sinus infection | Seems to have triggered shingles though no rash has appeared. There is an internal sensation of itching now, but earlier lymph nodes were tender all over the upper torso, then sharply painful, then muscles all tight. Taking benadryl makes it stop. Only a small dose is needed 12.5mg, and the effect lasts about 20 hours. | This medicine fixed the sinus problem within two days, but I kept taking it for seven. I should have stopped when I felt cured, in my opinion. Taking it longer seems toxic to the body. | F | 56 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 4/1/2012 | 1 | pnemonia | Could not breath anymore, my heart rate topped and ended up on life support. I would never in my life take this drug again. stay away from this drug and always ask your doctor what their giving you. It comes under another name call Levoflaxocin, | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG - SEVERE BLACK BOX WARNING ISN'T ENOUGH | M | 63 | 1 days 30 1X AN | 3/27/2012 | 1 | uterine infection | Day 1 immediate brain fog; intense nausea two hours after first pill; psychadelic nightmares; insomnia; kept jolting awake. Day 2 fatigue; nausea; a few muscle spasms; distinct feeling of not being like myself; nightmares; insomnia. My doctor told me side effects were rare and urged me to finish the course of meds (14 days! ha!). I took myself off. | Please do some research before you take this pill. I really wish I had. I've got neurotic worries about long-term damage to my central nervous system floating through my head now- | F | 31 | 2 days 500 1X day | 3/22/2012 | 5 | severe chest and ear infection | No major side effects, the first night it was hard to sleep, after that it was ok. | I avoided this medication for years due to all the bad comments. Z pack, and omicef do not work any more, so I dreaded this drug, and when you have fluid and green slime coming out of both ears, you will try anything. The first night it was hard to sleep, but after that no major problems, and it cleared up the chest, sinus, and ears. My appetite decreased, which was ok. I tried avalox before and it made me feel like a zombie,and it might have messed up one of my skin tendons, but no problem with this. I do not know why there are so many scary reviews. Most people do not seek out these boards to give good reviews, so I understand that if I had a bad reaction, I would want everyone to know. | M | 53 | 10 days 500 1X day | 3/21/2012 | 1 | walking pneumonia | insomnia; restlessness; agitation; paranoia; joint/tendon/muscle pain; rapid heartrate; rapid breathing; depression; slurred speech; memory loss | I was a very healthy and active person until I took this drug. I was give a ten day course and had to stop after two. I thought I was going to lose my mind. Three days later dealing with joint/tendon/muscle pain; can't speak properly; can't concentrate on anything; can no longer workout; depressed; tooth broke in half (never had one single problem with any tooth before that)); appetite has changed; mood changed; takes effort to just even laugh. I wish I could just go back and never take this poison. Fuck drug companies. Fuck doctors. Fuck everything. | M | 29 | 2 days 750 1X day | 3/21/2012 | 3 | Sinusitis | I took only two doses and I started to have jaw pain,chest pain and shoulder pain,I stopped the medication. | F | 48 | 2 days 500mg | 3/18/2012 | 5 | pneumonia | The side effects are real and it do hurt, but if you have something serious like pneumonia, it's better than the alternative. Just relax and let the medicine do its thing. You'll be better soon. | M | 35 | 1X day | 3/5/2012 | 1 | Bronchitis | Excrutiating abdomable pain. My legs and hips are hurting at the slightest movement. indomnia. | F | 56 | 7 days 500 mg | 3/2/2012 | 1 | Ear infection | Took it only once at bedtime and woke up in the middle of the night short of breath and with both my eyes swollen shut. I have the same reaction to penicillin. | Probably contraindicated for people with drug sensitivities | F | 59 | 1 days 1X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | Pneumonia | I was finally diagnosed with Pneumonia after several weeks. By the time I was able to get in with my primary care doctor I felt like I was going to drown on my own fluids. I was given a shot of the Levaquin in the office. I was then prescribed 1 pill of Levaquin for the next 10 days. I have to admit I felt much better by Monday afternoon after having the shot. But today is Thursday (3 days later) I was feeling much better when I woke up (other than a cramp I have in my right leg) but within a few hours of taking the pill I started feeling funny again. I can not stop sweating, my mind feels confused, I almost feel like I am in a fog and my leg still hurt. I also noticed that I was having problems formulating sentences and reading. I just got off the phone with my doctor and she said for me to stop the Levaquin immediately.... she is calling me in a prescription for Omnicef. I hope that I start to feel better tomorrow once this medicine works it way out of my system. | After talking to my doctor I looked Levaquin up on the internet and came across this site. I wish I had done some research on the medication before hand but when you feel like you are dying you will do and take about anything. | F | 33 | 10 days 500MG 1X day | 3/1/2012 | 1 | Pneumonia | Day 3 noticed a little muscle spams, skin rash that itches and insomnia. By day 5 can't sleep at all, skin rash (small little red bumps but not noticeable) just noticeable to the touch of the skin and very bad muscle spasms where my whole body would jerk or my legs would jerk but somewhere/ anywhere on my body a muscle would jerk and it's noticeable bc husband watched as I laid there trying to sleep. | F | 38 | 10 days 500mg | 2/29/2012 |