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 |
| 1 | UTI | Wound up in ER with a broken pelvis/arm. Was told I had a UTI after a routine urine culture and was put on Levaquin for 5 days. The UTI did go away and was confirmed with a second culture but by the time I came out of hospital and was done with 2 weeks of rehab, I noticed that my neck was making a severe crunching sound every time I turned my head and there were times where it felt like my head itself was being compressed, as in a vice. The Physical Therapist who treated me after I left the hospital said I had loose tendons in my arms and legs and very loose joints...everything was slipping around. It's now 8 months since my major accident. I'm left with a horrible tinnitus and almost a completely stuffed up ear. I can hardly hear out of my left ear which is something that occurred after I took this drug. Many of the side effects I'm reading here are my own. Anxiety, depression and the feeling that something is seriously wrong with my tendons all over my body. | F | 68 | 5 days 1X day | 5/3/2011 | 1 | I have had horrible fatigue, joint and muscle pain since taking this drug and was not warned at all of the potential side effects. | F | 41 | 14 days 2X day | 4/29/2011 | 1 | "just in case" | Was given one IV dose of Levaquin, "just in case" because WBC count was SLIGHTLY elevated following food poisoning. Reaction was immediate....felt I was being burned by acid for 8 days straight. Extreme pain through entire body for months. | Has left permanent damage to peripheral nervous system, right foot is atrophying. 10 months later still walking with cane, had to get hand controls for my car. Increased pain in all joints with activity. Muscle fatigue even doing simple tasks (ie folding towels, etc) Tendon pain in both feet. I never took meds, now on daily pain meds and anti-seizure meds for nerve pain/damage. This med causes pure hell. www.floxedbylevaquin.com | F | 43 | 1 days 1X day | 4/26/2011 | 5 | Pneumonia | None, felt much better after 2 days of treatment. | Best drug in the world for Pneumonia! | M | 40 | 10 days 500 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | Pneumonia | BEWARE OF THIS DRUG!!!!! I am experiencing Fluoroquinolone toxicity. This drug has caused Whole Body Joint, Tendon and Muscle Pain, Tenderness, Joint Popping and Fatigue. I am also experiencing Migraines and Insomnia. | This drug should only be given in life or death situations. I am a 19 yo man, whose life has so far been ruined by this medication. I hope the side effects reverse, but so far nothing. It's been 10 weeks and I can't work, or go to school due to the pain, tenderness, popping and fatigue in my whole body. The pain is unrelenting. | M | 19 | 7 days 750 mg 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | infection | Pure Hell for 6 years now. | Read fbook page under resources before you take a quin. [email for link] | F | 51 | 10 days 500 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 1 | I was starting my second round of antibotice for a sinus infection by the end of day one I was expericance sholder pain. On day two, I was woke up multiable times in the night from pain and couldn't hardly lift my purse, which hadn't even been a problem 3 weeks prior after a hystorectomy. One day 3 I was up at 530 am calling my 24 pharmacy to ask the pharmacist about it and checking it out online. | I am allergic to penicillin so the doctor thought this would be a good option for me as a Zpac had done nothing for my sinus infection. I will never be taking this again. | F | 40 | 3 days 1X day | 4/24/2011 | 1 | The Fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics (Cipro, Avelox, Levaquin) are widely known to be toxic. The side effects are not as rare as they would like you to believe. | If you have taken this drug and suffered side effects and would like to communicate with a caring group of individuals who have also suffered, please go to www.facebook.com/fluoroquinolonetoxicity | F | 17 | 1X day | 4/23/2011 | 1 | Prepare for surgery | Life changing severe pain started around joints and spine, then pain in all muscles accompanied by cramping. Severe migraine type headaches, with dizzyness, extreme fatigue. Muscle weakness continues 5 months later. Hands painful and could not hold silverware. My skin is now paper like compared to before takig this drug. My quality of life is deeply impaired and I fear I wil never be the same again. The neck, hip and leg pain is non-stop. | This is life threatening should be removed from market. | F | 64 | 7 days 1X day | 4/14/2011 | 5 | sinus infection & hydrinitis | Have never had side effects from Levaquin and I have taken it for many years for sinus infections and a bad case of Hidrinitis supportiva, it is the ONLY abx that works for my HS. However this time they gave me an initial shot in the hip area and that area is sore & tender | F | 35 | 10 days 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 2 | staph infection | Torn muscle in my calf 17 days after finishing this drug. | I would not take it again unless there was no other drug to take. | F | 67 | 10 days 750 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 1 | Bronchitis | Ear pain, throat pain similar to what I had when I was on avelox this summer. I spent 6 months on anti-seizure meds when it may have been a reaction to this class of antibiotics | Done with this class of antibiotics... | F | 44 | 4 days 750 mg 1X day | 4/6/2011 | 1 | peri-rectal abcess and colitis | i took this drug with flagyl.... the most deadly combo. flagyl alone is horrible, but mixed with this? WHOAH! i have had the worst experience ever. this medication has given me knee problems, diarreha, dizziness, nausa, yeast infection, kidney pains, restlessness. i also have been itchy all over. | Some things that have helped if you have had my symptoms: 1.) i did an at home kidney flush for the pains and used a heating pad on my back. drink half a glass of water mixed with half a glass of cranberry juice... and drink half of your weight in fl. oz. of that throughout the day. so if you weigh 100 lbs. drink 50 fl oz. of cranberry mixed with water all day long. after a day of this the kidney pains went away. i did have to repeat this after my final day of taking the meds. 2.) probiotics for my gut. i ate yogurt for snacks and took a probiotic pill twice a day. it helps to do this during and after to help with yeast infections. it may even prevent one from occuring. 3.) i did buy a liver cleanse herbal pill to help my body as well. the antibiotics harm the liver and kidneys the most. also no caffeine.... it will help the kidneys process the antibiotic and clean it out of your system faster. i hope this helps someone. hang in there. | F | 28 | 7 days 500 2X day | 4/4/2011 | 1 | Colitis | Caused golfers elbow in both elbows. Have it to this day. | DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | M | 33 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 4/3/2011 | 1 | pneumonia | extreme and ongoing pain in joints, muscles and tendons. Loss of appetite and nausea-weight loss due to nausea. severe Headache and back pain. | I was prescribed Levaquin in the ER as I went in and was diagnosed with pneumonia. They gave it to me via IV and I immediately was very nauseous and almost threw up. I was sent home with another 6 day dosage. I only got to day 4 as the side effects so were bad, it was worse than having the pneumonia. Went to my regular Dr and was promptly taken off the Levaquin and then had to have large amount of bloodwork done. I have been off the meds for 2 days, but the joint, tendon and muscle pain is still severe and makes it hard to walk; have to sit down or lye down constantly. Still getting over the nausea, and my headaches are slowly going away but not fully. Dr is afraid I might have permanent damage to my muscles/tendons due to the medicine, and I only had 5 days worth! I also have cold feet and tingling in them, especially at night. This medicine should be reserved as a life saving measure ONLY and not widely distributed for less severe cases, the side effects are worse than the original issue!! | F | 28 | 5 days 500 1X day | 4/1/2011 | 1 | Bronchitis | Experienced all side effects --AFTER-- I took the medication...actually about 1 mo after...See my note: | Sudden, unexplained tingling in my right lower leg with nerve muscle spasms. Some days there would be pain in my lower leg, and a feeling of "tightness" around my ankle. Horrible medication. DO NOT TAKE!!! | M | 33 | 10 days 750 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 1 | sinus infection w/asthma | Insomnia & anxiety | I was prescribed this drug to treat what was essentially a really bad cold, with a bit of wheezing. The doctor asked me what antibiotic I liked, and I said "I don't know." She said, well, since you have the asthma, Levaquin would knock it out as it's pretty strong. I don't really know what type of infection would warrant such a drug. I received a leaflet full of warnings from the pharmacy and it states that this is the drug used for exposure to Anthrax. That should give you an idea right away that this is serious stuff. The insomnia and difficulty sleeping was awful. I took it for three days and then just stopped. I would rather be with my cold symptoms than being up all night and not even feeling like I want to sleep. I am 2 days off the drug and still struggling to get to sleep properly. | F | 32 | 5 days 1X day | 3/31/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | I started getting warm sensations in my legs and now they are swollen and painful. Not only my legs, but my arms hurt as if Ive been lifting weights. I can barely get out of a chair it hurts so BAD. and to top it off, LEVAQUIN DIDNT WORK. I still have the sinus infection and the PAIN from hell | I would NEVER take levaquin again, I would rather have a sinus infection then the pain Im in after taking levaquin. | F | 39 | 21 days 750 1X day | 3/30/2011 | 1 | UTI | One hour after my first dose, the left side of my face was swollen, I was nauseous, shaking, with a rapid heart and trouble breathing. I immediately stopped taking this drug, and six months later I'm still sick from it. My other symptoms have been achiness, nausea so severe that I couldn't eat and lost 20 lbs in 2 mos, shakiness, headaches, muscle spasms, stomach problems (gastritis, hiatal hernia, IBS, bouts of constipation and diarrhea), can't tolerate cold, weakness, fatigue, dizziness, anxiety and trouble breathing. | Please DO NOT take this drug. There is no reason for it to be on the market! When I talked to my pharmacist, he told me there's no reason for the doctors to pull out the "big guns" like Levaquin for a simple UTI. This drug has taken the last 6 mos away from me, with no end in sight. All from one dose, and a severe reaction to it. I have been to so many doctors, and told them all the same thing: that I was a healthy, happy person before that UTI. That something happened then, and I haven't been the same since. After traveling across country to see a specialists, my official diagnosis was post-infectious IBS, though many of my symptoms shouldn't fall under that, and I was worried I was developing MS. Nobody would tell me it was due to the drug, though I knew that's when this all started. I even had one ER doctor tell me I just needed to be on antidepressants, though a week later at the very least my gastroenterologist found the gastritis and hernia. After reading many reviews, I feel for certain all of this stems from the very toxic Levaquin. I couldn't work for a few months, medical bills are piling up, and I have two young children that have lost their mother to the bed and bathroom floor. Physicians, please stop prescribing this medicine! It's ruining lives!!! | F | 39 | 1 days 750 MG 1X day | 3/27/2011 | 1 | Strep, Bronchitis | Severe hip pain, anxiety, paranoia, restlessness, rapid heart rate, cold sweats, nightmares, trembling, felt like skin was crawling, felt like I was going crazy | I have taken this med before with no problem so I thought this time would be the same, was I ever wrong. Shortly after taking my first dose, I began to be very agitated. I couldn't get comfortable. Then I noticed a pain in my hip that would not go away no matter what I did. I tried to sleep and would have terrible nightmares. Numerous times I awoke in a cold sweat and had to take a shower. The next day awoke in a freezing cold sweat with heart racing. Stood up and almost passed out, legs very shaky and heart racing. I realized this was from the levaquin and stopped immediately. It took another 24 hours to begin to feel better and I would never want to go through that again it was horrible. I would suffer through anything physical over that! | F | 39 | 2 days 500 1X day | 3/22/2011 |