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 |
| 4 | UTI | Headache, dry eyes | I am allergic to a lot of antibiotics, so the Dr. gave me 250mg. which is a low dose. I suppose this is why the side effects have not been too bad. It cleared up the UTI. | F | 55 | 10 days 250mg 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 1 | bronchitis | started with shoulder pain, cortizone worked for a very short time,ended with a severe rotator cuff tear & first surgery, 3 months later still can't used my arm 2nd surgery performed in July. finally able to lift my arm & going to therapy 3x a week until Dec. at least. | I WOULD NEVER TAKE LEVAQUIN AGAIN!!!! | F | 68 | 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Within 10 minutes of taking my first dose I became extremely nervous, felt anxious and confused. Could not sleep and suffered the entire night with hallucinations of hearing my son crying for me (he was sound asleep) and music playing, although all TV's and radio's were turned off in the house. And my eyes became sentative to light. | It's now been 12 1/2 hours after taking my first does and I am still feeling the side effects. I do not recommend this medication. | F | 46 | 1 days 500 mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | possible uti | this med is so terrible, i can't get the thought of offing myself out of my head!!! :( its so aweful, im normally very happy and clear headed but since taking this med (over a month ago) i haven't slept more than an hour per night, i'll fall asleep and within the hour wake up in a panic with all kinds of uncotrolable muscle spasms. This is making me lose my mind litterally! i'm constantly so tired that i can't even think enough to do the simplest of tasks. Everyone around me thinks that i've gone completly loony, but i'm glad i found this page so i can prove to evryone it's not just me!!! | Besides the mental problems which also include extreme paranoia and fear, there is also physical pain. but i can live with pain if my mind could just be reversed!!! I want to be me again!!!... Physically tho i can barely walk due to tightness in heals, my feet and arms tingle (almost feels like eletricution), i've lost all sex drive and have found that my skin doesn't feel anything painful or pleasant. Random convulsions and muscle spasms.... I'm scared,,, and i think i'm about done trying, i think i'm going to say goodbye tonight to everyone i love because living this way isn't life at all its hell! :'( i hope god understands | F | 37 | 2 days 500 1X day | 11/16/2010 | 1 | possible bladder infection | severe lower body muscle weakness, unsteady gait with knees buckling, anxiety and insomnia, difficulty with train of thought | I feel it should be removed from the market!! Every physician and pharmacist I talked to about this reaction said it "wasn't the drug". I can't believe how uninformed these professionals are about these horrible side effects. And if they are not informed, then we as the consumers do not get the whole picture before we take many of these terrible drugs. Now I realize (too late) that I have to do all my own research before taking any medication because the pharmaceutical companies are not forthcoming, and the physicians do not take the time to investigate fully before prescribing these drugs! | M | 57 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 11/15/2010 | 4 | Prostate infection | minor joint pain in shoulders, but I had joint pain off an on before I took it so I'm not convinced it had anything to do with the drug. I had some minor muscle pain/fatigue after going to the gym the first couple of times and I did feel weaker, but I attributed that to not working out for about 3 weeks while I recoved from an appendectomy. | My doctor told me of the possible side effects related to Tendon pain/tearing, and suggested that I cut back on my weight that I was lifting by 50%, I worked out the upper body 3 times a week with weights, but did avoid anything that put extra tension on the achilles, so I pretty much skipped lower body, which was just fine by me. | M | 48 | 30 days 1X day | 11/12/2010 | 4 | UTI | Light headache at bed time and heavy in the morning, hard to sleep, fatigue. | This is a strong antibiotic that helped my body win over the nasty infection. I have been only on the 5th day of this drug... so not sure what other effects I might have over the time. Its effectiveness seems to outweigh the side effects so far. | M | 48 | 10 days 500mg 1X day | 11/10/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | 12 hours after my first pill - severe muscle pain, joint stiffness, flushing and redness all over, hives forming on chest. Emotional and Crying - Very unlike me! Taking Benadryl and hoping I got this out of my system fast enough. | I am a person who others consider tough - I had natural childbirth, pancreatitis after my gallbladder was removed (and used very little pain medication) and have a very high tolerance for all kinds of discomfort - and this Levaquin SCARED ME. The muscle pain and stiffness was worse than any flu, and I have not been this emotional since I was perhaps 14 years old. PLEASE try to find alternative therapies!!! | F | 31 | 1 days 500mg 1X day | 11/10/2010 | 1 | Skin infection under elbow | Severe leg cramps. Severely swollen knees and ankles. Severe pain in knees, ankles, and wrists. Unable to walk or 6 months. Still experiencing side effects after nearly two years, | My symptoms started with multiple very severe night time leg cramps - so bad that I was afraid to get back in bed for the rest of the night. I then started to get arthritis-like knee pain. Walking was very painful. I could not walk more than 100 yards at a time. Conditions continued to deteriorate. Soon my ankles swelled like footballs. I could not fit into my shoes. I could no longer place my hands on anything where my wrists were unsupported. Then things got worse. I could no longer walk more than a few feet and had to use a wheelchair. The doctor tried to absolve himself by showing me documents indicating the dosage. He became very evasive. I returned to Canada and consulted my own doctor who prescribed complete rest with no physical activity until the symptoms subsided. I spent the summer of 2009, from June to October in bed or on a recliner. I began to walk again with a cane at the beginning of October. Conditions improved in reverse order to the onset. My wrists improved by the end of July; my ankles returned to normal by the middle of August. By the beginning of November, I found I could ride a bicycle. My walking continued to slowly improve. By June 2010 I was able to walk for about 20 minutes at a time. At the time of this writing I am able to walk for about an hour. Sometimes I get a sharp pain in my Achilles Tendon and end up limping. The muscle cramps continue with greatly decreased intensity. The cramps happen at night. This drug is a poison and should be banned. | M | 64 | 14 days 500 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 1 | prostate infection | Swollen, itchy throat, swollen bottom lip, wheezing, hizes over trunck and arms in less than one hour of initial dose. Tingling in hands. Foggy head. | Ended up in ER after one pill. Triage nurse whisk me trough crowded ER and immediately began IV benedryl and steriods. Wow. What the heck is this stuff? | M | 48 | 1 days 500 1X day | 11/8/2010 | 1 | Bacterial Infection | Extremely dizzy and feel "funny" | I have only taken 2 doses of this awful drug. My second morning at work I got extremely dizzy and nauseated. It scared me and my co-workers. I'm a go-getter type of person on the job. I called my doctor's office and they asked the nurse there if this was a reaction to Levaquin. The answer I got was NO. Needless to say I've done my research and stopping this immediately. | F | 58 | 2 days 500 MG 1X day | 11/5/2010 | 3 | pnuemonia | Right elbow sore, right middle finger sore | I took this drug first for 10 days and felt fine. I started getting sick again so the doctor put me back on for 8 days. On the second day, my elbow started hurting. | F | 42 | 8 days 250 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 1 | Serious sinus infection | Thank you everyone for warning me about Levaquin before I picked up my prescription. I've always been prescribed Z packs for my sinus infections by my regular doctor. Today I had to see another doctor because my regular doctor wasn't available. This doc prescribed Levaquin although I asked for a zpack. I felt this huge warning come over me and decided to read about Levaquin. Scared me reading all these horror stories! I'm not taking it so for each one of you who has suffered and posted your experience in here - I am heeding your warnings. I'm just too scared to take it and risk all these insane side effects. So sorry you guys have endured so many bad side effects. It's a scary drug not worth the risk as far as I'm concerned! | F | 48 | 500 mg 1X day | 10/28/2010 | 5 | Respiratory infection | Muscle ache, pains in my joints but then started taking copper and magnesium supplements 6 hours after my dose and it seemed to help. My sense of smell and taste have been reduced by 90 percent and slowly coming back. Overall feel crappy and this is a week after finishing the prescription. Tired, headaches, foggy, and I lost my appetite. | M | 46 | 7 days 500MG 1X day | 10/27/2010 | 3 | UTI with kidney complications | Severe insomnia the first night and subsequent nights (it is now 2:45 am). Major headache and lower back pain. Will be discussing with physician tomorrow about discontinuing. | It seems like the uti is a little better and no pain in the kidneys. | F | 39 | 2 days 500mg 1X day | 10/27/2010 | 2 | Pneumonia | I felt minor pain and instability in one foot while walking up stairs after 1 day of treatment. The problem continues to occur several days after the treatment was discontinued per doctor's advice. | I did not feel much better after taking Levaquin. Perhaps my infection is more viral than bacterial. | M | 34 | 2 days 500 MG 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 5 | sinus infection | I had taken only me second Levaquin pill and I WENT BLIND for about 20 minutes, was very scary. Then doc switched me to Tequin which is in the same family and I got HORRIFIC CALF PAINS in my legs. | Hope its OFF the market | F | 40 | 1 days 30 2X day | 10/25/2010 | 4 | External fixator pin site infection | After about 35 days on this drug I started feeling a little more shaky then normal. Also at that point I started having joint and muscle pain. Didn't sleep as well as normal. | The nasty infection in my leg went away with the drug. I was on two other antibiotics prior to this one and they did nothing to cure the infection. Some of the side effects could be attributed to the fact that I had a severe ankle trauma and was going through major healing during the same time I was taking it. | M | 45 | 40 days 750 MG 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | possible sinusitis | woke up couldn't walk, whole body felt extremely swollen, extreme pain in legs, feet, arms and hands, hallucinations, extreme anxiety, Lupus, Connective tissue disease, etc. etc. etc. | POISON, POISON, POISON....DO NOT TAKE IT | F | 36 | 10 days 750mg 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 3 | Cronic Sinus Infection | I was given this med after several rounds of other antibiotics did not clear up a cronic sinus infection. First couple of days I didn't have any side effect other than a mild back pain that I thought was just me. Then back and hips started hurting worse. Foggy mind overall feeling tired and weak. Now I have taken it for 16 days and I'm not going to finish it. I am hurting all over even my biceps hurt, hips, back and handstrings are the worst. Can't stand up straight, hard to get up and down. Feel really tired. | My sister told me this was serious stuff. She said she and my Father were allergic to it and I should not take it. But they had a rash immediately and I did not. Still no rash. I usually am not allergic to any medications so I went ahead and tried it. I also wont be finishing it because my pain is getting worse and more more of my body is effected now. Cost me $40 co-pay it was expensive stuff. | F | 56 | 21 days 500 1X day | 10/24/2010 |