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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 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 D | 10/24/2010 | 1 | bronchitis | fainting, extreme weakness, numb arms and legs, tingling, eye pain(behind eyes), hip pain, nausea, confusion, vivid dreams, couldnt hold my head up at times followed by rapid eye movement, increased heart rate, slurred speech, lack of balance, and more! | DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON, i never go to the doc, i finally did and this crap made me miss work for a week so far, as im typing this my eye hurts extremely bad, never had pain or symptoms like this in my life. Doctors should not be allowed to give this to anyone! If I continue to feel this way and it gets worse im jumping on the lawsuit train! | F | 26 | 5 days 500mg 1X D | 10/24/2010 | 3 | Chronic Sinusitis | I was on it for 10 days for a sinus infection and I had very bad stomach pain, insomnia so bad that I barely got an hour of sleep all night. I had vivid dreams that would wake me up. Also a few days after ending this medication I had neck/shoulder pain so bad I had to see a chiropractor. I have had pain in those areas before but never so badly. I had to use biofreeze with constant ibuprofen for 2 weeks and symptoms have still not full subsided. I also experienced intense chest pain, hot flashes for no reason, mood swings that are awful. I already have anxiety/depression issues and this only made my emotions more unstable. Sometimes I would experience symptoms related to RLS when I tried to go to bed with tingly pins and needles feelings. | I was first prescribed this medication at 17 because of my chronic sinus infections. After being on other antibiotics such as Amoxicillin, Sulfa medications, Cipro, pretty much everything else but the doctors decided to prescribe me this because it was the only thing that killed the infections. I was told that it had serious side effects and shouldnt be taken often. I have HAD to take this medication probably about 10 times since that age and I am now 20. I have never experienced any adverse side effects until this current dose. I know this medication is usually prescribed for older patients, which scares me because I am only 20 and have to take this medication.It has just been terrible and even though the 10 day dose did not fully kill the infection I know it does work well. I had to get another prescription for 14 days to try and kill the infection again but I gave up on it after reading all of the bad patient side effects on here and I need to find something else to help me. I would not recommend this medication to anyone who does not HAVE to take it. It should be a last resort. | F | 20 | 10 days 500 1X D | 10/21/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | Impaired vision, extreme nausea, muscle/lig/tend pulls lasting 4+ mos, loss of appetite,flushing/chills, Inability to focus, Unable to return to active life style (run/swim/ride) | BAAAD Drug. Lost 2 weeks of work, mostly due to the side effects of this drug since i could not drive nor work on the computer without being nauseas. My doctor chewed me out for discontinuing but it probably saved me from jumping off my roof. This was 4 months ago, just now starting light swim workouts, cannot run due to butt pull that still has not healed and have reduced my horse competitions by 75% due to muscle atrophy and soreness. Vision has returned to normal but have difficulty with scrolling (dizzy). LEVAQUIN should be outlawed. | F | 50 | 5 days 500 mg 1X D | 10/21/2010 | 3 | Upper Respitaory Infection | pain in my lower back and legs, dizziness, dry mouth, itchy skin and blister | Called the doctor after day 5 to describe my symptoms and he said to stop the medicine...so I did. Hopefully the symtoms will stop too. | F | 53 | 10 days 500mg 1X D | 10/20/2010 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, foggy/full head, jittery, anxious, unsettled, joint aches, shaky/weak | I took this drug many years ago and remember disliking it then for the same reasons. I figured I'd give it a try again - so many years later - maybe it will be OK. I was wrong. I am on Day 5 of taking this and will be calling doc tomorrow to say I am coming off it. I do not like how this drug makes me feel - it is very very weird - so jittery and unsettled and weak and shaky. My legs feel like noodles at times. | F | 43 | 10 days 500 mg 1X D | 10/19/2010 | 1 | Bronchial infection | Intense and extreme pain in my left hip as well as horrible pain in the knees. I was unable to walk or get in and out of the car without horrible pain on the 8th day I was taking the medication. I have been off of it for three days and am just starting to see improvement. | F | 46 | 8 days 750 1X D | 10/17/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | Bursitis of the left hand. Hand was swollen to almost double its size, severe shoulder pain (left) and some heel and knee pain. I also developed oral thrush which is still ongoing | F | 75 | 10 days 780 1X D | 10/17/2010 | 1 | GIven through IV for GI infection | Given through IV for increase WBC due to GI infection. Reaction was immediate (July 2010) * extreme fatigue * muscle weakness/fatigue, most significant in upper body * muscle pain, joint pain (joints popping and grinding) * Numbness in hands, fingers, feet, and toes * A burning feeling in arms, legs (like being burned by acid from the inside-out) * Muscle twitches, spasms, cramps * Myoclonic jerks * Tremendous insomnia * extreme fluctuations in weight * inability to concentrate or stay focused (initially could not read, or follow TV programs, it has improved some) * emotional lability- cried uncontrollable for about 4 weeks straight.* heart racing and palpitation * hypersensitivity to sounds, light * nausea * shortness of breath, especially when really tired, difficulty producing a voice * numbness/tingling in face/lip * Raynaud's syndrome * Difficulty walking long distances, spasticity increases in leg muscles. * Decreased balance | * diagnosed with "drug induced neuromuscular disorder" 10/7/10 * neurologist noted decreased upper and lower extremity reflexes * confirmed damage to Peroneal Nerve in right leg from knee down, loss of movement in right foot, with atrophy of the muscles in foot and leg. (nerve conduction test). EMG--abnormal response of muscles in both legs. (9/24/10) | F | 43 | 1 days 500 1X D | 10/17/2010 | 3 | Throat Infection | End of August 2010: I was perscribed Levaquin (1 per day for 10 days) because of a strange bacterial infection in my throat. I had been misdiagnosed by the first doctor I visited, who gave me amoxicillin for strep throat. First off, Levaquin destroyed the bacteria and after the first day my throat was back to normal. I did feel short of breath and had some random nerve pains throughout the ten days. On only one day I had pain in my heel but that went away. By the end of the 9th day taking Levaquin I was tired of it but the doctor told me to finish the perscription through the 10th day. On the 10th day I started to get diarrhea, cold chills and stomach/intestinal cramps. It is now mid-October and I still have these symtoms. I have been avoiding going back to the doctor again by eating Activia yogurt and taking Align Probiotic, both of which help but obviously aren't fixing the problem. I am going to the doctor this week to make sure Levaquin hasn't given me some form of colitis | Levaquin did what it was supposed to do but also gave me side effects that have lasted almost 2 months since taking it. Levaquin is a VERY powerful antibiotic, you can feel it in you moments after taking it. Many people experience strange and uncomfortable side effects that aren't considered by doctors to be unusual. Personally, I will not take Levaquin again if there is another option. From all the stories I've read of people taking Levaquin, I'm not so sure this drug should be available or FDA approved. IF YOUR DOCTOR TELLS YOU TO TAKE LEVAQUIN, ASK FIRST IF THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. | M | 26 | 10 days 500 MG 1X D | 10/16/2010 | 1 | pneumonia and an ear infection | Insomnia, dizziness, blurred vision, headaches, nausea, numbness, muscle pain espacially in my legs. I also woke up one morning and the whole right side of my face hurt! Even in my mouth! The right half of my tongue was swollen, my jaw hurt, and my throar hurt so bad (on the right side) that I could barely swallow. There's probably even more things but these are the one's that bugged me the most. Oh yeah, that same morning my other ear (the right one) was infected too so now I have hearing loss in both ears. | My doctor must be getting something from the drug company for pushing this on his patients. That's the only reason I could think of that would make him do this to people. | F | 30 | 10 days 500MG 1X D | 10/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | I am a runner. I was running 35-45 miles per week. After taking Cipro in May, I started having pain in right ankle tendon in June. I also started having ringing in ears. I was prescribed Cipro again for another UTI in August, saw black box warning and stopped after first day. Ankle pain got extremely bad, had to cut running down to 15 mi per week. | Horrible drug. Had to go to Podiatrist and had to cut running down to 6 miles per week. This started in June and even with ice, rest and milage cut backs, I am still having pain in tendon. I never had tendon pain ever before this, and have been running for 30+ years. Podiatrist confirmed that tendonitis was Cipro related. I am currently taking vitamin supplements, and continueing to ice. I am increasing running by 10% each week, but healing is very slow. I have continous ear ringing as well. Avoid this medication. I am very angry that it was not made clear to me by my doctor that this could cause tendonitis. | F | 48 | 3 days 500 MG 2X D | 10/9/2010 | 1 | psuedomonas | Severe Hip, Knee, and ankle pain. Inablility to stand-up without pain. Muscle tiredness after only a few steps which required rest to have the ability to walk more. Legs will hurt so bad that you can't continue walking after a short while. | I took the medication for 17 days due to a severa bronchial infection acquired during surgery. Initially had no adverse symptoms. On the 15 day I noted joint pain that increased daily by the 17 day I could not walk without help. I have improved some since the onset of symptoms. This was 9 months ago. I continue to struggle with joint pain, and the inability to only walk 200 to 300 feet with stopping and resting. I get extreme mucle weakness. My family doctor stopped Leviquan on the 17th day and said my symptoms were related to the medication. He told me he hoped and prayed my symptoms would improve. He has sent me to a pain clinic for chronic pain, which tells me he does not feel I will have improvement. I pray for this to go away, but doubt it every will. | F | 53 | 17 days 500mg. 1X D | 10/8/2010 | 1 | infection in finger | At first, I was nauseous, diarrhea, light-headed and couldn't sleep. After stopping this drug, I have stiffness behind both knees and walk like I am crippled! | This drug should be banned!!!! I just started with stiffness behind my knees. When I asked Doctor how to treat this he just said I had to wait it out. I hope this doesn't get worse but after reading all the other comments, it looks like I am in for the long haul!!! What really sucks is that this was the wrong drug to give me for my problem after test results came back!!! | F | 60 | 7 days 1X D | 10/8/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | Persistent muscle weakness, tightening, burning, tingling, joint pain that is crippling. My body cannot handle typical physical activity such as walking and standing. I am in constant pain and my ankles/achilles/calves are perpetually swollen and not functioning properly. Acute shoulder weakness. Initially I was so dizzy, I had to crawl, had no energy, pain all over my body, acute muscle weakness and joint pain, ringing of the ears, depression, lack of ability to focus, racing heart and hyper/nervous feeling while at the same time being severely exhausted. | This drug has robbed me of my life. Most everything I do revolves around being active. I am desperately trying to find people and treatments that can help me. I found a paper written by Dr. Greene from Emory University in 2002 re: a physical therapy program she designed for someone who had a similar issue. It required the man to be on crutches, she made special achilles braces for him and it took approximately 5 months to get him better. The school was going to do research on this several years ago however, as it required costly ultrasound imaging, the funding was not available. If anyone has found a treatment or practitioner that has helped them, please please email me with information. Also, perhaps if there's enough interest in more research and enough people contact Emory University (or another), perhaps they will find a way to do the research and help those who have been affected. I'm told the drug company has not followed people with longer term side affects. They don't know why it has this affect and they don't know how to fix it. Research to find help must be required. | F | 44 | 4 days 750 1X D | 10/2/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | uncontrollable crying, depression, feelings of negativity, tremors, thoughts of suicide | I only took this medication for 3 of the 10 days. Its clicked that 'this wasn't me' and I called the dr. for a new antibiotic right away, despite his disbelief. | F | 31 | 10 days 500mg 1X D | 9/28/2010 | 1 | BRONCHITIS | LEG MUSCLE WEAKNESS, TIGHTNESS & STIFFNESS | I will never take again - after 4 days - my legs were aching & weak to the point I could not sleep. My Doctor does not believe the drug caused this - but I had no problems until 4 pills had been taken. A month later I feel as though my legs are not straight when I walk - they are so stiff & tight as if they will not straighten out - my hip joints are also stiff & sore. I wish I had never taken this drug! | F | 54 | 5 days 750 1X D | 9/28/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | M | 40 | 7 days 750 mg 1X D | 9/28/2010 History | 5 | Pneumonia | No side effects as described by other users. This drug knocked out my pneumonia! I was first put on Augmentin for two days, it did nothing, then i was on a zpack for two days, it did nothing. On the first day of levaquin, I started feeling better. | F | 42 | 10 days 500mg 1X D | 9/27/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | I took Levaquin at 8pm and tried to go to sleep around 10pm. I know it sounds crazy, but I couldn't remember how to open my eyes. I was having a conversation with myself about whether or not I needed to open them to be able to see (my husband was very worried). Eventually I did and I was restless and jittery until 6am. I will NEVER take Levaquin again. | F | 30 | 1 days 750 mg 1X D | 9/26/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | While my pneumonia DID go away, I now feel like I'm 90yo. The ER doctor did warn me about the side affects. I told him I am an active horseback rider (I also compete) and his response to me was "well don't fall off". The stiffness in my ankles and knees are, at times, unbearable. When I get up in the morning I can barely walk. I PRAY these affects will go away | I work 2 jobs. One is a desk job. When I get up after sitting for an hour, I can barely flex my ankles. They feel stiff and swollen. My other job is a waitress at night. After 2 hours on my feet, I am stiff and cannot move quickly. Prior to taking this medication, I was extremely active (almost hyper) and worked out weekly. Now I feel like I belong in a nursing home. James, your post is encouraging and I pray this will go away. Just wondering if any one has filed a law suit. I feel as though neither my GP or the ER doctor listened to my concerns about not wanting to take this medication. | F | 51 | 10 days 500 1X D | 9/26/2010 | 2 | Possible lung/bronchial infection | The ringing in my ears started within a couple of hours of the first dose, also a feeling of pounding heart. After the second dose, I had ringing and headache and plugged feeling in my ear as well as reduced hearing and sleep loss. Mid day second day my right bicep started twitching and my right hand/knuckle started cramping. Late in the first day my sinuses felt like they were opening up - but second day they felt worse. | My husband was on a similar drug, Cipro, over five years ago and has not been the same since - lots of joint and muscle pain, along with other weird symptoms that the doctors can't explain. | F | 54 | 2 days 500 1X D | 9/25/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | A couple of hours after taking the first pill, I felt like I had drank 10 cups of coffee & felt very hot/flushed. It is now 8:00am the next day (17 hours later) and I haven't slept AT ALL. I am weak, my muscles are sore & I still feel "overly-caffienated." I have panic attacks & am prone to depression and this one little pill really exaggerated my conditions. I spent the entire night anxious, jittery & cryin! | I'm supposed to be on this for 9 more days but absolutely REFUSE to continue. | F | 35 | 1 days 500 mg 1X D | 9/25/2010 | 4 | Chronic Prostititus | Muscle & joint pain, lower back pain | Yes, it has some bad side affects for some, but overall the drug works like it should. My side affects are not bad and the end result is worth it to me. | M | 47 | 30 days 500 1X D | 9/23/2010 | 1 | ear infection | symptoms stayed the same then ear infection lasted for a whole month | sucks | F | 34 | 5 days 30 1X D | 9/23/2010 | 1 | Prostatitis | anything you can come up with as a side effect, from anxiety to pain in every single part of my body including partial hearing loss | Levaquin and other quinolones are simply a way to speed up natural selection, in other words eliminating those susceptible to adverse reactions. Great job FDA, this drug cures your prostatits 100% by creating so many other health issues that you even forget about your prostate and sex life. My greatest 18th bday ever, celebrating in incredible depression and pain, just how I always imagined it. I would rather start doign bathtub meth than take this poison ever again. Quinolones cause CNS damage and alter your DNA, but who cares when pharmaceutical companies are earning so much money of it. Health comes after money right doctors and quinolone suppliers? | M | 18 | 2 days 400mg 2X D | 9/22/2010 | 5 | pneumonia | developed left heel discomfort/stiffness, especially in the morning. It is manageable and stretching helps. | I was very hesitant about taking this drug because I was familiar with the negative side effects/opinion, but I trust my NP. My 103.5 fever disappeared after 24 hours on the med and within in three days, I was able to get out of bed and semi-function (plus breathing easier is always a plus). I was able to resume all normal activities (including working in an ER) within 10 days. | F | 32 | 10 days 1X D | 9/21/2010 | 1 | epididymitis | Nausea and vomiting that have continued, and even worsened, since stopping the drug. Nightmares that are brought on by, and somehow tie into, the nausea. | I started taking Levaquin because I was very nauseated after three days of a sulfa drug. After 5 days on Levaquin, I felt as if I were being poisoned and stopped taking it, 9 days short of the dose that was prescribed. I've continued to have worsening nausea and vomiting, and I can't stand the thought of eating or drinking anything. I've been to the emergency room twice this week for re-hydration and IV Zofran. If I need to go back to the ER, it will be to stay in the hospital until the doctors can fix what's wrong. | M | 66 | 5 days 500 mg 1X D | 9/19/2010 | 1 | Bronchitis | Irregular heartbeat, extreme anxiety, insomnia, tingling on skin, erratic mood, crying jags | This medicine scared me... I was never 'scared' of anti-biotics before this. The skin tingling and irregular heart beat was frightening but the insomnia and anxiety was hellish. I stopped after only one day. I was up the whole night, sleeping an hour at most, waking in full of fits of terror, certain that I was going to die. I clung to my fiance and had a literal sobbing fit when he said he had to leave for work the next day. The anxiety and fear was so bad I was terrified to be alone. (I've NEVER experienced anything like this)... He was so concerned at my odd full on meltdown (which I'd never had one before) he took me straight back to the doctor where I was taken off this drug. I would also suggest this as a last result. I have had lasting anxiety even a week later... I still fear being alone at night (never felt like that before) and my thoughts feel disrupted. I am not sure how to explain my state of mind... it does not feel 'at peace' just this looming feeling of discomfort, something not being right. This drug is terrible... I hope I return to normal after taking this. | F | 29 | 1 days 500 1X D | 9/17/2010 | 1 | bronchial infection | Severe stomach pain, unable to eat or drink. Nightmares, weak,unable to sleep,diarhea daily. | this is a dangerous drug. | 56 | 10 days 500mg 1X D | 9/15/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | Anxiety (which I NEVER have!), creepy crawlies on my legs and a rash on my neck. | This was my second time in a couple of years on levaquin, I noticed some anxiety like effects the first time. | F | 39 | 3 days unsure 1X D | 9/14/2010 | 1 | for a recurring bladder infection. | tendonitis in my feet, legs, back, shoulder and arm. I felt as if someone had beaten the shit out of me with a baseball bat. | This stuff is horrible. I took it for a bladder infection, and would as soon had the bladder infection. I now have to have surgery on my shoulder for torn tendons in by tricept and bicept. I don't know when this pain will subcide, and my doctor who prescribed it, only said he's so sorry.HE"S sorry? | F | 73 | 2 weeks 750 1X D | 9/14/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | Swelling and inflammation in both feet, painful when walking, walking very slowly and not smoothly, swelling and inflammation in right hand,racing heartbeat, numbness, tingling pain in both feet, tremors in left arm. | I am very concerned that this medicine has affected me for life. I cannot walk very far or very fast and cannot do my job without being on my feet. This is a very dangerous drug and needs to be removed from the market. | F | 40 | 9 days 750 mg 1X D | 9/12/2010 | 4 | infection | Diarrhea in the morning, less intense by the end of the ten days. That was it. | I usually run 50+ miles a week but was advised to cease exercising due to the very rare risk of tendon damage/rupture. After 10 days, I feel no tightness or any tendon issues like you may read on the internet. Though, I haven't run yet and am planning on taking another couple days off. | M | 33 | 10 days 500 MG 1X D | 9/10/2010 | 1 | uti | PLEASE REFUSE TO TAKE THIS MED!!! It may only be one in a thousand (and its at least that many!!!) who have severe side effects but this stuff is nasty! I want all of you reading this out there to know i'm just an average dude who wouldn't wish this kind of suffering on Hitler!!! As we all know just from the previous comments side effects are life altering. INSOMNIA, mental fog, confusion, paranoia, extreme depression, loss of sensation on skin's surface, and dabilitating pain.... If you are reading this right now desperate for some answeres wondering why you're feeling kinda off or completely awefull then STOP TAKING THIS MED RIGHT NOW!!! THROW UP THE LAST DOSE IF YOU TOOK IT WITHIN 10 MINUTES!!! AND HEAD TO THE STORE IMMEDIATLY AND BUY MILK OF MAGNESIA AND TAKE 2 TABLE SPOONS EVERY DAY FOR 3 WEEKS!!!!! And pray for help, religion really made this easier | I am a survivor story, i took this poison 7 months ago and have been back to normal for about 2 and a half months. I wont leave my email or phone number due to my privacy needs but if a particular person would like someone to talk, hear some good news or just need to be coached through this long process I would love to listen and help. My name is James so plz address me if u need to. | M | 21 | 3 days 500 mg 1X D | 9/8/2010 | 1 | sinus infections | I have experienced all over weakness, loss of balance, stiffness in leg joints, dizzyness, sleep deprevation, plus mouth lining and tongue lesions. My doc admitted to some of my problems being caused by the levaquin. | Stay away from this drug if at all possible. There is not much anyone knows to get better or at least no one has an answer on how to get over the side effects which are long lasting. | F | 73 | 4 months 500-750 mg 1X D | 9/8/2010 | 2 | pneumonia/pleurisy | rash, hives, blotchiness, extremely itchy skin | I have been off Levaquin for more than 2 months and the skin reaction has not subsided. On certain days the hives are extreme (and, unfortunately, cover my face). I have a team of doctors who are now trying to counteract the effects with a variety of other drugs, including prednisone | M | 46 | 10 days 1X D | 9/7/2010 | 1 | Infection | a couple hours after taking the medication I had severe tingling in my throat like it was closing up. I had severe anxiety. Kept having racing thoughts, and would fall asleep for a couple seconds and then wake up thinking bad thoughts. It was a sleepless night. My legs felt like jello. Two days later I still have leg pain and have trouble walking. I can't work out because of the pain.I'm scared after reading other comments that this drug has ruined my life. | DONT EVER TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | F | 35 | 1 days 500 mg 1X D | 9/4/2010 | 3 | sinus infection | Hallucinations, cold sweats,mood swings,vivd nightmares of me trying to kill myself | This antibotic should be used with caution. I stopped taking it on day 8. Usually I'm a happy level headed person but after day 2 I was starting to be very irritable and was crying uncontrolably. I was having cold sweats and horrible dreams. I don't know if the vertigo is related or the hearing issues that have developed. Overall the antibotic cured my sinus infection but it made me lose my mind in the process. | F | 26 | 10 days 750 1X D | 9/2/2010 | 1 | bronchitis | too many to mention - still suffering side effects | I just had my first UTI and picked up my prescription and I sometimes look at the warning but this caught my eye. To my horror were three 8 1/2 x 11 pages of warnings. Not a pamphlet like normal meds. As I was reading this I thought "wait I think I was on this in October 2009 when I was sick with bronchitis/flu like system. I remember I was so sick after 2nd round of antibiotics, which was Levaquin. I couldn't move. I slept for hours on end. I remember saying I feel like someone hit me with a bat. My palms peeled. My health seem to never get back to normal since October. It was as if my whole immune system broke down. I ended up in the hospital ER in April with a severe case of acute toxic photosensitivity dermatitis to the sun (not sunburn - toxic the burn came out of me 7 days later). Today I am going to have a sonogram to make sure my kidneys are functioning correctly. Everything has been downhill since I took this drug 11 months ago and I am screaming at you do not to take this. My god why three pages of side effects – pull this off the market now it could kill you. So happy I stumbled on this page. | F | 48 | 4 days 500 1X D | 9/2/2010 | 4 | sinusitis/sinus infection | none | I get sinus infections twice a year and have since I was a kid. The last few years I have always been prescribed levaquin and have had no side effects whatsoever. I'm shocked to see some of the responses other rateres have had to the meds. But my experience has always been good. | F | 28 | 10 days 500 MG 1X D | 8/30/2010 | 2 | blood & bladder infection | couldn't sleep the first night, lethargy, fatigue, very uncomfortable gastrointestinal effects, felt lousy broke out in huge clusters of blisters on arms and legs (erytherma multiforme). | F | 49 | 5 days 1 1X D | 8/27/2010 | 1 | A tiny cut on my finger! | A tiny cut on my finger that is swollen! The Urgent Care Doctor prescribes this crap that later I found out is the LAST Ditch drug if nothing else works. This Dr looked at my records and said: "Oh, you have good insurance so I'll give you the good stuff". I had no idea the insurnace co. wouldn't cover it, BTW. So much for a Black Box Warning! I don't think this Dr even saw it because he didn't mention it at all. Does anyone look at lists like this BEFORE they take a drug? I think not. Heck it took me 5 months to accidentally trip over this forum. Leviquin needs to be pulled from the market. | F | 50 | 5 days 500MG 1X D | 8/26/2010 History | 1 | Precaution against infection | F | 54 | 500 1X D | 8/22/2010 History | 1 | Sinus infection | an hour after taking it I felt very nauseated, and this was after taking the anti nausea med "Zofran" for the mild nausea of my infection. After three hours of taking it, my body felt achy all over like the flu. It's been 12 hours now since taking the first pill and I have insomnia along with a feeling of restlessness and racing heart. (feel like I drank a six pack of Coke) The pain is worsening in my muscles, and the Norco pain killer didn't even touch it. I first thought it was from the Prednisone I also started today (60mg) since I had felt insomnia the last time I took it, but when I googled my symptoms, this site was the first one to come up. I also feel stronger urges to urinate. I didn't even consider it was Levaquin until now. The Dr. and pharmacist didn't mention any of this to me. I have taken this drug in the past and blamed my side effects on a flu virus I must have acquired along with my sinus infection. Wow, I'm stunned after reading all the comme | F | 37 | 1 days 500 mg 1X D | 8/20/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | I experienced burning pain at IV site, then legs would not support me nor could I lift a glass of water- this happened in hospital. I went into resp. failure amongst other failures. But that was just the start of the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. Don't take this drug, hospital and doctors all deny Levaquin did this - they are monsters as these results are known to them. They deny reactions, do not tell their patients(I had to demand my medical records from hospital - they fought me on giving me my own medical records - the reaction was shown in the records) and get permanently crippled patients for life - it's a win-win for them. The only explanation can be $$$$. | I now have a torn rotator cuff, extreme pain. Of course, I am on opiates now and never had to take them before. It is a hell of a way to live - all because of incompetent doctor and hospital. They know what this drug does and still prescribe it. Do Not take - it was not effective against my pneumonia. The FDA even knows how damaging this drug is??????? | F | 60 | 5 days 750 mg IV 1X D | 8/20/2010 | 5 | Pneumonia | I had no side effects, this drug cured my pneumonia in three days. I took it for the full 10 days and it has been two weeks since I finished the treatment. I feel it is a very safe drug. | M | 61 | 10 days 750 MG 1X D | 8/19/2010 | 1 | intestinal infection | Immediate side effects (few days after finishing the drug): severe lower back pain, right shoulder pain, hip pain, hives, nausea and insomnia. Delayed side effects: dry skin, right knee pain, damaged left eye, lots of skin allergies, recurrent shoulder pain, vertigo, worsened GERD (reflux ) and persistent insomnia. | I was very healthy before taking this drug 13 months ago. I admit its my own fault..I didn't pay much attention to the literature that accompanied the drug. It said "rare side effects" which affected people "over 60" me being very healthy and 21 of age didn't worry much about it and I have been paying the price for over a year. Please do not take this drug and warn anyone who is about to take it. | M | 22 | 10 days 500 1X D | 8/19/2010 |