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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 1 | bronchitus | During medication - Muscle and tendon pain - jaw, shoulders, wrists, fingers, hips, thighs, knees, ankles, feet and toes. Nightsweats and nightmares, dizziness, fatigue. 1 week after medication, extreme thigh,knee and ankle pain. Thumbs and wrists are starting to get painful again. | I started developing muscle/tendon pain about 3 days into taking the drug. As time went on it was extremely painful to bend my knees and my hips ached constantly. Called my doctor twice and they said it was the medicine working through my muscles. When I stopped taking levaquin, my joint pain seemed to be improving and then all of a sudden took a downward spin again. I regressed back to every joint in my body being in pain. I guess I was evening moaning/screaming in my sleep last night. My boyfriend said he woke me up and asked what was wrong and I said I was very miserable. Went to the doctor, and told me I have a virus. I didn't have these issues before taking the medication, and now its hard to even walk, clean, do laundry, etc. I am a VERY active person, I feel almost crippled because of the limitations I have on activity. I don't know where to go next, who to call, who to ask questions to. Please offer some advice if any. | F | 39 | 10 days 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 1 | Treat pneumonia | I had to go to the hospital because of side effects. My throat began closing, difficulty breathing, and I felt unusually weak. After doing some research, I discovered I should never have been prescribed levaquin because I suffer from Myasthenia Gravis. The FDA recently put out a black box warning for taking levaquin if you have Myasthenia Gravis | Will never take this medication again!!! | M | 73 | 3 days 750 MG 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 1 | Horrible side effects. I was given a 10 day script for a UTI, but I only took 2 pills. I felt aweful after 2nd dose. Now I have achilles tendonitis and the soft tissues behind my knees is very swollen. I also get pain in arms. I have neuropathy in my feet in addition to a change in the color of my feet. It has been 2 months and I am in constant pain. | My doctor told me it was in the same family as Cipro. I have taken that with no problem, so I didn't question it. If the pahrmasist had mentioned the black box warning or potentinal side effects I NEVER would have taken it! I was an active athletic woman, now I am in pain all the time. This drug should NOT be on teh market, or should only be given when a life is at risk. I fear I will never be the same. | F | 48 | 2 days 500 MG 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 1 | infection | Still having significant muscle and tendon problems years later. The side effects seem to surge unpredictably and start over again. This month the pain started in my knees, sore to the touch. My left thigh, same. My right shoulder, same. My neck spasmed and twitched as well as my right shoulder and upper back. | How many years will I have to endure this? I can't work out, my weight is up and blood pressure. I was an active person going to the gym regularly doing cardio and weights with low blood pressure. Now I am limited by the lasting effects of a short term antibiotic because the drug companies sold it to the doctor as the latest cure-all. | F | 52 | 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | The doctor asked me if I took levaquin before said yes four times and never even burped from it. So he said it should help clear up my sinus issue it's very strong. On the fourth day I began to get cramps in my calves like nightime dehydration. By the eigth day I could not walk, collapsed on a staircase and could not move for 10 minutes. I felt like someone was sticking a fat knife into the back of both calves and twisting it. Hobbled to the Dr. and he said stop the levaquin immediately, I had no idea that could be the problem. Later went online and read about other horror stories. Could not walk for 3 days, barely walk for a week after that. All in all as time went on I improved without the levaquin, but it took a while to approach what I thought was normal. | Within 3 months started experiencing soreness and pain in both legs. Calves were tender when pushed on and the tendons were especially hurting to the touch. The treadmill became painful to be on. The discomfort was transient, sometimes I felt better and thought I was truly improving. Then I started having pain in the tendons in my shoulders, elbows, knees and hips. Not real bad but always sore and aching. Now its 8 manths since taking levaquin and I'm really getting concerned because the constant soreness in my body won't go away unless I'm laying down or resting. And it's getting more intense. I can not walk any distance without experiencing substantial pain and weakness in my legs. Getting up from a chair has become painful and trying to walk after that is getting scary because of the weakness. They say take antiinflamatory meds but I take plavix so I can't. I've read people have had similar problems for years with no relief and I'm not in a good way about the prospects. I know this drug actually works miracles for some people who truly have no other options for treatment. So I don't think the drug should be taken off the market, but it should only be used when the potential benefits outway the risks of the side effects. My doctor's intentions were good I took it before with no ill effects. I read it was developed as an antidote for anthrax posoining, I haven't come down with that yet so I guess that's one good thing. | M | 61 | 8 days 500 mg 1X day | 3/17/2011 | 1 | Prostatitis | Pain in my feet and face. Nausea, auditory hallucination, slurred speech, leg pain, blur vision, jaw tightness, constipation and my hands would fall asleep at night. | Two years ago my doctor recommended I get on Lisinopril for high blood pressure. That medication I believe contributed to my Prostatitis Started taking July 20, 2010. Felt better the first week, but it started the second week. My feet suddenly got so hot, I had to cover them with cold rag to be able to sleep. Soon my big toe on right foot started hurting and down the line all my tows. My left foot started the same signs about a week or two latter. Three weeks after, I could barely walk on my feet, they were hot burning and hurting. Four weeks into, I felt like my knees were giving out on me. Experienced, nausea, auditory hallucination, slurred speech, leg pain, blur vision, jaw tightness, constipation and my hands would fall asleep at night. It got really bad. I was on a trip to visit my 90 year old mother and I thought I would never make it home alive. My whole body was shutting down. About 5 weeks after taking this drug, my feet started to freeze like I was walking on ice and my face started to get warm. It has accelerated to where now my face is hot almost all of the time. Three month ago I went to see a neurologist, who has suggested that I now have peripheral neuropathy. Five weeks ago, I started coughing blood and was diagnosed with pneumonia (this might be a different issue and not related, but I have been healthy my first 50 years, so I wonder if there is a connection) No more drugs for me! It has been the worst 9 month of my life. | M | 51 | 10 days 750 1X day | 3/15/2011 | 1 | possible uti | PLEASE IF YOU HAVENT TAKEN THIS DRUG YET DONT!!! Unless you're going to die without this med stay away!! It turned my life into a living nightmare that has no escape. Yes it causes physical pain, but honestly I'd willingly give my body up if the psychological horrors could be reversed. Please be wise and say no to this and anyother dangerous meds out there. Find other options. I feel it to be my civil duty to protect as many people as i can from this poison as I can. Plz do not take this!!! | PLEASE IF YOU HAVENT TAKEN THIS DRUG YET DONT!!! | M | 22 | 3 days 500 mg 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 1 | infection in bowels | Felt lousy overall with in hours of taking it as if I was poisoned. fingers and toes feel numb and/or tingle. Caused constipation, worse most painful bowel movements ever. | Must be one of the worse drugs out there for antibiotics, stay away from this stuff. | M | 41 | 4 days 500 1X day | 3/13/2011 | 1 | bronchitis | In less than 24 hours I felt improvement. But after several days I became more and more tired, by the 6th day the joints in my knees were very painful & stiff. I was also suffering from swelling and heat in the knees. Walking is very painful and I have no energy. I would only consider taking this drug if it were a life or death situation. I would hope that doctors warn their patients to be on the lookout for side effects. | I would guess I will now not be able to take cipro after this bad reaction to it's more powerful 2nd veneration. | F | 62 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | disorientation, nausea, memory loss, feelings of dread, depression, confusion, loss of appetite, could not sleep,muscle spasms in legs & back, thought I was losing my mind! | My doctor told me that she was giving me "something new" that it would take care of my sinus infection quickly and better than the Z-pack that I had been given in the past. Within 2 days of taking it, I was doing things completely out of character, very agitated and easily angry, paranoid, could not sleep or eat, lost 11 lbs in 6 days, have absolutely no memory of a 3 day period, just completely shut down and thought I was going crazy! It wasn't until 9 days into taking the medicine that someone made a comment about how they couldn't believe that I could work and take Levaquin because of how strong they had heard it was...so I googled it and found all of this information and put 2 & 2 together! PLEASE don't take this or let anyone you care about take it! I still have muscle spasms in my legs and hip pain that I am sure are from effects of this and I took this medication June 23rd- July 3rd of 2009! | F | 46 | 10 days 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 1 | sinus infection, pneuomonia | some of the worse pain I have had. swelling all over especially feet and legs with redness in feet, muscle and tendon pain, leg weakness, unable to walk, hard to move around much, very depressed wanting to die the pain was so bad, | I will not take this medication ever again, the side effects are so much worse that the cause of illness to be treated. I would strongly advise anyone to discuss with their doctor this med and ask for another. No one should go through what I went through as did others. | F | 57 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 1 | ruptured appendix-perotinitis | ongoing knee pain and tendonitis over 5 yrs later, its much better than in the beginning, but it did change my life for a long time. | F | 34 | 1X day | 3/10/2011 Patient History | 1 | sinus infection | Weird feeling in head; jittery; pain in joints | F | 52 | 5 days 1X day | 3/8/2011 | 1 | urinary track infection | Five days after I started taking levaquin I experienced pain in right calf, next day the pain very bad. Saw doctor. Diagnosis tendonitis. Too late, I now learn this one exposure to Levaquin can be responsible for tendonitis in many parts of my body the rest of my life. Bad news. bad drug. | F | 84 | 6 days 500 mg 1X day | 3/5/2011 |