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 | Possible UTI | 500 mg once a day for five days. After 3rd dose, experienced vision distortions - seeing shapes going up the wall, colored spots floating in front of my eyes, spent a night of total sleeplessness. On day 4 noticed a little tightness in my calves. I attributed it to the gardening I was doing. On day 5 woke up with very tight calves. It was painful to walk and very painful to go down stairs. When I got to work I googled side effect of Levaquin and saw all the problems people have had with taking it. I have been off of the medication for three days and still have a great deal of pain in my calves. I have difficulty walking and have had to discontinue any strenuous activity. I have never had a bad reaction to any other antibiotic. I hope these symptons go away soon. My doctor just said he would note "muscle aches" on my chart and said "all antibiotics have some side effects." I think hardly being able to walk and then only in pain is more than a "side e | I think this is a very strong and dangerous drug. While some people may take it with no problems, many people are having severe and debilitating problems which seem to last and last. I do not think this drug should be prescribed for simple infections. There are other safer drugs to try first. | F | 50 | 5 days | 7/5/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | acute knee pain and swelling of knee joint | F | 57 | 5 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | kidney infection(minor) | After 2 doses of 500mg I "just wasn't myself" according to friends, I completed 8 of the 10 doses prescribed. From the second dose until I started experiencing facial numbness I have absolutely no recollection of anything so I have to take their word on my behavior. The first memorable side effect was the left side of my face kept going numb(dose 8), but then quit after a few hours. Starting from that point and progressing over the course of a week I grew progressively short of breath until I decided to see a doctor. I was rushed by ambulance to the hospital with a major pulmonary embolism. The facial numbness was attributed as pre-stroke symptoms. I had a full head to toe check of all enzymes, renal function, you name it, all test results were normal including cholesterol. Everything was ruled out with the exception of the Levaquin which was the only thing I was taking at the time. | F | 30 | 8 days | 6/30/2007 | 1 | Epididymitis | Achilles tendon damage, wrist pain | Started feeling achilles tendon pain 5 days after starting levaquin. Physician and pharmacy NEVER provided information about this side effect, as the prescribing information states they should. I never made the connection that an antibiotic could cause this side effect so I finished the regimen. Six months later, including three months of physical therapy, walking better, though still feel occassional pain. Fault is with physician and pharmacist. Levaquin is an important drug for fighting infections, but should be prescribed second line. There are other proven options to try first. Indiscriminate use by physicians is causing needless side effects and dramtically increasing resistance problems. | M | 50 | 21 days | 6/23/2007 | 1 | took for bronchitis | flu like symptoms, chills, nausea, constant headaches for 2 weeks straight, difficulty waking up, weak, no energy, extreme leg aches/swelling, random body pains ... and more! | If you think you are having side effects from Levaquin, stop taking it immediatly!! This drug should not be available. It is unsafe. Blessings to those who are experiencing difficulties as a result of this poison. | F | 45 | 7 days | 6/22/2007 | 1 | For a bladder infection | I had been on this medicine three weeks ago and i am still ill from it.Anxiety and panic attacks.Loss of appitite i have lost ten pounds i am on depression medicine be cause this medicine made me so sad and depressed i didnt even want to live i have never had that kind of thought in my whole life.I am still having bad thoughts and dreams from this awful medicine.i just want to feel my old self again.I will never,never take this medicine again and no one else should either | FOR GOODNESS SAKES PLEASE EVRYONE DONOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE. | F | 66 | 7 days | 6/21/2007 | 1 | bronchial infection/ ulcerative col | Severe pains in hips & knees, hobbled me. Quit taking after 3 days, symptoms went away in 2 days. My daughter was given levaquin drip in ER for ulcerative colitis, started choking and heart pounding. As soon as I demanded action they stopped drip. She was immediately better color, able to breathe, and recognize me. | This med is pushed by doctors and Phys. Assist. everywhere! Are they getting kickback? Watch what interns, attending or nurses are putting in IV drips. You have to save your family. We did not know its side effects then. Askkkkkkkkk | F | 52 | 3 days | 6/21/2007 | 1 | very serious eye infection | headaches, nausea, tendinitis in hands,wrists,knees, sleeping constantly | 1st of all, if you never experienced a side effect you are very lucky, but I wouldn't risk it again. I would strongly not recommend this to anyone. I have a very good tolerance for medication, but because my infection was so bad and was acting very fast, they decided to put me on Levaquin. I was allergic to Rocephine and I am or was nursing my baby. I was told I had to wean my son. It started about the second day, my fever should have been gone and things should have been getting back to normal. I only got worse. I still had my swollen eye, I was sleeping all the time, a higher fever, my tongue was swelling and I developed sores all over that went down into my throat, the breaking point was when I woke up and I felt like I was 80 yrs. old. I could barely walk and had a hard time holding things in my fingers. I couldn't even hold my 18 month old. Something was terribly wrong. I went to the ER and they told me I was having a bad reaction to the med. They gave me an I.V and by | F | 35 | 5 days | 6/21/2007 | 1 | Respiratory Infection | Searing jaw, back, leg, calf, forearm pain. Intense headache, toothache. Racing heart beat. Totally miserable unbearable experience that sent me to the ER. | Only took ONE 500 mg dose. I am a healthy, very active, fit woman. | F | 35 | 1 days | 6/19/2007 | 1 | A cold | Pain in ALL muscles and joints! Areas huring the most were my hips, knees, ankles. Migrain and pressure on the left side of my head. Fogginess and depression. Lacy rash on arms and redness on my cheeks and nose. I was prescribed this medication by a new doctor. I was given a 750 mg. sample with no information. After the third day, I could barely move. The doctor told me to immediately stop and put me on another antibiotic. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! VERY DANGEROUS! I am still having problems - I can barely get up from a sitting position without assistance. I feel like I'm 100 years old! If anyone knows of an expert handling these severe reactions, please let me know! | F | 45 | 3 days | 6/18/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe left hip and groin pain and bilateral shoulder pain for two and a half months with no relief | will NEVER take the drug again nor recommend that any of my family or friends take it. Major concern as to wheather this will resolve or will it become a chronic problem. It has changed my entire active lifestyle. Cannot walk and do normal activities. Very depressing | F | 67 | 8 days | 6/14/2007 | 1 | pneumonia | psychotic episodes, tinnitus, insomnia, anxiety, taste distortion etc. etc. etc. | THIS IS POISON. I TOOK IT 2 YRS. AGO AND IT RUINED MY LIFE. TO ALL YOU POSTERS WITH POSITIVE THOUGHTS, REMEMBER THAT THIS STUFF IS CUMALATIVE AND TRY NOT TO TAKE IT AGAIN | F | 63 | 10 days | 6/13/2007 | 1 | bronchitis | SIX MONTHS LATER and stairs are still painful, eye problems still present with flashing lights at times. | LEVAQUIN is a real CRIPPLER. Would not take this antibiotic again. | F | 50 | 7 days | 6/9/2007 | 1 | Respiratory/Sinus | Fluttering heartbeat and anxiety. | Would never take this drug again. Didn't do a thing for my symptoms and I wound up with the rapid heartbeat and anxiety from it. So, did my mom - she just took it and had to stop after 2 days - and it didn't help her!! (she had a bladder infectin) | F | 36 | 5 days | 6/8/2007 | 1 | possible uti | SEVERE headaches, vaginal burning/pain, near tendon rupture | i used to take this drug occasionally for uti's, so when the er thought i had one and gave me this, i didn't think twice. however, after taking ONE DOSE, my head nearly exploded, i got extremely painful vaginal burning/spasms/etc and my achilles tendons nearly ruptured! all very real, VERY DANGEROUS side effects of quinolones...DON'T TAKE THIS CRAP ... EVEN AS A LAST RESORT. NOT WORTH IT. | F | 28 | 1 days | 6/8/2007 | 1 | Diverticulitis | I was hospitalized for three days the second to the last week of May 2007. During my hospitalization, I was given Levaquin by IV. Upon discharge, I was prescribed Levaquin, 750mg and five days and then 500mg for five days. Stopped taking 750mg after four days because I experienced pain and stiffness from my thighs to feet, difficulty standing up or sitting down, I was unable to walk up or down stairs without assistance. As of June 7, The pain and stiffness persist. | After reading comments on this and other websits, I am very afraid. I am a 48 year-old female, who use to run up and down the stairs with no problem. I only place if feel somewhat comfortable sitting is the bar stools in my kitchen because they are high and I can just step off to get up. Doctor's should not be prescribing this medication to anyone and the pharma should be held accountable for unethical behavior for willful endangerment of the public to ensure profits. | F | 48 | 7 days | 6/7/2007 | 1 | ear infection | INSOMNIA!!!!! rapid heart rate, head rush, almost like I could feel the blood rushing through my body, WORST FEELING EVER | I will never take this drug again. I laid in bed all night trying to get some sleep, but couldn't even lay still. And that was after my first dose. I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest. All in all, it was a miserable experience. NEVER AGAIN! | F | 28 | 2 days | 6/6/2007 | 1 | stomach infection; ear infection | After 5 minutes of taking her first 500mg dose (20 minutes ago), my mother had a rash all over her face, chest, and stomach. Then diarrhea. | I am hoping her problems do not persist, but thanks to this site, I am ready for them if they do. There are other antibiotics out there that have not caused her such discomfort. | F | 59 | 1 times | 6/5/2007 | 1 | surgery - antibiotics | Hallucinations, vertigo, disorientation, difficulty breathing, feeling like my throat was closing up | Terrible drug - would never recommend it or take it. Last time taken for 2 weeks with pneumonia. Developed extreme nightmares and hallucinations. | F | 61 | 1 days | 6/1/2007 | 1 | UTI infection | throwing up and pain. I had no energy. thought I was dying. FDA should pull this drug | M | 59 | 7 days | 5/31/2007 |