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 | unconfirmed uri. infection,prostati | The major one pain in arms, legs. Cramps in calves when jogging, also vision and neurotical problems.. | If I could rate this drug 0 or negative, I would. I can't believe it happens here in the USA,after reading all forums and opinions about this drug. I would rather stay with my original disease than with side effects from this drug. | M | 43 | 13 days | 7/26/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | After 1 pill...Severe headaches, dizzy, floaters in eyes, shaking, tremors, abdominal pain, felt like death | This drug is horrible and should not be given to anyone. The toxins never leave the body and the side effects linger for months and sometimes years. | F | 46 | 7 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | UTI/ Possible Kidney Infection | 07/20/2006 Sweats, paranoia, leg and feet pain, Awful nightmares, loss of appetite-haven't ate or took one sip of liquid for 48 hours- irritability. | AWFUL sweats, nightmares (never had before), Irritabilty- had to send my daughters aged 4 and 7 to my mothor in law because I was going out of my mind. My husband had to stay up with me the last night I took this because I wanted to kill myself. I honestly have never felt like this before in my life. Where my feet bend from my leg I felt like I was being stabbed and also in my thighs. Please dont take this medicine. It should be banned. So sorry so many people have to go through this because of a med their dr. prescribed them. BEWARE!!!!!!! | M | 32 | 2 days | 7/20/2006 | 1 | infected dog bite | chills, severe joint pain in hips, knees, shoulders, hands, feet, back. sore tendons, sore soles of feet (burning sensation), hard to bend, hard to get out of bed or a chair, no comfortable sleeping position,loss of balance, fear of what may be coming | The drug companies only care about $, and this drug should never have been allowed on the market; it is POISON! I can only pray that the effects will lessen in time; God bless you for the website so people can know the truth. What about a class action suit to stop the depraved indifference? The drug companies know the drug is harmful, i.e. the list of side effects. What they leave out is that it can be permanent and excruciating, and destroy your life. I've been told that doctors are often given incentives by the drug companies to prescribe certain drugs,which may be why this is prescribed so often for such simple maladies. I am into health(organics)and natural remedies and am kicking myself for being ignorant and blindly trusting. Some are getting rich, while others suffer. It is wrong. | F | 61 | 7 days | 7/19/2006 | 1 | urinary tract infection | severe stomach ache, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, loss of appetite | I will never take this drug again. I don't think it's safe for anyone. | F | 39 | 2 days | 7/11/2006 | 1 | urinary tract infection | severe stomach ache, dizziness, nausea, insomnia, loss of appetite | I will never take this drug again. I don't think it's safe for anyone. | F | 39 | 2 days | 7/11/2006 | 1 | uti infection | Dizzy, naseau and head ache | 2 days | 7/7/2006 | 1 | bladder infection--strep | My joints (especially my knees) started hurting soon after I began the ten day prescription of levaquin. I completed it a week ago, and my joints still hurt. | The lab is doing a follow-up urine culture to see if the levaquin eliminated the strep. I don't have the results yet. | F | 55 | 10 days | 7/6/2006 | 1 | Urinary tract infection | extreme pain in my hands and feet | called Urologist 4 days into a 14 day treatment and was told to continue taking medicine. Told doctor i was taking advil to help pain. now i read that is dangerous to mix. one week after treatment pain in feet and hands are better but still painful. Saw primary care physician who seemed to know side effects and told me since i had some arthritis anyway the meds exacerbated situation. I had some stiffness in hands in morning, not this horrible pain and certainly never had problems with feet and i am schoolteacher and stand all day long. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION>just like other patients i fear that the symptoms of pain in hands and feet are here to stay. very frightening. How can we get this drug off the market? | F | 47 | 14 days | 7/4/2006 | 1 | pneumonia | tinnitus, hearing loss, tendon pain, depression, suicidal thoughts, psychotic episodes, head pressure, taste distortion, feeling of doom | I TOOK THIS 20 MONTS AGO AND I'M STILL SUFFERING. HORRIBLE STUFF, NEVER TAKE IT. THERE ARE SAFER DRUGS AVAILABLE. THIS IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO BECOME CRIPPLED AND SICK FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. | F | 62 | 10 days | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Prostatitis | total exhaustion, puffy sore eyes, nerve pains all over my body, dry mouth, dehydration, serious constipation, dizziness, light-headedness, headache and body aches, loss of appetite, itchiness. | It cleared up my prostate infection but it was 2 weeks of torture. Towards the middle of the 2 week period the side effects lessended, but then got worse at the end than they were in the beggining. Will never take this one again! | M | 34 | 14 days | 6/29/2006 | 1 | strep throat | My son took just one dose about 6 pm and about 2am woke up saying he felt weird, sweating profusely, nauseated and his head felt weird. When I described a panick attack to him he said that is what it felt like. I took him to the emergency room. The doctor actually told him to continue to take the Levaquin and see if that is indeed what caused this reaction, otherwise, it could have just been a panick attack. I think the doc needs to read up on all the side effects. Needless to say, I told the doc, give him something else, he is not taking anymore Levaquin. | M | 19 | 1 days | 6/28/2006 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Terrible depression after the 3rd and 4th dose. Dosage was one 500 mg tablet for 7 days. Have to discontinue after this last dose (4th). My sinus infection is better, but I really haven't noticed this drug working any better for me than Amoxicillin does for my sinus infections. I have had diarhea and sleeplessness, also had wierd dreams and have been in a very bad, dark mood. I became bloated after the 2nd dose and I can tell that I'm gaining weight quickly in addition to muscle weakness. This is a much too potent drug with way too many side effects to be given when other things are just as effective. I too feel that this drug is dangerous. | I am a nurse and a Clinical Researcher (Drug Development). I honestly feel that this drug should not be prescribed, except for very, very difficult and more threatening bacterias. | F | 52 | 4 days | 6/26/2006 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Tightness in chest, hard to breath, rapid heart rate and heart fluttering/skipping, extreem sleeplessness (only got about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs sleep total the first night and about 2 hours the second night). I then remembered that these symptoms were a repeat of what had happened right after my heart by-pass approximately 8 months earlier when I also took Levaquin for about 30 days. I simply thought that those reactions were normal after effects of the heart by-pass surgery. Had a known history of heart problems (attack, rythm problems, Congestive Heart Failure ect. and had already had an ICD implant in 2000 then an ICD replacement in 2003. I hadn't noticed any heart problems (rapid beating, fluttering, skipping Heard to breath) for approximately 3 - 4 months until I took the Levaquin. Contacted DR. after the 2nd day & he perscribe anoyher antibotic. | Never been alergic to anything my whole life but I will NOT be taking Levaquin again (short of it being a "last resort" or I'll die thing). | M | 59 | 2 days | 6/26/2006 | 1 | percribed for the flu | both feet getting cold, pain from one foot to the other, pain going from the feet to one knee and then the other. The pain has been so bad in knees, I have been to ER two times. I was told that it was gout, (which I will never beleive). Took this medication in May and pain is still there. | Took levaquin for almost a week before readin about effects. | M | 51 | 7 days | 6/25/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | After 1st dose of levaquin my feet burned like fire and my legs cramped and hurt so bad could hardly walk. After 2nd dose the same continued and my arms tingled and burned. My hands were totally asleep all day and I could not grip things. At this point I checked with Dr. about these problems. He said it was not the antibiotic, must be something else. I took twice more with each dose making these symptoms worse. I finally stopped taking and am still suffering from leg and foot burning and pain. My toes go to sleep as I am walking and My toes are now spreading apart and are changing shape. It is hard to explain all the problems I am having. This all took place 7 mths ago. I fear it may never go away, but I am hoping it will. I finally had a nerve conduction study that was okay and a neurology exam that confirmed taking the medication, Levaquin, caused the problem. I hope other people will not suffer the way that I have from simply taking an antibiotic and not knowing it could c | F | 51 | 4 days | 6/24/2006 | 1 | UTI | Allergic reaction: within 30 minutes of taking the drug for the first time, I broke out in hives (for the 1st time in my life), numbness in face and throat, turned red - had to get benadryl immediatley to stop reaction. Had same reaction to bentyl - though the drugs are not related. | F | 30 | 1 days | 6/23/2006 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Insomnia, did not want to eat | I probably would not take the medication again. I slept a total of 5 hours in three days. I also realize now that the Dr. who prescribed it might have made a mistake he gave me a Corticosteroids shot the same morning for an allergy issue I was having. From some of the reading I have been doing there is a drug interaction between the two. | F | 29 | 2 days | 6/21/2006 | 1 | ear infection and sinus infection | dizziness, nausea, splitting headache | I hate this medication | F | 36 | 6 days | 6/17/2006 | 1 | Ear infection | I have taken Levaquin on numerous occasions without a problem. So those people that are commenting that there is no problem, just wait! I started 750mg of Levaquin for an ear infection. This time I developed SEVERE gastric distress! I looked like I was 7 months pregnant; had severe pain throughout the colon and found it difficult to catch my breath, due to the severe bloating. If this was not bad enough, my shoulders have become unbearably painful; especially the right one, where it is painful to the touch. (It reminds me of when I had a tetanus shot). I was only on the pill for a day or two before this happened and cut my dosage down to half a pill; and now I WON'T take another one. I am just wondering how long it will take for the shoulder pain to go away. | F | 56 | 4 days | 6/15/2006 |