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 | bladder infection | I had flashes of light in my peripheral vision... very scary! I also had a severe headache I think it was the worst tmj headache of my life. | I ruptured a gastrucnemius muscle in my leg 5 months after levaquin. | F | 44 | 5 days | 10/21/2005 | 1 | Unknown abdominal pain; | No urge to urinate (I don't feel the need to go for a day during the medication!!); insonmia; lack of appetite; fatigue | This antibiotic seems to be too strong on me. The side effect is overwhelming compared to other antibiotics. | M | 25 | 5 days | 10/20/2005 | 1 | Sinus infection | Insomnia, racing thoughts, restlessness, aching knees | I stopped taking Levaquin early because I was getting no sleep and was also experiencing anxiety from racing thoughts and being tired out. My knee joints especially started to ache after the 2nd day. They still do, weeks later. I'll avoid this one in the future. | F | 45 | 4 days | 10/11/2005 | 1 | Kidney Infection | Went to ER for pain and was diagnosed with kidnet infection and prescribed levaquin. On the morning of day 5 of 7 days of 500 mg per day, woke up with severe joint and muscle pain. Went to a new doctor (mine was out of town) was told couldn't be the levaquin. Can you say quack?! Tested me for anything else. Nothing else could be blamed and was then told maybe we will never know. This was 3 weeks ago and I am just now starting to feel better. Will try to start my workouts again and hopefully will be okay. My regular doc is monitoring to make sure no permanent damage done to joints and tendons because he believes pain is from the medicine and the ER should never have pout me on it for 7 days. Way too strong medication. Will NEVER take it again!! | F | 33 | 7 days | 10/6/2005 | 1 | UTI | Low grade fever, muscle cramping (calf pain), muscle/joint aching in shoulders, forearms, wrists and hands, hips, ankles and feet and continuing fatigue. | Although Levaquin did its expected job clearing up a urinary tract infection with a single dose for 3 days, the side effects far offset the benefit received. Would not take this medication again but ask for a different medication. I am three weeks past taking the last dose and still have side effects. | F | 58 | 3 days | 9/30/2005 | 1 | Thoath infection , FLu | It was the worse, i had the 1st day after i took the medicine like a migrane headacke, i thoguth my head was going to explode, but i didnt think it was the medicine, i thought it was just a migrane, that night i woke up with chills and i was freezing, when i live in Florida and is hot as hell, i turn of A/C, i thoguht how weird , maybe im gettign a fever, then the next day before i even took the 2nd pill i notice a rash on my face, and i thought people get a rash when they have an allergy reaction to something and then i thoguth the medicine did it and read the possible side effect and then i associate the headacke and the rash and the chills, my face still has a rash i dont knwo when it will go away, it burns, like if i had a sun burn , i dont even know why this medicine is in the market | M | 34 | 1 days | 9/29/2005 | 1 | pneumonia | one year after taking it, I have depression, anxiety, hearing loss, tinnitus, horrible pain in feet and legs | F | 61 | 10 days | 9/28/2005 | 1 | sinus infection post surgery | When I completed the drug--the next day I developed a severe skin rash,hives,burning,unbearable itching & joint pain.Felt as though I could not breath.Went to MD--steroids made worse,as did other anti-biotics & have since seen two specialist. | Would NEVER take again. | F | 50 | 21 days | 9/27/2005 | 1 | ear infection | Sight issues-hearing issues-breathing issues-joint pain-feelings of gloom and doom-Unable to feel limbs-tingling-lung infection-heart palpatations-many things happen weeks and months later-And Dr's never think reactions can still being going on. Read the many other posts. It is all true. | 4 pills and it has ruined my life. Please, there are other choices Docs can use. I know it works in some, but it is not worth the risk. This should not be on the market. | M | 46 | 4 days | 9/25/2005 | 1 | severe sinus infection | insomnia, depression, easy to bruise and blister, severe bruising on arches of feet (can't walk without extreme pain), general discomfort in legs, when my feet don't hurt they feel strange almost like they are detached from my body | It's a five minute walk from my classes to my car. By the time I get there my legs, from the knees down, are so stiff, tired and sore that I have to sit for a while before driving. I feel like my leg will give out if I try to push the gas or brake. I'm terrified that it is going to cause me to have an accident. I can't stand very long at work. I can't get to sleep at night because my legs and feet feel so strange. They wake me up in the night and I can't go back to sleep. The sinus infection was preferable to the side effects. | F | 21 | 20 days | 9/22/2005 | 1 | sinus infection | irregular heartbeat, Swelling of Hands,feet,Knees etc.. Terrible Dreams, Mental fogginess,Sore throat,metallic taste in mouth and Severe Stomach pains. Bloating and NO Appetite. | This was My Second Time Of taking Levaquin. The first Didn't really bother me.This time I Took 500 MG for 7 days and Since then Things have gotten worse. The swelling in my hands and Feet are So bad I can hardly bend my Fingers and Toes. The metallic Taste is in my nouth ALL the time. Even when I breathe In I can taste it. I am So Bloated and I hardly eat. NOTHING Sounds good or Tastes good. the food that I do eat Tastes Different. I was actually given Medicine For an ulcer But it didn't help. A Drug This strong Is a very scary thing. I thought It would help with my Chronic Sinus infections and Now I feel Like I'm an Invalid. I have 4 kids and I run a daycare. This has changed my life. | M | 40 | 7 days | 9/21/2005 | 1 | viral flu | Immediately upon taking Levaquin I lost all sense of taste and smell. I had only taken 3 pills and stopped immediately after reviewing info online. I have regained my sense of taste but my sense of smell is still very inferior. I took the Levaquin about 3 or 4 months ago. | Don't mess with this drug, it is bad news! | F | 53 | 1 days | 9/20/2005 | 1 | strep throat | i got itchy bumps on my hands and feet. | F | 20 | 4 days | 9/13/2005 | 1 | upper respiratory infection | sore muscles, burning sensations on skin, muscles fatigue quickly, and joint pain. Taken 5 weeks ago and still no relief from these symptoms. Doctors can't find what happened, it has ruined my life. | Never take this poison | M | 34 | 6 days | 9/10/2005 | 1 | UTI | Heart Palputations. Very Dizzy | I had to go into emergency room because of heart palputations and I was very dizzy. I will never take this drug again. I tried a lower dose and still felt really dizzy, the whole room would spin. Better than being wasted. LOL | F | 32 | 3 days | 9/6/2005 | 1 | sinus infection/chronic cough | dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous, nausea, Leg cramps, severe chest pain, back pain, made cough worse and fractured 2 ribs, mental depression and fatigue- the side effects are long term and will make your life miserable!! | This drug was prescribed to me for a sinus infection and a chronic cough. That was 6 months ago. When I would have relief from the cough and the chest pain, as soon as I had a sinus infection and the Doctor would again prescribe Levaquin, I would become miserable again and the pain would again become severe in my chest and rib area. I have never experienced such misery. I would never advise anyone to take this medication and I agree that this type of information should be explained to you before spending a penny to buy this drug. My quality of life has been completely ruined and I am only 32 years old. This drug needs to be removed from the market!!! I have taken this medication several times for weeks at the time and I am scared of how long it will take my body to heal from this drug. | F | 32 | 2 days | 9/3/2005 | 1 | sinus infection | systemic joint pain | check out this message board for more info on side effects to Levaquin: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Levaquin-ADR/ | M | 32 | 2 days | 8/29/2005 | 1 | bronchitis and plurisy | very dry mouth and unable to sleep, it is 3:30 am and I am still awake I have taken 3 doses. | F | 38 | 3 days | 8/28/2005 | 1 | insect bite infection | stomach cramps, extreme diarrhea, malaise, achy all over. Knee joint pain was unreal. Cured the infection but caused major intestinal upset that required two weeks of flagyl. | THIS STUFF IS POISON!! | F | 48 | 10 days | 8/28/2005 | 1 | Sinus infection | severe joint pain in knees and hips, barely able to walk first couple of weeks. also had bad case of insomnia, cold chills, peripheral neuropathy, and the list goes on and on. | Its been over 8 months since I tood this medicaiton and I still have bad joint pain. I'm only 32 years old. I would strongly suggest you consider asking your doctor for a different antibiotic. | M | 32 | 2 days | 8/25/2005 |