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 |
| 2 | Possible bronchitis | I felt a few side effects, some positive and some negative. The positive side effect was I lost my appetite for food. Usually I am hungry all the time; suddenly I had little interest in food. Water even tasted weird to me. This was OK with me, because I would love to lose about 10 pounds. BUT, on the flip side, I have been getting a horrible aching in my gums. It's a weird sensation, like I want to jab an icepick into my gums to relieve the sensation. I keep grinding my teeth because it seems to alleviate the aching, but then I end up with a sore jaw the next day. It's a feeling I can't quite describe...not an aching, not a tingling, but just a sensation that is terribly unpleasant and it takes over all my thoughts. All I can think about is this gnawing sensation and how to relieve it. I also feel a tingling/pressure in my chest. I did not have either of these symptoms until I took this medicine. | After feeling the unpleasant sensation in my gums that I have been experiencing, and after reading all the comments here, I think I am going to stop taking this medicine. I just want to feel normal again. | F | 47 | 5 days 30 MG 1X day | 11/11/2011 | 2 | bronchititus | it seems to be not helping my son with cerebral palsy | M | 36 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 11/1/2011 | 2 | UTI | Had a really bad UTI and past drug had failed. Felt GREAT almost immediately with Levaquin, but by day 3 had ankle pain, and then Achille's tendon pain, burning and swelling. It was terrifying. i went off it at day 6. | I will never take this class of drug again - it does permanent damage to your connective tissue, it seems. It's too bad that it did work so well for my UTI. | F | 40 | 6 days 500 1X day | 6/28/2011 | 2 | staph infection | Torn muscle in my calf 17 days after finishing this drug. | I would not take it again unless there was no other drug to take. | F | 67 | 10 days 750 mg 1X day | 4/7/2011 | 2 | Colon infection | Pain in joints especially knees and lower back (kidney area), knees swollen, tired and worn out. | Took in IV while in hospital and given pills after released from hospital for a tiny hole in colon to clear infection. One week off all medicine and pain in knees are better but still can't kneel and have trouble bending knees. Have pain in lower back often extreme around kidney area. Has anyone gotten better, what additional medical procedures or medicines were used and how long did it take? | F | 52 | 7 days 700 MG 1X day | 3/20/2011 | 2 | Pnemonia | Anxiety, agitation, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, muscle pains all over. | And when I quit, more anxiety and agitation - apparently these are known withdrawal symptoms that my good doctor failed to mentions. I'll never take these pills again, there has to be antibiotics that don't mess with your brain and body this badly. | M | 51 | 10 days 500 1X day | 3/9/2011 | 2 | Kidney infection | Horrible nightmare the first night taking it. Calf is very painful!!! Waking up at night gasping for air. After reading these post, I am convinced this medicine is doing more harm than good. | I am calling for a different prescription today! | F | 34 | 3 days 500 mg 1X day | 2/3/2011 | 2 | pneumonia | It didnt do anything besides the side effects. I started on Augmentin and after one pill I feel vastly better. | F | 55 | 8 days 750 1X day | 2/1/2011 Patient History | 2 | sinus infection | ruptured Achilles tendon, sweats | Sinus infection did subside, but I would not take this again. It scares me. | F | 69 | 5 days 500 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 2 | Pneumonia | Insomnia, anxity, dirhhea, very nasuous, ankles hurt, lower back pain | I am very glad I found this site!! I have been taking Levaquin at night right before I go to bed and I haven't slept since I started it for more than 2 hours at a time! I wake up very anxious and scared with my mind racing so I can't sleep! Every morning when I wake up I feel like I am going to throw up for at least a couple of hours. I have broken my ankle before but the pain in it has been non-existent until I started this medicine, they hurt alot not! I am glad I found this page bc I thought I was going crazy! Don't take this med if there is any other choice!! | F | 28 | 10 days 500 1X day | 12/18/2010 | 2 | urinary tract infection | metallic taste within an hour of taking; cramp in side of calf on second day. | but my bladder feels great! very expensive. I called the doc and he said that he will prescribe a different antibiotic as soon as he gets the culture results. | F | 56 | 2 days 500 mg 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 2 | Septic shock | tired, anxiety, crying, fear, leg pain, guilt, could not function in my busy life with three kids...and I'm a real active go getter! | It cost me $1130! I was prescribed 28 days worth and didn't read this post till day 20 something. I thought it was just cause I was sick...but knew I should be better by now...it took care of infection but is ruining my life! | F | 29 | 28 days 1X day | 11/23/2010 | 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 day | 10/26/2010 | 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 day | 9/25/2010 | 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 day | 9/7/2010 | 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 day | 8/27/2010 | 2 | upper respiratory infection | I have been on this drug previously for lung infections and got very nauseated but continued because I was very sick. This time from the first day I felt tired, anxious, shaky and depressed. I am already on depression meds and didn't know this would exacerbate it. | I haven't felt this depressed in a very long time. I did not hear back from my Dr. but I'm afraid he would say it's not caused by the drug which makes me more immobile. I can't think clearly and I'm so tired. I was supposed to be on this for 10 days but I can't finish. Can someone tell me I'm not crazy? | F | 61 | 4 days 500mg 1X day | 6/4/2010 | 2 | epididymitis | muscle pain in arms, depression, no sex drive, fatigue, dizziness | First took Levaquin a year ago for accute epididymitis and I noticed pains in my arms while at the gym. These pains worsened and took months to go away. Had to take it again and got depressed and lost almost all desire to have sex. Lost a lot of desires actually, didn't care about much. Didn't even clear up my infection until the last couple of days or so. I wouldn't recommend this drug because I think it does more harm than good. My friend's daughter just began taking this drug and she experienced pain almost immediately. | M | 39 | 21 days 500 MG 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 2 | Continuous Fungal Sinusitis | Where do I begin, both feet(top and bottom)hurt and it hurts to walk. Burning sensation in left foot. Ankles swollen,tender and hurting. Pain and muscle spasms in both calves and legs, left leg the worst. Knees swollen and painful,hurts to touch,hurts to sit and stand.I have to regroup my body before I start to walk. Pain extending up both thighs to buttock. Both hands, starting at the fingers, are EXTREMELY PAINFUL,PAINFUL!!A constant hurt that won't stop. The pain extends up both arms to my shoulders. A lot of fatigue,depression and I can't sleep. Feels like I'm 90 years old and been thrown in a dryer. I feel bruised all over but don't see the bruises. I'm tired, extremely tired. | I've been on and off Levaquin since 1997 for repeated sinus infections. Its the only antibiotic that works for the type of infections I keep getting. I've been having these symptoms for a long time and didn't realize it was the cause. Just started a 30 day treatment again, its been 21 days. I'm stopping! This pain is not worth it. | F | 46 | 12 years 750mgs 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 2 | Sinus Infection | Headache, dizziness, irritability, inability to concentrate | Taking Levaquin made me feel worse and did not seem to alleviate the severe sinus congestion I have been experiencing. Shortly after taking it the last couple of days with a full lunch, I experienced extreme head pain right above my eyes. I then had a very hard time focusing and concentrating at work and had to go home. My sensitivity to sound also got worse, making any noise almost unbearable (although some of this can be attributed to my sinus infection). I am also a marathon runner who is running the Boston Marathon in two weeks, and the risk of tendon damage from taking this drug added to my fear of continuing. I called my doctor and he switched me over to Augmentin, which is in a different class of penicillin based antibiotics. The jury is still out on Augmentin's effectiveness since I have yet to take it. | M | 42 | 3 days 500 1X day | 4/7/2010 |