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 | Bronchitis | Day 4, 4th pill January 2013 I felt like I was hit by a truck, unable to rise up on toes or back on heels, clearly neurological deficit, pain in all muscles but horrid from lumbar down. I realized I was poisoned. I shuffled, unable to lay on back due to calve pain but needed to elevate painful swollen legs, laid on my side but it was painful to sleep. I ruptured my biceps lowering a laundry basket 7 mos after I stopped the poison. I was in a wheelchair at 11 mos to 12 mos due to unable to walk over 30 ft due to pain but I couldn't push a wheelchair due to torn bicep unless on level ground and then it was painful. It took 1 yr to heal the bicep. I still use crutches and have daily pain and shuffle some times. I worked up until month 21 mos post taking 4 pills, just 4. | it was stupid to take this antibiotic for bronchitis. It has left me with damage preventing me from working as an occupational therapist. The doctor who prescribed it for me asked if I ever had leg cramps and he refused to give me a steroid inhaler whcih would have made the adverse effect worse. | F | 53 | 4 days 500 mg 1X day | 12/2/2014 | 1 | suspected sinus infection | unable to move legs, 24/7 horrific body pain, brain fog, extreme weakness/fatigue | Levaquin ruined my life 6 years ago...... | F | 69 | 14 days IV 1X day | 12/1/2014 | 1 | Pneumonia | After the third pill arm weakness began. Day 9 arms went numb then elbows had burning pain and then leg followed. All body tendons eventually damaged, chest wall, eyes, hips, wrists, and knees. Very limited activity and walking with crutches only for 9 months now. Crushing fatigue daily. A very healthy and active life has been instantly diminished by Levaquin with no warnings from my doctor and no known treatment after being diagnosed with these side effects. I had no previous conditions and MRI showed damage to elbow and knee. | This medication comes with 2 black box warnings that are boxed for doctors to warn patients of side effects. I was not warned or informed. The Mayo Clinic published a study with recommendation not to prescribe to athletes. I am an athlete and had just returned from winter mountain climbing/skiing and wish I had been informed of these warnings and recommendations. I would never have started with this medication to treat pneumonia in a very healthy body. This family of antibiotics should be reserved for life threatening conditions ONLY. The side effects are NOT rare and are long term and life changing. | F | 58 | 9 days 500mg 1X day | 12/1/2014 | 1 | UTI | Extreme pain in joints and ligaments, nausea, lack of appetite, blood sugar dropping, anxiety, extreme anger and frustration. Sounds were louder, smells stronger, lights brighter. Depression and suicidal thoughts. Insomnia. Extreme night sweats. Low grade fever. | I just finished my prescription 2 days ago and so far all of the side effects are still here. After reading other experiences I don't understand why this is allowed to be prescribed. I agree that if you can take anything else don't risk taking this. It is horrible. | F | 47 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 11/26/2014 | 1 | Bartonella | Burning legs, tingling all over body, coughing, nightmares, dry mouth, reactive arthritis in lower back, buzzing and weakness in my legs.. constantly.. | DO NOT take this medicine unless it's your only or last resort. This stuff can MESS you up... It's been a month and my symptoms persist.. I had no warning about this drug, I researched it before taking, and only saw tendon ruptures.. but man this stuff can pretty much effect every part of your body. This company not only needs to be sued, but every single dollar they have earned should now be going into researching a cure for all the people it has messed up. This stuff can mess with and alter your DNA, where is that listed in the side effects? It's not.. These people are criminals and belong in jail. There should be a zero option for this drug..Luckily I'm young, so hopefully my body goes back to normal, but from what I have researched, it can take years, or be permanent. | M | 22 | 10 days 500 1X day | 11/22/2014 | 1 | infection in tummy tuck stitches | both my legs have cramped and tingled with what seems to be restless leg syndrome constantly for the last 12 hours seeing wavy lines in front of me. my neck is popping when I turn it. this is scary. I only took one pill. hope I don't have lingering side effects. | I should have listened to the warnings I read on the Internet and not have listened to my doctor. doctors are human and don't have time to research everything. can't believe the public isn't protected from these dangerous drugs | F | 68 | 1 days 500 mg 1X day | 11/22/2014 | 1 | stomach bug - cramps/diarrhea | Happened in 2007. Extreme/severe joint pain, high spiking fevers, night sweats, light and sound sensitivity, body rash - symptoms lasted for 4 months after taking only 2 pills. After having 4 months of spiking fevers, the drama continued when I experienced major hair loss for several months after that. I also still have 5 finger joints that are swollen and look like an arthritic old lady even though I'm only 43. So every time I look at them I get to remember what happened to me back in 2007 when I was 35... | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG unless it is a last resort and you have to choose between taking Levaquin and dying. It's sickening to me that this drug hasn't been taken off the market yet - you can read hundreds and hundreds of online testimonies which you would never probably find unless you were researching because you were actually having a reaction = too late... | F | 43 | 2 days 1X day | 11/7/2014 | 1 | Legionnaires Disease | severe ringing in my ears, eye pain, cataracts (surgery), joint and muscle pain, depression, pain in feet and hands, numbness in fingers and toes, burning pain when standing for more than 5 minutes, cannot walk more than 20=25 feet without burning pain in lower back | I was given Levaquin in the hospital for Legionnaires disease and put into a medically induced coma; I do not know the dosage I was given. I do know that I developed a very bad rash around day 9 and was taken off of Levaquin. I developed septic shock, put on dialysis and nearly died. I always contributed my symptoms to the Legionnaires but now I believe that they have been caused by taking Levaquin. I am now on disability; before this happened I was working 45 hours a week. | M | 59 | 9 days not sure 1X day | 11/1/2014 | 1 | blood infection | dizzy not able to stand or walk weight loss could not eat bones hurt soo bad could not sleep blood in my stool or pure blood i was not able to walk for my baby boys funeral my husband had to carry me part of the time falling confusion night mare if i had any sleep my mucles where moving all the time i could not controll my movments at all rashes iching ringing in the ears at times i could not see stomach pain was crazy bad this was in june of 2013 now i have had 2 miscarages since i had a picline to go home with injections every four hours 500mg for two months and i believe i had miscarred because of this med my body is soo weak 6 months later the stomach pain is horrable i feel weak tired like my bones are going to break kidney pain and its hard to move my fingers and joints they go stiff cramping everywhere DO NOT take this medication i am truly afraid that i might die i feel very ill because of this medication i have a 1 year old and im not the same mom i use to be at the age of 22 | UTI, SEVERAL BLOOD INFECTIONS , WHITE BLOOD COUNT 86,000 They said that if i did not take this medication i would die within hours a day or two if i was lucky well im not the luckiest person actually i have terrible luck but i would have been better off taking my chances crossing my fingers and wishing myself healthy on a shooting star or a lightning bug this medication should be BAND from this country worst med ever | F | 22 | 2 months 500mg 6X day | 10/30/2014 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, Dizziness, Tired, Moody, General feeling of crapiness, Chest tightness, Diarrhea, weakness. | I was told to take it for 10 days but after day 6 I am not taking anymore because it makes me nauseous all day long, about 15 mins after taking it until I fall asleep. Constant headache, always tired... horrible drug. Don't recommend it. | F | 23 | 10 days 500MG 1X day | 10/25/2014 | 1 | Ureter infection | Hives, | allergic to it | F | 62 | 1 days 1X day | 10/11/2014 | 1 | August 2013 | I didn't have any right away but a month later I had a horrible headache, nauseau, sweating and passed out. Have spent the last year with all of these symptoms plus toxic neuropathy and low blood pressure. Was perfectly healthy before taking this drug. | F | 52 | 7 days | 10/10/2014 | 1 | Ear/throat infeccion | Swelling from my knees down, both my wrists Just after taking my second dose | This medicine should be off the market | M | 44 | 2 days 500mg 1X day | 10/6/2014 | 1 | pneumonia and bronchitis | Shakes,chest pains,burning of skin, breathing issues,numbness,weird crazy thoughts,depression,hurting in arms,thrush,out of it.... | F | 39 | 6 days 500 mg | 10/5/2014 | 1 | Bartonella Infection | Body heaviness (I felt like I was 1000 pounds). Slurred speech. Breathing trouble, it felt like my lungs forgot how to take in air.Confusion. Achilles tendon pain. Horrible sharp, stabbing pain like heated glass shards were being jabbed into me, especially from my knees down and in my wrists. I felt like there were spikes in my feet. I haven't been able to wear shoes or socks because they hurt so bad. Thrush. Unable to sleep because of pain. Even after stopping the meds, the effects continue. Now I have a rash at the worst places that I had pain. | I was told by the pharmacist that I was not in a risk group for tendon problems WRONG. It's so true that it only takes 1 pill to knock you off your feet, literally. I haven't been able to walk in 2 weeks since taking my last pill! The reviews here aren't exaggerating. On my 7th pill I started to get mild pain in one Achilles tendon that came and went very quickly. I took my 8th pill and wham, some of the WORST pain I've ever felt in my life. From my knees down my legs felt like they were on fire. The pain was deep and everywhere. I had to keep my legs elevated for the least amount of pain. Someone told me to take massive magnesium when I was on levaquin to prevent the tendon problems. WRONG AGAIN. I took it, even before the levaquin, to make sure I had enough in my body. This DID NOT prevent the tendon problems. I've had to have groceries and everything delivered to my house. I can't drive yet. I'm getting better everyday, but this has been a nightmare. I'm finally walking again, but no shoes yet. Now there are rashes forming at all the joints where I had the most pain, especially around the ankles. If there's any positive to this, I do believe it batted back the infection Apparently levaquin kills bacteria by altering its DNA, but what they don't tell you is that it can alter YOUR DNA and mess up the instructions for healing and cell replacement. That's why the effects last so long after stopping the med. | F | 45 | 8 days 500mg 1X day | 9/27/2014 | 1 | anaflaxtic shock | anaflaxtic shock within 2mins ears pain, hands and feet itched, hives, airway closing , sweating , could not breath rushed to hospital. nearly died. Was prescribed for pneniouma a different hospital I was rushed to said I didn't have pneniouma. I nearly died because a hosipal made a medical error on a xrayl. I only went to hospital for a anitipressant I was out of . Messed up ! | NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET ASAP. ITS DEADLY ! IM FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE FDA AS WELL AS THE HOSPITA ERROR ON DR. WHO PERSCRIPED IT TO ME AS WELL AS THE DR WHO READ XRAY. | F | 50 | 2 days 750 1X day | 9/19/2014 | 1 | ear infection | leg swollen painful: dizzy weak nauseous stopped 2 wegkd ago still can bArely wslk | M | 76 | 3 days 500 | 9/18/2014 | 1 | Kidney infection | Dizzy,short of breath,hot flashes sweating profusely,Pain in calves, weakness, dry eyes, and very sleepy. | F | 44 | 7 days 500 | 8/24/2014 | 1 | suspected UTI | At first it was heart pounding/racing upon waking up at night. Insomnia. Then sinus/ear pressure/headache and tinnitus in both ears which developed at the same time as tingling/twitching/cold sensations/muscles spasms in random places but primarily in my calves, feet, and legs. It is almost constant in my calves, feet, and legs. Joint pain in wrists, hands, and ankles. The earliest symptoms have subsided for the most part. There is still some insomnia but it has improved. The issues with muscles, tinnitus, and joints are current. I also have sensitivity to noise and light now. | I will not take this medication or any quinolone derivative again or let anyone in my family take it. This should be used only in extreme situations where other measures have failed. There were not sufficient warnings enclosed with this medication and it is still impacting my life greatly. The only thing mentioned of concern was about tendons exploding as a possibility but it gave the impression that this was a rare thing. I am posting this to hopefully help someone else make the decision not to take this medication or any other quinolone. I am also posting to bring comfort to someone else who is trying to find out what is going on with their body after taking this drug. From what I have read, I am one of the luckier ones. | F | 42 | 10 days 250 mg 1X day | 8/21/2014 | 1 | pneumonia | Tendon pain and stiffness in ankles and wrists. Muscle twitching. Tendon tenderness and throbbing. Fatigue. Sleeplessness. Anxiety. | I was completely unable to walk because of ADRs affecting my tendons and muscles. I was bedridden for two or three days after the last dose; using crutches for a week and a half after; using a cane for two weeks; and now (2 months later) am getting better very slowly but am still unable to resume any strenuous activities. I am in pain and still suffer from stiffness in my extremeties (wrists and ankles), and walking is a laborious effort. I was a hiker but have been unable to walk even a 1/8 mile now. Any activity will cause me to be fatigued, especially the next day. This drug MESSED ME UP! You will be at a high risk of tendon rupture for months afterwards. DO NOT TAKE ANY FLOUROQUINONE unless you are DYING because you will want to die afterwards from the ADRs. :'( | F | 55 | 7 days 750 1X day | 7/28/2014 |