LEVOFLOXACIN Reviews (LEVOFLOXACIN)Average Rating: 1.0 (7 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LEVOFLOXACIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVOFLOXACIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | A possible knee infection which cam | 28 tendon tears 1 ruptured tendon Peripheral neuropathy Small fiber neuropathy Nafld Mcas Bone pain Muscle pain Delirium Anxiety Lowered IQ Back pain Hair loss Hashimoto hypothyroid Severe insomnia Severe chronic diarrhea Gut dysbiosis Toe nails fell off Teeth cracked Loss of collagen Autoimmune disease ME/CFS severe | This drug needs off the market. It has disabled so many people and killed others. It is the cause of most autoimmune diseases. It destroys mitochondria. Adducts permanently to your dna and passes invitro to children. This drug destroyed my life. So did it’s sister drugs cipro and avelox. 34 years is suffered in pain from this class of antibiotics. They do not distinguish between bad bacteria and good. Our mitochondria are just like bacteria and this drug destroys them. Leaving you with no energy, no ability to heal, no help. Please don’t take this drug. Your life really is worth saving. Don’t take it. | F | 56 | 14 days 500 1X day | 2/2/2022 | 1 | Infection in the parotid gland | After 9 days I could barely get out of bed. Excruciating fatigue and back pain which continue to move into my muscles on to my joints - cold sweats, stomach pain & nausea, headaches, complete energy drain, weird taste in my mouth, hypoglycemic attacks, | NEVER EVER WILL I TAKE THIS medicine AGAIN, & hope I get better, 2 days after stopping meds & slowly coming back, I hope! | F | 56 | 9 days 500 mg 1X day | 1/16/2021 | 1 | Pneumonia- misdiagnosed! | 4 years later, still suffering side effects! Ruined my life! | F | 69 | 4 days | 3/18/2019 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe agitation and sleeplessness, couldn’t understand why I was feeling so horrible and moody then looked up side effects. I’ve stopped taking and have 4 more doses. | F | 53 | 6 days 750 | 1/10/2019 | 1 | resistant bacterial infection | Sleeplessness, tendon weakness and pain in shoulders, either tendon or cartilage weakness and pain in knees, RA pain went from about a 1 to 10 overnight, tendons or ligaments in foot made foot feel like it was badly sprained, I would barely move for the 14 day course. My tendons all were snapping, my neck made scary cracking sounds when I moved it. It's been 3 mos since last pill and have some healing but still can only function at about 25% of pre-poisoning by Levofloxacin. I feel fortunate when I read others who are suffering so much worse than me. | This along with all drugs in same class, Cipro, Levaquin, and many others, should NOT be used unless a culture of the bacteria proves it is needed, that no other antibiotic will work. Even young people have dies or become disabled, and often with excrutiating pain that only high doses of opiates will alleviate, and docs will not prescribe that. Taking OTC NSAIDS very often worsen these horrible side effects and some people have been suffering for 20+ yrs. | F | 66 | 14 days 500mg 1X day | 3/4/2016 | 1 | SINUS INFECTION | After 9 days I could barely get out of bed. Excruciating hip and back pain which continue to move into my joints - can barely open a jar without assistance. | this drug did clear up a severe sinus infection - the side effects are horrible and FDA should ban this drug. I finished taking this drug August 25th 2015. Today, October 21st I am still in pain -- I was pain free prior to this drug. It attacked my tendons and joints throughout my body | F | 52 | 5 days 500MG 1X day | 10/21/2015 | 1 | sinus infection | chest pain, shoulder pain, swelling in left knee, acute pain in left knee and left hip. Symptoms began after ninth day, I immediately stopped the medication, problems are still severe after 2 1/2 weeks. | F | 61 | 9 days 500mg 2X day | 3/1/2015 |
LEVOFLOXACIN (LEVOFLOXACIN): Levofloxacin is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as quinolone antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections. FDA Approval Date: 2012-01-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)