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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bronchitis | Headache. Fatigue, my legs felt heavy like I had been walking for hours in the desert. Thirsty, I couldn't get enough water. I felt shaky, like my blood sugar had dropped. Nausea. And diarrhea. No appetite. Overall weakness. I stopped taking it after the 2nd dose when I began itching all over and my lips blistered. My voice was hoarse. I could not sleep at night, if I did fall asleep I would jolt awake in panic with massive anxiety. I kept thinking something bad had happened to me, but I couldn't remember anything bad actually happening. Also, I have shoulder and neck pain that started with the first dose. | Avoid this "medicine" if possible | F | 47 | 2 days 500mg 1X day | 3/13/2024 | 1 | To prevent infection after simple procedure | Achilles tendonitis, bursitis of elbow, shoulder, knees, enthesitis in ribcage, electrical buzzing/popping/stabbing sensations throughout body, severe muscle spasm/contortion/muscle tear, panic attacks, inability to walk requiring mobility assistance/bed rails. Overall body pain/muscle weakness. Memory and speech difficulties, chemical insensitivity, chest pain, palpations, syncope, diastolic dysfunction, critically low levels B12 and D. | This should NEVER be taken as a preventative and only given after a culture shows it is needed. Doctors should be required to go over ALL of the risks and provide a handout requiring patient consent BEFORE given! I became permanently disabled and still have issues from taking this 8 years ago. Multiple specialists diagnosing a myriad of different conditions and never accepting the truth of FQ toxicity is frustrating and financially depleting. I pray for all who have been knowingly and unknowingly affected by these drugs. | F | 56 | 5 days 1X day | 9/4/2023 | 1 | Uti | Chest pain after 7 days. 1 month sever low back pain headache pain | M | 63 | 10 days 250 2X day | 11/14/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection, bronchitis | Horrible stomach cramps, powerful watery diahrrea. I had the dry heaves so bad I burst a blood vessel in my sinus. Weakness. | My son had the same symptoms after taking levaquin. We were both were tested for c diff, and all tests were negative. | F | 63 | 10 days 750 mg 1X day | 6/13/2022 | 1 | Sinus infection | I started levaquin yesterday by taking 1 pill of 500mg once daily. I have taken a total of 2 pills. 1 yesterday and 1 today. The first night of taking levaquin I could not sleep. I thought it was strange that I went to bed at 10p.m. and woke up at 2a.m. I could NOT sleep a wink not matter what I did. I spent most of the day today sobbing about absolutely everything and felt like I was seconds away from a full blown panic attack. My heart was pounding, I was suffering from crippling anxiety and I literally felt like I was drowning in despair. I took my second dose of levaquin this afternoon and my emotional symptoms got so much worse. This evening I have been dry heaving, shaking, crying, and suffering for the worst anxiety. I am still unable to sleep or find rest at all. My stomach is in knots along with my mind. If you have the slightest bit of depression or anxiety literally RUN AWAY from this medication. It has amplified my minimal anxiety to the point I feel like I am suffocating. | RUN AWAY FROM THIS MEDICATION | F | 28 | 2 days 500mg | 1/8/2022 | 1 | Sochi Russia | Woke up with an extremely stiff neck, thought I had been spending to much time looking at my computer, never thought it was the medication, after a couple more days I could hardly walk the pain in my ankles was so bad, I was taking 500mg twice a day, I did some research on the computer and found the problem, as you can imagine I instantly stopped taking the medication, couldn't understand why the Doctor never mentioned possible side effects of this DRUG, now I can only wait and see if things slowly improve over time, as for now I'm basically a cripple, I can't understand how this product ever made it to market, Big Pharma must have paid off the FDA | M | 65 | 5 days 500mg 2X day | 4/13/2021 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe pain in my right hand woke up with a swollen felt like I punched a brick wall after that two days later severe pain in my left shoulder in my tricep and bicep following that pain in my lower left hip. Week later felt it pain in my right shoulder and in the muscle bicep tricep tendons in my knees and ankles and in my right wrist. This is a crippling drug I have nerve damage severe pain in the muscle tissue in my arms weakness in my arms hurts to walk because of the pain in my knee joints severe pain in left side of my collarbone . Pain in my ligaments and tendons in my left arm and right hand it hurts to mack a fist. I get pains in the right side of my head 😔 | This is a very dangerous drug and should be taking off the market. turns out I'm allergic to it and have mostly all the side effects including some memory loss that I can't remember certain words that I know and it's very frustrating when you can't remember something that you know. Very hard to focus I find lost of interest in things that I know that I'm interested in. This drug should be removed from the market and never to be used by anyone. I just want the pain to stop they say it could take weeks/months before I start to feel better. Also says can cause more damage in irreversible damage several months after taking the medication I had a 10-day supply once a day I was eight days in I noticed pain in my right hand the second day after taking the medicine didn't know it was caused from the medication when I spoke to my doctor a week later told her my symptoms she looked it up and seen that it was having a allergic reaction and told me to stop taking the medication right away I was already eight days in damages is done. | F | 61 | 10 days 500 mg tab 1X day | 3/2/2021 | 4 | For a urinary tract infection | Took for 3 days. In the following morning I started to feel very warm, and then I passed out for a short time. After I slept for a few hours and ate breakfast seemed Felt okay. Fortunately I didn't get hurt. | F | 80 | 3 days 500mg 1X day | 11/4/2020 | 1 | bronchitis | Ruptured tendon in lower right leg. Hypoglycemia, couldn't keep blood glucose from bottoming out. | Dr., as the upper part of the tendon developed a hollow in my leg, then started severely burning, he acted as if he had no idea. Later learned the same tendon rupture had happened with another of his patients on the same drug. | F | 53 | 10 days 250 2X day | 10/5/2020 | 1 | Prophylaxis | Horrible medication. An idiot doctor at a walk-in clinic prescribed me this as prophylaxis for a mild cat bite (which didn't end up getting infected). I took one pill and felt nauseous, developed petechiae on my ankles that evening, and severe anxiety and difficulty sleeping that night. I did my research on it and my eyes nearly bulged out reading about what this drug can do to you which the Dr didn't warn me about (again because he's an idiot). Didn't take anymore of it (so I only took one pill) and two weeks later I developed a c diff infection....Huge mistake taking this awful drug. Idiot Dr for prescribing, idiot me for swallowing before doing due diligence and reading about it. | M | 32 | 1 days 500 1X day | 6/8/2020 | 1 | Pneumonia | Horribly painful muscle aches/spasms on my left side by my ribcage. I thought I broke a rib or that my spleen ruptured. I went to the ER and they thought I was having a heart attack because I was screaming in agony. But then the xray and blood work came out good so they changed their tune after that and labeled me a 'pill seeker'. On the pain scale it was a soild 9 at all times and it literally reminded me of and felt exactly like labor pains. Just like labor pains. Its been 4 days since initial onset and I'm still hurting. All I can do is pray that God takes the pain away. I CANNOT go on living with this pain. It also made me very sensitive to light. | Ask for a substitute drug if possible | F | 25 | 10 days 500 MG | 5/23/2020 | 1 | sinus issues | Took first in July 2018. After first or second tablet, woke up sore back, arms, feet. Mentioned to doctor, did not believe it was the medicine. Took again without knowing it was the same drug in September 2018 because I still had sinus problem she assumed was infection and I had been through other antibiotics without side effects. After developing tingling in arms I researched the medicine later that month. I was shocked to read the black box warning and all the risks. Pretty sure I have periferal neuropathy, tendonitis. Pains come and go. Feel fine then another day, achy elbows, knees, arms, tingly sensations, pin sensations in between my fingers, some in my lower legs. Feet get sore, ankles hurt. Stiff lower back not sure if the stuff back is also part of it. If I had known the risk, I would have stayed clear of it. | Poison, toxic, may ruin your life. Do not take the risk. Not worth it. This drug was meant for very serious infections that do not respond to other treatments. | F | 44 | 7 days 750mg | 12/2/2019 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Uncontrollable shaking, Anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, heart palpitations, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, yellow stools, hand/foot sweating, insomnia, tremors, dry eyes, | This medication should never be used first line to treat ANYTHING except in people with severe allergies to everything else. | F | 40 | 8 days 750mg 1X day | 3/12/2018 | 1 | Sinus infection | Kidney disease,dysautonomia,POTS,peripheal neuropia,massive memory loss, tendon damage ,joint pain,heart palpitations, erratic blood pressure,brain lesions,IBS,Erectile dysfunction, brain fog,rash, depression,psychological, mental, anxiety and several more | Only use if you have NO other choice !!! | M | 53 | 3 days 500 mg | 1/12/2018 | 1 | bronchitis | Musculoskeletal:Tendon pain,Tendon rupture,Joint pain,Popping/cracking joints, Muscle pain,Muscle weakness,Muscle wasting Muscle wasting or muscle atrophy, Muscle tightness/contractures,Back pain, Exercise intolerance Inflammation of the rib junctions to sternum [Costochondritis] PNS:Tingling, prickling, pins&needles, or numbness, bugs running on skin, water trickling, fabric moving, in arms or legs Buzzing, in arms or legs Pressure or squeezing feelings, in arms or legs Feelings of electrical zaps, shocks, or deep stabs, in arms or legs Burning pain in arms or legs,Pain with normally non-painful touch or hypersensitivity to pain,Teeth, mouth, and lip nerve pain, Muscle twitching,Brain fog,Memory loss,Confusion,abnormal dreams,headaches,hallucinations, Dry skin, Hair loss,loss of collagen, ridges in fingernails, phototoxicity, itchy rashes from sun,difficulty swallowing, abdominal pain, diarrhea,abdominal distension, need glasses, ligament rupture in eye,Ocular migraine, tinni | F | 44 | 4 days 1X day | 12/23/2017 | 1 | Surgery for Myomectomy (partial Hyst | Numbness and tingling of all extremeties. Dizziness, High Blood Pressure. Lethargy, Gut and mitochndria damage. Vision problems and photo sensitivity. I had migraines and nausea for two weeks then got admitted to the ER for Atrial Fibulation!! Right top of foot damage, not able to walk correctly for 7 months due to pain. Cubital tunnel syndrome in my elbows. Shoulder back and neck pain. I cannot kneel on my knees even 4 years later due to severe pain. Peripheral Neuropathy. I believe it also messed with my adrenals and thyroid gland. | This insidious drug should be banned!! It has ruined my health and is ruining my heart because I need to keep taking the darn meds for the afib and blood pressure that it caused. I had a partial hysterectomy because it is better for the heart. Well, that backfired because this drug has caused Atrial Fibulation of my heart. I suggest anyone to take magnesium glycinate, NAC and probiotics and research other things you can take to try and get your health back. I am four years out and still have symptoms and they keep coming. Some have gone but others come. It is very sad. Stay away from this one and Cipro and Avelox and any other Fluoroquinolone antibiotics or their generic versions!! Azithromycin (z pack) can also cause heart issues. Check the internet for healing and other help. The fda needs to stop this drug, they already have black box warnings now take it off the effing market!! I mean wth!! It should be reserved for near death situations only, not a simple uti or ear or sinus infection!! Inform your family and friends about this, you may save their life! Get yourself checked for aortic dissection, aortic aneurism and your heart if you have taken any of these! | F | 53 | 2 days IV 1X day | 4/18/2017 | 1 | Sinus and asthma | Severe itching and burning all over body. Colitis. Lost vision partly and voice. Could not walk. Restricted respiration. Shivering rapidly for 8 hours. Twitches in joints and gross body spasms for 8 hours. Severe lower back pain. Blood pressure dropped to 17/40. Tenderness all over body and sensitive to any touch. Migraine. I very nearly died after just 1 tablet. The symptoms continues for a month and periodically I still get a symptom appearing. This drug is dangerous and should not be prescribed. | It is a drug with fatal consequences and should be banned | F | 50 | 1 days | 8/7/2016 | 1 | Bile leak into abdomen during gallb | I was administered Levaquin while hospitalized following a botched gallbladder surgery. I experienced hallucinations, bleeding lesions on my tongue, could not stand due to excruciating pain in both legs. The surgeons in my room witnessed the side effects on the day of discharge and acted like I was still hallucinating. ALL FLUOROQUINALONES SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET! | F | 65 | 4 days Not Sure 3X day | 7/18/2016 | 1 | skin infection | Severe pain both feet. Numbness in left foot,lower left leg. General weakness.Cardiomyopathy.Quit part time work at grocery store in June 2012 from severe foot pain and heat stroke. | Dangerous drug,should be banned Now! | M | 56 | 7 days 750mg. | 5/15/2016 | 1 | Broncitus | Anxiety was horrible and blood pressure was 205/100 ended up in emergency. Burning and tingling in neck arms and back. Horrible rash on legs. Exhausted and very weak | This drug should be taken off the market. I know 4 other people that also had horrible reactions | F | 74 | 5 days 500 | 4/3/2016 |
LEVAQUIN (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: 1996-12-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)