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 | respitory infection/flu | The first day I took this 500mg.dose I experienced severe pain in my thigh and knee. My doctor thought it was not related to the levaquin. After day three I was unable to walk and dragged around hovering over my walker. I stopped the medication after day five and hope to walk freely sometime soon. At age 84 with rheumatoid arthritis I didn't need this and would rather have had the cold/flu hung on longer than lose my ability to walk!. | I would not recommend this because it sure caused a terrible week for me, I thought I was having a stroke. I wish my doctor would have pulled me off it after my first complaint!!!! | F | 84 | 5 days | 2/28/2005 | 1 | Flu symtoms; Urinary infection | Very dizzy, nausea, diarria, fingers tingling, foggy and can not concentrate. Paranoid, hyper when normally very calm. | Where are all the warnings of long term effects. What does levaquin have that arsenic does not. We are about to go to the ER now due to additional effects that weren't present before. This is the biggest waste of time, pain and money since Celebrex. | M | 32 | 2 days | 2/26/2005 | 2 | Massive Sinus Infection | Sore joints. Uber-sore ankle tendons. Sore stomach. Pretty much made me sore all over, except in my Sinus, Levaquin fixed the infection and good! | I would save this drug as a last ditch option to save your life from some super nasty bug. Lay off it for anything else. Do not run or work out while taking it as you could injure yourself. The tendon in your ankle can really get to stinging while taking. Side effects went away completely after a few weeks. Again, side effects went AWAY after some time, so don't panic if you have downed a bunch of it and are sore. | M | 35 | 10 days | 2/25/2005 | 1 | bronchial infection | severe dizziness, very foggy, confused, pains in ankles and to a lesser degree in a shoulder, couldnt sleep | M | 53 | 3 days | 2/25/2005 | 1 | uti | Almost unbearable achilles tendon pain in both legs to the point of crying like a baby (and this is after treatment stopped)Could hardly walk. Severe nausea, EXTREME weakness all over. Weak arm muscles. I feel like an electric current flowing through mylegs legs, lower back pain.neck pain, tingling, muscle spasms in legs, stomach, arms, neck, Feel cold internally in different regions of my body, severe headache, I feel bad all over. | DO NOT TAKE LEVAQUIN,CIPRO, TEQUIN or other quinolone. It can literally ruin your life. I wish I had taken Bactrin or penicillin. You have no idea how much I have regreted taking this medicine. IT is worse that the illness, You get constant pain and feel like now you have 100 illnesses and more severe than the original. I had heard about these effects before but they did not sound so bad. BUT when you get them you wish you had listened. This drug should be banned or used in extreme life threatening situations only. If you are taking them, STOP now and ask for another antibiotic (not quinolone), and drink LOTS of water to flush as much of this medicine from your system. | F | 32 | 6 days | 2/23/2005 | 1 | unconfirmed bacterial sinusitis | tendonitis, neuropathies in lower legs, insomnia | Although some people are not affected badly by this drug, I don't recommend taking the risk unless there's absolutely no other antibiotic to use. 2.5 months after taking this medicine, I continue to have tendonitis and neuropathies. I feel much worse now than I did when I had the sinus problems, and I've had to stay home from work for more days due to tendon and nerve pains than I did because of the sinus infection. Some days I feel lucky to be able to hobble to the bathroom. | F | 32 | 7 days | 2/21/2005 | 4 | staff infection | 500mg 1 per day. Feet felt a bit cold (1-2 hours after taking). Kept me from sleeping well (took dosage at 4pm). Hands still feel a bit on the chilly side. Still, it's better than being dead. | Recommend not taking this in the afternoon if you want to be able to sleep soundly. And please folks, it is CRITICAL you read the warnings that come with the medication. Never take it with NSAIDs and tell your pharmacist and doctor if you take any steroids (inhalers). With this medicine it's critical they know. | M | 39 | 10 days | 2/16/2005 | 3 | sinus infection and bronchitis | diarrhea, bloated feeling in abdomen, mucus in stool (which can happen to me anytime but especially during a levaquin course), my weak knee got even weaker, | Take it only if there is no alternative; It is powerful but can cause some nasty side effects. | F | 38 | 10 days | 2/14/2005 | 4 | Bronchitis, Pnumonia | Severe stomach cramps and diaharrea after third day. Also experienced extreme itching on entire upper body and mild rash on face. | M | 39 | 6 days | 2/13/2005 | 1 | Kidendy | F | 57 | 5 days | 2/13/2005 | 1 | pre/post op surgery on urinary trac | Leg cramps which began in my calves and worsened every day. Also some mental fogginess. | F | 38 | 6 days | 2/13/2005 | 2 | sinus infection | terrible yeast infection | F | 20 | 10 days | 2/12/2005 | 2 | UTI | Severe insomnia. I slept only two hours the first night, and four hours last night. | Oddly enough, the pain in my bladder has not gone away after two doses. I only have one dose left. If I can stand the sleeplessness one more night, I hope it works | F | 33 | | 2/10/2005 | 2 | UTI | severe sleeplessness, strange chills during the night alternating with hot flashes, dry mouth and throat | F | 33 | 3 days | 2/10/2005 | 1 | ear infection, URI | after first pill started feeling like an RV shunt in the head, tachycardia, feeling of caustic chemicals running through veins, terribly sick feeling | cataracts, severe digestive problems, muscle weakness, cognitive problems, severe memory problems, macular degeneration | F | 54 | 10 days | 2/10/2005 | 1 | sinus infection | dizzy,paresthesia,deprssion,confusion,Feeling of out of my mind! not in control,shakes/jitters,vomiting,severe kidney/back pains,insomia,numbness,pain pressue between my eyes and eyes,weak and stiff arms & legs, anxiety,faint feelingoff balance,itching- feeling of over all illness!!! | I feel like-I've been poisoned! I think its a very Dangerouse -Toxic Drug! i'll Always be afraid to try -Any Drug after taking this for only four days! | F | 48 | 4 days | 2/9/2005 | 1 | pneumonia | severe muscle and joint pain especially in my knees anxiety, depression, ringing in the ears extreme heartburn, numbness and tinglng in both arms and legs. | This drug is a poison. It should only be given as a last ditch effort for bacterial infections. Also, the physicians need to be updated on the severe side effects that this medicine can cause. Everyoe shoul fillout an Adverse drug reaction form to the FDA that as suffered from this medication. | F | 47 | 10 days | 2/6/2005 | 1 | Sinus infection | Headache, dizziness,confusion,vision problems,rash,sleeplessness,but the worst was chest pain & shortness of breath | I had a severe allergic reaction to this med. It may work for some people but doctor said I could not take ever again. I was on 750 mg. for 3 days also was taking Medrol which may have made my reaction less severe. | F | 40 | 3 days | 2/2/2005 | 1 | Prostatitis | This drug seemed to wind me up to the point where I was getting delusional. I'm not sure what happened by over time this drug seemed to be effecting my stress levels. As I took it I found that I had problems talking, I'd choke when trying to talk. My emotions were swinging all over the place. I was getting more fearful for no reason! I was getting hot flashes, maybe even panic attacks. There was like pressure at my temples and my jaw was clinching. Finally my skin felt hot or like it was burning all the time, I turned red! I ended up in the ER for a drug reaction. I have no idea how a antibiotic can do this but these things but this one did! | If you have a problem with stress or Depression or you are suffering with a malady that is stressing you out this drug could agitate you even more. I thought I was going nuts after six days at 500mg of this stuff. The doctors say they just love this drug as its very effective for most people, but for me, it effected my emotions over time. Once I stopped the drug I started feeling better. The Doctors gave me some Lorazepam to calm me back down. So far this is the only drug that seems to touch the pain from the Prostatitis... | M | 50 | 7 days | 1/30/2005 | 1 | abdominal pain | This pill made me so sick, the nausea and vomiting were constant. I finally had to start cutting them in half and take one during the day and one at night. It didn't help with the pain. | F | 30 | | 1/27/2005 |