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 | ear infection | After taking two rounds of Levaquin, I developed severe pain in my knees (that hve not gone away yet--after being off the drug for 7 days). Also some neck and shoulder pain which has mostly subsided. I'm worried that the knee pain has not decreased. | M | 58 | 20 days | 1/24/2005 | 1 | chronic sinus infection | Facial neuropathy (tingling/numbess), foggy mental status with episodes of anxiety and lack of ability to concentrate. Overall general odd feeling. Stopped taking drug immediatly after finding this website and have placed call to MD. | Dangerous drug. | F | 54 | 17 days | 1/20/2005 | 1 | bronchitis | had taken previously with side effects anxiety and sleeplessness. this time i took 750mg dosage and suffered severe anxiety, dizziness, sleeplessness. white flashes in vision and cramps in calves and feet. ironically ended up with a fractured right rib and didn't even know it happened or how it occurred about 2 weeks after i finished levaquin? how odd? | it cured the bronchitis, but will never take again | F | 50 | 5 days | 1/18/2005 | 1 | Suspected Intestinal Infection | Extreme knee and leg cramping:difficulty getting out of bed, chair,or using stairs, knees gave out this morning while trying to reach into lower shelf of fridge; hand tremors; losing balance while walking; insomnia without use of sleeping pills, yeast infection in throat. | My symptoms started after having abdominal surgery so the | F | 45 | 25 days | 1/16/2005 | 1 | Prostatitus | Dizzyness/lightheadedness, sweat dripping down from my left armpit several times each day, fatigue, malaise, don't feel like doing anything anymore, MAJOR anxiety/panic attacks (I'm taking Loprazem for this now), aches and pains in my joints, neck, groin, legs/arms and right-sided headaches that last a few minutes and then dissapear, metallic taste in mouth, tremors, twitches, eye pain/blurryness, brain fog, etc. A week into the Levaquin BOTH sets of toes went numb! | I read somewhere that Levaquin was supposed to be some kind of | M | 43 | 30 days | 1/13/2005 | 1 | Respitory Infection | dizziness, sleeplessness, sore wrists, indigestion | After 5 days, my infection felt worse rather than better (I was prescribed for 7 days). This was in addition to not having slept for almost a week and having heartburn every minute of the day. After 2 phone calls, I finally convinced my doctor to take me off this drug. Replaced with Augmentin which begain improvements within 2 days without any side effects. | F | 45 | 5 days | 1/11/2005 | 1 | pneumonia | severe depression, anxiety, nightmares, tremors, nervousness, indigestion, nausea, diarhea,terrible medicine taste, vaginal inflammation, yeast infection, fatigue, confusion, dizziness, twitching, swelling in ankles and feet, pain in calves | On the third day I experienced nervousness and trouble sleeping. Unfortunately my doctor told me to | F | 46 | 5 days | 1/8/2005 | 1 | pneumonia | severe depression, anxiety, nightmares, tremors, nervousness, indigestion, nausea, diarhea,terrible medicine taste, vaginal inflammation, yeast infection, fatigue, confusion, dizziness, twitching, swelling in ankles and feet, pain in calves | On the third day I experienced nervousness and trouble sleeping. Unfortunately my doctor told me to | F | 46 | 5 days | 1/8/2005 | 5 | inus infection | none | people seem to be whinning about nothing | M | 45 | 10 days | 1/6/2005 | 2 | sinus infection | i felt very dizzy about 1 hour after taking a 500mg dose of this medicine. i had sleeplessness during the night and was even awoken one night because I felt like I was choking in my sleep (not able to swallow, mouth felt numb. Heartbeat was irregular. My infection is a little better, but not really. With side effects like these, it should clear up an infection immediately but I am not feeling 100% better | For a sinus infection, I would not take this. There are better medicine out there that work faster and have no side effects. Z-PAK IS BETTER | F | 26 | 3 days | 1/5/2005 | 1 | Sinus infection | On 14th day, experienced sudden onset of strange, severe groin pain -worsened with leg movement; couldn't walk! Docs added steroids and discontinued Levaquin.4 months and 5 doctors later, diagnosed with Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head (bone dying). Initial pain caused by bone marrow edema. | Doctors' solution to all this? Total Hip Replacement! Did ya'll hear that? The Levaquin started the problem, then the docs cinched the deal by adding prednizone. They've recently discovered sinus infections are initially caused by a fungus and can be easily cured with an inhaled fungicide. Bacterial infections are secondary. Free advice: Don't take any drug from the Quinalone family (Cipro, Levaquin, etc.).I'm now permanently disabled. Hope ya'll heard that! | F | 57 | 14 days | 1/5/2005 | 3 | infection in leg surgical site | Intense leg/knee pain to the extent that I was not able to even kick off the covers when getting out of bed. Walking and climbing stairs was awful. At first, I thought that my pain was related to the injury but soon realized it was both legs with the | F | 56 | 10 days | 1/4/2005 | 2 | Sinus Infection | 12th day dizziness, bad calf cramps w/ no reason. Odd panicky feeling. Helped Sinus issue, but other symptoms are disturbing. | M | 49 | 12 days | 1/4/2005 | 2 | sinus infection | I took it twice (500 mg/day)and on the second day developed intense pain in my back and neck that radiated down into my arm. It did help with the sinus infection but I am in a good deal of pain. | M | 34 | 2 days | 1/4/2005 | 1 | sinus infection | hallucinations, heart palpitations/pounding, shortness of breath, ears ringing, nightmares with skin crawling sensation, facial twitching, tingling/numbness hands, joint pain ankles/knees/fingers/wrists/neck/back, calf muscle pain. Mental confusion; difficulty reading, concentrating. | PA prescribed this medication, misinformed parent and patient. Researched drug and discontinued it after one dose. Side effects appeared 24 hours later. For most patients, side effects are delayed. This drug is contraindicated for anyone under 18. This is a chemical antibiotic unlike traditional organic antibiotics. This drug destroys cartilage, causes spontaneous tendon rupture, is a neurotoxin, and causes vasculitis. Dangerous, last resort drug. | M | 16 | 1 days | 1/4/2005 | 1 | bronchitis | strange, foggy feeling, feeling of 'pressure' in the head, disorientation, hallucination, heart palpitations, smelling a distinct, strange odor although no one else could smell it. | I took this medication for 3 nights for a sinus infection. It was prescribed because I have allergies to most other antibiotics. This was not worth it! I felt like my heart was racing, could not concentrate, and was seeing shadows dart across my peripheral vision field. I also had a foggy feeling in my head and felt as though my head was in a vice being squeezed - the strange thing was, I didn't feel the pain of being in a vice, just the pressure. It has been 2 years since I took levaquin, and I still see occasional shadows in my field of vision and can still smell that odd odor that no one else could smell while I was on it. I would strongly recommend against anyone taking this drug if it is prescribed. | F | 27 | 3 days | 12/28/2004 | 3 | | 12/22/2004 | 5 | chronic sinus infection | None. | Hate to rain on the side-effects parade here, but I had no side-effects whatsoever from Levaquin, and it nuked a nasty sinus infection that had resisted 1 course of Bactrim and 2 courses of Zithromax. Note that I have a mild peripheral neuropathy and this did not aggravate it. Also, have had probs with Vicodin similar to those described here, but not with Levaquin. | M | 51 | 14 days | 12/21/2004 | 1 | sinus infection | dizziness, nausea, hot and then cold, weariness, headache | I had taken this drug before and had not had side effects that I noticed. This time, it was awful. I had taken for 8 days and had two more pills to take but did not take them. | F | 48 | 8 days | 12/19/2004 | 1 | bronchitis | I took one pill and experienced anxiety attack in the middle of the night (I am not prone to this at all)...My heart was pounding, my body felt numb and it felt like I was slipping into a coma. I tried talking to my husband to explain, but I had trouble communicating for a few minutes. It felt like I was hallucinating. After about 5 minutes it was over, but I was still feeling very strange. I will not take this drug again. Now I'm taking 5 day Z-pack. In 24 hours I'm already feeling better. | Won't ever try this again. | F | 36 | 1 days | 12/15/2004 |