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 | Sinus infection | Ugly drug, tendon and joint issues, pain in hands, fingers, nerve pain developed in one of the fingers. Feels like being stabbed. Some numbness that comes and goes. Feet hurt on the bottom. It's been exactly three years since being floxed and in some ways not any better than when it happened. Now my elbows hurts when I bend my arm...stiffness. Think it could have caused tinnitus but I had that some before I was floxed. Took two 7 day rounds July 2018 and (can't remember if 1 or 2 times a day) September 2018. Not worth the risk. Only should be given in severely sick and near death patients as last resort but better yet taken off the market. | Do not take for minor infections. Ask for something else. Terrible drug. All drugs with flox or Cipro in the name or quin need to be researched before attempting use. | F | 46 | 7 days 1X day | 9/8/2021 | 1 | Suspected kidney stones | Psychosis, seeing things that were not there, hearing voices , electrical feeling in body, body tremors, heart palpitations, cdiff, loss of appetite for 2 months, PANIC ATTACKS. | I went to an urgent care and was given levaquin for a suspected kidney stone. I was misdiagnosed but didn't know it. Was sent home with these and immediately an hour after taking the first pill I felt electrical shocks throughout my body. Not knowing that wasn't a good thing, I took the next one the next day and hours later felt a popping sensation at the back of my head/neck followed by a huge and first ever panic attack. Soon followed the loss of appetite, psychosis and hearing voices seeing things. NO doctor believed me. I lost friends in the medical field when speaking out about this. It took months to heal. If anyone reads this...and you're going through something similar. Immediately take liquid mag and probiotics (a strong one) these antibiotics deplete everything in your system, ruins muscles, tendons, and causes nerve damage. Why is this on the market!? And why are doctors giving it out like candy I almost lost my job and even though I've healed i now have problems I never had before, causing me to go broke trying to cure newer ailments. There are better antibiotics than this drug. Use this drug if the benefit outweighs the risk or as a last resort. Me? Id die before taking this ever again. | F | 36 | 2 days 150mg 1X day | 5/18/2021 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Dark urine, stomach pain, neck/shoulder pain, insomnia, ear ringing. | I can't take Cipro, why was this even prescribed for me? I am not sure this should even be available. I am not sure what to do, as this rural community doesn't have nurses or doctors you can call about this, I have to wait for a call back by end of next business day. Unless it is bad enough to go to E.R. | F | 73 | 4 days 500mg 1X day | 5/16/2021 | 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 | Pneumonia | I took this drug for pneumonia 10 years ago. I now have permanently weak & damaged tendons that cause me daily pain. Even very mild exercise causes my tendons to pop, tear & then take months to heal. My tendons seem like dried up rubber bands that have little elasticity left in them. I went from a fit, healthy woman, to one who now has daily pain, stiffness, back, hip & neck problems. I now fear exercise because of the injuries it usually causes. I've yet to meet a doctor that understands or believes the problems that hundreds of people like myself have incurred from this dangerous drug. I am generally an optimistic person, but this drug has stolen a great deal of my joy & my faith in doctors. | I will never again allow myself nor any of my family members to be given this dangerous & life altering drug. I learned the hard way to always make doctors clearly explain any and all medication side effects. I would never recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 51 | 2 weeks 1X day | 4/6/2021 | 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 | 1 | Infection | This drug is the worst thing I've ever experienced. After taking this antibiotic, I've have had blurred vision, a feeling of tendons being ripped out of my back, anxiety, needle pain throughout my body, and also believe that it brought on symptoms of a heart attack which landed me in the hospital. | It is extremely frustrating because every doctor I speak with tells me the medication should be out of my system and this is not a result of that. Although I am still having all of these side effects. At this point I am ready to sue the people which produced this awful medication and has affected my life so significantly. | M | 28 | 4 days 500 MG 1X day | 1/2/2021 | 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 | Testicular Pain/STD | Sudden onset of anxiety and fear, insomnia every day for months, heart palpitations while laying down, unable to get warm, electric shocks in hands, depression, suicidal ideation, slight numbness of skin, metallic taste. | There is hope of recovery. I took 2 pills of levaquin almost a decade ago and all of my symptoms above resolved over several months. They lessened as the months rolled by and by a year I felt mostly better. You will too. After my second pill nearly all of my listed side effects came on. I stopped the meds and suffered through the worst mental anguish of my life. Id say i saw minor recovery around 3 months, more recovery around 6 months and mostly normal by a year. I pray that your recovery is faster than mine, but we are all different. I found my Lord Christ who gave me strength, but it was still a huge battle. I live with PTSD now and it has greatly impacted my life. When you recover enjoy your family and your new life. Don't live in fear as I did. Finally, Id like to mention that I had the exact same reaction to Bactrim years after levaquin. I think levaquin was at fault but the bactrim set it off again. Lasted another year. Avoid that if at all possible too. God bless you and heal us all. Email me if you need. You will be ok | M | 31 | 2 days 500? I thi 1X day | 10/19/2020 | 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 | Diverticulitis | Nausea, headache, insomnia, random sharp sudden pain in back and feet, sudden fatigue to the point I had to lean on something that also made it difficult to breathe, extreme exhaustion for no reason, dizziness, and stomach pain. | Drug to kill. | F | 71 | 2 days 750 1X day | 7/18/2020 | 3 | Sinus infection | I took amoxicillin for my sinus infection buy it did not work so my Dr. Prescribed me Levaquin which I've noticed sever anxiety, achy body, tiredness and dizziness. I wasn't sure if this was normal so I googled reviews and found this page. Now I know I'm not imagining things. | F | 33 | 4 days 500mg | 6/29/2020 | 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 | i was diagnosed with GERD | Started on the first day of taking this medicine my condition became worse, I had difficulty of breathing due to heavy chest, unable to walk and move, I almost became disabled. I also had difficulty of sleeping and great anxiety. I stopped taking this meds after 3 days even the prescription is for 2 weeks. Perhaps when I continued medication I don't know if I am still alive.Thanks to God I was able to survive after stop taking this. | Not recommended to use. | F | 45 | 3 days | 2/3/2020 | 1 | Sinus/staph infection | My last entry was 09/15/11 but had a relapse in September 2013 lasting about 3 weeks. Severe body pain (far worse than 2011). PCP did a test for inflammation and the rheumatoid factor was at 1, but things subsided and calmed down, thankfully. NOW, as of September 2019 (at 63 years of age) I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I have no family history. BE AWARE, be very aware. I don't believe this is a coincidence at all, and, yes, be your own advocate and don't always believe Western medicine (even though I love my PCP) when they tell you "it must be something else." | DO NOT TAKE as a first antibiotic. Doctors love this for bladder infections and sinus infections, but it is a mega wide-spectrum antibiotic and is greatly overused for common ailments that can be treated in other ways. | F | 54 | 750 1X day | 1/15/2020 Patient History | 1 | UTI | Took it at 5pm. It's now 4am and haven't slept at all and I can tell that won't be changing anytime soon. Dizzy and feeling extremely anxious. This is not remotely normal for me. | M | 47 | 1 days | 1/9/2020 | 1 | Cold | Extreme insomnia, tingling sensation in my left upper body, abdominal pain , weak tendons and a swollen lips. Wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. | 20 | 1 days 500 mg | 1/4/2020 | 1 | Pneumonia | Serious, non-stop Rectal bleeding. I ended up at the hospital ER and was hospitalized & on IV for 4 days It was the scariest experience I ever had, really shook me up. Prior to this I was in excellent physical health, worked out at the gym 3-4x week (weights & cardio) for past 30 yrs. | This is a very dangerous, and not safe drug. It should be taken off the market. It is apparent to me that the makers of this drug have hidden and/or significantly downplayed its very serious side effects. | F | 61 | 2 days 500mg | 12/7/2019 | 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 |