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 | Prostatitis | During the first Levaquin therapy I only felt fatigued so I continued taking the drug for 10 days. It did not help the prostatitis. After two weeks after finishing the drug, I noticed flashing effects damaging my vision in the left eye, followed by left foot pain and knee pain. A few months later I had spinal pain which was very disabling. I did not know this was caused by Levaquin. Over the next two years I had another Cipro therapy for uti. 8 weeks later I had a frozen right shoulder with impingement. That took more than 11 months of therapy to heal. Then I took just one more 500 mg dose of Levaquin for prostatitis. After the single dose of Levaquin pain has set in in the left foot, occaisional pain in both knees, widespread tendonopathy, heart palpitations that are unresolved, and spinal pain, chest pain, pain in the ribs. I also have pain and disability in both wrists. This ordeal has now lasted over 2 years, and although some pains have decreased, the spinal, chest and heart probl | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG UNLESS IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. THEN THINK TWICE AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE. IT IS A DANGEROUS POISON. DOCTORS WHO PRESCRIBE IT FOR ROUTINE INFECTIONS SHOULD LOSE THEIR MEDICAL LICENSE. THE DRUG COMPANIES SUCH AS ORTHO McNEIL SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE AND LIABLE. | M | 60 | 10 days 500 2X day | 11/9/2011 | 1 | bronchitis | I took this drug and within 2 hours broke out with terrible hives I never had them before and I itched terribly went back to the doctor and they gave me som kind of shot to stop the hives I'll never take it again | F | 64 | 1 days not sure 1X day | 11/8/2011 | 2 | bronchititus | it seems to be not helping my son with cerebral palsy | M | 36 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 11/1/2011 | 5 | pneumonia | Cured the pneumonia...fast! | I had an undiagnosed mild case of pneumonia when I flew to Denver, that after landing, overnight, developed into a nightmare case of pneumonia. I could barely walk. The Urgent Care doc prescribed Levaquin, and I am convinced it is a miracle drug. Reading these comments, this sounds like a drug that could use a companion pharmacodiagnostic test. Obviously, there are some people who have negative side effects. Fortunately, I am not one of them. I consider it a miracle drug because within 10 days I was cleared to fly back home, and within 3 weeks of having 2/3 of my left lung filled with fluid, I was jogging again. But for those who have experienced negative side effects...it is not often only the drug, but the combination of the drug with your genetics and metabolism that come into play. Hence the need for pharmacodiagnostics to figure out whether or not you can tolerate a drug before taking it. The makers of Levaquin should develop a companion diagnostic to see who the adverse or non-responders are. One drug does not fit all, and the medical community is finally starting to wake up to that fact....far too slowly in my opinion. I drank LOTS of water and clear soups when I was taking it (a good practice any time, and even more so with pneumonia). By LOTS, I mean 4-5 quarts per day. Chamomile tea, chicken soup, water. REST is important. When I was not sleeping or drinking clear liquids, I was sleeping, reading or going to and from the bathroom. Slowly. And I was | F | 55 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 10/25/2011 | 1 | UTI, congestion | My client was a 98-year-old woman who had an allergic reaction to Levaquin that she was given via IV in the hospital. When returned back to the nursing home, the nursing home doctor disregarded the allergy to Levaquin. Gave it for congestion. Client suffered facial rash, abdominal pain, stroke-like symptoms (weakness in arms, unable to speak). He then gave her another 10 day course of the drug, and on the final day of therapy, client was unable to swallow. The inability to swallow led to aspiration and acute bilateral aspiration pneumonia, which killed her. | If any of you have had swallowing difficulties that can be tied to Levaquin use, please contact me at [email protected] I'm fighting the good fight for everyone who has suffered adverse effects of this very toxic antibiotic. I need your help and input. | M | 98 | 10 days 250 MG 1X day | 10/21/2011 | 5 | Prostatitis | None. | Only drug that works on my prostatitis. Clears it within 10 days. | M | 76 | 8 years 500mg 1X day | 10/20/2011 | 5 | severe sinus infections | None | It is the only antibiotic that works for me. I have been using it for 5+ years have tried others previously with no results. I had to find something. I have been watching the recalls. Still the only thing that works. | M | 49 | 10 days 750 1X day | 10/19/2011 | 1 | uti | Its been over 2 years since i took this drug and I am just starting to feel normal again! Please from one human being to another do not take this medication unless its life or death! Insist on an alternative with your doc! This drug has forever changed me. I dont feel the same like depersonalization. And my mind feels as though I am pretty constantly lost and Im freakin 22! | For those of you who are reading this because you have already been POISONED then let me tell you that there is hope. You are going to struggle for about 3 months with things only seemingly getting worse, but I promise you will make it through this the hardest part. You'll begin to start having of and on days where you feel better then worse. The days become weeks of feeling better untill eventually like me you will only notice side effects a few days ever 5 or 6 months. The healing is VERY slow and I truelly believe that I am 95% better after 2 years, and maybe soon will be 99% and the 1% left over will only be the fear of pharma drugs. There is hope just be patient and calm. God be with you. | M | 22 | 2 days 500 1X day | 10/15/2011 | 3 | F | 35 | 1X day | 10/14/2011 | 1 | Bronchitis | PAINFUL shooting burning pain in extremities. QT Pronlongation (heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest), INSOMNIA, weakness in legs, pain in hips radiating down legs, burning feet. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. It's been 11 months and still live in intense pain 24 hours per day. This drug basically messes up GABA, and destroys cartilage and tendons. Can't believe it is still on the market while other fq's have been taken off the market. | F | 24 | 1 days 500 mg IV 1X day | 10/12/2011 | 1 | Suspected kidney infection | The medical community greatly underplays the damage this drug can cause. Its use should be strictly limited to worst case situations before thousands of other unsuspecting people are harmed. | If you have had a bad experience with levaquin visit the Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Toxicity Facebook page. | M | 53 | 500 1X day | 10/12/2011 | 1 | Epididymitis | No remarkable side effects during therapy. HOWEVER -- This drug has destroyed my health and it's been 2.5 years since last dose. | Approximately 1-2 months after taking Levaquin I began to experience a host of side effects including Chest Pain, Heart Palpitations, Onset Numbness in Extremities, Muscle Weakness, Dizziness, Breathing Difficulties and others. Post Levaquin, my life has been radically different. I still struggle with chronic tendonitis in my arms and legs, which has not improved with any treatment SO FAR. I do believe there IS hope for anyone affected by these toxic drugs, the majority of people claim to get better 3-5 years out. Simplify your life by not taking these drugs. | M | 24 | 10 days 500 1X day | 10/11/2011 | 1 | Severe Bronchitis | During treatment I had no side effects at all..... Now read my other comments on right. | About 2mo after taking Levaquin, I started experiencing small fasciculations (little involuntary muscle movements) in my right lower leg. Then for about 3-4 days, I experienced paresthesia, the feeling that my --lower-- right leg was falling asleep and on pins and needles. This then began in my left --lower-- leg, right around the shin / calf area. I was taking no other medications (no other variables that could have caused this) I saw a neurologist who examined me, and I went through an MRI and nerve conduction study of my right lower leg. All came back clear: as non-demylinating disorders, rather the benign Dx of Benign Fasciculation Disorder, which has improved, and continues to improve. I have --no doubt-- and neither did my neurologist, that these dyskinesia movements were caused by Levaquin, as it can produce results months after. After all the worry and money, I can say, with absolute conviction: IT WAS HELL ON EARTH for me. | M | 28 | 10 days 7.5 1X day | 10/6/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | full body tremors muscle weakness and joint soreness extreme fatigue pins and needles tingling | It has been 11 months since I took the first dosage of levaquin, and the nightmare that that first dosage started hasn't stopped. Over $10,000.00 in out of pocket medical expenses later and no closer to a cure for the constant pins and needles tingling in my arms and sometimes in my legs. I have had to quit sports because instead of making everything better, getting overheated and fatigued seems to bring on more tingling and tremors in my arms. This drug should be banned, but that won't happen because the drug company that makes it, Johnson and Johnson, did the testing to get it approved in the first place with the FDA. In other words the durg companies tell the FDA what to do - NO ONE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE AMERICAN CONSUMER'S BEST INTEREST!!! | F | 18 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 10/5/2011 | 1 | PROSTATE INFECTION | SIGNIFICANT JOINT TENDON PAIN ALL MAJOR JOINTS THAT DID NOT RESOLVE - ENDED UP CHANGING WHOLE LIFE - SHOULDER SURGERY | TAKE AS LAST RESORT FDA BLACK BOX WARNING MOST DRs DON'T FOLLOW | M | 50 | 21 days 2X day | 10/3/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | severe muscle pain and weakness; burning & tingling in feet; heart palpitations & irregular heartbeat; nausea; feeling dizzy and faint | I have taken Levaquin before without these side effects, but I was given the generic this time---don't know if that is related. Now that I've been reading up on this type antibiotics, I don't want to ever take them again! I can only hope my side effects will not be permanent like some I've read about. Additionally, when I took Cipro, I experienced Long QT syndrome; I probably should never have been prescribed levaquin for this reason alone. | F | 40 | 10 days 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 1 | Non existent sinus infection | Hives, tendon pain within 2 days. Strange dreams, insomnia, tingling in hands and feet. Unable to walk normally. | 3 months now and tendons becoming more and more weakened daily. Pain in soles of feet. Muscle twitches and ticks. Now certain foods increase symptoms. Most worried about my achilles tendons and my future ability to walk and remain active. I used to be a runner. Not any more. Levaquin triggers an auto immune response in the body that destroys your connective tissue and cartilage. This drug is a poison. It is neuro toxic and arthro toxic. Never take this drug unless there is no other alternative to a life threatening condition. | M | 56 | 2 days 500 1X day | 10/1/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | severe, painful Neuropathy, immune problems. | Take Levaquin off the market! | F | 45 | 2 times 500 10X O | 9/25/2011 | 1 | sinus infection | insomnia,tinglining in left foot,tendons sore in feet and elbows and i started itching which made me quit after two doses.nightmares. | i'm a workout nut and now i have to stop doing something that gives me great satisfaction.i read these posts and was apprehensive but went ahead and sorry that i did.i have lifted very heavy weights but never experienced anything like this.i have been taking glucosamine and chelated magnesium with vitamin c. can deal with sore tendons but the neurological symptoms are frightening. | M | 43 | 2 days 750 1X day | 9/25/2011 | 1 | upper respiratory infection | Severe tendinitis in my knees, ankles/achilles heels, and thumbs. I could not walk for several days after completing the regimen, and for weeks I could not walk more than a block or two. It is now six months after I took the drug, and I still have difficulty squatting, running, dancing, and I can not row (I was both a dancer and a rower before Levaquin). I can not work out because any exertion exacerbates the problem. | THIS DRUG SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. PERIOD. DO NOT TAKE THIS AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL DRUG. It has turned this active, happy guy into a disabled, angry man, frustrated at having taken a drug that was supposed to help me, but instead has hurt me. I WOULD NOT WISH THIS DRUG'S SIDE EFFECTS ON ANYONE. The fact that it is still on the market is a crime. | M | 46 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 9/23/2011 |