LEVAQUIN Reviews (LEVOFLOXACIN)

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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)

  

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 1  POISON!!! DO NOT INGEST THIS POISON UNTIL YOU'VE WATCHED THIS VIDEO: www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june11/antibiotics_06-16.html POISON! F 40
750 1X day
6/22/2011
 1  kidney stones Starting shortly after I finished this course of antibiotics: stiffness in calves and foot muscles upon rising in the morning and after sitting for more than a minute or two. To date it has been over 2 months. I was first given this in the ER when I went in about a kidney stone that I was passing. I ended up with a week-long UTI, that the Levaquin didn't relieve until I took the last (7th) pill. I've read that this is a "black box" drug. I was given no warning that the side effects could be severe and/or debilitating. Not by my doctor, nor by the pharmacy that filled the prescription. F 60 8 days
250 MG 1X day
6/19/2011
 1  Bronchitis Tendon pain in both ankles. Zero range of motion. I can't put any weight on my feet. My toes can barely move. My left leg is weak. Tingling sensation in toes. Feelings of anxiety. Went from 25 years of age to 80 year old man. M 25 3 days
500 1X day
6/18/2011
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 1  POSSIBLE SINUS INFECTION ALMOST DIED. PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE NO KNOWN ALLERGIES TO ANYTHING (EVEN FOOD) I CAN TOLERATE MEDICATIONS VERY WELL. THIS DRUG IS POISON AND DOCTORS PUSH IT ON PPL LIKE ITS CANDY- VERY DISTURBING. ESPECIALLY IN THE ELDERLY. AFTER ONLY BEING ON THIS POISON FOR 3 DAYS I BECAME GRAVELY ILL. I COULD NOT STAND, WALK, ETC AS I WAS ALWAYS DOUBLED OVER IN PAIN.MY STOMACH WAS CRAMPED UP AND I WAS VOMITING PROFUSELY. LOTS OF BM'S WHICH TURNED INTO DIAHERRIA (SP?) AND THEN EVENTUALLY BLOOD. I WAS BLEEDING RECTALLY IN VAST AMOUNTS. AFTER A FEW HOURS MY BOWEL MOVEMENTS TURNED INTO BOWLS OF BRIGHT RED BLOOD. I WAS FRIGHTENED AND HURTING EVERYWHERE AND ALSO HAD A VERY HIGH FEVER. MY HUSBAND RUSHED ME TO THE ER. MY WBC'S WERE EXTREMELY ELEVATED AND I STILL HAD BLOOD COMING OUT (IN THE WAY OF VOMIT) AND ALSO STOOLS. I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH STOMACH CRAMPING OR PAIN IN MY LIFE. ALSO WAS VERY NAUSEOUS, SWEATING AND HAD JOINT AND MUSCLE PAIN EVERYWHERE. NO APPETITE. WAS HOSPITALIZED AND HAD MULTIPLE TESTS RU IF YOU ARE NOT ALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN BASED DRUGS TAKE SOMETHING LIKE KEFLEX INSTEAD. AVOID LEVAQUIN AND IT'S COUSIN DRUGS LIKE THE PLAGUE. AFTER THE RESEARCH I DID I SEE THIS I9S A VERY STRONG AND MISPRESCRIBED DRUG. THERE IS 0 REASON TO GIVE THIS TYPE OF MED TO SOMEONE WITH A "SINUS INFECTION". I HAVE READ THAT IT IS USED IN THE ARMY FOR PPL WITH ANTHRAX. EVEN IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TP PENICILLIN BASED DRUGS THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS BESIDES THE QUINOLONES. I FOUND OUT THAT LEVAQUIN WIPED OUT MY STOMACH FLORA (BOTH GOOD AND BAD) SO I HAVE HAD GI PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. I TAKE PROBIOTICS DAILY ALONG WITH DIGESTIVE AND ADDITIONAL FIBER SUPPLEMENTS. I NEVER NEEDED THESE THINGS BEFORE. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST LEVAQUIN. IT'S FLAT OUT DANGEROUS. F 31 4 days
500 MG 1X day
6/16/2011
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 1   Pain in joints mainly ankles & lower back I could walk before levaquin (first week in December 2010 I have not walked since without assistance. My Dr said it will go away but it is still here and worse. M 91 7 days
500mg 1X day
6/15/2011
 1  cough Achilles tendon and ankle pain; legs prickly burning from knees down; chronic fatigue; insomnia; joints popping; Stopped 7 day prescription after 4 days in March 2011; leg issues and fatigue had already started 2 days before. Now I am in the 4th month and knee joints are popping loudly. Ankle soreness and weakness still there; insomnia; dulled personality. M 58 4 days
750 mg 1X day
6/13/2011
 1  Sinus Infection Severe Gout and joint swelling, left leg. I find it disturbing that both main stream and alternative practitioners ignore their patients when they blame Levaquin for sudden severe maladies. The refrain, it can't be the drug is getting a bit thin. To date, I've read hundreds of Levaquin horror stories. The problem being is there is no end to them. VOTE with your money. Boycott Ortho McNeil Janssen Pharm!! M 55 18 days
500 MG 1X day
6/6/2011
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 1  sinus infection Finished dosage and a few days later my wrists, hands and feet were so sore I could hardly pick things up and move them. I went back to dr. a week later and made sure this was documented. I started taking glucosamine and symptoms went away after about a month. Dr. commented that another lady she prescribed this to the same time as me came back with symptoms also. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! I am still not sure why my dr. didn't just give me a z-pac. F 43 10 days
500 mg 1X day
6/6/2011
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 1  Ear infection Mild joint pain in my hands on day one. Mild joint pain in my feet on day two. By day five I felt like if I continued taking this drug that I would be doing some long term damage, so I stopped. I still have intermittent joint pain one week later. I typically don't have any issues with non-penicillin antibiotics, but Levaquin produced some very noticable side effects. I don't normally surf these boards, but I found it alarming how many had near immediate joint and tendon issues. What good is an antibiotic if you have to trade for painful joints and the possibility of a blown achiles tendon? M 42 5 days
500mg 1X day
5/31/2011
 1  Sinus infection/Pneumonia Took 1 pill at bedtime and woke up at 5 AM with severe leg pain. Over the next week, pain steadily got worse and spread through both legs and arms. After 1 week, I was unable to get out of bed. This lasted 1 week with the following 2 weeks being able to w Ork only 1/2 days. Since (it has now been 12.5 mos.), the pain has come and gone for periods ranging from 1 day to 1 month at a time. GP and Rheumatologist have been unable to identify any direct cause/dx or cure. CYM Alta (5 mg - 1x/day) has provided minor relief, as did PT. At it's worst, I cannot stand or walk, carry a coffee cup, etc. On the best day, it is a mild discomfort. I can no longer play with my kids like I want or exercise. I used to be very healthy but have gained almost 20 lbs over the last year due to the inactivity and overeating (to cope with the depression caused by the non-stop pain). Also, pain is very migratory in nature, even over the course of a few minutes and my needs have begun popping very frequently. M 34 1 days
500 MG 1X day
5/30/2011
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 1  sinus infection extreme pain in left hand thumb and wrist,right hand also but not so bad.Nightmares and vivid dreams all night.confusion,pain in bottom of right foot and lots of tingling and needles in both hands and feet.bottom of feet hurt.Feel lethargic.pain in right shoulder. This drug is horrible.It's been 5 weeks since I stopped taking it and I still have lots of pain in my hands and feet,right sholder,etc.Worse thing is I go to my doctor that gave me the pills and he says it's not the levaquin causing it.I felt fine just before taking it and symptoms started during treatment.I'm very upset with my doctor because he could have given me something else instead.He said nothing about black box warning and he is a cleveland clinic doctor so i trusted him.11 page medication guide is misleading also because it says side effects most common in people over 60.I'm 47 and many people on this forum are under 60.Something has to be done to take this drug off the market.The risks clearly outway the benefits.But since they made 2 billion last year and the fda is funded by these company's that's why it's still on the market.What's more important?Peoples well being or fattening these greedy executives pockets!I am going to do everything i can to get this off the market. i hope my symptoms are'nt permanent since this drug also causes permanent nerve damage also.And the pharmacist told me after reading the medication guide i should'nt worry.Sure since he's not the one taking it.I understand some side effects are ok,but not tendon rupture,nerve damage,peripheral neorapathy...Please!!How far is greed going to take us.Please fda take this drug off the market!!!!!! M 47 7 days
500 mg 1X day
5/30/2011
 1  Sinus Infection Nauseous; upset stomach The doctor prescribed this instead of Z-pack. It irritated and upset my stomach; I felt terrible. Called to let him know, had to go back for an another appt to get a prescription for azithromycin (Z-pack), which worked great, no stomach problems. F 68 3 days
500 1X day
5/28/2011
 1  Sinus Infection F 39
500 1X day
5/26/2011
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 5  Bronchitis I'm always being prescribed Levaquin when the zpack fails to do the job along with some form of steroid (I'm a severe asthmatic). I have a lot of medication allergies and health conditions and other than the random tinnitus that I get for a while after taking the medicine, and random aches and pains here and there, I have no complaints. Levaquin has helped me out when other antibiotics wouldn't. There are risks with any medications on the market, we as patients just have to decide if those risks are worth taking it. F 29 7 days
750 1X day
5/24/2011
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 1  UTI Anyone who researches before they take a drug good job! This is the perfect drug to hear what ur pears are saying...... And that is overwhelmingly STAY AWAY!!!!!! And based on my experience i also agree. To start, its been 1 year 1 month since i took this med and it still effects me. I've just come to find peace that at 22 I'm probably going to have issues for the rest of my life. :(... Insomnia, deep depression, anxiety, constant tendon pain, pakinsins like muscle spasms, clouded mind, depersonalization, loss of feeling on skins surface, and those are just the major ones. 1 year 1 month ago I was always happy, an athlete, an above average college student, and now I'm an empty sack of bones and flesh that barelly makes it through each day..... DONT TAKE PART IN THIS GOVERNMENT EXPIERMENT!!! THIS WILL BE IN MEDICAL HISTORY BOOKS ONE DAY, JUST AS HTLER'S EXPIEREMENTS!!!!!! M 22 3 days
500 1X day
5/18/2011
 5  Pneumonia None Didnt notice any on my daughter. We were in the hospital for the majority of the time on the drug. She had two types of pneumonia and several viruses and infections (first year of school). I had it too but took the zpack. F 5 2 weeks
1X day
5/16/2011
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 1  Bladder infection Pain stiffness ankles - spreading to shoulders, elbows and knees. Started within 24 hours. Took this drug for a minor infection nearly five years ago. Stopped after two days of terrible joint/tendon pain. For the first year post Quinolone (Levaquin) pain and stiffness was chronic - moving from one joint to another - mostly legs and arms - bilateral. Some days/weeks could not lift anything over a few pounds. Also had sleep problems and nightmares. The pain and stiffness would remit for a week or two - then return - often in different areas.. This trend continued for a little more than a year, then evolved in minor stiffness and mild aches for the next 3 years. 6 months ago it returned - worse than than ever. Now there is now complete remission of symptoms and it is spreading. First began in right elbow tendons to wrist. Then to the left elbow and now has spread to both knees. Additional sporadic pains everywhere. Very difficult to knee, lift even light objects (gallon of milk)l or climb stairs. Never had a joint pain in my life until a day after taking this poison. I know now that I will never recover as the 6 month trend has been worsening steadily. NEVER TAKE ANY OF THE QUINOLONES UNLESS RISK OF DEATH IS PROBABLE. M 57 2 days
500mg 1X day
5/9/2011
 1  sinus infection/pnuemonia I started to swell in my joints to the point where my rings had to be cut off when I got to ER. My ankles were so bad I had to wear crocks and I got weak and almost flat in bed for two weeks before hospitalized for 3 days. I was week and the pain was unbearable. This was Feb/March of 2010 and I am not over it yet. Still have some swelling and lots of pain in shoulders, muscles, knees and hands. Drs. say it has to be the Levaquin. lawyers say I can't do a thing. Even tho I expressed fear to the Drs. who gave it to me. So I am stuck with hospital/Drs. bills, plus I lost two jobs. I died twice in ER. was in hospital 3 days. I would not take this pill again if it was the last one on earth and they told me I would die without it. I would die with it, I know that. F 73 14 days
500 2X day
5/6/2011
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 1  UTI It slaughtered each of my body systems one at a time - I had a combination of Cipro and Levaquin - I am going on 9 years of pure hell of nothing but constant recovery and relapse cycles. I was a runner before this - 6 miles a day - after I could not walk for two weeks. I have had unexplained carpal tunnel that required surgery - I am on heart medication twice a day now from sever heart palpitations that left me with a bad heart valve ( the worst part is my social life is gone) having sex takes 3 days of rest to recover - my muscles exhaust to the point of nothing - I beg my legs to keep moving when I just can't take another step - the doctors treat me as if I am enjoying all of this. I am embarrassed and isolated from life. This should be a crime - someone should be prosecuted for this. F 45 6 months
500 MG 2X day
5/4/2011
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 1  sinus infection/strep/chronic cough Muscle, joint pain and stiffness, tingling in legs especially at night, shoulder pain, skin numbness, muscle spasms, pins and needles, facial pain, ringing in ears, basically all side effects listed in the insert the FDA required the drug manufacturer to include. There's a class action lawsuit against the drug company that makes Levaquin due to ruptured tendons. After reading this website there's a whole lot more reasons for a lawsuit. I was prescribed Levaquin over the last 12 mos. Always worked except always symptoms returned. Took 6 times in 9 mos! When dr, a GP, prescribed he did so along with a medrol pack. Clearly says in the drug insert (just read recently) NOT to take Levaquin and steriods! Started experiencing side effects 3 mos ago. Went to a specialist who ran blood tests checking for Lupus, RA, etc. I already have 2 autoimmune diseases, she thought I could have another one. Symptoms resemble that of many diseases including MS. All blood tests normal. Started reading about Levaquin. Found my symptoms were all same as side effects given. I told my GP, he added in my chart can't take flouroquonoline antibiotics, then prescribed a medrol pack for pain! Both my knees are shot. Had mri and have a torn meniscus/rt knee. I previously had no problems with painful legs, knees & muscles. Now I can hardly walk my leg muscles hurt so bad. Beware, always read the possible side effects insert before taking any drug! Levaquin's a dangerous drug & should only be taken in extreme cases. Be very careful I believe the side effects are permanent. I'm seeing an herbalist now. Trying the natural route. Good luck everyone. F 57 7 days
1X day
5/3/2011

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