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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | bronchitis | fainting, extreme weakness, numb arms and legs, tingling, eye pain(behind eyes), hip pain, nausea, confusion, vivid dreams, couldnt hold my head up at times followed by rapid eye movement, increased heart rate, slurred speech, lack of balance, and more! | DO NOT TAKE THIS POISON, i never go to the doc, i finally did and this crap made me miss work for a week so far, as im typing this my eye hurts extremely bad, never had pain or symptoms like this in my life. Doctors should not be allowed to give this to anyone! If I continue to feel this way and it gets worse im jumping on the lawsuit train! | F | 26 | 5 days 500mg 1X day | 10/24/2010 | 3 | Chronic Sinusitis | I was on it for 10 days for a sinus infection and I had very bad stomach pain, insomnia so bad that I barely got an hour of sleep all night. I had vivid dreams that would wake me up. Also a few days after ending this medication I had neck/shoulder pain so bad I had to see a chiropractor. I have had pain in those areas before but never so badly. I had to use biofreeze with constant ibuprofen for 2 weeks and symptoms have still not full subsided. I also experienced intense chest pain, hot flashes for no reason, mood swings that are awful. I already have anxiety/depression issues and this only made my emotions more unstable. Sometimes I would experience symptoms related to RLS when I tried to go to bed with tingly pins and needles feelings. | I was first prescribed this medication at 17 because of my chronic sinus infections. After being on other antibiotics such as Amoxicillin, Sulfa medications, Cipro, pretty much everything else but the doctors decided to prescribe me this because it was the only thing that killed the infections. I was told that it had serious side effects and shouldnt be taken often. I have HAD to take this medication probably about 10 times since that age and I am now 20. I have never experienced any adverse side effects until this current dose. I know this medication is usually prescribed for older patients, which scares me because I am only 20 and have to take this medication.It has just been terrible and even though the 10 day dose did not fully kill the infection I know it does work well. I had to get another prescription for 14 days to try and kill the infection again but I gave up on it after reading all of the bad patient side effects on here and I need to find something else to help me. I would not recommend this medication to anyone who does not HAVE to take it. It should be a last resort. | F | 20 | 10 days 500 1X day | 10/21/2010 | 1 | diverticulitis | Impaired vision, extreme nausea, muscle/lig/tend pulls lasting 4+ mos, loss of appetite,flushing/chills, Inability to focus, Unable to return to active life style (run/swim/ride) | BAAAD Drug. Lost 2 weeks of work, mostly due to the side effects of this drug since i could not drive nor work on the computer without being nauseas. My doctor chewed me out for discontinuing but it probably saved me from jumping off my roof. This was 4 months ago, just now starting light swim workouts, cannot run due to butt pull that still has not healed and have reduced my horse competitions by 75% due to muscle atrophy and soreness. Vision has returned to normal but have difficulty with scrolling (dizzy). LEVAQUIN should be outlawed. | F | 50 | 5 days 500 mg 1X day | 10/21/2010 | 3 | Upper Respitaory Infection | pain in my lower back and legs, dizziness, dry mouth, itchy skin and blister | Called the doctor after day 5 to describe my symptoms and he said to stop the medicine...so I did. Hopefully the symtoms will stop too. | F | 53 | 10 days 500mg 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 1 | UTI | Nausea, foggy/full head, jittery, anxious, unsettled, joint aches, shaky/weak | I took this drug many years ago and remember disliking it then for the same reasons. I figured I'd give it a try again - so many years later - maybe it will be OK. I was wrong. I am on Day 5 of taking this and will be calling doc tomorrow to say I am coming off it. I do not like how this drug makes me feel - it is very very weird - so jittery and unsettled and weak and shaky. My legs feel like noodles at times. | F | 43 | 10 days 500 mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | Bursitis of the left hand. Hand was swollen to almost double its size, severe shoulder pain (left) and some heel and knee pain. I also developed oral thrush which is still ongoing | F | 75 | 10 days 780 1X day | 10/17/2010 | 1 | GIven through IV for GI infection | Given through IV for increase WBC due to GI infection. Reaction was immediate (July 2010) * extreme fatigue * muscle weakness/fatigue, most significant in upper body * muscle pain, joint pain (joints popping and grinding) * Numbness in hands, fingers, feet, and toes * A burning feeling in arms, legs (like being burned by acid from the inside-out) * Muscle twitches, spasms, cramps * Myoclonic jerks * Tremendous insomnia * extreme fluctuations in weight * inability to concentrate or stay focused (initially could not read, or follow TV programs, it has improved some) * emotional lability- cried uncontrollable for about 4 weeks straight.* heart racing and palpitation * hypersensitivity to sounds, light * nausea * shortness of breath, especially when really tired, difficulty producing a voice * numbness/tingling in face/lip * Raynaud's syndrome * Difficulty walking long distances, spasticity increases in leg muscles. * Decreased balance | * diagnosed with "drug induced neuromuscular disorder" 10/7/10 * neurologist noted decreased upper and lower extremity reflexes * confirmed damage to Peroneal Nerve in right leg from knee down, loss of movement in right foot, with atrophy of the muscles in foot and leg. (nerve conduction test). EMG--abnormal response of muscles in both legs. (9/24/10) | F | 43 | 1 days 500 1X day | 10/17/2010 | 1 | Bronchial infection | Intense and extreme pain in my left hip as well as horrible pain in the knees. I was unable to walk or get in and out of the car without horrible pain on the 8th day I was taking the medication. I have been off of it for three days and am just starting to see improvement. | F | 46 | 8 days 750 1X day | 10/17/2010 | 3 | Throat Infection | End of August 2010: I was perscribed Levaquin (1 per day for 10 days) because of a strange bacterial infection in my throat. I had been misdiagnosed by the first doctor I visited, who gave me amoxicillin for strep throat. First off, Levaquin destroyed the bacteria and after the first day my throat was back to normal. I did feel short of breath and had some random nerve pains throughout the ten days. On only one day I had pain in my heel but that went away. By the end of the 9th day taking Levaquin I was tired of it but the doctor told me to finish the perscription through the 10th day. On the 10th day I started to get diarrhea, cold chills and stomach/intestinal cramps. It is now mid-October and I still have these symtoms. I have been avoiding going back to the doctor again by eating Activia yogurt and taking Align Probiotic, both of which help but obviously aren't fixing the problem. I am going to the doctor this week to make sure Levaquin hasn't given me some form of colitis | Levaquin did what it was supposed to do but also gave me side effects that have lasted almost 2 months since taking it. Levaquin is a VERY powerful antibiotic, you can feel it in you moments after taking it. Many people experience strange and uncomfortable side effects that aren't considered by doctors to be unusual. Personally, I will not take Levaquin again if there is another option. From all the stories I've read of people taking Levaquin, I'm not so sure this drug should be available or FDA approved. IF YOUR DOCTOR TELLS YOU TO TAKE LEVAQUIN, ASK FIRST IF THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION. | M | 26 | 10 days 500 MG 1X day | 10/16/2010 | 1 | pneumonia and an ear infection | Insomnia, dizziness, blurred vision, headaches, nausea, numbness, muscle pain espacially in my legs. I also woke up one morning and the whole right side of my face hurt! Even in my mouth! The right half of my tongue was swollen, my jaw hurt, and my throar hurt so bad (on the right side) that I could barely swallow. There's probably even more things but these are the one's that bugged me the most. Oh yeah, that same morning my other ear (the right one) was infected too so now I have hearing loss in both ears. | My doctor must be getting something from the drug company for pushing this on his patients. That's the only reason I could think of that would make him do this to people. | F | 30 | 10 days 500MG 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 1 | UTI | I am a runner. I was running 35-45 miles per week. After taking Cipro in May, I started having pain in right ankle tendon in June. I also started having ringing in ears. I was prescribed Cipro again for another UTI in August, saw black box warning and stopped after first day. Ankle pain got extremely bad, had to cut running down to 15 mi per week. | Horrible drug. Had to go to Podiatrist and had to cut running down to 6 miles per week. This started in June and even with ice, rest and milage cut backs, I am still having pain in tendon. I never had tendon pain ever before this, and have been running for 30+ years. Podiatrist confirmed that tendonitis was Cipro related. I am currently taking vitamin supplements, and continueing to ice. I am increasing running by 10% each week, but healing is very slow. I have continous ear ringing as well. Avoid this medication. I am very angry that it was not made clear to me by my doctor that this could cause tendonitis. | F | 48 | 3 days 500 MG 2X day | 10/9/2010 | 1 | psuedomonas | Severe Hip, Knee, and ankle pain. Inablility to stand-up without pain. Muscle tiredness after only a few steps which required rest to have the ability to walk more. Legs will hurt so bad that you can't continue walking after a short while. | I took the medication for 17 days due to a severa bronchial infection acquired during surgery. Initially had no adverse symptoms. On the 15 day I noted joint pain that increased daily by the 17 day I could not walk without help. I have improved some since the onset of symptoms. This was 9 months ago. I continue to struggle with joint pain, and the inability to only walk 200 to 300 feet with stopping and resting. I get extreme mucle weakness. My family doctor stopped Leviquan on the 17th day and said my symptoms were related to the medication. He told me he hoped and prayed my symptoms would improve. He has sent me to a pain clinic for chronic pain, which tells me he does not feel I will have improvement. I pray for this to go away, but doubt it every will. | F | 53 | 17 days 500mg. 1X day | 10/8/2010 | 1 | infection in finger | At first, I was nauseous, diarrhea, light-headed and couldn't sleep. After stopping this drug, I have stiffness behind both knees and walk like I am crippled! | This drug should be banned!!!! I just started with stiffness behind my knees. When I asked Doctor how to treat this he just said I had to wait it out. I hope this doesn't get worse but after reading all the other comments, it looks like I am in for the long haul!!! What really sucks is that this was the wrong drug to give me for my problem after test results came back!!! | F | 60 | 7 days 1X day | 10/8/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | Persistent muscle weakness, tightening, burning, tingling, joint pain that is crippling. My body cannot handle typical physical activity such as walking and standing. I am in constant pain and my ankles/achilles/calves are perpetually swollen and not functioning properly. Acute shoulder weakness. Initially I was so dizzy, I had to crawl, had no energy, pain all over my body, acute muscle weakness and joint pain, ringing of the ears, depression, lack of ability to focus, racing heart and hyper/nervous feeling while at the same time being severely exhausted. | This drug has robbed me of my life. Most everything I do revolves around being active. I am desperately trying to find people and treatments that can help me. I found a paper written by Dr. Greene from Emory University in 2002 re: a physical therapy program she designed for someone who had a similar issue. It required the man to be on crutches, she made special achilles braces for him and it took approximately 5 months to get him better. The school was going to do research on this several years ago however, as it required costly ultrasound imaging, the funding was not available. If anyone has found a treatment or practitioner that has helped them, please please email me with information. Also, perhaps if there's enough interest in more research and enough people contact Emory University (or another), perhaps they will find a way to do the research and help those who have been affected. I'm told the drug company has not followed people with longer term side affects. They don't know why it has this affect and they don't know how to fix it. Research to find help must be required. | F | 44 | 4 days 750 1X day | 10/2/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | uncontrollable crying, depression, feelings of negativity, tremors, thoughts of suicide | I only took this medication for 3 of the 10 days. Its clicked that 'this wasn't me' and I called the dr. for a new antibiotic right away, despite his disbelief. | F | 31 | 10 days 500mg 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 1 | BRONCHITIS | LEG MUSCLE WEAKNESS, TIGHTNESS & STIFFNESS | I will never take again - after 4 days - my legs were aching & weak to the point I could not sleep. My Doctor does not believe the drug caused this - but I had no problems until 4 pills had been taken. A month later I feel as though my legs are not straight when I walk - they are so stiff & tight as if they will not straighten out - my hip joints are also stiff & sore. I wish I had never taken this drug! | F | 54 | 5 days 750 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | M | 40 | 7 days 750 mg 1X day | 9/28/2010 Patient History | 5 | Pneumonia | No side effects as described by other users. This drug knocked out my pneumonia! I was first put on Augmentin for two days, it did nothing, then i was on a zpack for two days, it did nothing. On the first day of levaquin, I started feeling better. | F | 42 | 10 days 500mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 1 | Sinus infection | I took Levaquin at 8pm and tried to go to sleep around 10pm. I know it sounds crazy, but I couldn't remember how to open my eyes. I was having a conversation with myself about whether or not I needed to open them to be able to see (my husband was very worried). Eventually I did and I was restless and jittery until 6am. I will NEVER take Levaquin again. | F | 30 | 1 days 750 mg 1X day | 9/26/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | While my pneumonia DID go away, I now feel like I'm 90yo. The ER doctor did warn me about the side affects. I told him I am an active horseback rider (I also compete) and his response to me was "well don't fall off". The stiffness in my ankles and knees are, at times, unbearable. When I get up in the morning I can barely walk. I PRAY these affects will go away | I work 2 jobs. One is a desk job. When I get up after sitting for an hour, I can barely flex my ankles. They feel stiff and swollen. My other job is a waitress at night. After 2 hours on my feet, I am stiff and cannot move quickly. Prior to taking this medication, I was extremely active (almost hyper) and worked out weekly. Now I feel like I belong in a nursing home. James, your post is encouraging and I pray this will go away. Just wondering if any one has filed a law suit. I feel as though neither my GP or the ER doctor listened to my concerns about not wanting to take this medication. | F | 51 | 10 days 500 1X day | 9/26/2010 |