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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | high WBC from food poisoning | Given through IV at emergency clinic. Immediately began feeling worse..severe joint/muscle pain, chills, severe headache,entire body hurt, felt like I had been hit by a car..next day still had these same symptoms..difficulty walking. Had taken this same med 1 year prior with these same symptoms, but not as harsh then. Was not aware this drug was being administered to me in the clinic until too late. Also had nausea, and insomnia | 2 days later: Rash, severe joint pain, especially in shoulders and knees. Legs feel like I am walking in concrete. Very emotional. Hate this drug!!!! | F | 43 | 500 1X day | 7/19/2010 Patient History | 1 | Prostate infection | Severe pain in hands and feet mainly. Calves and wrists also. Very Tired. | M | 49 | 21 days 500 MG 1X day | 7/16/2010 | 1 | Throat infection | Psychiatric effects (anxiety, a bit of insomnia), joint/muscle pain (mostly in the knees), general feeling of being sick. | Did not complete my course of 10 days. Threw the final 1-2 pills away, can't remember. I took this medication nearly 10 years ago. The joint/muscle pain was limited to my knees but was painful, I had a general feeling of 'sickness' that did not resolve until I quit. Aggravated/amplified my anxiety and stress considerably. Won't take this medication again. | M | 23 | 10 days ? 1X day | 7/12/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | I ripped a tendon in my left leg years ago and it still bothers me when I lift something heavy. When I mentioned to the pharmisist that this was a weak spot for me he said no problem. Within half an hour of taking it my leg began to hurt and burn. It hurt to walk a few steps. | I spoke to the doctor as soon as the pain started and he said NOT TO TAKE ANYMORE which I wouldn't have done and not to walk on and keep it iced until burning stops. Call him in am. Very scary! So much for the tendon issue being rare occurance. Maybe not so rare. I'm in excellent health otherwise. | F | 56 | 1 days 500mg 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Was prescribed 500 MG/day for 10 days but only took 1 dose: experienced insomnia, followed by pain in left shin/ankle. Stopped after that dose due to warnings on Rx. No other issues until 1 week later when pain started in left foot/leg/knee/arm/wrist and right arm/knee/leg. Also experienced extreme fatigue. Got to point I could not even stand upright. 1-1/2 months later, the pain is there everyday, just varies in magnitude. Still experiencing some fatigue and depression. For the last week, I have been in significant pain. Also experience joint popping and "looseness". | M | 33 | 1 days 500 MG 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | I am an operating room nurse. I started taking Levaquin and in within day 2 or 3 started with horrible joint pain. My hands were so swollen I could not bend my fingers. My wrists felt like extreme carpal tunnel pain. I had bilateral hip and knee pain, unable to get out of a chair, uncomfortable to even lie in bed. My feet also has swelling and extreme pain. I had Percocets from a back sprain a few weeks back, and took 2 tabs, without any relief, ibuprofen didn't help either. My doctor thought maybe I had a "viral arthritis", so I finished my Levaquin. I still have joint pain weeks later. I am very active and run a surgery center with 12 hour days 5 days a week, and am on my feet, scrubbing surgery, circulating, working pre-op and PACU. I am sorry everyone else is in pain too, but am glad it is not just in my head, I was starting to wonder if it was Rhematoid Arthritis, or another AutoImmune disorder! I will never take it again. I am allergic to Penicillins, Sulfas, and Cephla | F | 44 | 10 days 750mg 1X day | 7/2/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | Lost ability to walk, leges buckled, burning pain in muscles, joints, sleepless, stomach cramping, could not lift my water glass, bruising, hands don't work. | It's been weeks and I am no better. I was appalled to find out it clearly states these symptoms have been identified and doctors are still using it. It did not help my pnuemonia symptoms either and there several other drugs that could be used. This product should be taken off the market - doctors ar not paying attention. | F | 64 | 6 days 750 mg 1X day | 6/27/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | F | 60 | 500 mg 1X day | 6/22/2010 Patient History | 1 | Urinary Tract Infection | At first, none. My urinary tract infection symptoms began to clear quite quickly and I was a happy person. Knowing how important it is to continue and finish any antibiotic, I did. Within one day of finishing the course I began to feel cramps in my legs. That evening the cramps were severe. By the morning I could not walk. I called my doctor who instructed me to get to the hospital. I could not even stand up, at that point we called the ambulance. Once in the hospital the doctors took x-rays and sonograms to find that many of the my tendons in my legs had either become detacted or were in the process of being dissolved at the attachment points. I went through two days of massive fluids in the hospital to flush my system. Reconstructive surgery was scheduled and performed on my ankles. Rehab took an additional 2 months. The final result as documented by the doctors: Tendon destruction as a result of an adverse effect from a Quinolone-derivative antibiotic. Come to find out this warning | I have since learned there are several class action law suits for Levaquin, Cipro and other quinolone-based antibiotics. I would warn anyone considering these types of antibiotics to read EVERY DETAIL of the warning sheets and decide if you really want to accept the risks. | M | 32 | 2 weeks 250 2X day | 6/18/2010 | 1 | Tonsilitis | 2nd day in, sore tendon feeling in left knee couldn't put weight on it, later in the 2nd day same feeling started kicking in for the right knee, remember thinking it odd and what did I do to cause such discomfort. 3rd day right ankle tendons felt so sore like I rolled my ankle it slightly abated and by the 3rd evening left elbow muscle/tendon soreness (and I am not talking tender soreness, this was sprained soreness feeling) I didn't take the evening dose because by now I figured something freaky going on with the meds and spooked. It was like I had developed a rheumatoid arthritis type problem and traveling sprain feeling in different parts of my body. Over the next few days some got better some didn't. It has been a year since I took it and my right ankle, although better still has a tendon that feels sprained. I guess I am stuck with this forever. Glad I did not take the full 10 days, I'd be crippled by now. Read accounts of healthy people never being able to walk again after | Looked up all info over levaquin, I am allergic to ciprofloxacin and couldn't believe the doc had prescribed me a drug in the same family floxacins. I also after reading so much over the "mild" side effects realized tendon rupture and muscle/tendon pain as the biggest and scariest (and sometimes permanent) side effect that was only mentioned as a minor risk on the box. BS! This is creepy stuff DO NOT TAKE! I warned all my friends and loved ones to stay away from this. | F | 34 | 10 days 500mg 2X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | anxiety, crying, sadness, a feeling that something was inside of me that needed to get out, muscle twitching, hyperactivity/unable to sit still for any length of time. | After a few days on this drug, I had a low level of anxiety. Within a few days, I was a crying mess. I have never experienced anxiety at that level. I could not stop moving. I paced around my house. If I did sit down, I experienced what seemed like RLS. I was so tired, but I couldn't sleep. I'd wake up at 3 in the morning and start pacing around my house. One night, I walked for 3 hours straight. I got blisters on my feet. I have been unable to get off anti depressants. I told my doctor when I took it that I thought Levaquin was causing these feelings. They didn't seem to understand why. My thoughts were coming at a mile a minute, I could not stop thinking. Every moment of the day was spent in a hypersensitive state. There was no relief to the agony. How I didn't end up committing suicide is a wonder. | F | 46 | 10 days forgot 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | severe joint and tendon pain throughout entire body, nausea, chest pain, irregular heartbeat, fatigue, weakness, difficulty breathing, insomnia, anxiety, mental confusion, short-term memory loss | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 41 | 10 days 500MG 1X day | 6/15/2010 | 1 | Spider bite inside my ear canal | Swelling and extreme pain in all of my joints including each and every knuckle. Difficulty walking without limping. Insomnia. Worsening of pre-existing periphreal neuropathy. Brain Fog. Depression. Weight gain due to immobility. | ER PA prescribed Levaquin stating he was giving me "something amazing and quick acting". He was right about both. I was amazed that a formally active and happy "young" 65 year old who hikes and rides her horses was relegated to trying to get comfortable, somehow, on the couch! Quick acting? You betcha....the second of seven pills created pain first in my knees that I brushed off as Springtime Gardener's Pain. I was a FOOL to wait until my sixth dose to stop this poison. Two MD's, a PA and a Senior Pharmacist have ALL told me it is a reaction to the spider bite. I might agree if there had been fifty or so spiders all taking a bite out of me on different parts of my body (joints) at the same moment in time. It is a Big Pharma Whitewash. WHAT ELSE WILL THEY DO WITH ALL OF THIS CLASS OF RX THAT IS STOCKPILED FOR THE MILLIONS SUPPOSEDLY AFFECTED BY ANTHRAX, BIRD FLU AND H1N1? Oh, yeah, that's why they keep pushing/selling it to us. Can't let a "good crisis go to waste" can we? Why has the FDA FINALLY BLACK BOXED THIS DRUG on the inserts??? Could it be so many of us are getting our voices heard? Too bad there is NO CURE for us who have taken this Miracle Drug on faith. | F | 65 | 6 days 500mg 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 3 | Chronic sinus infection | I have felt more tired, not quite up to par. Developed flu-like symptoms and arthritis pain. I want to say I have been hungry all the time too. | I got Levaquin for a chronic sinus infection, the doctor says I have had it for at least 10 years. Who knew? I just finished a 10-day round and I can't say I feel different in my sinuses - didn't feel them to begin with. During the 10 days I have felt really tired and my head has been pounding. No headaches, though. The worst side effect is terrible arthritis (?) pain in my feet, my upper arms, my hands and fingers, and my hips/upper thigh area. It's pretty bad. I seem to be retaining water as well, even though I take a "water pill" every morning. I'm glad this is over. I don't think I want to take this medication again, but I say that with every antibiotic they give me. :o/ | F | 56 | 10 days 750 MG 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 3 | Sinus infection | Hip joint aches when sleeping, lower back pain, mental fog. | Seems to be helping the symptoms of the sinus infection - facial pain deep in the upper and lower jaw is mostly gone. Phantom deep root "toothaches" are mostly gone. Interfering with my ability to concentrate on computer work but walking outside in the day is actually pleasant again. Can't wait to have the nasal polyps removed, sinuses drained and get back to normal. | M | 49 | 8 days 500MG 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | loose stools x 3 days, then fatigue, achy shoulders and neck-didn't connect pain with drug until hip and bilateral knee pain started on day 5. I should have stopped then, but I thought it would subside like the loose stools did. By the end of the 14 day course the pain was severe and my whole body felt like I worked out too much the day before.3 days have passed since my last dose and it still hurts my knees to walk down the stairs and I feel achy. | I hope these symptoms resolve soon. I will never take this drug again. | F | 45 | 14 days 500 1X day | 6/12/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | metallic taste in mouth, extreme anxiety, fever, chills, extreme headache, nausea, vomiting, flushing, burning pain on the back of my neck, ringing in the ears, seizure-like episodes (blacking out), tachycardia and elevated blood pressure for one month, anorexia for one month, depression, joints in ankles hurt, tendons hurt in elbows, armpits, knees, achilles, neuropathy, chronic fatigue, dislike of bright light, weakness all over, startling at any sound, muscles in face twitching, severe insomnia for three months, brain fog, very sensitive to any medication I take now. | I took 9 pills from Dec. 21-31 (skipping one day). I also took one prednisone and I am glad I didn't take more of that. The insomnia was the worst. At one point, I could not sleep at all without medication. I am thankful to God that it only lasted three months. After 5 months I was completely recovered except for joint and tendon problems. I still have sinus problems, and am scared to take any medication at all. | F | 35 | 9 days 500 1X day | 6/11/2010 | 1 | sinus infection | I was prescribed Levaquin for a sinus infection. After the second day, I developed severe tinnitus, which lasted for 5 days. When the tinnitus finally lessened, I found I was extremely hypersensitive to sound. These physical symptoms were also accompanied by the mental symptoms of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. It has been about 6 months since taking Levaquin, and all the symptoms are still there. Everyday is a fight to stay alive. Levaquin has ruined my life. I was a healthy, happy, 40 year old male. | Levaquin is poison and should not be taken unless you have exhausted ALL other options. I would choose keep the sinus infection for the rest of my life over the side effects which I believe I will have for the rest of my life. | M | 40 | 2 days 750 MG 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 5 | intestinal inflammation | Tiredness (but also taking other anitbiotic so not sure which one or inflammation causing-this is true for all side effects), odd taste in mouth for couple of days, slight nausea for first day or two. | Whenever you take a drug it is YOUR responsibility to know how to take it and to ask questions. Feeling nauseated after taking? Eat some food. Recommend drinking lots of water? Do it. If instructions say your risk is greater for MAJOR side effects if over a certain age (60 in this case), or are a transplant patient, or taking coricosteroids (like prednisone), either don't take this drug or accept the risks. Honestly I was scared to take this drug based on reviews. I didn't fall under any of the risk categories and have allergies that prevent me from taking other meds though. I had very mild side effects but I followed the instuctions and "how to use" guide to a T. And yes I am lucky I was not allergic. Being allergic to penicillin I would never come on a site like this and ask for penicillin be pulled from the market. Or tell people to stop using. Everyone reacts differently. But for goodness sake if you took this drug having high risk factors or because a doctor made a mistake, don't blame the drug! For the first time in months, I am pain free b/c of this drug. If no risk factors and have allergies that prevent you from taking other strong antibotics, I highly recommend this drug. | F | 48 | 10 days 500 MG 1X day | 6/7/2010 | 1 | pneumonia | ER doc gave me a 750mg Levaquin and 600mg ibuprofen with water and sent me home with a prescription. A few hours later I felt like i had ingested toxic waste and I was breathing a gas that coated my tongue and teeth, odors seemed 10x more powerful to me and i felt naseous, dizzy and unsteady on my feet. fell alseep, awoke with a nightmare and panic attack, rapid heartbeat and breathing that lasted all night. my boyfriend filled the prescription for me the next day while i slept, i took the next pill and decided to read the walgreens packaging since the sheet given me to the ER didn't warn of these side effects and i thought they were strong, for an antibiotic. Also feeling burning pain and tingling in ankles, knees and forearms especially, elbows, and bicep. Each step I take my knees, ankles and shoulders go click, click, pop. I read the black box warning, horrified. I looked online, googled 'levaquin' and google suggests 'levaquin lawsuit'. Needless to say I only ingested 2 750m | I am 37, exercise 6x/week, high intensity cardio, plyometrics, weight training, and flow yoga. I have never in my life felt what I am feeling in my joints. I feel like my 93 year old grandmother looks. Afraid of exercising, that my body is made of glass. It is bewildering, and scary, and I am sad and angry. Scouring the internet to find glutathione, collagen, chelated magnesium, ALA, anything that will help me. I cannot imagine what would have happened if I finished the course. The stories here and elsewhere about disability from flouroquinolones is heartbreaking. | F | 37 | 5 days 750mg 1X day | 6/7/2010 |