LEVAQUIN Reviews (LEVOFLOXACIN)

Average Rating: 1.7 (2159 Ratings)

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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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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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DATE ADDED
 
 1  ear infection Day 1:Dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, headache. Day 2:High blood pressure, chest discomfort. I just took 2 pills and I experienced all the side effects described. I made a new appointment and went back to the Doctor Day 3 and requested to change the medication for another "safer" medication. F 42 10 days
500 1X day
6/5/2010
 3  pneumonia and pluresy still exhausted- I do not know if this is a drug side-effect or ineffectiveness- since I am also on large doses of pregnisone (40-40-30-30-20-20-10)I would have expected to feel better by now- still hoping this will do it F 59 7 days
500 mg 1X day
6/4/2010
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 2  upper respiratory infection I have been on this drug previously for lung infections and got very nauseated but continued because I was very sick. This time from the first day I felt tired, anxious, shaky and depressed. I am already on depression meds and didn't know this would exacerbate it. I haven't felt this depressed in a very long time. I did not hear back from my Dr. but I'm afraid he would say it's not caused by the drug which makes me more immobile. I can't think clearly and I'm so tired. I was supposed to be on this for 10 days but I can't finish. Can someone tell me I'm not crazy? F 61 4 days
500mg 1X day
6/4/2010
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 1  SINUS INFECTION HAD severe knee and calf pain. this was back in Dec.of 2009. Now, in May, 2010, same pain started again. At first I thought it was an injury but its now both knees, both calves. Trouble walking, much pain when lying down to sleep. very debillatating. F 62 10 days
1X day
6/4/2010
 1  bronchitis paranoia,yellowing of the eyes, it was awful will never take again! F 61 7 days
750 1X day
6/3/2010
 5  Pneumonia Mild nausea for first couple of days, dizzy spells, mild mood swings?? I was afraid to take this medication after reading about so many bad experiences here but I had great success with it and after fighting pneumonia for weeks, I was noticeably better only 24 hours after starting Levaquin. I do feel that this drug is over-prescribed and should only be used when absolutely necessary. F 31 7 days
750 1X day
6/2/2010
 4  bacterial infection Drowsiness during the first couple of days after taking the medication. I experienced no side effects what so ever other than drowsiness for the first few days. The drug worked perfectly. M 50 10 days
500 mg 1X day
6/2/2010
 1  pneumonia moderately severe and worsening joint pain in knees, left achilles tendon, difficulty walking or bending. F 39 7 days
500 1X day
5/29/2010
 1  bronchitis Insomnia from day one. Day two, hallucinations and insomnia. Day three joint pain. (knees and ankles) day four anxiety, pain and insomnia, day five i stopped taking this pill. 1 week later severe anxiety, stomach pain, muscle pain so bad it feels like i have just worked out to the extreme, pain in my knees I(tendon) so bad I couldn't walk today. Today I came home fromwork and changed into shorts. My calves were so swollen I didn't even recognize them. They were swolllen, and hard, and had very little feeling. I have very thin calves and these things were monsterous. Swelling went down in right leg within a couple hours (after massaging and soaking in cold water). Had a very sharp pain in right side of abdomen several times today that took my breath away. Not sure if all of this is related to the drug, but sure seems odd that it started when I started taking it. Still, my muscles in my neck, back, stomach legs well everywhere are so sore. Chest pains and insomnia and anxiety UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO KILL YOU IMMEDIATLEY DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. READ ALL THE INFORMATION FIRST AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION! WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE MIRROR ON DAY TWO AND SEE YOURSELF AS MEDUSA WITH SNAKES COMING OUT OF YOUR HEAD, THAT SHOULD BE A SIGN TO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!! F 37 7 days
500mg 1X day
5/27/2010
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 1  uti terrible insomnia, short term memory loss, confusion, extreme depression, anxiety, achieles tendon pain but no rupture. People i know how terrible these side effects are, and im sorry but there is no quick fix. Levaquin stays in your system for much longer than doctors and reseachers are aware of. This is because it dosen't metabolize in the digestive track, and actually deplenishes over time with cellular reproduction. It has been nearly three months for me and i just recently have seen dramatic improvement. I am sleeping without meds, i can walk/run (with slight pain), I'm happy again, and just about normal again... My only advise is to find god, go to church, surround yourself with happiness and hope. This helped the most actually. I also took two table spoons of milk of magnesia for two weeks since it can bond with the levaquin and help in the removing process. There is hope people, time and god are the only cures known of at this time. So god be with you and good luck. M 21 3 days
500 1X day
5/26/2010
 1  Sinus infection Hospital emergency room put me immediately on this drug & did NOT warn me about possible racing heart/irregular heartbeats. Just treated this as if routine antibiotic. I HATED this drug & have never felt this bad on ANY other medication. Racing heart (thought I was having a heart attack!), jittery, muscle twitching similar to RLS & could NOT sleep. My local pharmacist eventually told me what the emergency doctor SHOULD have! I believe routine prescriptions of SUPER-strength drugs are why we are experiencing drug resistant infections. In my humble opinion, drugs in the quinolone family should NOT be given routinely before prescribing other safer options. If I had realized this was a floxacin, I would have questioned the doctor prescribing it. I have never had a bad reaction to a drug in my 50+ years of life until Levaquin! M 56 4 days
1X day
5/24/2010
 1  Bladder Infection Excrutiating pain in legs, can't walk without a walker, extreme tiredness My son is a kidney transplant patient and on steroids. He was the LAST person this should ever have been subscribed to. He took one pill, just one dose!! Two weeks later he is still having severe cramps, pain in his joints, fogginess, woke up one morning and could not see. This drug looks like it is going to ruin his life. His progress is a little better over the past 13 days. At first he could not even stand up. He is using a walker. He's only 35. I pray we find a solution to this poison and the havoc it has wrecked on him. This is very sad. This drug should only be used as a last resort when all else fails and it should never, ever be subscribed to anyone who is elderly, has a compromised immune system, is on steroids or is a transplant patient. I just wished we had not trusted his doctor of eight years and had done more research. The man had always been very conservative when prescribing medication. This is devastating. If he's able to return to work it will be a miracle. Our whole family is beside themselves. Years of medical problems and now I have to watch my son go through this pain and hopefully a recovery process. It does not look promising. One fricken pill. As for the post that said the people complaining seemed like they were wacked. Shame on you. You consider yourself lucky you did not have a reaction to this. M 35 1 days
500 1X day
5/23/2010
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 1  Sinus infection Pain in calves of both legs started on the 2nd day of 10 day prescription. Had difficulty walking. Left salty taste in my mouth. Copius amounts of phlegm. Very drowsy. Sleeping 10 hours a day for several days and felt very weak. Had to use cane. Do not take this medicine. It's dangerous. F 85 3 days
500 1X day
5/23/2010
 4  Complications from UTI infection Headache, severe mental fog, vomiting and the top of my head (scalp) feels like the pixies have been pounding little spikes into it.My scalp is so sensitive I can't wear a ponytail. BUT IT KNOCKED MY FEVER OUT THE BALLPARK and I was running 103.8-104.5 for 2 days.We are now watching to see how I do over the weekend, off both drugs ( SeptraDS and Levaquin) This is a scary drug! I could tell right away I was experiencing side effects- Doc said IV levaquin is what they probably would use if he admitted me to the hospital so he wanted to try the pills first, he felt we would know within 48 hours if it was helping. And we did. He also said this drug kills all the bacteria in your body ( gram negative and positive) and I would have to build that back up.I am not too concerned as we eat WAPF- lots of raw milk, cream, cultured raw butter and homemade ferments and bone broths. F 57 2 days
750 1X day
5/22/2010
 5  chronic sinus infections gag reflex caused by sinus drainage after levaquin started to work I have had chronic sinus infections for over 15 years, have had two polyp removal surgeries and have used Levaquin on at least 5 occasions [twice for 30 days prior to surgeries]. I cannot recall any major side effects worth mentioning except maybe loose bowel movements[to be expected with all the damage to the good digestive bacteria] I just finished a 14 days regimen of Avalox and it didnt cure my current infection. I'm about to start a 10-14 day 750mg/day Levaquin treatment and looking forward to it. It has always been successful for me in curing my sinus infections. The real problem is polyps blocking my airways. Bacteria get trapped and cannot drain properly. I have found Levaquin most effective used in conjuction with prednisone. The prednisone targets the inflammation while the levaquin targets the infection. The one-two punch clears me up wonderfully. I dont ever recall any acute tendon or muscle pain, but I am not a very athlethic individual so I dont find my self exerting myself as much as some some may [I'm 6'3" 235 lbs and average build]. I recommend it if nothing else has worked but I too like many peopele an concerned about the long term effect it may have on my bones & tendons. Currently though, Ihave no complaint and am satisfied with the medication. Iwill post an update after my current treatment is done to note any new side effect i may have experienced. M 37 10 days
750 1X day
5/19/2010
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 1  Respiratory infection & asthma Unable to sleep for 5 days. Racing heart, jittery, muscle twitching similar to RLS & hip pain. I was prescribed this drug for 7 days because I have been on two other antibiotics that didn't work. I was given 16 days of Prednisone along with the Levaquin. I've taken Prednisone many times & never had a problem with it. I stopped this drug today - last dose was yesterday but I feel like I've been injected with caffeine. It's a horrible feeling. Sleep deprivation is torture. F 73 5 days
750 1X day
5/19/2010
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 1  sinus infection Muscle or tendon knot in upper left back, evolved to ACUTE pain in left shoulder and neck. Pain is disrupting sleep. A new doctor prescribed this med, giving me a light warning about "rare" side effect regarding tendon rupture. She said I was OK to carry on with usual exercise, just shouldn't start anything new. My infection was gone in 3 days, and my skin looked radiant right away. Now looking back, i realize the fatigue I developed around day 4 was more than stress at work. Extreme fatigue and even some nighttime anxiety and sleeplessness. Thought work stress was just getting to me. On day 10 I did a light work out..I say light as I was unusually tired, but thought exercise was just what I needed. I pushed through my fatigue, but kept the workout light (less weight , etc). Within about three hours a painful knot began in my back, and by end of day I was in extreme pain. Now reading about this drug, I am SHOCKED it would be prescribed for anything less than a life threatening illness. I am hoping i recover, as these complaints do not make it clear if symptoms ever go away...and that has me scared, in all candor. I stopped taking the medication, 4 days short of recommended course. How are others doing with muscle pain? Any improvements? F 46 10 days
500 1X day
5/17/2010
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 1  Recurring Sinus Infection I had been on 4 z-paks so they switched to this. It took longer to fight the infection and I now have severe pain in both my knees. Can't go up and down stairs without excruciating pain. No prior problems with knees. M 66 10 days
500 mg 1X day
5/15/2010
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 4  Pneumonia I havent had any side effects as of yet after day 3. I am 38yrs old and cycle 4 to 5 days a week and was very reluctant to take this due to the horror stories I've heard with tendons rupturing, but so far, have not experienced any pain and it seems to be clearing up my pneumonia and sinus infection. I have a bike race This Sat. and will add another comment after the race! M 38 10 days
500 1X day
5/14/2010
 1  pneumonia pain in calves, hip and shoulder M 51 4 days
1X day
5/13/2010

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