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 | Sinus Infection | I took my first dose at 4 pm. By 7, I had pretty noticeable pain in one knee and then by 10pm in my shoulder. i had read the label which listed side effects as mostly gastro. The pain was so sudden and without cause I decided to check to see if there could be any link to the new medication. I think the doctor should have mentioned this! | F | 44 | 1 days 500 mg/day 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | Diverticulitis | Severe pain and discomfort in my lower thighs and especially my knees. Knees "pop" when I attempt to walk, which I assume is caused by tendon problems. I can hardly stand up without assistance. I look like an OLD woman -- okay 55 is not young, but it's not that old! I also have pain in my finger joints and one wrist is affected. I'm very concerned. | I have four more days of this medicine. I started it with IV's during a hospital emergency room visit and subsequent admission. I was in such pain I didn't care what they gave me as long as it STOPPED! But after I was able to get up and came home from hospital, I'm miserable with the joint pain in my knees. CRAZY STUFF!!! | M | 55 | 7 days 500 mg 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | UTI | Immediately after taking this antibiotic, my whole body felt like jello. I was very lightheaded and dizzy, constantly had bad waves of nausea. An hour into it, my lips and the right side of my face began going numb. I felt as if I had drank 5 shots of tequila and my whole body was starting to go numb. I attempted to sleep it off, because the first day I had taken it the symptoms weren't as bad. But I kept having muscle spasms that would wake me up and feeling very restless. The whole time I had the feeling that I was going to die, I was very anxious, and started feeling depressed. I was scared to fall asleep thinking something might happen. My whole body felt very weighted, the tendons in my legs felt sore, my knees and neck ache,d and I lost taste in my mouth. | I had been prescribed this medication after being admitted to the hospital for food poisoning, because they found I had a UTI after a urine test. I strongly feel that the symptoms of this antibiotic are not worth it to continue taking it. I will be speaking to my doctor about having an alternative medication that is much safer. All my other medications have not given me problems, but this one has. | F | 19 | 2 days 500 1X day | 5/10/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia and Sinus Infection | Very stiff and painful achilles tendons in both feet within 4 days of taking medication- hurts to walk! Itchy palms within 3 days of taking medication; slight vertigo; slight jaundice in the eyes; insomnia | I will NEVER take this drug again; having pneumonia was preferential. | F | 50 | 10 days 100 1X day | 5/9/2010 | 1 | I'm an RN so I'm aware that many drugs have side effects. I was prescribed this drug for a sinus infection. It hit the target and within five days and my sinuses were fine - HOWEVER, I discontinued the drug only after 5 days because of severe muscle tenderness and leg spasms. It's been over three weeks now, and I'm still walking like a zombie and unable to bend my knees without a lot of pain. Don't know when these side effects will end but the pain is terrible and I've got a fairly high threshold for pain. I'm a very active senior. I swim three days a week at the Y and attend yoga classes faithfully. I'm unable to do either because of this pain. I know for certain, I'll NEVER take this medication again. | Would advise anyone to weigh the benefits against the possibility of more pain than they can handle and still continue to lead an active life. | F | 76 | 5 days 1X day | 5/9/2010 | 4 | Sinusitis and Bronchitis | Mild calf pain, dreams more vivid | I read these posts to see what this drug might do to me. So many posts seem to be from total "wing nuts" ... all medications have some side effects and obviously people are sick to begin with or they wouldn't be taking this drug in the first place. A person can't attribute all their bad health habits, unhealthy mental status, and life's stress problems to a single drug. How about being grateful that we live in an era when we have an antibiotic option to save us from certain death of serious bacterial infections? | F | 59 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 5/8/2010 | 1 | Pneumonia | severe tendonitis | developed severe tendonitis all over my body. i hurt every day all day and night. it has been almost 3 mos since i stopped taking levaquin. on pain meds because anti-inflammatory med(NSAIDS) cause me to bleed. praying that this in not irreverseable. | F | 39 | 9 days 750 mg 1X day | 5/8/2010 | 1 | Prophylactic treatment | SEVERE itching and rash all over body, Tendon pain behind knees, barely could walk. Burning hands and feet. Stopped treatment after 1 dose. | THIS DRUG NEEDS TO REMOVED FROM MARKET. ENOUGH VICTIMS HAVE SUFFERED. | M | 55 | 7 days 500 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 1 | skull base erosion from cancer | At first shoulder and upper arm pain,then thighs.Numbness left hand Severe upper abdominal pain | I only took it for so long because the dr. is very worried about me getting menninghitis due to the opening at the base of my skull I beat phase 4 cancer but I can"t handle levaquin Have stopped taking it 3 days ago and the stomach pains have eased Hoping other damage isn"t permanent Please DO NOT TAKE THIS STUFF | M | 58 | 110 days 250 mg 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 1 | bronchitis | My 80 year old father was hospitalized with bronchitis. He was put on Levaquin and Prednisone. By day 5, he had severe pain in his legs. On day 6, his right arm became very swollen and painful. He has now been diagnosed with TWO RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDONS AND A BICEP TEAR. He is basically crippled and was told by the Orthopedic Surgeon that he will be in pain and be disabled until he dies because he is not a good candidate for surgical repair. | This drug should be removed from the market. There are other antibiotics that can fight infections. Everytime someone takes this medication, they are rolling the dice for possible PERMANENT injuries. | M | 80 | 6 days 500 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 1 | Epedidmytis | I took this drug between 10 & 11pm fell asleep after 1am and woke up around 2am miserably hot and had to turn the AC up. Had to get up to urinate which I never have to do in the middle of the night ended up going number two as well. Turned the AC up even more. Went back to bed. Couldn't sleep. Still hot and became restless. Everytime I started to doze off, I would immediately shake into being awake. A couple times I would hear a quick buzzing in my ears with nothing there to cause it. Around 5ish I might have dozed for a brief period but awoke again nonetheless, miserably hot still and have to pee again and once again having to defecate. Turned down the thermostat once more and went back to bed. Still can't sleep and notice an increased heartbeat and anxiety soon to follow accompanied with a tight feeling in the chest. Ended up having to take a clonazepam just to make the anxiety subside. I refuse to take Levaquin again, even after 1 dose. | I feel that any drug that has side effects that by far outweigh any good they do, should be removed from the market. Especially with all of the other adverse effects others have experienced. | M | 30 | 1 days 500mg 1X day | 4/30/2010 | 1 | kidney infection | Irregular Palpatations,nausea,headache,muscle pain & tingling,lightheadedness,aggitation/aggrevation,lethargy, should I go on. | I feel we are all experimental rats sometimes...health care needs to stop "sleeping" with the pharmacutical companies. How do these drugs pass GOVERNMENT standards any? Gosh...stop it already...Is it all about the money? | F | 58 | 4 days 500 1X day | 4/30/2010 | 1 | Sinus Infection - Recurring | No side effects during taking drug, but then 3 weeks later, torn tendon in my shoulder while screwing in deck screws with a power drill, not hard work, then 2 after that months later, ruptured tendon in elbow. I still can not play guitar a year after taking it. This drug has very adverse side effects that I do not believe the manufacturer even fully understands. It did clear my sinus infection up, but with the way it has adversely effected my life, I would never take this antibiotic until every other kind has proven ineffective. This is the only pill I have taken in the last 2 years period. I am a relatively smart and halthy person, IQ around 155. Since taking Levaquin, I have had periods of insomnia, a general feeling of dull mind, not able to concentrate fully on tasks at hand, general tiredness, shortness of breath... and I think that it is all related to Levaquin. If you value your quality of life, and this isn't the last resort antibiotic for your survival, then I would | Never take it again.... ever. | M | 40 | 21 days 750mg 1X day | 4/29/2010 | 3 | Flu/Sinus | ON DAY 1, I TOOK THE DRUG ABOUT 2PM IN THE AFTERNOON. BY 5:30PM I NOTICED MY LEGS SEEMED TO BE SWOLLEN. I REACHED FOR A BOOK ACROSS MY BED AND AS I DID I FELT LIKE MY LT LEG HAD POPPED OUT OF PLACE. THIS WAS REALLY STRANGE BECAUSE I HAVE A BAD RIGHT HIP. BY NIGHT FALL I WAS BLOWING AND COUGHING UP MESS AND COULD NOT STOP FOR HOURS ON INTO THE NIGHT. MY COLD WAS ALREADY IN IT'S THIRD WEEK. SO I THOUGHT, GOOD THE DRUG IS GETTING THE REST OF THE MESS OUT FAST. I NOTICED DURING THE NIGHT MY STOMACH HURT,BY THE WAY THIS STUFF DRYS YOU OUT FAST, SO I BEGAN TO WONDER IF THIS DRUG WAS CAUSEING ME TO DEVELOP A FEMALE INFECTION? I TEND TO GET THEM WHEN TAKING ANTIBIOTICS. WHEN I WENT TO THE BATHROOM DURING THE NIGHT YOU COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS IN MY SYSTEM, MY URINE WAS VERY YELLOW IN COLOR, AND I DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. SO I JUST SAID GOOD, THE DRUG IS WORKING. TODAY, I TOOK THE PILL AT 11:30AM, I FEEL ASLEEP AND WHILE SLEEPING I HAD THOSE CRAMPS AGAIN. AND I KEPT FEELING LIKE I WAS FALLING BAC | I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE I WORKOUT AND WITH ALL THE WORKOUTS I DO I AM NEVER THIS SORE. IT IS A DEEP MUSCLE SORENESS. PROBABLLY THE SWELLING IS CAUSING SOME OF THE SORENESS ALSO. IF I CONTINUE I WILL UP DATE MY THOUGHTS. ONE LADY SAID SHE PRAYED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST...HE IS WHO I DEPEND ON TO GET ME THROUGH IN THE FIRST PLACE. | F | 50 | 7 days 500 1X day | 4/28/2010 | 1 | bladder infection | 6th day pain in shoulders could not raise arms, headache, went to tendons by both heels, then to knees. Pain severe feel like i have aged at least 20 years, i am 66 yrs old.want to know how long this will last it is scaring me. its been 2 weeks with no relief in sight. doctor put me on anti inflamatory and muscle relaxers, also talwin pain pills nothing helps | please do not take this medicine the side effects are too bad. | F | 66 | 7 days 500mg 1X day | 4/28/2010 | 2 | epididymitis | muscle pain in arms, depression, no sex drive, fatigue, dizziness | First took Levaquin a year ago for accute epididymitis and I noticed pains in my arms while at the gym. These pains worsened and took months to go away. Had to take it again and got depressed and lost almost all desire to have sex. Lost a lot of desires actually, didn't care about much. Didn't even clear up my infection until the last couple of days or so. I wouldn't recommend this drug because I think it does more harm than good. My friend's daughter just began taking this drug and she experienced pain almost immediately. | M | 39 | 21 days 500 MG 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 5 | sinus & bronchitus | hungry feeling, It is a powerful drug | Awesome! I began to blow my nose and couldn't stop. My sinuses have been horrid for years and then, I could breathe through my nose. Really breathe! I never realized what it was like to be able to breathe and smell because I had this for so many years. My chest, that had been so tight began to get rid of it's own junk. I feel hope for a new life. (I have auto immmune problems) | F | 53 | 5 days 750 1X day | 4/25/2010 | 1 | Thoughts of suicide, Depression, shooting pains in feet, crying like a baby, could not eat, itching dry skin, painful bones, irregular heart beat, dizzy. | OMG. I was toxic. I am a very happy, healthy 45 year old man who takes great care of myself. I am very active and eat right. I have never had an issue with depression or a thought of hurting myself until recently. How is this possible that this drug can cause depression. From day one I was crying and did not know why. I told a friend that I felt like I had cancer and my Bones hurt and I wanted to die. I could not care for myself. I just kept taking my Levaquin so I would get better. I lost 12 of my 175 lbs in a week. I had to think about where to place my feet as I walked. I had headaches and I normally never get headaches. I had shooting pains in my feet, legs and back. I was tired and could not sleep. Dreams of car accidents and death when i did sleep. Repeating songs all night long. I am the type of person that has dreams that make me wake up laughing so hard my stomach hurts. What is this stuff? I am mad about what happened to me and will tell everyone about it even though it makes me sound like i am mental. I do not want one more person in this world to take this crap. Hopefully you are someone that will listen to all these people telling you to stop taking Levaquin NOW. How is it on the market? What is the FDA thinking and how do we get this off the market? I personally will not take another drug in my life. We are what we eat and I am good whole foods, diet and exercise, fresh air and no more pills. | M | 45 | 9 days 500 Mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | kidney infection | side effect was vertigo, you have to have it to understand. Words do not convey the experience. I will never, never, take this drug again. | F | 51 | 3 days 500 MG 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | sinus infection leftover | Did not take after reading about it. Had also been prescribed Prednizone at the same time - very dangerous. | I'm a good news story. Thankfully, I did not take Levaquin, but I did spend the $50 copay. My doctor will have that deducted from my bill. I had taken a 4-day Z-Pac which usually works. Didn't help. Did 14 days of Augmenten which should have killed everything within 3 blocks. It didn't clear me up. Highly unusual since either of these drugs has always worked before. After a (clear) chest xray, a CT sinus scan which showed a mild sinus infection (means I was on the mend by this time) and blood work, the Dr. prescribed Levaquin AND prednizone. Together. 1st- I'm allergic to Prednizone and it's in my chart. 2nd- if you read the warning label on the Levaquin, these 2 should NEVER be taken together. Truly amazing. I think some doctors simply don't know what to do with a patient, so they 'throw something against the wall' to see if it sticks. I also had tried to talk more with the pharmacist when I was buying the Levaquin at Walgreens, but he didn't have time for 'more questions'. | F | 58 | 14 days 500MG 1X day | 4/19/2010 |