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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LEVAQUIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Severe Bronchitis | Tingling, pins and needles in almost every muscle in my arms and legs, tendon pain in my left Achilles, anxiety attacks, nightmares, too many issues to list | ONLY TAKE THIS DRUG IN A LIFE OR DEATH CONDITION! It didn't cure my bronchitis. In the end I had to switch to another antibiotic. Anyone who had bad side effects to this drug, ask your doctor to place a notice in your medical records for allergic reaction to flouroquinilones. You never know one day you might be unconscious and they might administer it by IV. My story is very lengthy, as it took me almost a full year to recover from Levaquin. I believe this drug did damage to my nervous system. After much intensive research, the solution to reverse the toxic effects of this drug was found to be Glutathione. I ate lots and lots of spinach for a full year to reverse the effects. After about 6 months I started to feel normal again, and after a year I was near 100%. If you have low glutathione stores, and you take this drug, you are done. It depletes glutathione quickly, and once that is gone, it is open season on your nervous system. I have read many studies on this issue, and I feel really bad for some people who took damage from this drug early on, before the research about the glutathione effects were available. Anyway.... I'm better now, and as much as I'd like to say I'd never take it again, if I had an unresponsive infection and there was nothing else to cure it, I would if there was a chance to save my life. But under no other circumstance would I take it again! | M | 45 | 5 days 750mg 2X day | 9/26/2016 | 1 | Skin infection | I experienced every awful side effect imaginable and 9 yrs later my life is still destroyed. Go to Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Group if you need help. Best wishes! | The short list of damage that fluoroquinolones (FQs) did to me includes blood clots, broken blood vessels, bloated failing veins carved from 13 entry points, erratic blood pressure, hemochromatosis, liver damage, kidney damage, pulmonary edema, collapsed lung, hernia, torn lumbar muscle, half dozen bulging discs when I had none a few years before, peripheral neuropathy, shrinking eyeballs, tinnitus, multi-chemical sensitivity, gastrointestinal distress, hair loss, crumbling teeth, nosebleeds, nails fall off, spontaneous tendon ruptures, a cartilage transplant, ligament damage, cognitive impairment and horrific mental anguish, psychosis, anxiety attacks and hundreds of other bizarre and awful health issues. Many surgeries and more to come until I die prematurely. | M | 54 | 21 days 500 2X day | 9/22/2016 | 1 | UTI | Woke up on 4th day feeling like a truck ran over me. Horrible pain in knees and Achilles tendons, severe fatigue, flu-like symptoms. | Do not take this! I couldn't walk and had to crawl on my hands and knees to bathroom. Trying to sit down made me scream. Doctors won't admit that this is a dangerous drug. I'll never take an antibiotic again! | F | 53 | 3 days 500 mg 1X day | 9/19/2016 | 1 | Suspected Sinus Infection | Took the first dose of levaquin at about 9pm about an hour later I started having severe chest shoulder neck and back pain wasn't sure whether it was the medicine so I went to lay down and the pain just got worse, I ended up in the emergency room for hours, 2 days later I still am in so much pain scared that it won't ever go away. This medicine is horrible I started with sinus issues now I can hardly move. In so depressed | The doctors kept telling me there is no way that medicine could have caused this but I know it did. I would have rather kept the sinus infection now im barely able to move. Im praying to get better im a single parent with 2 children that need me... | F | 36 | 1 days 500mg | 9/2/2016 | 3 | Sinus infection | Sore muscles, carpel tunnel symptoms, popping joints, and extreme fatigue | I was prescribed this after one try with doxycycline. I was very hesitant to take it because of what I had read online. But I spoke to my doctor and he assured me it was okay for me to take. Days 1 and 2 were all good then by day three all my joints were popping, my muscles and joints ached especially in my hands and feet. I had tingling in my right hand and left foot. I also felt extremely fatigued and my body felt weak. Almost like I had the flu. It was awful. It made my sinus infection feel better but I quit taking it after three days because it was starting to scare me. I asked my doctor for something else. I won't take this again unless absolutely necessary. Life or death. | F | 26 | 3 days 500 mg | 8/28/2016 | 1 | Pnuemonia | Insomnia, weakness in right arm and hand, intense pain by day 2 of taking this drug, pain behind my right eye, diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy and potential damage to liver. Torn rotator cuff diagnosed last month. | This drug is pure evil. | M | 52 | 5 days 500mg 1X day | 8/15/2016 | 1 | Sinus and asthma | Severe itching and burning all over body. Colitis. Lost vision partly and voice. Could not walk. Restricted respiration. Shivering rapidly for 8 hours. Twitches in joints and gross body spasms for 8 hours. Severe lower back pain. Blood pressure dropped to 17/40. Tenderness all over body and sensitive to any touch. Migraine. I very nearly died after just 1 tablet. The symptoms continues for a month and periodically I still get a symptom appearing. This drug is dangerous and should not be prescribed. | It is a drug with fatal consequences and should be banned | F | 50 | 1 days | 8/7/2016 | 1 | pneumonia | pretty much crippled for a couple of weeks with tendonitis in my achilles, tarsal tendonitis. still dealing with it 3 months later but I'm better I can walk now. still have pain in my knees, shoulders, feet and ankles. | M | 46 | 10 days 1X day | 8/3/2016 | 1 | precaution with asthma attack | could not walk after day 6 of medication- at home- tendons tightened up in a wheelchair for couple of weeks- walked with cane 6 wks of physical therapy- still no better than before | have been on this drug many times throughout the years- now thinking it caused the neuropathy in my feet, gave me tendonitis which i still have- went through 6 wks of physical therapy and they bruised my legs horribly with "the tool" and i wouldn't doubt i have permanent damage and will never be any better than i am now, | M | 71 | 7 days IV bag 2X day | 7/26/2016 | 1 | minor kidney infection | CNS, Peripheral Damage, wheel chair bound, cannot stand or walk after 3 tablets. Hair loss, wasting, gum loss, sharp stabbing pains in arms and left side of face. Emaciation of foot and leg. Skin changes, when shower, skin changes colors like blue marble? then cherry blush color with inflammation. | Former FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg named in massive conspiracy and racketeering lawsuit involving Johnson & Johnson, a Wall Street hedge fund, and the Levaquin drug. "This Amended Complaint sets forth allegations that involve a conspiracy by Defendants, each and every one of them, to reap large financial returns by failing to disclose to Plaintiffs and the public at large the full extent of the devastating, life-threatening, and deadly effects of a highly dangerous pharmaceutical drug named Levaquin," reads the opening of the lawsuit. The conspiracy complaint also alleges that over 5,000 people died as a result of Hamburg's conspiracy cover-up at the FDA: Once confirmed as FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg acted as the instrumentality that all Defendants used to perpetrate their conspiracy and racketeering enterprise by having her act illegally and outside the scope of her authority as FDA Commissioner to suppress material information to Plaintiffs and the public that Levaquin was inherently dangerous and in fact, deadly. Had this information been disclosed to Plaintiffs and the public at large, her and her husband's financial gain and net worth would have plummeted, since Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg's husband, Peter F. Brown, reaped and continues to reap huge financial gain as a result of Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C.'s holdings of Johnson & Johnson stock. | F | 49 | 1.5 days 2X day | 7/18/2016 | 1 | Bile leak into abdomen during gallb | I was administered Levaquin while hospitalized following a botched gallbladder surgery. I experienced hallucinations, bleeding lesions on my tongue, could not stand due to excruciating pain in both legs. The surgeons in my room witnessed the side effects on the day of discharge and acted like I was still hallucinating. ALL FLUOROQUINALONES SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET! | F | 65 | 4 days Not Sure 3X day | 7/18/2016 | 5 | Diverticulitis | Sore muscles and tendons in legs and feet. Hard to stand up and walking is unbearable. Constant pain. I will never take this drug or "ciprofloxacin" antibiotic either . So dangerous | F | 63 | 10 days | 7/17/2016 | 1 | Infection from mouth surgery | Worst damn drug ever. I have experienced severe muscle pain. It feels like shooting quick pain all of a sudden in my muscles. My Achilles tendon has also has been hurting on my right leg. My calf has been aching, I have had weakness, nausea,and it is very hard for me to sleep at night. I would definitely not recommend this drug to anyone. Even if it's a few days. My doctor told me to stop taking this drug with these symptoms. It has been 30 hours since my last dose, and the muscle and tendon pain continues. | People should be told to read the side affects so they are prepared and know what to watch out for. | F | 18 | 3 days | 7/11/2016 | 1 | Infection from mouth surgery | Worst damn drug ever. I have experienced severe muscle pain. It feels like shooting quick pain all of a sudden in my muscles. My Achilles tendon has also has been hurting on my right leg. My calf has been aching, I have had weakness, nausea,and it is very hard for me to sleep at night. I would definitely not recommend this drug to anyone. Even if it's a few days. My doctor told me to stop taking this drug with these symptoms. It has been 30 hours since my last dose, and the muscle and tendon pain continues. | People should be told to read the side effects so they are prepared and know what to watch out for. | F | 18 | 3 days | 7/11/2016 | 1 | bronchitis | Extreme fatigue, dizziness, severe muscle cramping, tingling throughout upper body, damaged achilles tendons. Currently in physical therapy to recover from tendon damage. Fatigue still a problem along with anxiety about the next side affect from this drug. FDA has committed fraud on the American public and should be treated as criminals. | This drug should be outlawed and is poison why is it still being prescribed to unsuspecting patients. | F | 52 | 4 days 500 mg 1X day | 7/10/2016 | 1 | UTI | Severe headache, Dizziness, Brain Fog, Loopy | I went to the doctor for a check-up my doctor told me I had a UTI prescribed a prescription for Levaquin I have a 7 Day dosage I took one pill yesterday 7 /5/ 2016 in bed all day today 7 /6/ 2016 (SICK) I was not sick until I took that pill I won't take no more | F | 53 | 7 days 500mg | 7/7/2016 | 1 | pneumonia | pain in my joints of my shoulders , muscle spasms , muscle twitching in my legs , fatigue , weaknesses . | Was given Levaquin through I.V. for the duration of my hospital stay [ 5 days ] for double pneumonia and was sent home with a prescription for 10 days worth of Levaquin [ 1 tablet daily , 750 mg. ] . I started with the joint pain in both my shoulders that radiates towards the center of my back while I was in the hospital , hallucinations , muscle weakness and muscle spasms in my legs , muscle pain in my hands , inability to sleep on my sides due to the severe pain in my shoulders , fatigue and depression. I am worse off now than when I was in the hospital , Is there anything that can be done to help reverse the affects of this medication ? After going online and doing a little research , I found thousands of people that have similar if not the same symptoms that I have and currently suffering from, but the one thing that I cant find is if all the symptoms that I have permanent ? Are we all permanently scarred and left to suffer in pain just because we were administered this horrific medication at one point in our lives ? WHY IS THIS MEDICATION STILL ON THE MARKET ?? why hasn't it been pulled from the shelves ? My opinion is that some type of action needs to be taken against the manufacturers of this medication , possibly even a class action suit , and compensation NEEDS to be given to ALL the people that have been affected by Levaquin. | F | 53 | 10 days 750 1X day | 7/2/2016 | 1 | Sinus infection | On Day 1 I began to experience pain across my shoulders; decided pain would go away when I stopped 10 days of drug. Pain continued; resulted in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR). Struggled for years now with bursitis in my hips. Joint pain in shoulders,, wrists, thumbs. My health was ruined by this drug. | Should be pulled from the market; extremely dangerous for many people causing a lifetime of misery. | F | 69 | 10 days ?? 1X day | 6/30/2016 | 1 | urinary tract infection | Severe joint pain, going through my legs at first then arms. I read the side effects and called my doctor the next day and asked to be taken off of it immediately. | Why is this on the market with such extreme side effects? I do know that a relative took it and had absolutely no problem at all with this medication, so maybe for some it does work. | F | 46 | 2 days 1X day | 6/24/2016 | 1 | pneumonia | first, muscle pain, then tendon weakness, inflammation and pain, which has now lasted 16 weeks. i cannot jump, hop, carry anything more than 5 pounds and get muscle pain from small movements and actions. | this stuff is like termites to your body--even when it is gone, the structure of your body is messed up!! there is a 2011 article by Hall et al that has more information on how it works. it is a disaster for athletic people (as i used to be, and hope to be again) in particular. it seems to attack your tendons and take out the magnesium and other things. i have found that taking magnesium and turmeric helps a bit, but i have a mild reaction so far. do not take this unless you have anthrax or plague, it is very very very dangerous and has killed 3,000 people and wounded 200,000 more...don't join us! | F | 54 | 1 days 750mg 1X day | 6/23/2016 |