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 |
| 4 | UTI/kidney stone | sleepness, i I feel like numb, feels like my ears will explote, vivid dreams and alot of anxiety. | I took this medication for 10 days, ones a day and it worked | F | 30 | 10 days | 3/5/2009 | 1 | Bronchitis | I started taking 500mg of Levaquin on Saturday and as of Tuesday, I have been having heart palpitations, insomnia and sleeplessness. I am so scared because even being at work, I JUMP when the phone rings or someone talks louder than usual and it was never like this until I took this medicine! PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!!!!!!! SAVE YOURSELF! If anyone can tell me how long it took for your side effects to disappear after stopping the medication, please feel free to email me. I am so NERVOUS! | F | 25 | 4 days | 3/5/2009 | 1 | Intestinal Infection | I only took this drug one day - and broke out in a severe allergic reaction with hives and immediately stopped taking it. However, 3 months later i am having severe pain in both my legs so bad that i've been living on tylenol and other OTC pain medications just to get through the day. I will be going to the doctor this week but not sure there will be anything he can do for me or whether he will feel this is linked. I know two people that have had similar experiences and clearly after reading this site many people have had negative experiences. | It is ridiculous that this is still prescribed! Tell everyone you know, don't take this!! | F | 37 | 1 days | 3/5/2009 | 5 | sinusitis/middle ear infection | 1st day sleeplessness | Stuff worked in 2 days, tho I had to take it for 5. 750mg once a day. Amazingly, all the whiners on this board got internetitis and had , stupendously, every side effect symptom ever known. Fact is, this stuff works as advertised, and quickly. Yeah, you'll have fevers, BECAUSE YOU'RE SICK, otherwise you wouldn't be taking this, and yes, you'll get tendonitis because you feel better 2 days later and decide your 50 year old body should play fag football in the park on sunday and YES! If you're a woman you'll have every known mental/physical side effect ever attributed to any drug ever, and then you'll be on bedrest for 40 days and still feel effects 6 months later, BUT, if you're like the other 99% of us, you'll feel better in two days and if you complete your regimen you'll completely obliterate your infection. Don't pay attention to the whiners...get well instead. | M | 42 | 5 days | 3/4/2009 | 5 | tooth infection | None | EXCELLENT DRUG. I had tried 3 other drugs for my infection before this. It worked within 1 day. | F | 44 | 5 days | 3/4/2009 | 1 | Pneumonia | Tingling, numbness, tremors, fogginess, "waviness" - edge of dizziness, headaches (esp. in back at skull/spine intersection), general weakness (losing weight but eating like a horse - atrophy?), muscle twitches, slight pain - FEELING WEIRD. | Was prescribed 1000 mg of Tavanic (European name for Levaquin) in Spain for suspected pneumonia little over a month ago. Like many others - when taking could not sleep, mind racing, panic spells, etc. Pneumonia cleared but all side effects listed above continue. Active 41 year old who is struggling to stay sane and to do basic exercises (walking the dog is a challenge). Have had CTs, MRI (brain still to go), EMG, blood, urine - ALL SAY FINE. AM I CRAZY??? ANY RECS FOR COMFORT??? | M | 41 | 5 days | 3/4/2009 | 2 | sinus infection, allergic to sulfas | night sweats, insomnia, vaginal yeast infection, diarrhea, achilles tendon pain, sore knee joints and generally sore legs | First 500 mg dose at 8 pm, that night had intense night sweats and insomnia. During next 5 days poor sleeping and night sweats continued. Have also developed moderate pain in right achilles tendon and both knees sore and achy. In addition, now have significant diarrhea in spite of probiotics, and also have vaginal yeast infection. I just took dose 7 of ten and it will be my last. I am just too worried now that I have read so many similar (and worse!) accounts. Furthermore, I am not sure it has actually helped in the sinus department. It just totally stinks. I would certainly AVOID this antibiotic if I could. | F | 40 | 7 days | 3/2/2009 | 1 | Bacterial infection | Pain in both legs. Mainly in calf down to the ankle. Could not bend ankles and could hardy walk after day 4 of taking the drug. Have been off the drug for 3 days and still have pain and difficulty walking. Going up and down stairs is very difficult. | M | 63 | 4 days | 3/1/2009 | 1 | sinus infection/bronchitis | Severe pain in both knees and both shoulders. I completed the medication on Christmas Day. It's March 1 and I still feel the side effects a bit. | I would never take this medication again. In addition to my experience, my brother suffered severe Achilles tendon pain while on Levaquin. | M | 63 | 5 days | 3/1/2009 | 4 | No side effects:POSSIBLE HELP BY TAKING ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. | had very serious sinus infection. two weeks of anit-biotics with no result before taking levequin. within three days was back on my feet. i previously have taken the supplement MSM for continual joint pain in past years, and was pleased to find a wide array of other health benefits from taking it. Having two kids, building a home and busy work schedule led to neglect of my heath supplements. (not smart) Resulting in chronic sinus infections over the last two years. After realizing that my health was was in ruins, i decided to start taking my supplements again around the time of my course of levequin. started taking my multi's again and more importantly my MSM ( similar to chondrontin or glucosimine) I recently read that MSM has been proven to help the body fight infection, as it is required to be present for the body to fight infection. MSM is simply (organic sulfer) found in everyday food we eat. with processed foods and preservative this element is removed. To make a long stor | M | 31 | 14 days | 2/28/2009 | 3 | pneumonia | I took the 750mg for 10 days and pneumonia got better. However, on the 9th day I developed severe pain in back and side of knee, I thought maybe I had strained it since I had been down for 2 weeks sick. Couldn't stand to walk so Dr. checked it after another week. U/S neg. for clots and xray neg for fx. or dislocation but showed effusion. Dr. says I had tendon tear,and probable OA, but I don't know how I got it! He swears I had to have twisted my knee or fallen, which I did not! And it happened fast, starting on a Friday afternoon, and by Saturday morning I could not stand up. It's now been nearly 2 months since it started and I still have severe pain in knee and swelling. Can walk better once I am up on it, but it feels funny and my calf feels like it's in spasm from trying to walk on that leg. My blood pressure also shot back up during the time I started Levaquin and so I am now back on Maxzide for that. | I asked Dr. whether it was related to the Levaquin and he denied any possibility. But to still be hurting this long after and no injury to cause it makes me wonder, especially since it has side effect of poss. tendinitis and tendon rupture,which he denies happening with any frequency. He put me on Prednisone, decreasing, for a week when I first went to him, but it didn't do much. Had to stop taking so much Motrin due to a 20lb. weight gain in 2 weeks' time, which has now gone back down, as well. | F | 62 | 10 days | 2/28/2009 | 1 | pneumonia | Very lethargic with painful feet,swollen ankles,lack of concentration,insomnia,nausea. | Follow-up with Dr;"stop remaining 5 (750mg) pills and take Acetaminophen for pain." {I would suggest, don't try to wait it out after 1st sign(even on day one)!!} | F | 81 | 5 days | 2/28/2009 | 1 | bronchitis/uri | sleeplessness, muscle and joint pain, nausea, exhaustion, depression and anxiety | I'm finishing day 5 of Levaquin today. I will never take this drug again. My stomach is in an uproar and my entire body hurts -- not just joints but muscles. This morning I could barely walk up a flight of stairs -- and I work out all the time. Say no to Levaquin -- if you have bronchitis, Zithromax is a much better drug! | F | 58 | 5 days | 2/24/2009 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Joint pain, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, lightheadedness, foggy feeling all the time, itchy scalp, headaches, as well as tingling and coldness in hands and fingers. | Do not take this drug! It takes months/years to leave your system, and you will have effects for months and years to come. Most recently I was given 500mg for 10 days and only got to day 5 before I threw the rest away due to the side effects listed to the left. It has been three weeks since I stopped taking it and I am still feeling some of the side effects: fatigue, fogginess, blurred vision and insomnia. I started researching and found out what this drug does. Even if you have taken it before with seemingly no know side effects, it will still damage your body. Levaquin is absorbed by every part of your body and does kill the bacteria, but also kills nerve, muscle, and other good cells. I looked back and found that I took 750mg for 5 days back in 2/2006 for bronchitis and thought I had no side effects. After running and exercising regularly for 20 years without any problems, I suddenly developed tendonitis in my calfs and plantar fasciitis in both feet four months later, and | M | 36 | 5 days | 2/21/2009 | 1 | Strep | On day four, I began to have trouble walking due to pain in my calves. By that night, I could not stand up and had severe pain. I went to the ER and was admitted. Numerous tests (MRI, ultrasound, bloodwork) found no other cause. After being on IV's and pain pills for 3 days, the pain began to diminish and I could stand, then walk with a walker. I was released the 4th day but still have pain and swelling on the left leg. Four doctors (internal, neurologist, infectious disease, and orthopedic) agreed that it was a reaction to the Levaquin. I had also been on Ciproflaxin several weeks before for a UTI. | How is it legal? | F | 56 | 4 days | 2/21/2009 | 2 | PROSTATE | TOOK A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. 1ST TIME BAD HEADACHE FOR DAY THAT WENT AWAY BUT TOOK CARE OF PROSTATE ISSUES. 2ND TIME NO SIDE EFFECTS & WORKED GREAT. 3RD TIME DEVELOPED STOMACH PROBLEMS BUT WORKED WELL. 4TH TIME DEVELOPED IDENTICAL SPECIFIC POINT BI-LATERAL JOINT PAINS IN BOTH SHOULDERS, ELBOWS, KNEES AND MY LEFT ACHILLES. PAIN WENT MOSTLY AWAY AFTER DISCONTINUING EARLY, HOWEVER CAME BACK GRADUALLY OVER NEXT 7 MONTHS TO A FAIRLY INTENSE PAIN, PARTICULARLY IN SHOULDERS. WENT TO DR AND TOOK PHYSICAL THERAPY AND GOT WORSE. DID CT & MRI ON BOTH SHOULDERS HAS EXTENSIVE TEARS OF LABRUM AND TENDON TEARING & THINNING. NOW I AM TOLD I HAVE TO HAVE EXTENSIVE SURGURY ON BOTH SHOULDERS TAKING ABOUT 1 YEAR EACH BUT I MIGHT BE ABOLE TO GET BY WITH ORTHROSCOPIC WHICH WOULD TAKE 6 MONTHS EACH. AT THE SAME TIME MY KNEES & ELBOWS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS AND I'M GETTING MRI'S ON THEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY, I REPEAT ANY ANY ANY JOINT ISSUES STOP IMMEDIATELY, REPEATE IMMEDIATEY. GET A NON-QUINILONE (E | IF YOU CHECK THE LITERATURE ON THIS DRUG YOU CAN HAVE TENDON / JOINT ISSUES MANY MONTHS AFTER FINISHING THE DRUG. I AM NOT AN ANTI-DRUG NUT DRUGS ARE GOOD AND USEFUL MOST OF THE TIME BUT THIS ONE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR PERHAPS 5% OF THE POPULATION. | M | 50 | 6 days | 2/20/2009 | 1 | sinus infection | Insomnia, paranoia thoughts, racing heart, ANXIETY - this drug is complete nonsense, will never take it again. | F | 48 | 1 days | 2/20/2009 | 1 | Acute Bronchitus | Anxiety, nervousness, tingling and dizziness, migraine, nerve endings seemed numb | I would not take this unless it was a last resort | F | 45 | 2 days | 2/20/2009 | 1 | viral pneumonia | Extreme pain in both knees, weekness in arms,pain in shoulders and fingers. | I was told to take 750mg levaquin for secondary infection for 10 days. After 5 days the terrble pains started throughout my body. It felt like I was hit by a truck. I stopped taking but pain persists. DO NOT TAKE THIS MED FOR ANY REASON! | F | 49 | 5 days | 2/20/2009 | 1 | Lung infection | Began after 4 days. Extreme pain in knee joints, shoulder stiffness and pain, neck pain, extreme pain in hands and fingers. | I stopped taking it 5 days into the prescription but I have gone a week without taking it and I still have extreme pain in my hands, fingers and shoulders. My hands are also extremely swollen and I cant lift my arms up above my shoulders. I am very worried about this. I cant even hold a tooth brush to brush my teeth. | M | 46 | 5 days | 2/19/2009 |