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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 1  Sinus Infection Extreme Diarrhea, formidable abdominal pain. I understand that antibiotics can upset the stomach. Amoxicillin, and others I generally have to eat more than usual to keep my stomach from having a little pain, and this ok. Having an extra burger or burrito with lunch/dinner isn’t a big problem. However this stuff kicked my butt. M 27 3 days
2/4/2008
 1  UTI Achilles tendonitis and evntual Achilles Rupture followed by surgery and therapy to learn to walk again. The pharmaceutical company should be sued, as well as those who prescribe and dispense it with full disclosure to the patient. All assocauted with the manufacture an distribution of this poison should be prosecuted and sued. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PATIENT. M 61 5 days
2/2/2008
 1  Pneumonia Severe neck pain on one side, shoulder pain, nightmares involving my son dying, depression, loss of appetite, and severe moodiness. This is one bad drug. There are others out there that can take care of pneumonia without giving you all the side effects. My neck/shoulder pain still hasn't gone away a week after my last dose, although all the other side effects have. I feel like my head weighs two tons. I often feel nauseated because the pain is so severe. F 38 10 days
2/1/2008
 1  Bronchitis I started on Levaquin two days ago for Bronchitis which had not been cleared up by the Z-pack. A couple hours after my first dose, I developed severe body aches (that felt like the flu) that I had not had before the Levaquin. I almost couldn't make it up my stairs. I then laid down and tried to sleep, but was wide awake until around 4 in the morning. The next day I got blurry vision in my left eye (which is normally 20/20). The body aches stayed all day. I took another Levaquin, and went to bed around 10pm last night. I stared at the ceiling, and tossed and turned and could not fall asleep until 5am. My body felt like it was on fire. My arms and legs had nerve pain like I have never felt before in my life. I was nervous, and nauseated, my heart was beating a mile a minute, and I felt like I was going to die. It was one of the scariest nights of my life. I called my doc today, and he told me to stop the Levaquin. It is now 24 hours since my last pill , and I still feel slig DO NOT TAKE!! (I wish I hadn't.) F 35 2 days
1/24/2008
 1  sinus infection just about killed me. 5 trips to ER with BPM of 100-110, blood pressure of 165-175 over 90-100. I am a 23 year old male and this put me in worse condition of my life. it has been almost 5 months and i still don't feel myself. it started with anxiety and panic attacks, i thought i was dying because i had never experienced that before. then my arms started going numb and i kept feeling like i couldn't breathe. i would get lightheaded and confused. couldn't figure out how to use a can opener. dropped things. cried. shook uncontrollably. horrible dreams. would wake up sweating and shaking. doctor and ER said to keep taking antibiotics, but i stopped on my own and everything ceased except for anxiety which i still get today, headaches and muscles aches, occasionally i have memory problems or confusion. and tingling in my head. HELP. this drug is terrible If you had these symptoms please contact me. I need help. Doctors won't talk about it. They just prescribe Xanax. I am constantly dizzy and have strange headaches, tingling. DONT TAKE THIS DRUG. it ruined the last 5 months of my life. i have hope i will get better... [email protected] M 23 7 days
1/24/2008
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 1  uti and tosillitis I took Levaquin in Feb. of 2007 for a uti and in May of 2007 for tonsillitis. I will never take another fluoroquinolone again, if I have any strength left in my body to help it. Over the course of 2007, I suffered from panic attacks, heart palpitations, strange eye twitching, loss of strength in my limbs, chronic and debilitating pain in my muscles and joints, strange shots of searing pain starting in the center of my head and radiating outward to the top of my skull, bouts of being unable to properly focus visually (including while driving), and brain fog. I wish I had heard about the dangers of fluoroquinolones before I took the drug. It is now Jan. 2008, and I am still suffering from the aforementioned symptoms...oh, but the uti and tonsillitis are gone. Somehow I don't think the "cure" was worth the potentially life long side effects that I will now have to live with. DON'T TAKE IT!!!!!! I am now in the process of trying to find a doctor who believes that fluoroquinolones can have this type of debilitating effect. I live in Ohio; if anyone else who has suffered from this drug knows of a competent doctor who understands the dangerous results of taking fluoroquinolones, please e-mail me his/her info. F 40 20 days
1/24/2008
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 1  Bacterial Vaginosis The last day of the 10 day dose, both my elbows started aching, can't even pick up a glass of water. The Left elbow feels like it sunburnt. The doc said to take ibuprofen, not helping. It's been 6 days since I stopped taking them with no improvement. Going to the doctor in 2 days if I am not better. While taking the Levaquin I blacked out and was yelling at my husband, thought it was a bad dream, we never argue. Has anyone had any luck where the symptoms actually went away? SCAREY! DO NOT TAKE! F 36 10 days
1/23/2008
 1  Sinusitis Throat tightness, dizziness, cold-sweat, backs of legs-upper and lower cramping, knee-joint pain, back pain, tingling in right arm and fingertips. A Physicians Assistant prescribed Levaquin to me after Amoxicillin didn't work for sinusitis. She did give me a warning of, "On very rare occasions, this could cause tearing of the tendons". I quickly glanced over the side effects that came with the RX since this was something I had never taken. Honestly, they all seemed too ludicrous. I've never had an allergic reaction to anything and I thought, that's not going to happen to me. Stupid me! After paying $145 and taking only 1-500mg pill...I knew I had made a mistake. My throat tightened up (Benedryl gave relief), then followed with the other side effects that I have already listed. Pretty scary. The one that worries me the most is the pain in my legs. I would prefer to think that the drug (after 3 days)is still in my system and I will feel better as it works its way out. If the drug is already out of my system and I'm still having these pains, that bothers me. I would have to advise that unless you are REALLY REALLY sick, F 38 1 days
1/20/2008
 1  Sinus Infection and Bronchitis Headache, diarrhea, tightness in my chest, tingling/burning in both hands and both feet, dizziness, insomnia, I had all of these. I experienced the first panic attack that I have ever had in my life. I will never take this medication again. I encourage everyone to read about the side effects and discuss them with your doctor prior to taking this medication. My doctor dismissed my concerns and symptoms, treating me as though I was some sort of histrionic hypochondriac. I'm a correctional officer. Tough is my middle name, and I don't scare easily. This drug scared me. F 44 1 days
1/20/2008
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 5  UTI NONE This was the 4th antibiotic I was prescribed for a recurrent UTI. It was the only one that worked and I had NO side effects. Unfortunately, I read these comments before I took my first dose and was terrified. However, I had no side effects, not even nausea, which is something I experienced with 2 of my other antibiotic perscriptions for this UTI. F 21 3 days
1/19/2008
 1  Strep throat, sinus inf, bronchitis The first night I couldn't sleep. The next day, I had terrible gastrointestinal troubles, extreme flactulance, diarhea, cramps, green stools. By the third night I had rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing; when I could sleep, I had strange dreams - almost nightmares. Insomnia was terrible - the most I slept was 1 hour 15 minutes. My arms soles of feet and palms of hands were very itchy - nothing helped. Will NEVER take this again - I feel lucky to be OK after this experience! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! F 52 3 days
1/19/2008
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 1  Sinus infection No side effects while I was taking it. About 3 weeks later I started experiencing pain and range of motion problems in my right shoulder...tendinitis. A few weeks later the pain apeared in my left arm as well. 10 months later I still have range of motion problems, though the pain has subsided somewhat. They now call it "shoulder impingement". My doctor will not acknowledge that Levaquin caused the problem, but there was no reason for my shoulders to suddenly start having a problem. It did not fix the sinus problem. I recently read that something like 75% of sinus infections are fungal, not bacterial, so no antibiotic would help. Never take Levaquin unless it is necessary -- take less potent stuff first. F 64 10 days
1/16/2008
 3  bronchitis I was just prescribed Levaquin for the 2nd time. I had an MRI done last week to follow up on a drooping right eye that I had for two months and was diagnosed with Horner's Syndrome. The MRI was normal but, showed a sinus infection. My primary care called in Levaquin. I just realized after picking up the Rx tonight that this is the medication that I was taking when my eye first began to droop. I don't intend to take this medication a second time. Has anyone ever experienced a drooping eye and small pupil from this medication? F 36 10 days
1/14/2008
 1  Treatment of Lyme and Bartonella After the 2nd dose it made my elbows start hurting. Knowing about the tendon problems with this med I stopped. After 5 days I tried it again. One dose and my elbows, wrists and achilles tendons were hurting like hell. I called the company and they said this was a rare side effect and I should discontinue and to not take levaquin or levafloxin again. It also made me feel slightly manic,and this may sound strange but, in a kind of enjoyable way. I wish I could have continued because it seemed to make my head clearer in the short time I took it but I will not risk permananty tendon damage when there are other meds I can take. I would not recomend this drug if there is an alternative treatment. M 48 3 days
1/13/2008
 3  diverticulitis insomnia and body achyness, kind of a down mood I have had repeat diverticulitis so the Dr. wanted to try a 6 week course of this and flagyl. I am hoping this will clear up the infection, because the alternative is a MAJOR surgery. F 51 45 days
1/12/2008
 1  sinus infection Current problems:Headaches. Easily fatigued.Eyes very dry, painful and sensitive. Ears ring and pop. Full feeling and dull pain in both ears. Tongue is raw. Skin sensitive/feels sunburned. Right ankle, feet, forearms and hands with mild burning. Left ankle with moderate burning. Prickling/tingling to wrists, hands, ankles and feet. Heart feels like it’s racing and “flip flops”. Gastric reflux is worse. Intermittent twitch on my left upper lip. Muscle spasms in various places, some like charley horses (in my left hamstrings and calf). All joints are tender and throb at times. Wrists and ankles are very tender (especially my left ankle) with sharp shooting pains (shin splint type) radiating from my wrists up to my forearms and from my ankles up my legs. Intensity varies mild to severe.Muscle weakness. Hamstring and calf muscles burn and are very tight in my left leg. Tenderness and intermittent spasms in both feet. Left lower back feels like there is a hot c DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS OF DRUGS F 51 12 days
1/10/2008
 4  Sinus infection Unbelievable burping. I'm a freaking sailor. Vivid dreams, somewhat scary ones. I was on Amoxicillan for five days and actually got much worse. It had no affect on the infection. Levaquin has made my head feel normal after just two doses. All of the other posts on here sort of freak me out, but I'm not having any other problems besides the burping. They're wall vibrating. The dreams aren't really that annoying, because I tend to always have very vivid dreams that I remember. But, they were nightmares last night. F 36 2 days
1/9/2008
 1  sinusitis INSOMNIA!!! I stopped taking Levaquin 4 days ago and still feel extremely wired and restless. I had to ask the doctor for a sleep aid and even with Ambien CR I am only getting a very limited amount of sleep. I have no idea how long this is going to last. If I had known how terrible the insomnia was going to be I would have never taken it in the first place. It did clear the infection but what an awful price to pay. I truly regret it. F 36 5 days
1/8/2008
 4  Middle Ear Infection Slightly dizzy, mild stomach upset (cured by taking with food) This is about the fifth time I've taken Levaquin and the only side effects I've had were dizziness about 30 minutes after taking a dose and stomach upset usually after my second dose. I think, while there are some people who have experienced bad side effects, that the power of negative suggestion is also at play. You should report any negative side effects immediately to your doctor. F 48 2 days
1/7/2008
 1  sinus infection Muscle and possible tendon problems. I'm limping around. M 42 10 days
1/6/2008

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