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 | burn resulting in infection | I was prescribed 750mg and took for four days. I quit after experiencing flashing lights in my right eye which resulted in floaters. Eye doc said I had a massive vitreous tear. Floaters are permanant. Also had temporary tinnitis and tendonitis in ankle, wrist and shoulder. Extreme night sweats even three weeks after stopping the medication. | I am tired of docs prescribing meds that are worse than the disease. They are ruining people's lives by not fully researching the side effects. The pharmaceutical companies are criminal and the FDA is complicit. This is all about profit and the damage that is being caused is unconscionable. | F | 56 | 4 days | 1/4/2008 | 4 | UTI severe | terrible headaches, racing heart beat, dizziness, aching muscles, some stomach pain, stiff joints, and hard time sleeping and concentrating. | it is almost not worth it. just to clear up a UTI. I'm glad it did but at what cost? | F | 29 | 7 days | 1/2/2008 | 1 | pneumonia | severe anxiety, panic attacks, shortness of breath, depression | this stuff may cure you, but it isn't worth it. | M | 60 | 8 days | 1/2/2008 | 4 | sinus and ear infections | severe nausea, constipation, metallic taste in mouth, insomnia, dizziness, lightheaded | The prescription was for 750 mg for 5 days - I typically have nausea whenever I take antibiotics so this was not unusual for me. I assume the dizziness was from the sinus and ear being infected. | F | 47 | 5 days | 12/31/2007 | 3 | Sinus Infection | experienced some loss of appetite and anxiety | It cleared up the sinus infection in short order; I just finished the last pill, so still to early to see if the side effects linger at all. | M | 30 | 5 days | 12/31/2007 | 3 | Sinus Infection | Im kinda new with this drug. but for taking it 2 days already...Im,restless,anxity(PANIC ATTACKS!)this is really scaring me. we went to the movies and I had to sit in the lobby.couldnt handle it. and had another attact in the car...wanted out!!!! Im so worried...Ive had this infection for over 3 months and just wanna get gone. but, the anxity/panic I just cant deal with..its messin with my thoughts too much. cant deal with it!! | M | 40 | 10 days | 12/29/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | Severe swelling, stiffness and pain in both knees, ankles and one elbow | This is the worst medication I have ever taken, Besides the severe pain in my joints, I also experienced nightmares, heart palpitations, sleeplessness and nausea. | F | 46 | 21 days | 12/29/2007 | 3 | sinus infection | Nausea, dizziness | switched to Avelox (another fluorquinone) and had fewer side effects | F | 31 | 2 days | 12/17/2007 | 1 | UTI | Extreme Leg Weakness (neede wheelchair to exit airplane), Rapid Heart Beat, Burning Esophagus, Stomach Pain, Knee Pain, Join Pain, Strange Dreams, Exhaustion, rash, infections in both eyes, numbness, cold extremities, excruciating pain in all joints | I am an extremely healthy and active person and kept thinking my symptoms were from a cyst on my kidney and my UTI. Finally, I went to a kidney specialist - top doctor at UCLA - who told me he read an article in last month's New England Journal of medicine about this drug (Levaquin), and unfortunately, he told me, I may have the symptoms for the rest of my life! He said he was shocked by the article and wouldn't prescribe the drug again. This is the worst experience I have ever had. On the seventh day of taking this drug (last day of 500 milligrams daily) I took a 5-hour flight and had to take a wheelchair to my luggage, then right to the hospital. There they told me Levaquin had no side effects like I was experiencing. I called my doctor who confirmed no side effects from this drug. I went the pharmacist who told me no side effects from this drug at all! Completely misinformed! I'm not seven weeks off the drug and my symptoms are still severe. In particular my tendons in m | F | 46 | 7 days | 12/17/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | I'm 48yrs old & have asthma & was having trouble with ongoing bronchitis that never seemed to go away so I went to the clinic at my hospital & was given a prescription for Levaquin. 3 to 4 hours after I took the first 500mg pill of a 7 day prescription that cost nearly 125 dollars, I began having very strange & horribly intense nerve pain (like a combination of being on fire & the feeling of when your foot's asleep) through my whole body in waves. It would start in my chest & then move out through my arms & then down to my legs. My arms were numb, like asleep, in the forearm, & my fingers were numb. I felt like I was going to die, I thought I was having a heart attack. Heart was racing & I had extreme anxiety, difficulty thinking (couldn't figure out my own cell phone) & great desire to just cry & cry. My husband rushed me to the emergency room where they did EKG & other tests & found my heart was okay. When my husband gave the Levaqu | If your doctor prescribes this, ask for an alternative. This is a very strong, & very dangerous drug. This was absolutely the worst pain & the most frightening experience I have ever had. I truly thought I was going to die. Don't just take everything your doctor says as "God's truth". Do some research & make sure you have someone to help you in case of a reaction to a medicine. Also ask your pharmacist about medicines & read the brochure they usually give with a prescription. All drugs are dangerous, even the ones that are supposed to help us, BE CAREFUL. And to everyone else who's had a bad reaction to this, you have my sincere sympathies & I hope you will recover from it completely. | F | 48 | 1 days | 12/11/2007 | 5 | Sinus infection | A bit of fatigue, which is probably because I am always sick when I take it - ha,ha. Sometimes I feel like I forgot to ask for decaf' coffee a couple hours after I take it, but, otherwise, this drug never bothers me at all! :-) | I am VERY thankful for Levaquin. I have taken it a number of times. Every other antibiotic I have ever taken has made me sick to my stomach, but Levaquin doesn't bother my stomach AT ALL. And I start feeling great after a couple days. Very effective drug. | F | 35 | 5 days | 12/10/2007 | 3 | bronchitis | Moderate calf pain in both legs. Really long, vivid dreams. | Have script for 10 days. Am on day 5. Really knocked the bronchitis. Am also tired and have insomnia..... but I do that a lot anyway, so who's to say it's the drug. But the dreams and the leg aches are definitely the drug. not fun, but not unbearable. | F | 48 | 10 days | 12/8/2007 | 5 | sinus infection | none | The day day i felt better, i would tkae again. | M | 35 | 10 days | 12/7/2007 | 4 | prostate infection | none | TO THE PERSON WHO POSTED ON 10/26 IM WITH YOU.ALL YOU PEOPLE SOUND LIKE LITTLE GIRLS WITH A PERIOD. TAKE SOME MEDS THAT MAKE YOU CHILL OUT.HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAY A DRUG IS BAD WHEN YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO IT? ITS NOT THE DRUGS FAULT YOUR BODY CANT TAKE IT. I NEVER HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE SOUND LIKE LITTLE SISSIES IN MY LIFE!!!! IM 51 YRS OLD AND HAVE BEEN TAKING 7 DIFFERENT DRUGS EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 15 YRS AND NEVER HAD A SIDE EFFECT ON ANY ONE OF THEM. I HAVE TAKEN LEVAQUIN 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND NEVER HAD EVEN AS MUCH AS A STUFFED NOSE FROM IT. YOU PEOPLE READ A COUPLE OF MORONIC POSTS AND RIGHT AWAY YOU THINK YOU GOT 20 DIFFERENT SIDE EFFECTS. FOR PETES SAKE GET A LIFE!!!!!!! | M | 51 | 15 days | 12/1/2007 | 1 | bronchitis | Ringing in ears, vertigo, violent nausea, rapid pulse (90 bpm), elevated blood presure, excessive sweating, swelling of the throat, PANIC ATTACK! | within two hours of first dose i was taken to the emergency room. I had a severe allergic reaction. I was given an injection to combat my symptoms. I am surprised it is on the market. After talking to several of my clients, I found out these side effects are common. One of my clients almost died from the intervenous form. She was on a ventalator for 2 days! | M | 39 | 1 days | 11/30/2007 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Itch, Insomnia - Couldn't get to sleep until 5:00am, then sleep for 5-6 hours. Depression. | Not much informed consent these days. I knew about the tendinitis possibility, but not the other side effects. I would recommend only for the most desperate. I am rating as a 1 because I think it is dangerous, even if it cleared my infection, but I won't know that for 4 weeks. I was prescribed 500mg for 30 days, after Biaxin did not work. | M | 77 | 12 days | 11/28/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | great pain in knees, elbows, floaters in eyes, can not get up after i am down. the constant pain i have everyday is unbearable. this has changed my whole way of life. what i could do for myself i have to have help with. | don't take this medication. it causes more harm than good. | M | 61 | 26 days | 11/28/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | Heart palpitations rapid heartbeat. Heart attack 3.5 months after adverse drug reactions started. Severe/extreme/crippling joint pain, tendon pain and muscle pain | DO NOT TAKE!!! | M | 48 | 10 days | 11/28/2007 | 5 | Pneumonia | A few days of insomnia, sore/stiff joints in my fingers. | I took 750mg/day for 5 days. It cleared up my pneumonia and the relatively minor side effects resolved once I was done with the medication. | F | 42 | 5 days | 11/26/2007 | 2 | Kidney infection | excitation, severe nausea, insomnia, muscle aches, depression, diarrhea | After taking this medication for a very painful kidney infection, I thought it was working well until the side effects were worse than the kidney infection. I've just completed a 5 day, 500 mg course of the drug and I will never take it again. It took a healthy, athletic 21 yr old to some one who could barely get up out of bed. I struggled heavily with nausea and ended up only eating enough to take with the medication. Had to miss team practices and games due to the muscle aches, which are more severe than a full day of training. My calves began hurting this morning which I equated to starting training again, but now I feel extremely weak. | F | 21 | 5 days | 11/26/2007 |