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 |
| 3 | Staph in the ear | Can't sleep, chest is very itchy and I sweat a lot at night. | I have been on Levaquin for the second time now for 5 days. I have 5 more to go. | F | 44 | 5 days | 10/12/2007 | 2 | UTI | FIRST DOSE OF 500MG AFTER LIKE 2 HOURS HAD AN UPSET STOMACH AND WORST OF ALL STARTED TO FEEL A WEIRD PRESSURE IN MY HEAD. ALSO STARTING FELLING WEIRD FEELINGS OF ANXIETY AND NERVOUSNESS LIKE OCCURING JUST IN MY THOUGHTS. i DID NOT TAKE ANOTHER DOSE, VERY SCARY. | FIND ANOTHER ANTIBIOTIC | M | 30 | 1 days | 10/10/2007 | 1 | Severe bronchitis | Terrible, violent, mind-altering night terrors, hallucinations, memory loss, inability to focus, joint pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness/vertigo, suicidal depression, hopelessness, anger, mania, bloody, loose stool, stomach pains, headaches | Was put on Levaquin after a month of other antibiotics couldn't clear up my bronchitis. Stopped taking it after terrible nightmares and hallucinations interrupted sleep and suicidal thoughts and memory loss made school impossible. Now have physical symptoms; vertigo in the shower made me fall, hurt myself badly. | F | 22 | 8 days | 10/5/2007 | 1 | sinusitis | pain and stiffness in neck; pain in legs, knees; weakness; fever after 5 days of taking levaquin 750 mg daily; soreness in ribs | sinusitis improved but will not take levaquin again; plan on contacting MD today | M | 62 | 6 days | 10/5/2007 | 1 | UTI | sarted drug and was suppose to stay on for 14 days but after the third day stopped using because of joint pain left ankle. Started researching and am glad I stopped! Do not believe the doctors have researched this one! | If prescribed by your doctor ask for something else!!!! | M | 56 | 3 days | 10/3/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | currently experiencing pretty severe knee pain, with some milder pain in one elbow. | I had a very painful sinus infection that the medication certainly put to bed quickly, but by day 4 (of a 5 day script) my knees started to ache. Now, 2 days post-script, my knees are hurting to the point of interfering with my life style. After reading some of the other comments posted, I'm concerned that this will take a while to resolve itself. It's really sad that we ultimately end up being guinea pigs as the pharmaceutical cos market new drugs. I doubt I would ever take Levaquin again and would certainly not recommend it to anyone else. | F | 51 | 5 days | 9/30/2007 | 2 | sinus and ear infection | nausea all day, extremely constipated, fatigue | i became nauseas the first evening of day 1 on this med. the next day still feeling nauseas but thank goodness no vomiting. horrible time trying to have a BM when normally i go every day. so took 2 laxatives and still nothing today. it did not hit me til today after being on this for 3 days that the antibiotic could be making me feel so tired and nauseas. found this site and am not taking another one tomorrow. if it wasnt the weekend, i'd call the doc. will have to wait til Monday. | F | 35 | 3 days | 9/29/2007 | 4 | Tonsillitis / Streep | Tired, no energy.While I have NOT had the horrible reactions most folks have listed here, I do feel like ****. I guess I am lucky that is all I feel. | No other reactions I am aware of. I was admitted to hospital last Monday for 3 days - dehydrated because my throat was so sore couldn't swallowand fever of 105. Had two IV "bags" of it in the hospital every 24 hours then got 10 pills to take once per day for 10 days. Throat still a little tender and I have chest congestion. | M | 40 | 10 days | 9/26/2007 | 1 | skin staph infection | Within minutes of my first dose at 9:15 a.m. I began to experience itching in my mouth and gums, tingling and swelling of lips, itchiness in throat, swelling in throat affecting voice. By 9:30 my husband drove me to ER, where by 10 a.m. I was intubated because I wasn't responding to typical allergic reaction meds and my throat was continuing to close. On ventilator and kept sedated for more than 24 hours, after removal of ventilator tubing continued to be sedated for another 24 hours. This was my first ever allergic reaction to a medication!!! | F | 58 | 1 days | 9/25/2007 | 1 | diverticulitis | woke up in hospital after day 2 of IV drip with Flagyl with numbness in hands and forearms-thought it was from sleeping a bit upright in a hostpital bed. Was very emotional and worried about potential surgery even to the point of tears. (and im a pretty together person). After leaving hospital and continued course of 500mg lev for 10 days...had real sensitivity to light, heavy head,foggy brain, numbness in hands and arms at night--limbs were just dead. some 5 months later had great insomnia in addition to the above. felt like i was in slow motion--developed extreme insomnia and sensitivity to cold. temperature of body varied greatly. since then have had great anxiety, even some depression,depersonalization to friends/people. choking while drinking--difficulty with light in stores like home depot and mall. suicidal thoughts a lot trying to figure out why i was feeling this way. | sleep has gotten better some 8 months after taking drug. still have problems with brain fog, some motor skills and logic, numbness, anxiety, and sensitivity to light. Had been in perfect health prior to this and am currently unable to work as a pilot due to the motor skill and vision issues. this is a hell unlike anything i could have ever imagined. No warnings about side effects while on IV were ever given to me or mentioned. i had no idea an antibiotic could affect your central nervous system as this drug apparently does. all doctors state that essentially its not the drug...etc....at best they say there are no long term studies to verify it so they dont acknowledge it. Just blowing us off--they dont want to know or the mfg doesnt want them to hear about it. all dr.s attribute these informatin sites as litigation related vs actual experiences with validity. the infection did go away but i wish i had never taken this drug. | M | 50 | 14 days | 9/22/2007 | 1 | Sinus infection | Severe pain in Knee and Legs,after 2 months no change | F | 54 | 14 days | 9/18/2007 | 1 | bronchitis | Nausea and extreme numbness in feet , legs, & hands | I let any doctor I see know how it affected me & that I WILL NOT take it again. Very scary stuff!!! | F | 42 | 4 days | 9/11/2007 | 1 | possible ear infectino | terrible bowel discomfort/cramping, diarrhea with blood, vomiting | I assumed that I had the flu, but after reading the side effects of this antibiotic I can only conclude that Levaquin was to blame. It sounds like this should only be used for very severe infections!! | M | 22 | 5 days | 9/9/2007 | 4 | SKIN INFECTION | MUSCLE CRAMPS IN LEFT GLUTEUS MAXIMUS AND LEFT CALF WHILE EXERCISING, LASTING SEVERAL DAYS | M | 43 | 5 days | 9/7/2007 | 5 | urinary tract infection | Insomnia | This drug worked great! I had a terrible uti with severe pain & this drug worked almost immediately. The only bad thing about it was the lack of sleep I was getting. It gave me terrible insomnia, but other than that I think the drug is wonderful! | F | 34 | 7 days | 9/6/2007 | 2 | Bronchitis | Headache specific to left side of my head, severe dizziness, diarreah | I only took the first dose out of a 7 day prescription. Within hours of taking the medicine I felt 10x worse than I did before. I went to bed with a headache and woke up with a bad pain in my head and severe dizziness.. nowhere on the bottle did it say it causes dizziness. I'm glad I looked up the side effects and saw a lot of the same thing with this medicine. I have some pain in my legs as well but not sure if its the medicine or not as I do have back problems as well. I stopped taking it and won't take it again. | M | 25 | 1 days | 9/6/2007 | 3 | bacterial lung infection | proscribed with inhaler and with Chantix; rapid heart rate, paranoia, sweating, crying fits, hostility, tremors, projectile vomiting, tremors; did significantly improve lung function | F | 33 | 20 days | 9/5/2007 | 1 | breast infection | I began taking Levaquin for an infection that developed after surgery to implant breast tissue expanders. As a breast cancer survivor, I am also taking Aromasin. Since one of the side effects from the Aromasin is joint pain, I thought that the pain I was experiencing was from the Aromasin. However, the pain in my knees, arms, shoulders, and hands became excruciating after 16 days of using Levaquin. Also, my skin itches, and I have been very irritable. I stopped taking the drug without consulting my physician four days ago and am still experiencing these side effects. | I have seen my physician at least once a week for the past four weeks. The only mention of side effects had to do with stomach issues of which I had none. I am very frustrated that he nor my oncologist (whom I also saw and who knew I was taking the Levaquin and who also knew I had been experiencing severe joint pain)never mentioned that the Levaquin could be the source. I am very concerned that these side effects will not subside. | F | 51 | 16 days | 9/3/2007 | 2 | chest congestion | always feel like I have to throw up and it's 3 o'clock in the morning and I can't sleep | M | 56 | 4 days | 9/2/2007 | 1 | Chronic prostatitis | Extreme ankles pain with apparent damage to cartilage in ankle - still only partially recovered 4 weeks after stopping taking Levaquin. Warning of side effect NOT made clear | It would have been much less painful and disabling to have lived with the prostatitis | M | 60 | 17 days | 8/30/2007 |