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 | Respiratory Infection | Searing jaw, back, leg, calf, forearm pain. Intense headache, toothache. Racing heart beat. Totally miserable unbearable experience that sent me to the ER. | Only took ONE 500 mg dose. I am a healthy, very active, fit woman. | F | 35 | 1 days | 6/19/2007 | 3 | infected subunguinal hematoma | mild queasiness, a little difficult focusing vision maybe | I have been experimenting with taking the 750 mg pill with various liquids: milk, juice water...felt the best when chased with a liquid vitamin (emergenC with lycopene). While I have had some muscle awareness in my soleus, I have not become psychotic or ruptured anything. Sometimed I get this pain in my calf from not exercising when the muscle shortens up. Matter of fact, I wonder if doctors prescribe this too lightly or for the wrong type of infection. It is too early to tell whether the drug will relieve my infection, but the fever has gone from the finger. Since the nail is hindering drainage , its a more complicated equation of what is doing what. It was a free sample and you know what they say about free. | F | 42 | 4 days | 6/18/2007 | 1 | A cold | Pain in ALL muscles and joints! Areas huring the most were my hips, knees, ankles. Migrain and pressure on the left side of my head. Fogginess and depression. Lacy rash on arms and redness on my cheeks and nose. I was prescribed this medication by a new doctor. I was given a 750 mg. sample with no information. After the third day, I could barely move. The doctor told me to immediately stop and put me on another antibiotic. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! VERY DANGEROUS! I am still having problems - I can barely get up from a sitting position without assistance. I feel like I'm 100 years old! If anyone knows of an expert handling these severe reactions, please let me know! | F | 45 | 3 days | 6/18/2007 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe left hip and groin pain and bilateral shoulder pain for two and a half months with no relief | will NEVER take the drug again nor recommend that any of my family or friends take it. Major concern as to wheather this will resolve or will it become a chronic problem. It has changed my entire active lifestyle. Cannot walk and do normal activities. Very depressing | F | 67 | 8 days | 6/14/2007 | 3 | Sinus, bronchitis | Leg pain, anxiety, mind is cloudy | Taken 750 mg for 14 days along with 500 mg of zithromax for 14 days so, not quite sure which one is causing the side effects. This combination did clear up my sickness. Prior to this round I had 7 days of Levaquin 4 times over the last six months and didn't recall any side effects. | M | 48 | 14 days | 6/13/2007 | 1 | pneumonia | psychotic episodes, tinnitus, insomnia, anxiety, taste distortion etc. etc. etc. | THIS IS POISON. I TOOK IT 2 YRS. AGO AND IT RUINED MY LIFE. TO ALL YOU POSTERS WITH POSITIVE THOUGHTS, REMEMBER THAT THIS STUFF IS CUMALATIVE AND TRY NOT TO TAKE IT AGAIN | F | 63 | 10 days | 6/13/2007 | 2 | bacterial endocarditis | weak, can't breath. | M | 4 days | 6/12/2007 | 5 | pneumonia | none | To the poster 3 posts down, how do you diagnose yourself with a "nearly ruptured tendon"?!? That's ridiculous. You people are neurotic. Just take the medicine the doctor prescribes and stop googling everything. When you read a thousand people claiming to have all these side effects, naturally you're going to convince yourself you have them too. You read the side effects on this site about how RARELY (less than 1%) levaquin can cause tendon rupture and all of a sudden you think you have that. Wake up, illness cause joint pain. It's not your tendon "nearly" rupturing. | M | 10 days | 6/9/2007 | 5 | pneumonia | insomnia...only major bad side effect.. took 1 a day for l0 days... 500 mil.......Levaquin cured my pneumonia. | now, one day off of Levaquin: still get tired immediately after light activity...still need to just lay in bed....waiting to catch up on sleep! | F | 66 | 10 days | 6/9/2007 | 1 | bronchitis | SIX MONTHS LATER and stairs are still painful, eye problems still present with flashing lights at times. | LEVAQUIN is a real CRIPPLER. Would not take this antibiotic again. | F | 50 | 7 days | 6/9/2007 | 1 | Respiratory/Sinus | Fluttering heartbeat and anxiety. | Would never take this drug again. Didn't do a thing for my symptoms and I wound up with the rapid heartbeat and anxiety from it. So, did my mom - she just took it and had to stop after 2 days - and it didn't help her!! (she had a bladder infectin) | F | 36 | 5 days | 6/8/2007 | 1 | possible uti | SEVERE headaches, vaginal burning/pain, near tendon rupture | i used to take this drug occasionally for uti's, so when the er thought i had one and gave me this, i didn't think twice. however, after taking ONE DOSE, my head nearly exploded, i got extremely painful vaginal burning/spasms/etc and my achilles tendons nearly ruptured! all very real, VERY DANGEROUS side effects of quinolones...DON'T TAKE THIS CRAP ... EVEN AS A LAST RESORT. NOT WORTH IT. | F | 28 | 1 days | 6/8/2007 | 1 | Diverticulitis | I was hospitalized for three days the second to the last week of May 2007. During my hospitalization, I was given Levaquin by IV. Upon discharge, I was prescribed Levaquin, 750mg and five days and then 500mg for five days. Stopped taking 750mg after four days because I experienced pain and stiffness from my thighs to feet, difficulty standing up or sitting down, I was unable to walk up or down stairs without assistance. As of June 7, The pain and stiffness persist. | After reading comments on this and other websits, I am very afraid. I am a 48 year-old female, who use to run up and down the stairs with no problem. I only place if feel somewhat comfortable sitting is the bar stools in my kitchen because they are high and I can just step off to get up. Doctor's should not be prescribing this medication to anyone and the pharma should be held accountable for unethical behavior for willful endangerment of the public to ensure profits. | F | 48 | 7 days | 6/7/2007 | 1 | ear infection | INSOMNIA!!!!! rapid heart rate, head rush, almost like I could feel the blood rushing through my body, WORST FEELING EVER | I will never take this drug again. I laid in bed all night trying to get some sleep, but couldn't even lay still. And that was after my first dose. I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest. All in all, it was a miserable experience. NEVER AGAIN! | F | 28 | 2 days | 6/6/2007 | 3 | Upper Respiratory and Ear Infection | Major insomnia - began after first dose, went away after last dose (2-3 hrs sleep per night). Intermittant muscle and joint pains in knees, elbows, wrists and hands - started after 3rd dose, went away about 10 days after last dose. | Prescribed 500mg pills once a day for 5 days. I took Bcomplex, magnesium and selenium (magnesium & selenium in double recommended doses) after my last dose of levaquin until about a week later when the pains went away completely. I read elsewhere that those may help. Not sure if those fixed the pain or if they just went away on their own, but the infections were cured and the side effects are now gone. | M | 27 | 5 days | 6/5/2007 | 1 | stomach infection; ear infection | After 5 minutes of taking her first 500mg dose (20 minutes ago), my mother had a rash all over her face, chest, and stomach. Then diarrhea. | I am hoping her problems do not persist, but thanks to this site, I am ready for them if they do. There are other antibiotics out there that have not caused her such discomfort. | F | 59 | 1 times | 6/5/2007 | 1 | surgery - antibiotics | Hallucinations, vertigo, disorientation, difficulty breathing, feeling like my throat was closing up | Terrible drug - would never recommend it or take it. Last time taken for 2 weeks with pneumonia. Developed extreme nightmares and hallucinations. | F | 61 | 1 days | 6/1/2007 | 1 | UTI infection | throwing up and pain. I had no energy. thought I was dying. FDA should pull this drug | M | 59 | 7 days | 5/31/2007 | 5 | sinusitis and bronchitis | sun-sensitivity (mild). heavy, sluggish feeling about 2-4 hours after taking it (problem solved with Motrin). | This drug helped me out a lot. I had already taken a complete Z-pak which barely touched the sinusitis. The Levaquin had me back on my feet again in a couple of days. The side effects were extremely mild compared to the benefits. Oh, also I have SVT and a transient Mitral Valve Prolapse. Levaquin did not seem to affect either one. | F | 33 | 10 days | 5/30/2007 | 1 | sinus polyp | dizziness, INSOMNIA, negative thinking, heavy constricted chest, constant urination, tingling legs and feet. Excruciating joint and muscle pain. | Is it trully tested well enough ??? | F | 40 | 8 days | 5/29/2007 |