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 | sinus infection | dizzyness, extreme weakness, rapid heart beat, shortness of breath, mental fog, feeling faint, ringing in ears, insomnia, nausea, anxiety, shakiness, & slight tremors. | I am not a hypocondriac, nor am I wishing to bring a lawsuit of any sort. I am not a freak or a nut. I'm just a concerned patient who is experiencing some unsettling problems after taking Levaquin. I was feeling bad b/f I took Levaquin, but now I feel worse. While Levaquin cleared my infection, it has left me feeling drained with all the symptoms I mentioned b/f-hand. I finished my course of Levaquin 3 days ago, but am still feeling dizzy and experience SOB throughout the day - and if I exert myself too much I feel faint. I basically have to stay still sitting or am lying down most of the day. I noticed that I am having muscular problems as well - barely being able to pick up a gallon jug of milk (and I am surprising strong despite my age and stature). All this concerns me and I plan on calling my doc in the morning since I these symptoms seem to persist. I am hoping that these side effect will eventually go away - and I am sure that they will. But I can tell you that I never want to t | M | 42 | 5 days | 1/5/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | Restlessness, leg movements, gas,feeling like I had had too much sugar when in reality I had not. | F | 43 | 2 days | 1/5/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | UPDATE. Someone asked to know how long it took to get over it. I saw a doctor yesterday after having taken my last dose the day before. She is not the one who gave me the Levaquin, and said she never prescribes it. She told me to take Benadryl to help me sleep, Advil for pain (and gave me Lortabs for extreme pain in case I needed it, which I haven't yet). I also took one 250 mg tablet of magnesium after reading about someone else here who thought magnesium helped. She also told me to cut out caffeine and drink a lot of water to help flush it out of my system. I slept well last night with the Benadryl and my knee is also somewhat better this morning. She did say it can sometimes take weeks to get it completely out of your system. I hope this helps someone else. | I had taken 750 mg for 5 days. I can't imagine how bad I would feel if I took it for a longer period of time. | F | 59 | 5 days | 1/5/2007 | 5 | sinus infection | Mild diarrhea | I’m feeling substantially better with only 3 doses. | M | 43 | 3 days | 1/4/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | Sleepless nights after first dose, awake most of night for the last five nights with anxious thoughts, muscle twitches, and thoughts of dying. Yesterday morning I started having pain in my left knee and leg for no apparent reason, which only added to the sleeplessness last night. I took my last dose yesterday and hope things improve soon. I had no idea until now that the drug could be causing these problems. | I'm a small woman (about 100 lbs) and took 750 mg per day for five days. It seems to have cleared up the sinus infection, but the side effects were pretty miserable. I'd only recommend this drug if another antibiotic won't work. | F | 59 | 5 days | 1/4/2007 | 1 | upper respiratory infection | I was taking 500mg once a day. Pain in my right calf like a tearing after the the 7th dose. The next day it felt like a bad charlie horse in my right calf, it hurt to walk. Decided to do additionaly research and found that this can be a side effect, I immediately stopped taking the medicine. Now I am having pain from behind my right knee all the way down to the back of my right foot. It isn't bad enough to keep me from walking but I have stopped working out, I am going to take a couple of weeks off of working out. | I had never had this medication before so I decided to look it up on the internet. I found what I thought was a lot of bad press so I called my doctor and he said it is perfectly safe. I also spoke to a friend at work whose wife is a pharmacist and she said it is one of the most widely prescribed drugs for infection. So I continued to take it. In my research I found that the tendon problems could be worse if you are taking a corticosteroid and I was taking Flonase. Why didn't my doctor or the pharmacist know about this interaction??? | M | 53 | 8 days | 1/2/2007 | 1 | sinus infection | I felt dizzy, tired, and had pain in my wrist that I had sprained years earlier. On my last day of the medecine I notice a large bruise developing where I was experiencing the pain in my wrist. I contacted my doctor who said I was probably ok and to keep taking it. I also called the pharmacy who told me that ruptured tendons were one of the unusual side effects, but they were very infrequent. | I wouldn't take this again, although it did clear up my sinus infection. I have a feeling it will be pulled off the market. | F | 18 | 10 days | 12/31/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | I had a horrible experience with levaquin. I was taking 800mg once a day for 14 days for sinus infection. After 8 days on this medication, I was experiencing dizziness, insomnia, and severe joint/muscle pain in my knees, feet, ankles, and wrists. It felt like I imagine severe arthritis would feel. I am a faiirly agile person and had trouble bending down and even walking any distance! I also noticed that one of my eyelids appeared to be drooping. I could not finish this medication and have now been off of it for over a month. The joint and muscle pain appears to be subsiding slowly but I am alarmed that my eyelid STILL has a droopy appearance. This is a dangerous medication. | M | 52 | 8 days | 12/30/2006 | 5 | throat infection (non-strep) | Horrible stomach cramps, lightheadedness, dizziness, feelings of anxiety and, jitteriness. The symptoms lasted for hours after dosage. | Throat pain is subsiding, but I have placed a call to my doctor to request switch to azithromycin, which never resulted in these side effects. The reviews/warnings of levaquin (patient and medical) are dauntingly negative. This may be an option for a resistant infection but seems like huge overkill for a first course treatment for an allergy-related throat infection. | F | 39 | 2 days | 12/28/2006 | 1 | Slightly elevated white blood cells | I started the first pill at 2 PM. Within 2-3 hours, started feeling dizzy. at 3 AM I woke up from a dream where i literally thought my heart was busting out of my chest, severe insomnia, felt like i couldn't breathe, nervousness, dizzyness, blurred vision, frantic speech, shakiness | I saw this site after i took my second dose. the next day (is now); i took this at 2 PM, and it's 8:45 PM now. I feel like the dizzyness is subsiding. But i'm very anxiety-ridden about tonight's episode. I called my doctor (who btw prescribed this not knowing what I had..if i even had a bacteria infection due to a higher than normal white blood cell count of 12.6). Also this doc was my ob/gyn.. i went in for irregular period, and now i have some bacteria infection that i never felt knew of that needed to be prescribed w/ this awful drug. In addition, might add that i just got off a zitromax (prescribed by general practitioner) aftering having slight bronchitis. That seemed to work..and now this ob/gyn prescribes levaquin after fully knowing i just got off another antibiotic. Frankly, i think i felt better w/ the bronchitis and abnormal periods. when i called the ob/gyn who presribed it, she told me that SHE NEVER heard of these symptoms. I can't believe that especially when all these s | F | 29 | 2 days | 12/24/2006 | 1 | bronchitis | Nightmares. Sudden and severe thoughts of hurting myself/suicide. Neither the doctor on call or the pharmacist knows about this side effect. The doctor wanted to send me to the nuthouse! | This is a scary drug and not worth taking. It does not even work that well. Doctors and pharmacists should tell you about the side effects so you don't think you are going crazy. | F | 57 | 5 days | 12/24/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | Cardiac pain and pressure, radiating to back and neck;tingling and cold in left arm, nausea and weakness that caused me to call 911; spent the night in the ER and Cardiac Pain Observation Unit, terrifying both me and my family. I have no risk factors for cardiac problems and had never experienced this before. The ER doctors and cardiologists kept asking me if I was taking Leviquin. I couldn't remember the name of the drug till I got home. After reading about it online, I realized my symptoms were likely side effects. | I would never take this drug again and will suggest to my doctor never to prescribe it to anyone. I hope someone sues the drug company and its use is restricted, at the very least. In addition to the fact that it's harmful, it cost $20 per pill, even at a discounted rate. | F | 53 | 6 days | 12/21/2006 | 2 | Bronchitis | I took Levaquin for bronchitis that wasn't going away. I felt naseous the first few days and very tired as well as feeling overall like crap. By the 5th day I was vomiting and had constant bowel problems. I am not done with the meds but I think today will be my last day b/c it seems to have cured the bronchitis but I feel like I have the flu and it's not worth it anymore. | F | 37 | 7 days | 12/18/2006 | 1 | Sinus Infection | Panic Attack like NOTHING I have ever felt before. | I had a sinus infection that wasn't clearing up with one class of antibiotic so my doctor prescribed levaquin, After the first pill OH MY GOD I went into a panic like never before. I didn't associate it with the Levaquin until the second pill produced an even worse side panic attack. This stuff is pure poison. My doctor said this was impossible - I fired my doctor, got a new one, found an antibiotic that worked and now tell doctors that I had an anaphylactic reaction to the stuff. | M | 37 | 2 days | 12/18/2006 | 5 | Severe strep throat | Insomnia that appeared to worsen over the course of the prescription; headache, stiff neck, anxiety (final exams may have had something to do with this as well) | I have been on this drug before and it is a miracle. After taking one 500 mg pill, my symptoms disappeared completely. I have never been on a medication that has been so efficient! | F | 19 | 6 days | 12/17/2006 | 1 | Bronchitis | Severe leg cramps. Experienced leg cramps in the right leg after the third day and the right leg on the 5th day. Overall weak feeling, difficulty sleeping. | I had C-Dif a couple of years ago as a result of Amoxicilan (spelling), so very concerned about taking antibiotics all together. This drug is serious and could cause physical damage to people while curing the infection. Not Good! | M | 64 | 5 days | 12/16/2006 | 4 | Yes | Insomnia, Stomach Pain, And Just About Every other Symptom Posted. | Hate it! Yet NOTHING else works. Chronic Sinus infections. I am so happy I found this site. I thought I was losing my mind. What we have to remember is that usually to be prescribed Levaquin means that nothing else has worked for us. It's not about choice for me it's about acceptance of the side effects and clearing up the infection. I am on my last day and I stuck it out after giving up 2 months ago from extreme nausea. The sinus infection stayed with me for 2 months (painful)I finally caved in and finished the antibiotic. Hopefully I will be rid of the side effects in the next couple of weeks. After this site I finally feel like my feelings/side effects are validated. Good Luck! 500mg for 10 days. | F | 29 | 10 days | 12/15/2006 | 1 | infection | This drug is deadly to some! Some have a severe serious reaction . I have now gone through 19 months of torture with ever changing syptoms. Symptoms were headache, night sweat , insomnia, anxiety, bright red rash over entire chest, diarreah , heart palpitation, blood pressure spike (happened in docs office , thought i was gonna code) joint pain in hip, shoulder (shoulder "clicking) Severe stomach cramps, numbness in toes , many others over 19 months at this time. | I would not take this drug under any circumstance less then threat of death ! If you are one of us who have adverse drug reaction from this expect serious , longterm ,lifechanging horrific symptoms. Some have ended their lives ! I was prescribed this for a simple infection ! | M | 52 | 13 days | 12/12/2006 | 5 | sinus infection | none that I know of.....one small hive maybe -- thought I may be having some throat itching today and was worried I was becoming allergic, so I checked this site. | I have taken levaquin at least 15-20 times over the last several years. It is the ONLY antibiotic that I am NOT allergic to (for now). It cures my infections quickly, and other than maybe some diarhea I am always back to my old self within a few days. | F | 36 | 10 days | 12/10/2006 | 1 | Low-grade Chronic Bronchitis | Within 3 hours of taking the first pill I woke up in the middle of the night with severe stomach cramps, burping, and gas. About an hour later I began having diarrhea. I had severe diarrhea off and on for about 10 hours. About 2 hours after the diarrhea started, I started vomitting quite violently. An hour after that, I vomitted again. I stopped mid-morning and spent the rest of the day with naseau and painful joint pain, maily in my back near my kidneys, but also in my elbows, knees and wrists. I had to take hot baths to alleviate the back pain. I also had cold chills throughout and my back broke out with a rash. After about 18 hours after the first symptoms started, I began to feel a little better. My doc said I could not have had such a bad reaction within 3 hours of taking the drug, but my pharmacist said I could. My doc wanted me to continue taking it once my "stomach bug" went away, but I am too nervous to do so... especially after reading this site. I have requested to | F | 33 | 1 days | 12/8/2006 |