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 |
| 2 | upper respiratory infection | insomnia, severe joint pain in hips, elbows, right shoulder low back,and mild pain in knees, also fatigue is extreme! I sarted taking this after a 7 day round of Keflex did not clear up the infection and it had gone into bronchitis with ear pain. Now after a 10 day round of Levaquin I feel like I am 100 years old and fear my joints will never be the same. I still have a cough and post nasal drainage. I don't feel I have gotten any 'better' on it and now I feel pain all over! | F | 42 | 10 days | 12/7/2006 | 2 | sinus infection | Back, joint, and muscle pain,dizzy, mental fog, extreme fatigue, mood change, bloating and PMS-like symptoms, pain around kidneys, bad taste in mouth. Very scary, could hardly get thru work day. Quit 10 day course after 7 days. | This should be a last resort drug, when your situation is life-threatening, not just a routine infection that Zithromax can probably help. Should include a strong warning - I got the usual info w/the prescription, but all meds have lists of possible side effects and usually not so many people experience them. | F | 49 | 7 days | 12/5/2006 | 5 | Possible UTI | Had no side effects until day 3. I woke up in SEVER pain. It felt like my whole body had been hit by a truck. Every joint in my body hurt (with the acception of my toes, wrists and ankles) it has been like this for three days. I went to the perscribing doctor and she is sending me to a rhumatologist and my othopedist. She said the Levaquin may have damaged my joints. | This cleared up my possible UTI (extreme burning, frequency, urgency) in three days. Other than the joint problems it worked great. | F | 16 | 5 days | 12/4/2006 | 5 | Possible UTI | Had no side effects until day 3. I woke up in SEVER pain. It felt like my whole body had been hit by a truck. Every joint in my body hurt (with the acception of my toes, wrists and ankles) it has been like this for three days. I went to the perscribing doctor and she is sending me to a rhumatologist and my othopedist. She said the Levaquin may have damaged my joints. | This cleared up my possible UTI (extreme burning, frequency, urgency) in three days. Other than the joint problems it worked great. | F | 16 | 5 days | 12/4/2006 | 1 | ACUTE BRONCHITIS, COPD | SEVERE NASEAU. FELT FAINT, I LIVE BY MYSELF AND I FEARED FOR MY LIFE. | I WILL NEVER TAKE IT AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE THIS DRUG TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AND EACH TIME COULD NOT GET PAST THE FIRST PILL. | M | 74 | 1 days | 12/4/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | Severe pain in feet, hands, knees, hips, groin, and upper arms. Tingling and burning in feet and hands. Insomnia. Ears are stopped up. Cannot walk or do any physical exercise or movement without pain. | Went from being a very physically active healthy woman of 52 to a feeling of being 90 years old. I have been off the Levaquin for 2 weeks with no relief. | F | 52 | 12 days | 12/1/2006 | 1 | Pneumonia | Fast forward almost two years after taking Levaquin. I feel like I'm on a downhill slide and going down fast! My mother just recently brought to my attention the effects of this medication after she had taken it for a sinus infection. My grandmother has been on it for a week and called tonight begging for someone to come and stay with her because she was terrified. For months I have been suffering from insomnia, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, migraine headaches, a strange sharp pain in my head that the doctor said was in my scalp and told me to take Ibuprofen, visual disturbances, "Vietnam War dreams" (as my husband calls them)...I jump out of bed frequently and run all over the house checking on the kids and screaming "where's the baby?". He gently reminds me that we don't have a baby (3 miscarriages and 1 DNC since Levaquin) and guides me back to bed. Let's see, infertility, thyroid problems, rapid heart beat, did I mention ANXIETY?!?! Lately I have had | God bless us all. Let me remind everyone that God is bigger than all of this, and He will see us through the ill-effects of this drug, even if permanent. I will pray for every one of you, and hope that we will get some answers and a resolution soon. Don't lose hope or faith...it's the only thing that gets me through each dreaded day sometimes. Please e-mail me...I would love to chat with anyone about this who has lived through it, since it feels like I don't have a friend in the world right now, and certainly not one who understands what I'm feeling! | F | 34 | 20 days | 11/27/2006 | 1 | Pneumonia | cont...dizziness/vertigo, bad taste in mouth, blurry vision, lack of motivation, compulsive behaviors....I'm sure I've missed something. I thought I was losing my freakin' mind until I found this site! Oh, and another lovely side effect that nobody has mentioned, probably because it's embarrassing...incontinence...both urinary and bowel, I can't blame it on childbirth because it started when my daughter was over a year old. Many have mentioned the diarrhea, but not the fact that we often don't make it to the toilet in time, thus resulting in a large supply of 'Poise' and 'Serenity' pads, or whatever happens to be the sale of the week. I've had to result to a larger pad because my bladder is just unforgiving if I don't empty it frequently. By the time I realize I have to go, it's usually too late. Lovely resume for a 34 year-young woman, huh? Good thing I'm married, although my husband may leave if I don't get straightened out soon. Right now I just want the screaming in my head | This drug needs to be banned! | F | 34 | 20 days | 11/27/2006 | 5 | isolated sphenoiditis | I woke up in a panic. I was in the hospital and I don't remembersome of the time I was there but I had a strange feeling like my muscles were contracting and then they would relax again. I wondered if I had a seizure. I am a R.N. | This drug prevented me from having to have surgery and it might have saved my life. I had a sinus infection that was close to my corotid artery and optic nerve. The drug may have saved me from bleeding into my brain or being blind. | F | 33 | 14 days | 11/25/2006 | 2 | sinus infection | Orange urine and sinus mucous. Most antibiotics cause me to have yeast infections and stomach problems. I did not experience those side effects with this drug. | Did not clear up the infection | F | 31 | 5 days | 11/22/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | CAN ANYBODY SAY IF THEY HAVE EVER RECOVERED FROM PERIPHRAL NEUROPATY FROM LEVAQUIN? ALL THESE PATIENT EXPERIENCES TELL ABOUT THEIR NIGHTMARE, BUT HAS ANYBODY EVER RECOVERED? I COULD USE SOME HOPE. I am having tingling and pain in my toes on both feet after 6 days of treatment. | PLEASE WRITE AGAIN AFTER YOU HAVE POSTED AND GIVE UPDATES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GOT BETTER. THANKS SO MUCH | F | 39 | 6 days | 11/19/2006 | 1 | Yes | I am 50 years old and have been running 5 miles daily for a 12 year period. I developed a cough in the summer that lasted longer than normal, about three weeks. We were at our summer home in Sanibel Island and I thought redtide was causing the problem. I returned to NC and the problem continued another week so I decided to go to the doctor. He prescribed Levaquin for the cough. After taking the drug for five days of a 10 day dose of 500MG of Levaquin per day, I continued to run daily and noticed pain in my Achilles Tendon for no apparent reason. This continued for about three days and finally I decided to read the side effects of the drug. In small print I noticed it said to discontinue use of this drug if you have Tendon Pain. I then went online and found several Blogs about others having similar side effects. I then decided to stop taking the Levaquin and to describe my side effects. I agree, this is a dangerous drug and it is not well documented on it's side effects. | Find another antibiotic, this one is not worth taking. | M | 50 | 5 days | 11/18/2006 | 1 | sinus infection | I only took one dose and I experienced dizzines,fatigue,itching on the face. nightmares, an aniety attack and foggy thinking. I also wanted to cry for no reason. | I would reccommend not taking this drug unless you thoroughly investigated the side effects. My Dr. and pharmacist did not tell me verbally about the side effects. They just said drink lots of water. | F | 54 | 1 days | 11/17/2006 | 5 | urinary tract infection | vaginal yeast infection | Although I don't like the side effect, in the first half hour or less of taking the drug, my urinary tract infection was cured! 1 pill of 500mg/day for 3 days. easy as anything. | F | 19 | 3 days | 11/15/2006 | 4 | Sinus Infection | Intense fatigue, unable to concentrate, body aches, irritability, low grade fever day 4 and 5 of taking medication. This medicine makes you NOT want to be around people. You may develop an intense craving for sugar (don't ask me why) but also an intense desire to choke anyone around you that is talking. | Almost two weeks after finishing augmentin for a sinus infection which didn't work, I went back to the Dr asking for immediate relief (penicillin shot). Instead I received Levaquin (750 mg 5 days)which I had never heard of. Days 1 and 2 were not bad, I could feel relief. Days 3 and 4 of the medication were rough. I couldn't concentrate and had no strength/energy at all. I didn't know it was the medication and thought I had contracted a virus. Day 4 of this medication brought on severe joint pain and chills with no energy at all. When I got home from work I took my temperature and had a 100.5 fever. I was pissed, no way it could have been pneumonia so I figured I NOW had a virus. Then I thought about the medicine and found this website which answered a lot of questions. I waited 36 hours to take the final dose on the 5th day. All I can say is that this medicine is very effective in killing bacterial infections but will make you feel pretty rough in the process. The CDC needs to | M | 39 | 5 days | 11/14/2006 | 1 | Bronchitis | worst hives I have ever had all over my body! My body felt like it was on fire. | I began to break out in hives by the 4th night. Only double doses of Benedryl calmed them down. Obviously, I am allergic to it. Now Dr. put me on Prednisone to get rid of the hives. I am sensitive to meds and environmental chemicals. If you are too, you may not want to use this med. | F | 45 | 5 days | 11/14/2006 | 4 | MRSA infection/Abscess | Run down, brain fog, extreme fatique, poor memory - unable to do simple tasks | I started feeling better as infection cleared and then started feeling bad again -- infection was better but I was feeling more and more fatiqued. After three days with lots of sleep and no improvement, I checked out this site. I think that I will stop taking the drug as it appears that it may be what is making me so foggy. | F | 49 | 7 days | 11/13/2006 | 3 | drug resistant sinus infection | Insomnia | Awful insomnia only alleviated by drinking grotesque amounts of WATER after taking this drug. You MUST drink at least 8 glasses after taking Levaquin or you will be awake all night! | F | 38 | 10 days | 11/13/2006 | 1 | Suspected Prostatitis | After 5th day of levaquin 500 mg, had severe body pains and aches, insomnia. By 8th day, localized to severe right achilles tendon pain - I stopped the drug at that time. The scary part is that I am off the meds for 3 days now and I have developed moderate to severe neuropathic pain in my right leg (pins/needles/numbness). | I knew about the possibiliy of tendon problems but I had no IDEA that this could be progressive AFTER the drug stops and that these other problems may be PERMANENT. This is the worst medical decision I have made in my life. I pray this improves. | M | 42 | 8 days | 11/13/2006 | 1 | Pnuemonia | Stomach pains like,I have never had. Had horrible "shits". Really thought i was dying. It did help with the Pnuemonia but was suppose to take it for 10 days and i stopped it after 4 days because of the pain. I was up all night sitting on the potty crying cause i hurt so bad. When i asked the Pharmasist (spelling ?) what side effect just told me not to take any iron pills with it. Nothing about not being able to sleep the horrible stomach pains, the shits. I would take the pill in morning by afternoon I would be running for the bathroom and i would continue to run for bathroom for atleast 12-15 hours. Within 4 days i lost 9 pounds from all the diaherrea (?) I had. I will never take this pill again. | F | 43 | 4 days | 11/12/2006 |