Levo symptoms and conditions

Wow, I had no idea that Levaquin affected so many people. My daughter had knee surgery a couple of years ago. They gave her vancomycin before the surgery. She had an allergic reaction to the stuff. She also found out from one of the nurses that levaquin is related to vancomycin.

I had a total hip replacement 3 years ago and they gave me vancomycin just before the surgery. I was laid up in the hospital for a week. When I arrived home I noticed that my skin was really itchy (mostly my arms). Whenever I scratched it left whelps and turned extremely red. Now after 3 years my skin is still itchy, but not as frequent as it used to be. Has anyone had this problem with their skin?

I wanted everyone to be aware of the relation between vancomycin and levaquin.

Good luck to all.

Hi all x l started taking levo in Sept 04 along side ptu for graves disease... I've never felt well since! Had thyroid removed July 07 remained on levo and l am going down hill fast!! I read about myself in all the posts here from the stomach problems to the muscles spasms etc etc etc if l remember right this all started back when levo was given to me as part of black and replace.....

Can you please tell me some common side affects for the drug which my mother is taking to treat Parkinsons. Carb/Levo 25-100 mg, substitute for Sinemet. Thank you

I am on the levo meds a .175mcg which was reduced from.200 when on the .200 I experience the buning dry eyes also but never considered it to be the med. I also suffer from a fair number of headaches. However the depression i was experiencing for many years has discontinued. Recently and am still going through some sever gastranoial intestaial problems have had ct scans exrays etc they show svere constipation however it is usually the other way i have never been costipated before. Also the sleep disorder, the exact same thing started happening to me about 2 months ago. i have been on this med for 3 years now. It has helped me with the depression but now am considering all these phisycal things to be a result of the med no other explantion.

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i have real bad heart burn. i was on synthroid and moved so i switched to levo. and i have really bad heart burn.

hey everyone i'm just surfin' through the site of what to do if i missed takin' my med.(levo)and i found this... i'm kind a relate to all your problems about the medication.. i'm takin' 100 mcg. for about 5 months now and i do have all the side effects you guys felt...muscle cramps on the leg and sometimes in my arms too..painfull headaches and others..my question is what if i missed my med. for more than a month lets just say about a month and a half now, reasons are:1st, i missed place my med,that time is was on vacation, second i have to wait days for the appointment to get it and lab test need to be done before they will get a new one .. is that really a big a deal... help with this is really appreciated...

I have began Levo .1 and started having heart palpitations , chronic anxiety, and diarrhea, bloating miserable. I lowered the dose to 0.50 and still continue to experience the palps. I went to the doctor at urgent care yesterday and we decide to lower the levo to 0.025 in the am and 0.025 in the pm to see if that helps for a while. Hears hoping that it works. The side effects on here are terrible. I hope that mine go away after I get adjusted to the dose or quit it all together. It is harad denoughg to deal with a total thyroidectomy then a RAI 131 treatment now this crap! It makes you wonder if you are ever gonna feel normal again?
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I am an active 33 year old male. I was prescribed seven days of 500mg levo for a persistent cough. I continued to commute to work by bicycle but otherwise did not strain myself. I drank lots of water as well. I experienced no side effects at all. Still had the cough though after seven days of the drug. The only problem I experienced was reading this message board after the first dose and feeling really scared. But nothing bad happened to me. Good luck!