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Posted at 8:44 AM on Oct 31, 2007 by pandakell, #24707
My mother actually already posted about my experience with Levaquin, but I thought I would add my own story. After being perscribed Levaquin and taking only one...I couldn't sleep, my heart rate (normally below 60) was at atleast 110, I thought people were outside my house and envisioned them talking about killing me. I have never felt this way in my life. It was very scary and I called the ER to ask if I should continue taking the meds. They told me to take another and see what happens... Thank goodness I threw it up, because after reading these horror stories, I'm afraid I may have had permanent damage. This drug is absolutely awful for those with side effects. Stop taking them at the first sign of symptoms like these. Most doctors it looks like are oblivious to the fact that this is happening.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jan 19, 2008 by blu30, #4193

Let me tell you, a few years back I was misdiagnosed with not having strep throat, and I kid you not, 2 days later I was in the hospital with bacterial pneumonia as a result of untreated strep, and acute nephritis (kidney failure),
on top of have a urinary tract infection. Well, needless to say, I was given Levaquin, this drug from the depths of hell, and the same day I came home from the hospital, the moment I closed my eyes, I saw a "green eye" looking back at me. Trying to rest, being very sick, it was impossible. I thought nothing of it at first, although it was extremely disturbing, I chalked it up to just being a nightmare. Hours later, my eyes burned in the sockets, I was seeing more "eyes" whenever I closed my eyes to sleep, and I saw floaties.
I kept taking this drug, and it got to the point where I couldn't tell wether or not my eyes were actually closed in the dark- my eyes were retaining light and I could still see the images when I closed my eyes, trembling and shaking. Horrible? Damn right. I vomitied several times, screamed out, and closed my eyes with the lights on. For 72 hours I had no sleep, and I was begging God for it all to stop. I called my physician and asked if I should stop taking the drug- always trust your instincts- and his reply was don't stop taking it. Well, I said to myself, "the hell with that". And I did stop taking it, and had my meds changed. It took me months before I stopped seeing things in my sleep, and you can imagine the paranoia. Every once in a while, I will get a "reminder", and see a shape "tremble" when my eyes are closed, but remember, before taking this drug, I had never experienced anything like this before in life. Strangely enough, I had a co-worker look up the addition side effects of this fairly new drug, and many of them were not listed on the pamphlet from the pharmacist. Some of the side effects included, toxic psychosis (seriously), hallucinations (well damn), toxic photosynthesis something or other, (translate that into, wow my eyes are really burning, no wonder I can't stand sunlight or the lights in the room). I never experienced joint pain, swelling. I had a "mind altering" experience, that I don't care to visit ever again. To the makers of this drug, and it's inventors. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. I will never take this hellish pill again.

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