Daughter's ear infection was not responding well to prescribed an...

I've been on levaquin for 5 days. Chills, shaking, cramps in feet, high blood BP 145/93. Not able to sleep. Shaking, and difficulty breathing. diareaha. will throw pills away. Taking for sinus infection. Faithful

Sorry to hear about your daughter. I've been expecting to see postings on here that deal with adverse reactions in children. Just read in the news a while back that Doctors will start using Levaquin for ear infections in children.

This is horrible...This drug is not safe for adults and now they want to use it in children.

This is a very informative site about Levaquin and other drugs in the same class.

http://www.fluoroquinolones.org/

PLEASE be sure that your daughter is not given any of the antibiotics like this again in the future.

Sounds like she did not get a massive dose of this crap, so hopefully she will not experience any of the long term side effects.

I'm afraid we will see more children affected by this drug, so please be sure and let your friends and family know about this stuff.

Hope all is well with your daughter, Kerry

Thanks for replies..I had never even heard of Levaquin until last week when it made my daughter so ill. Luckily, she took just one pill. Incredible though isn't it..one pill..that's all it took. Scarey stuff! Hoping that doctors and others in the medical field will investigate sites like this to hear what has happened to people who have been prescribed this drug..not just a few patients....but many. It seems the same type of side effects keep happening...and they're severe!! side effects!

THIS MEDICATION IS NOT TO BE GIVEN TO ANYONE UNDER 18. GET YOURSELF A GOOD LAWYER. THESE DR'S CAN'T SEEM TO READ!!!!!

I had the same exact symptoms as your daughter.I was kept overnite in the hospital because after being stablized in e.r. symptoms returned.Refused steroids that /dr. recomended and took my chances.Can thankfully say its been 5 days and no side effects.Hope your daughter is doing well.Levinquil is poison.
Vickie@tvbm4@msn.com