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Posted at 12:34 PM on Mar 14, 2008 by shanzel, #28025
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.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 15, 2008 by helen950, #5553

How do you know its related to levaquin? I've never heard that but I was given it in the hospital last summer and had a skin reaction like you.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 15, 2008 by davidtfull, #5572

Vancomycin has absolutely no relation with levaquin other than the fact it is considered to be a drug of last resort.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 15, 2008 by davidtfull, #5573

Vancomycin has absolutely no relation to levaquin or any of the other fluoroquinolone drug other than the fact that it is considered to be a drug of last resort.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 16, 2008 by wrcs, #5596

Itching...began 10 days into taking Levaquin, and continues sporadically 4 months later. Now less severe, but I hope it will eventually disappear. Insomnia stopped within a week of discontinuing. I will not take any flouroquinolone again.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 24, 2008 by downtheshore, #5805

PLEASE Consult a pharmacist or physician before you post things that people read (and unfortunately will usually believe whatever they read!) I am a physician assistant....there is absolutely NO relationship pharmacologically between flouroquinolones (levaquin) and vancomycin. Please don't believe what you here from someone else before checking with someone who is more qualified.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Mar 28, 2008 by cherilynn64, #5950

Thank you to the PA who posted the above reply - I am a pharmacist and can tell you 100% that levaquin and vancomycin are not related in any way, shape, or form other than they are both antibiotics. Never ask a nurse - drugs are not their specialty. My cousin is a nurse and routinely tells our 95 year old grandparents completely erroneous medical information, and then I have to clean up the problem. Nursing is a great profession, but do not consult them for medication information, PLEASE. I have fixed their medical mistakes on a daily basis for the last 20 years.

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Reply about 1 year ago on Jun 05, 2008 by dont_know_it_all, #8936

your infrormation from the nurse is wrong - levo is a quinilone and vanc is a strong form of pennicillin - work totally different in the body. quinilones work on the dna of the bacteria while penns work on the cell wall of the bacteria, as well as having different abilities of killing different bacteria

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 07, 2009 by myexperience2009, #22113

I have recently been feeling itchy, particularly in the morning. I took Levaquin after having Scarlett Fever (Strep w/a rash). It has been 9 days since I stopped taking the Levaquin. Hopefully this itchy feeling will go away soon.

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