Sept.11, 2011 A date to remember!!!
While we were spending our day praying for all those who lost loved ones on the real 911 day....my husband was suffering from pneumonia. After diagnosis, Levequin was prescribed. With in an hour he had a severe allergic reaction!! Doc's denied and su - 77% more...
Levaquin Side Effects
Side effects and experiences with Levaquin by users like you.
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Levaquin alternative medicine, grape seed extract, health food store, quality supplements, natural antibiotic
I am normally a very physically fit specimen, working outside every day. One 500 mg. tab of this poisencompletely debilitated me. Within six hours of taking levaquin I experienced excruciation soreness in my arms and shoulders. My throat swelled up a - 61% more... -
If you have had a documented reaction to Levaquin that included throat swelling or trouble swallowing, please contact me. I am an attorney representing an elderly woman who was given Levaquin after she had been identified as being allergic to the dru - 70% more...
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Magnesium stopped my allergic reaction?
I took 500mg of Levaquin for the second time in two days. I started feeling warmth on my face and neck after about 32 hours from the first dose and I started to notice a little bit of a rash on my left bicep and a rash on my back and chest. At 30 hou - 69% more... -
Levaquin anaphylactic shock, drop in blood pressure, allergic reaction, drastic drop, seizure
Anaphylactic Shock- My mother was given an IV prior to surgery and after receiving only 1/20th of prescribed amount had a very severe allergic reaction, felt dizzy, passed out, had a seizure, turned brilliant red, drastic drop in blood pressure, she - 26% more... -
I took a 500mg pill of levaquin and went into anaphylatic shock about 30-40min of taking it. The doctors had to get me from my car in the hospital parking lot..I had my two small children with me . My throat closed and full body swelling and rash. Th - 57% more...
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I took one 500mg pill of levaquin and had a sever anaphylactic shock. Was in the hospital within one hour of taking the pill. never had an allergic reaction before. Throat was almost shut in that one hour. Face was very swollen. took 4 hours in emerg - 22% more...
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Levaquin kidney doctor, fever and chills, kidney transplant, horrible drug, oral infection
The total jackass of a doctor that has been my son's kidney doctor prescribed Levaquin for him. He mentioned he had taken it himself (he's healthy and a six foot 200lb guy) and he had some tendinitis for several months thereafter. My son has had recu - 92% more... -
Levaquin bllod pressure, doctors office, enlarged heart, water pill, heart problems
I was diagnosed as having Bronchitis. I have cardio vascular disease; have had 4 heart attacks. A doctor prescribed Levaquin 500mg for seven days. I started getting pain in my left leg about the 4th day of taking the Levaquin. I started having diffic - 91% more... -
I hate to add to your anger and frustration but I am a young women of 29 years and I too have had negative side effects of this medication. For starters I know that we women retain fluid for our monthly cycles but since taking levaquin I bloated so m - 62% more...
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Levaquin drawl, couple hours, ekg, left hand, nerve
I dont know the dose of Levaquin, I was started an IV for levaquin in the ER for pneumonia. With in seconds of iv entering, I felt a terrible burning. Then my right hand, the arm the iv was in started to drawl. I thought I had just pinched a nerve ho - 71% more... -
hi, I am not sure this was an "allergic" reaction so much as actually sounds like your IV infiltrated. all of the symptoms you talk about could result from that. (it means either the IV was placed into your vein incorrectly and punctured it - 71% more...
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Levaquin hyperacusis, unfortunate one, peace of mind, tinnitus, tendon
I DEFINITELY HAD DOUBTS ABOUT TAKING LEVAQUIN WHEN I READ THE SIDE EFFECTS INVOLVED BUT IT NEVER STATED TINNITUS AS ONE OF THEM JUST THE JOINT AND TENDON TROUBLE. I had a really bad UTI so I took it. BUT AS IT HAS HAPPENED I AM AN UNFORTUNATE ONE WHO - 59% more... -
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Go for it! The only Lawsuit out there is relating to tendon rupture. See my previous post. Someone needs to address these terrible side effects! In my moms case she was told that she had a "rare" allergic reaction to Levaquin. It was medica - 34% more...
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Levaquin tendon rupture, chronic depression, blood sugars, statute of limitations, allergic reactions
There is currently a Levaquin lawsuit re: tendon ruptures. Does anyone know of any other lawsuits involving the serious and sometimes fatal side effects of Diabetics taking this drug? Side effects of this drug can include; severe allergic reactions, - 74% more... -
Levaquin muscle spams, leg tendons, first few days, short of breath, muscle spasms
After having an allergic reaction to doxycycline, I was prescribed 250 mg of Levaquin to be taken once a day for seven days straight. It was not until the morning of the seventh dose (4/9/10) did I start experiencing some of the adverse side effects: - 92% more... -
Levaquin burn victim, throat infection, chest area, human skin, adverse reactions
I took Levaquin for a throat infection. On the 3rd day I noticed that where my bra strap touches the front part of my chest area and shoulder was starting to burn and was turning red. The area was about 5 inches long by 2 inches wide. it got worse ve - 75% more... -
Levaquin pumping milk, hormonal change, muscle tension, breastmilk, extreme pain
I was given Levaquin in an IV drip for 3 days following the birth of my son due to an infection from the episiotomy. Day 2 I started to have trouble breathing. I told the nurses and they gave me some oxygen. I had extreme pain in my lower back and ar - 91% more... -
Levaquin hairline fracture, swelling in feet, rhumatism, horrific pain, broken bone
My mom has what the dr. said is bronchitis, he prescribed 500mg Levaquin. She took the first pill today and immediately had allergic reactions, with fever, itching, hives, so called doctor and discontinued use. I then went online to read about reacti - 93% more... -
Levaquin chest x rays, biaxin, pneumonia, allergic reaction, antibiotic
I just took my first dose about an hour ago. So far so good...Unfortunately I just read all of these horrible posts all over the web about Levaquin. I just came off of Biaxin for 10 days due to no improvement. I had some congestion/cold that turned i - 72% more... -
Levaquin myofascial pain syndrome, upper respiratory infection, pain meds, medication error, prescribed medication
I was given Levaquin for a recurring sinus infection along with a staph infection that I got while visiting my mom in the hospital in March 2009. I took it for 8 days, then while clipping shrubs in my front yard, felt my tendon in my right ankle stre - 85% more... -
Levaquin chest x ray, practice karate, cardiac enzymes, pulsox, definite concern
I was recently given Levaquin for a minor chest cold. I took four 500mg tablets and on the fifth day I was standing at my desk and had horrible heart palpitations, numbness, shortness of breath. My blood pressure shot up from 105/66 to 180/96 and I c - 87% more... -
Levaquin poison, medication, brain infection, understand that many, hyperbole
Struggling with a sinus infection that threatened to bore into my brain, resulting, ultimately, in seizures and death, I've been taking Levaquin now for three days. I'm experiencing anxiety and sleeplessness, however, it's not from the medication. It - 89% more... -
Hey smart-a**, so you didn't have a reaction to a drug prescribed to you by your doctor. Lucky you. I've had Cipro and had vertigo so bad, I was switched over to Levaquin. Both were prescribed for diverticulitis which if not treated could kill me. I' - 91% more...
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Levaquin ambulance ride, kidney infection, lumbar epidurals, bactrim, wait time
Since July 12, 2009 (Saturday) my life has been altered by a cure for a UTI that caused me to be taken by ambulance to the E.R. with a 105.6 fever. The horrible feeling of waking up shaking from the fever and not being able to stop it was scary. That - 90% more... -
Hi I wish I had read your posts before taking levaquin.I am allergic to peni and amox and sulfa.One tablet of levaquin and I am all swollen up in all the extremities.My hands are itchy and i cannot hold anything.I f so many have had reactions to it i - 12% more...
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Levaquin benydryl, cold sweat, preventive measures, keflex, pepcid
I started taking Levaquin on Saturday for preventive measures for knee surgery. I had taken Keflex the week before and had an allergic reaction to it. Extreme itching on my hands, hips, shoulders and feet. I broke out in hives and my lips, eyes, hand - 87% more... -
Levaquin sinus infection, allergic reaction, levaquin, sinus infections, reply
I was prescribed Levaquin in my early twenties (about 10yrs ago) for a sinus infection and my throat swelled up after 1 pill. Turns out I had an allergic reaction to it. I was taught that It's in the same family as Penicillin, being that I'm allergic - 14% more... -
Levaquin sinus infection, throat closing, horrible experience, benadryl, antihistamine
I was given Levaquin on February 14, 2001 for a sinus infection. I had taken a Claritin ready tab before I took the Levaquin. Within 5 minutes of taking Levaquin, I literally felt as if ants were crawling all over the inside of my skin. I was in the - 82% more... -
Levaquin b cell lymphoma, agent orange exposure, gamma globulin, oxygen bottle, side effects of drugs
Ran into friend at grocery store with mystery illness. Docs attribute it to Agent Orange exposure. Been at death's doorstep for a year. Hands were extremely cold and has little energy. Showed up one day at golf course with oxygen bottle! Asked him if - 77% more... -
Sorry to hear all the bad stuff that happened to you dad. Someone in my family is now in the hospital waiting for a biopsy of a mass between her lung and heart/superior vena cava. It is suspected that it is a malignancy and my research has suggested - 59% more...
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Levaquin injestion, epi pen, health reasons, allergic to peanuts, emt
Allergy, not side effect. 62 yr. old male. diagnosed with lung infection associated with smoking and was prescribed 5 x 500 mg Levaquin. I took one with water in the parking lot of the pharmacy. With-in 20 minutes I started getting burning, tingling - 76% more... -
Strait up, your doctor is wrong. I was a EMT and nursing student ( dropped for health reasons) and have a daughter that has to keep an epi pen with her to treat this very thing. An allergic reaction can happen within minutes of injestion or injection - 51% more...
