http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40514 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 feelin Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:04:52 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40514?item=18769 your dr should never have given you a steroid. It states that in the warnings. and your reaction means you should never take a fluroquinolone ,; cipro, avelox, levaquin. again. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40514?item=18769 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:47:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40514?item=18931 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. Like http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40514?item=18931