Levaquin and sunburn

I have been on this med for 4 days....could not figure out why i was having such severe pain. had surgery for a bladder stimulator, and the doctor prescribed this to me to take post surgery. but heres the thing, they tried to give it to me through an iv before the surgery, and had a SEVERE reaction to it. i also suffer from severe lower back pain(I'm getting a spinal fusion next month) and i just thought the pain was from that. but the yesterday, i woke up and could hardly move. my neck, shoulders and upper back were hurting, burning and aching. i can hardly move my shoulders up and down. i also am experiencing the tightness in my chest, rapid heart beat, headache, dizziness. another weird thing is that i have what i can only describe as a sunburn on the back of my hands and arms. i have stopped taking the med, but i want to know is does all of this going away? i have so many other health problems, i cant deal with this. someone please let me know

I took my first dose of Levaquin at 6:30Pm on January 3rd. Soon after I developed a sunburn like rash, puffy eyes that got really bloodshot, a severe-severe headache, fainting, low blood pressure (70/40,) pain and heaviness in my knees that made it difficult to walk, pain in my back in the midsection, a ringing so loud in my ears that I thought something must have been banging on the house, and sensitivity to light and sound. The headache was so bad that I the air blowing through the vents at the hospital was painful to hear. I was in the hospital by 2AM, and remained there for 4 days. Mainly because the staff did not believe that the Levaquin was the culprit and gave me another dose once I was feeling a bit more like myself..

I am a 27 y/o male in good physical condition (i did a triathlon 2 months ago) I was prescribed levaquin 750mg a week ago for an throat infection and fever. After the first dose I had sever abdominal pain (like someone was stabbing me). After the 3rd dose my back started to hurting and my calf's cramped up. I stopped the medication immediately. It has been 5 days since I stopped the medication and I have a burning sensation on my back. It is on both sides and stretches around toward my stomach. It feels like I have bad sunburn but there is no redness, swelling or discoloration. I also still have fever and muscle spasms all over my body (mostly in my legs). I went to my doctor yesterday and he is running a bunch of blood testes and I hope he can find a way to treat the symptoms. Does anyone know how long this should last? I just want it to go away so I can get on with my life. Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

I was prescribed Levaquin 750mg for 10day for a mild upper repiratory infection. I started tingling and my body turned blood red. It was burning terribly as if it was the worst sunburn of my life. It takes me half the night to fall as sleep. Now my head is in a fog and feel more and more tired. I quit taking this damn stuff after 5 days of this. My cold got worse anyway, the drug did not help at all. What a waste of $147.00 for ten pills. I guess the drug company made their buck.

I was given Levaquin for a Uti. I only took one pill that evening and two hours later I was out of this world!!! I had weakness, dry mouth and could not swallow and my skin felt like it was on fire. Like a very bad sunburn. I couldn't get out of bed for 48 hours. NEVER AGAIN!!!! LIVE AND LEARN.

I can't believe I am reading all these side effects. I only had one problem and I am not sure if it has anything to do with Levaquin. I was in the sun for a few hours and I burned my nose, arms and feet. I was the only one that had a problem with the sun that day. The sunburn was a little blistery so I thought it was some type of sun poisoning. I was OK in a few days. Other then that I had absolutely no side effects. I was on vacation in Italy at the time I took the medication so thankfully I was great. I only took 6 500mg tablets because my pharmacy short changed me one. Maybe it was a good thing.