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Levaquin is used to treat bacteria resistant to other antibacterial medications. It is prescribed for serious and life-threatening bacterial infections such as pneumonia, acute sinusitis, acute chronic bronchitis, severe skin infections, and urinary tract infections, as well as inhalational anthrax.
Full prescribing information is available at:
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=8574
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I started to experience right knee & calf pain after completing a course of Levaquin for a URI. It has been ongoing for more than 2 months now. I firmly believe that the problem is a direct consequence of this drug.
My husband was put on a 4 week course of Levaquin for an acute sinus infection that kept recurring. It did seem to take care of the infection, but at the end of the treatment he broke out in a rash all over his body. He has now had the rash for longer than he was on the medication. The doctor says there is nothing to be done about it and it may last quite a while.
My father took this drug for one week for pneumonia. It helped that but he experiences pain in arms, knees and ankles. One side effect was tendon rupture. My father recently had minor surgery on his knee. It has been 6 weeks now and the pain is worse. Doctor told him in a month he will be fine. My father is in more pain I believe because of this stupid prescription.
I have taken this drug over a couple of years now for both acute sinusitis and chronic bronchitis and for me it has been very effective with no side effects. I originally used Avelox, a similar drug from this class and the PA suggested this because at the time it was less expensive. They are both very costly now (even with a prescription plan) but in my case, very much worth it.
I was prescribed this drug for a facial skin infection. After 2 days, I developed burning, then numbness in my toes. Then I began to be light-headed and wondered if I was having a stroke. Fortunately, the information which had been provided by the pharmacy listing side-effects only printed part of the information, so I went online to the FDA website for the complete information. I also read information posted online by other users about the horrible side effects.
Then I called the Dr. and told him I was stopping the drug. He prescribed Augmentin which presented no problem. The numbness in my toes did not go away for over 6 MONTHS after I stopped taking the drug.