Owens RC Jr, Ambrose PG "Torsades de pointes associated with fluoroquinolones." Kelesidis T, Canseco E "Levofloxacin-induced hypoglycemia: a rare but life-threatening side effect of a widely used antibiotic." Great! WARNINGS: Levaquin may rarely cause tendon damage (such as tendinitis, tendon rupture) during or after treatment.

Dawe RS, Ibbotson SH, Sanderson JB, Thomson EM, Ferguson J "A randomized controlled trial (volunteer study) of sitafloxacin, enoxacin, levofloxacin and sparfloxacin phototoxicity." Iron, calcium, zinc, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven) interact with Levaquin. See:  Growing knowledge of tendonitis is pointing to a particular issue of 'Then the dying areas get pulled apart due to the stresses placed on the tendon from muscle contraction.This can happen quickly, like in a week or two, even as soon as 2 hours after delivery to the body. Karim A, Ahmed S, Rossoff LJ, Siddiqui RK, Steinberg HN "Possible levofloxacin-induced acute hepatocellular injury in a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease." Inflammation is of of the most serious indirect side effects of Levaquin, in the sense that where there's damage, there's inflammation. This drug was discontinued after the patient experienced runs of A 65-year-old woman with hypokalemia (2.8 mEq/L), hypomagnesemia (1.5 mEq/L), and renal insufficiency (serum creatinine 7.7 mg/dL, BUN 34 mg/dL) developed a QTc interval of 605 ms (baseline 435 to 485 ms), several episodes of torsade de pointes, and -Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Tachycardia, prolonged ECG QTSevere rhabdomyolysis occurred in a 77-year-old female after 6 days of oral therapy.

Drugs 68 (2008): 535-656. Levaquin has a significant side effect of tendon degradation (Tendonosis) and tendon rupture, even in people that had no tendon issue before taking the drug. Friedrich LV, Dougherty R "Fatal hypoglycemia associated with levofloxacin." Icing will help knock out the inflammation process … Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 50 (2012): 302-635. Great question. Digwood-Lettieri S, Reilly KJ, Haith LR Jr, et al. Goodwin SD, Gallis HA, Chow AT, Wong FA, Flor SC, Bartlett JA "Pharmacokinetics and safety of levofloxacin in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection." But some common sense and some understanding of how the body works is a good place to start.But there IS hope if you have experienced ANY of the multitude of tendon and toxicity problems caused by Levaquin, you can read more about the For a more in depth and technical description of some of the problems caused by Levaquin and what one of the 'worst case scenarios' is for what could happen to you if you take these antibiotics and end up with Levaquin Tendonitis and toxicity, see my conversation with David Fuller, Director of the Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Research Foundation (website has been shut down). And knowing the answer is the avenue to knowing how to get better/recover.Levaquin Side Effects - What are the Side Effects of Levaquin?Like all antibiotics and drugs, the medication Levaquin has side effects.There are many other side effects that I'm not going to list because every drug has a huge list of side effects, which normally aren't a problem.But the tendon related side effects of Levaquin are much more significant. In addition to tendon problems, other rare but serious side effects of the drugs include nerve damage, confusion, and hallucinations.

Abo-Salem E, Nugent K, Chance W "Antibiotic-induced cardiac arrhythmia in elderly patients." There is no 'cure' possible in pill or surgery form. She developed acute renal failure (serum creatinine 678 micromole/L), hyperkalemia (6.8 micromole/L), anuria, elevated A 73-year-old male developed vasculitis and acute renal failure within 3 days of starting oral therapy. You may experience symptoms such as hunger, irritability, headaches, anxiety, burning pain, confusion, numbness, tingling, memory loss, or suicidal thoughts.