- Update on my appt with Dr. E 1st June 2006
... drawn in 2 weeks to see how my liver responds to the Levaquin .
So here’s my current protocol:
- Keep the 600mg ... lowered from 300mg to 150mg per day
- Added 750mg of Levaquin per day
- Keep 5-HTP at 3 per day
- Keep Milk Thistle...
- Anyone improve with Levaquin? 31st May 2006
... Hi 6blues and Jojo:
JoJo- Levaquin is the drug of choice for Bartonella...
6blues ... on this because I was going to talk to my Dr. about Levaquin . I see him in 2 weeks.
Frango...
... Levaquin and Septra are the ones that gave me chest spasms...
... Hi Everyone
Have never taken Levaquin so can't add anything there.
Mickie I did want ... taking the bicillin shots? Wondering if you added levaquin in addtion to bicillin and doxy. Also do you still...
... Hi 6blues,
I was on Levaquin for a month along with Septra. I took them together...
... Hi, I was given twenty days of Levaquin in December of 2004. The first week after I stopped...
... insight. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with Levaquin ! I'm curious though, do you think it could be because ... it is lasting effects from the drug? I just started Levaquin a week ago, and don't feel a thing. AFter reading...
... original post: I don't have Lyme disease. I was given Levaquin for bronchitis and a sinus infection. Prior to that ... end up like me.
I know for a fact that it was the Levaquin that did this to me; I've spent the last year and...
... very close attention to my body while I am taking Levaquin .
I have been on it for 17 days. I have noticed...
... freaked out when someone tells me that they’re taking Levaquin ; hope you understand.
I’m really glad you appreciated...
- Good News-I hope 25th May 2006
... dose. I believe Bartonella is often treated with Levaquin .
Most doctors are not familiar with the co-infections...
- Hit a bump in the lyme road 23rd May 2006
... Haven't improved yet.
Last Friday had to stop Levaquin and Septra, had to much chest pain to continue. Tried...
- Cedax 21st May 2006
... doxy to mino with zithro plaquinel to tequin, then levaquin then to tindamax then omniceft, then back on doxy...
- herx???? 20th May 2006
... what Roni said. Also wanted to add that Cipro and Levaquin are the drugs usually used to treat Bartonella. Have...
... as fluoroquinolone antibiotics, which also include Levaquin , Tequin (recently withdrawn from the market) and Avelox...
- For NCgirl88 10th May 2006
... bartonella. I'd be curious to see what it would do on levaquin or cipro. I think those are the usual bartonella...
... But I have noticed more change since I began the Levaquin and Septra. My rash looks like tiny red dots until...
- Babesia 3rd May 2006
... Ticker
I start Septra and Levaquin next week. I am a little apprehensive as I know the ... side effects of Levaquin . But it is suppose to be the best for Bartonella...
- Tamks and rocephin/pain 21st March 2006
... spring/summer!!
I had lots of increase in pain with levaquin . Are you on it? My doc has told me now that 4 of ... course for 2 1/2 months I was much worst when on the levaquin .
I don't think there is one thing that works...
- Bartonella vs Babeosis 21st March 2006
... about the same time the red rash came back. I start levaquin (I know about the possible problems that can cause...
... years. Ketek didn't make a difference. I am going on Levaquin and Septra next week. Don't know what side effects ... Clinic Monday and she said I would need to be on the Levaquin and Septra to get the Bartonella.
I was on the...
- Rocephin 5 times a week? 14th March 2006
... along with it.
The worst reaction has come from the levaquin . I had read that it could cause achilles tendon rupture ... much additional pain it would cause.
If anyone is on levaquin now and if you have noticed additional pain, you should ... 5 months, he then told me that it was probably the levaquin and to stop taking it right away. I guess the Levaquin...
... have tried zithromax, minocycline, tetracycline, & levaquin . I take a supplement called Immune Care 64 that my ... trial and error is sometimes very difficult. The levaquin for me was awful. I felt so terrible on that one...
- Will feel better for months then bam...twitches,fatigue 5th March 2006
... I believe that Bartonella is usually treated with Levaquin or Rifampin. Babesiosis, which is similar to malaria...
- levaquin for secondary infections? 22nd February 2006
... After using levaquin onan doff for bladder inefctions for the last 7 years...
... I am 24 years old and was given Levaquin in December of '04 to treat a sinus infection and ... in all the years of my life combined before taking Levaquin .
The class of drugs that Levaquin belongs to are...
... infected! Thats just terrible!
I have never been on Levaquin but I have heard that it can damage joints and ligaments...
... my 12 year old daughter was put on levaquin in an IV.The first dose she was fine.The second she...
... However clinical trials are being conducting for Levaquin on babies as young as 6 months old right now, despite...
- LLMD update 13th February 2006
... back. :)
Start on Bartonella when I go back. Levaquin (any feedback)
As far as Larry goes, I told Michelle...
- Levaquin concern? 15th January 2006
... Whats a UTI?
And IC bladder?
what type of meds is Levaquin ?
Cyst form Lyme?
Oh my the more i read through...
... In the past levaquin would make my IC bladder quiet, hence why i
take...
... Hi Fotomom -
I took Levaquin a few times before I was diagnosed for reoccuring ... for UTIs never did a thing for me.
I have taken Levaquin as part of my treatment regimen in the past year....
- Questions about Quinine & Clindamycin 12th January 2006
... group middle of the road/may cause:::Cipro, Levoflex, Levaquin , Tequin, Avelox, Bactrim, Erthromycin, Biaxin, Zithromax...
- LLMD appointment update 8th January 2006
... my business slows down next week) I will also start Levaquin . I am also doing a few more days of duiflucan to ... phyically exhausted!
Anyone else here taking the doxy, levaquin combo?...
... are having such a rough time. I have taken the doxy/ levaquin combo. I herxed a bit on it - think I had bartonella ... . Levaquin was the only thing (well and zithromax too) that would...
... also take Tindamax. Its a cyst buster similiar to Levaquin , I think (could be wrong - so many medicines related...
- headache since november 8th January 2006
... been doing Rocephin for 6 months. Also on Doxy and Levaquin orals. I have to look at the long term to realize...
- Herx? UTI? VB or yeast? 2nd January 2006
... month ago. I did 2 weeks of augmentin (I started on levaquin , then cipro, which I was allergic to then the culture ... to go in on Friday, in the mean time they give me levaquin ... I told them about my cutlure and they said take ... levaquin .... I go to my appointment on friday (after 3 doses ... of levaquin ) only to have it cancelled. I instsied that I woud ... its now been the weekend..... I took my last dose of levaquin (4 days total) and on Saturday I started to feel like ... i be hrexing from all these added abx? Doxy, with levaquin ..... then augmentin?
My symptions are:
Back...
- can't get this out of my head 28th December 2005
... impact? I have been on things like cipro, flagyl, levaquin , and amoxcicillin for various other infections. Would...
- Sauna Question? and I am back on my ABX :( 26th December 2005
... five times a year - macrobid would never do a thing - levaquin and zithromax would though - and guess what?!? Those...
- Cipro Allergic reaction? 5th December 2005
... believe the Cipro is in the same class of antibiotics as Levaquin . Some people can also experience the tendon pain...
... Thanks!
Thats weird, cause I did 3 days of IV levaquin and I have been on Tequin and Levaquin for a month...
- NC Girl abs treatment 4th December 2005
... how's your husband doing w/ his tx.
my guy is on levaquin right now working on bartonella. he already did his...
- Lyme is quiet still.... heart update 25th November 2005
... the full 400mg with out any problems. Since the IV levaquin my bladder has been VERY QUIET!! (YAY!) But I am...
- WackoWoman - Dorkdad's wife 18th November 2005
... after the dreadful tendon pains with only 5 days of Levaquin , I may put him off till March 1st too. I'm just...
- Ruptured tendon due to lavaquin 5th November 2005
... and an anti-inflammatory.
Will you be pulsing the Levaquin ? I am not a doctor, but from what I understand if...
- Question about Lavaquin? 29th October 2005
... Tendon rupture can be a serious side effect from Levaquin . Call your doctor at once and describe to him/her...
... there with you, Damz68! My neurologist put me on Levaquin 3 weeks ago and I started within a day with SEVERE ... meds twice...) so I just decided I was going off the Levaquin as I never had had probs with any of my other meds...
- Does anyone have Nail Ridges from Lyme Disease? 29th October 2005
... Tilex. By the way did you call the doctor about the levaquin ?
Maureen...
- Staff infection in blood, pulling picc today 21st October 2005
... kind that is on the skin. He thinks one more day of Levaquin . Don't want to do to much to my system. Wants me...
- To: NCGirl88... 4th August 2005
... and I am feeling a lot desperate. My last round was Levaquin and doxy and now I should be on Zithro and doxy.....
- TO: ncgirl88: 23rd June 2005
... Flagyl week. I tolerate it better now then I did with Levaquin , but still get the fuzzy head feeling. I switch to...
... throughout my body so back on the meds.
I start on Levaquin today and am apprehensive about it. I know a little...
- Going off antibiotics? 23rd June 2005
... I've been on many: augmentin, penicillin, cipro, levaquin , cefzil, doxy, IV rocephin (6 months) and ketek for...
- Help..should I go to hospital? 17th June 2005
... Sent home with possible MS dx. Then did 10 days on Levaquin and Valtrex (+ for HSV-1 and -2 also). Then was great...
... been on lately would stir up the Babs. I could see Levaquin doing that. Could you call up the LLMD that you have...
- Is this a Herx reaction.....? 16th June 2005
... hospital they sent me home with a 10 day course of levaquin . Felt much better after the ABX, but then 3 days after...
- How long til you start feeling better? 14th June 2005
... most days.
I've been on orals (biaxin, minocin, levaquin , erythromyacin) for longer then that in the past ...
- Vision changes? 1st June 2005
... after being on abx. My friend swears since starting Levaquin she can look up at the bright sky and see spiral shaped...
- What is a herx like? 24th May 2005
... moving around and this only started after being on Levaquin & Flagyl. Has Mark seen this? I'm afraid to tell anyone...
- How do you really tell? 22nd May 2005
... and then it seemed that one doctor indicated that Levaquin is the drug of choice for Bartonella - Well I had ... my face, my mouth and throat 1 week after taking 3 Levaquin for a urinary tract infection. I wasn't tested for...
- Flagyl users--What is your dosage? 19th May 2005
... better. The first round of Flagyl, I was also taking Levaquin . I had a hard time on Levaquin and harder time taking...
... better. The first round of Flagyl, I was also taking Levaquin . I had a hard time on Levaquin and harder time taking...
... feel like I am going to vomit. My friend who is on Levaquin and Flagyl has the same nauseated feeling. Another...
... day, but only 3 days a month. I am taking it with Levaquin and the combo makes me really sick. They stopped the...
- Ticker And Ncgirl88... 16th May 2005
... elbow and shoulder pain. I have had this pain since Levaquin and have been off from it for 2 months. I have been...
- Starting IV Rocephin-allergic rxn question 4th May 2005
... much cheaper than Zith and my insurance won't cover Levaquin or IV's. It is really limiting my treatment options...
- I read an article: 4th May 2005
... six weeks or so.
How long have you been off the Levaquin ? I had tendon pain from it also. It took some time...
- Please..your thoughts... 2nd May 2005
... numbness, that subsided for a few days after 7 days on Levaquin and 10 on Valtrex.
3 days later started to get Lhermitte ... Sooooo....
Is it a coincidence that after 7 days on Levaquin , I stareted to feel better, and then 3 days off of...
- OK, let's get this straight.... 30th April 2005
... numbness, that subsided for a few days after 7 days on Levaquin and 10 on Valtrex.
3 days later started to get Lhermitte ... Sooooo....
Is it a coincidence that after 7 days on Levaquin , I stareted to feel better, and then 3 days off of...
- stopping iv rocephin 26th April 2005
... worse-nothing seems to be helping. He is still taking levaquin and another that i cant think of the name off hand...
... worse-nothing seems to be helping. He is still taking levaquin and another that i cant think of the name off hand...
- Night Sweats...do you get'em? 25th April 2005
... suppose to let my body rest from it a few days and start Levaquin today. But the Levaquin was $90 co-pay which I don ... it is comparatively speaking dirt cheap compared to Levaquin . The possible side effects of Levaquin, as in tendon...
... about what happened to your cat :( That is so sad.
Levaquin is very expensive. Do be careful if you take it....
...
Anyway I begged the drs office to revoke the Levaquin prescription and give me a generic so today when I...
- Lyme or MS or Herpes 1???? 24th April 2005
... day course of Valtrex for the herpes, and 7 days on Levaquin . Dr.'s (Neuro, Neuro-surgeon, Iinfectious Disease ... be lyme?
Valtrex didnt help, but after a week on Levaquin , symptoms seemed to go away. After 3 days off meds ... down spine into legs when flexing the neck.) Was the Levaquin helping the Lyme....?
Can herpes activate Lyme or...
... brain lesions but I do not know about the spine. Levaquin is sometimes prescribed for Lyme. What is also interesting...
- Experience with Samento? 22nd April 2005
... but when I called my LLMD this morning he called in Levaquin for me to try. The stuff is expensive and I have read...
... Flagyl was bad, but I believe it was the combo with Levaquin . Levaquin was a nightmare for me and I dread the...
- Update and questions about meds 22nd April 2005
... I'm concerned about is another new on. It's called Levaquin . He is supposed to take 1000mg twice daily. This sound...
... taste in your mouth but you do get used to it.
Levaquin is a tough drug and that seems like a huge dose but ... all over but it did help me. Be very careful with levaquin as it can cause achellies tendon rupture. My doctor...
- can Lymes be transmitted through sex? 13th April 2005
... me on - well guess what we discovered Zithromax and Levaquin worked nicely. Then every time I would treat the...
... me on - well guess what we discovered Zithromax and Levaquin worked nicely. Then every time I would treat the...
- Herxing - My new regimen and Arteminisin 25th March 2005
... flagyl added at week three then week break - then doxy/ levaquin - add flagyl third week then break...this will be ... the first time on levaquin for more than three days at a time before my diagnosis...
- Skin "crawling" and/or hurting all over?!? 25th March 2005
... it is the med combo for this week or not. Flagyl, Levaquin and Minocin. Flagyl always seems to kick my butt,...
- GomezNC...andNCGirl: 17th March 2005
... white blood count again tomorrow. I have been on Levaquin and had a rough time for 2 months. A pharmacist friend ... is surprised with all the problems I've had with Levaquin , even taking it just the 3 days. The combo of Flagyl ... and Levaquin has been awful. I am taking 500mg Flagyl twice daily ... too much for me. I am praying they take me off the Levaquin . What doses of Flagyl is everyone taking?? Does ... decided I wasn't going to take it the same days as Levaquin , so have taken it the off days, which hasn't made ... it. I took just Minocycline today and haven't take Levaquin for a couple of days. I am tingly all over, face ... over since I have made no progress this year. The Levaquin has kept me in constant pain. That's another thing ... trying to find anti-inflammatory. Lodine, Levaquin and Flagyl have really messed me up. December was...
...
I have made progress I feel. I have not been on Levaquin yet although did take it when I was getting UTIs but...
... Hi Raleigh,
I just started Levaquin last week. I do feel a little bit worse. I take Flagyl...
... minocycline. I hope it works again this time. I was on levaquin from Jan. 18th till last week. It was kind of sporadic ... day weeks, but I was miserable with every dose of levaquin . I know I will be on it again at some point, hopefully ... joint pain throughout, but it was at it's worse with levaquin . I hope this might pass. My biggest issues are with ... better. I have been worse the last 2 weeks, taking levaquin and flagyl. My last flagyl and levaquin were last ... 16. I am feeling some better, but not back to pre- levaquin . It's discouraging and I am looking for input from...
- test results were negative, heres the results 15th March 2005
... This class of antibiotics include the drugs Cipro and Levaquin . Whether or not Samento is any better or worse than ... Cipro and/or Levaquin is still completely up in the air. I personally don...
- It's a bad time... 14th March 2005
... the others are still here. The last 2 months taking Levaquin along with either minocycline or septra, plus adding ... blood count. Pain in joints and all over came with levaquin . My PA had me stop meds for 1 week. I started again ... motivation, mostly mental issues. Minocyn or combo with levaquin has made me itch dreadfully. Also, I read post about ... taking it, but it is magnified when taking it with levaquin . Will it hurt not taking flagyl the same days as...
- high iron levels in blood and low WBC 11th March 2005
... will be on. During this period, I had switched to levaquin , and I do not tolerate it well. I have only taken ... are already back again. I don't know how important levaquin is to lyme treatment. I am hoping to find something...
- Levaquin for Lyme...Tendon pain? 10th March 2005
... I just started Levaquin on Monday, but it is already kicking my butt! I feel ... Other people on the board have talked about how harsh Levaquin can be....
... I have experienced this tendon pain while taking Levaquin . It can be severe. Do not continue to take it if...
... until Monday. I have decided to take a hiatus from the Levaquin for a few days until I hear back from her. In my mind ... , since the Levaquin has only minimally helped my lyme symptoms, I figure ... Laurie's advice and checked out some of the info on Levaquin on the web...and am wishing now that I had not...I ... pain was gone? Could a week and a half's worth of Levaquin have caused permanent damage, or do these symptoms...
... Hi JamesII1984. I think stopping the Levaquin is a good idea. Even if your symtpoms were not from ... worry. Not everyone has this side effect. I took the Levaquin a little longer than you did. Yes, my tendon pain...
- Dr. Appt. last Friday, more changes! 8th March 2005
... increased my Zoloft to 200mgs/day. This month abxs are Levaquin , Minocin and Flagyl. Next month it is Zithromax, Plaquenil...
- Brain Block... 3rd March 2005
... start again tomorrow. I've been having problems with Levaquin . I had a pretty good month in Dec. until meds combo...
- Symptoms Listings - PLEASE CONTRIBUTE 2nd March 2005
... Frequent urinary tract infections that only Zithromax and Levaquin would cure
Severe Light Intolerance - Photophobia...
- Lyme and your bladder.... 1st March 2005
... UTIs didn't work.
The only thing that worked was Levaquin or Zithromax (interesting, huh?)
When I was sick...
- Cat's Claw or other herbs 27th February 2005
... is a class of antibiotics which include Cipro and Levaquin . Supposidly it can work just as well as the medications...
- Utterly frustrated... 18th February 2005
... since. I did go back to minocyn today, along with levaquin . I was on septra. It's funny all the drug combos...
- Levaquin... 17th February 2005
... although I have only had two so far.
As far as the Levaquin it is very effective. I took it for frequent UTIs...
... be a herx. Many people have had good results with Levaquin ; however you do need to be aware of the side effects...
... Hi raleigh86,
Levaquin is a tough drug but it did help me although I was...
... with lyme I had IC of the bladder so I would take a levaquin before and after sex to help from getting a UTI and...
... I am taking Levaquin on M, W and Fri. I take it after dinner. I find ... how I do at bedtime tonight, on a day I do not take Levaquin . If I am not so sore tonight, I will call doctor ... was really bad the 3 days I took Flagyl along with Levaquin . I blamed it on Flagyl, but think the the chest pressure ... I got when taking Flagyl, was caused by Levaquin , although I haven't had the chest pressure since stopping...
... Hey Ral - It could be a very bad herx though and levaquin could be the drug that is helping you the most...there...
... I'm still taking levaquin 3 days a week. My joint and tendon pain is better ... , but not as good as before starting levaquin . After 6 weeks of it, I still feel foggy and just ... allow me to enjoy this trip. I decided to take the levaquin M,T, and Wed. instead of my usual M, W, and Friday ... the time, but it's something I was not having before levaquin . I have head and face pressure and sometimes dizziness ... since I was past all these symptoms before starting levaquin . I put a call into doctor's office. I don't know ... several more weeks.
Thanks for the all imput on levaquin .
Raleigh86...
- Flagyl... 9th February 2005
... am taking. I wonder if starting Flagyl along with Levaquin and Septra brought on this terrible chest pressure...
- Improving... 30th January 2005
... better.
My Huntersville appt. was 1/14. I started Levaquin , along with Septra, which I had already been taking...
- Flagyl... 26th January 2005
... nightly glass of wine. I must say, taking Septra and Levaquin and adding Flagyl, kind of frightens me.
Raleigh86...
- Moving In...;) 20th January 2005
... was the Biaxin/Minocyn that did me in. I was given Levaquin to take with the Septra for 4 weeks, ( 5 day weeks ... ) taking Flagyl week 3, then taking Levaquin with Minocyn 4 for weeks. I was on this new combo ... still take no meds on the weekends, and have started Levaquin /Septra today and will do every other day. I see my...
- Difficulty accepting Lyme as a diagnosis 12th January 2005
... disease. I've read that other drugs like Cipro and Levaquin are starting to be used at high doses to improve tissue...
- interesting abx info 28th December 2004
... I was dealing with was actually a result of taking Levaquin multiple times for infections. So I did a lot of...
- high fever while herxing 10th November 2004
... had been on them . So heres what they did gave me IV levaquin , flagyl and rocephin for almost a month and after...
- Hi Komondor...Thanks! 15th October 2004
... and the bad reactions in a few people. I have taken Levaquin before without an obvious problem but it scares me...
- Levaquin...and Quinolone family of antibiotics 10th September 2004
... building materials in our house, a tick bite, or the d**n levaquin I took the end of January.
I am glad you are ... feeling better since the Levaquin reaction.
Take care,
ncgirl88...
... Well I have to say - the levaquin helped me....
- Update on my Journey.... 8th September 2004
... also looking into a possible link to my issues and Levaquin use. I have taken Levaquin 5 times over the past ... some reason my body is acting crazy because of the Levaquin . Levaquin apparently works on the GABA receptors...
... something to look forward to :)
What reaction with the Levaquin are you talking about?...
- If I might ask what are symptoms 31st August 2004
... Which that is what one nurse suspected.I had taken levaquin for ten days then into hosp. put on flagyl and then...
