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What is Levaquin?
Levaquin is a brand name for the antibiotic levofloxacin, used in the short-term treatment of bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections or pneumonia. Levaquin is a brand name owned by Ortho-McNeil.
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Reasons Taken
14 patients in the community are taking or have taken Levaquin.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 9 | 64% |
| lymes disease | 1 | 7% |
| uti | 1 | 7% |
| Urinary tract infection | 1 | 7% |
| Vertigo | 1 | 7% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | 7% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Levaquin.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Levaquin or how long patients were taking Levaquin before stopping.
Currently taking Levaquin
Stopped taking Levaquin
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
|---|
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)
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- D'awesome
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by D'awesome
Aug 26, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Bladder problems
- Advice/Tips
- I have a standing order for this because of the chronic UTI's and this also helps me with the chronic Sinusitis. I don't use it lightly as it's a powerful antibiotic. Be careful with it not to overuse it, otherwise you'll lose it's effectiveness.
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0 helpful marks
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- RebeccaJean
- Autonomic: Moderate
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Moderate
- Head: severe
- Arms: severe
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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by RebeccaJean
May 05, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Urinary tract infection
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0 helpful marks