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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. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Ortho-McNeill's Levaquin site


Reasons Taken

6 patients in the community are taking or have taken Levaquin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4 66%
Vertigo 1 16%
Bladder problems 1 16%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Levaquin.

  0 mg none 0 none 500 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Levaquin or how long patients were taking Levaquin before stopping.

Currently taking Levaquin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
1
0

Stopped taking Levaquin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
0
0
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Levaquin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 3 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Bladder problems

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • D'awesome
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • D'awesome
  • 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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