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Have Urinary Tract & Kidney Infections. On Levofloxacin. Feel Dizzy & Weak After Taking It. Side Effects Of The Medicine?

I am taking Levofloxacin, 500mg. tablets, 1 time a day, for 10 days. I want to know if feeling very dizzy & weak is common when taking this medication? I am usually put on 2 a day, I think they made a mistake this time. Also, I wanted to ask your opinion on the best antibiotic for my infections. I have urinary tract, bladder, & kidney infections that will not ever fully go away. I have blood & protien in my urine, also extreme swelling in my legs when the infections get bad, which did not start until about a year ago. I also have had a sinus infection for over a year. I have also had a bacterial infection for 2 years. I have been treated for all of these infections over a few times now, but nothing seems to help. I have been prescribed Cipro, Kphlex. Clindomiacin, Levofloxican, & a couple other antibiotics throughout the time I have had all of these infections. I am desperate to figure out what else there may be to make them actually go away. I am so weak all of the time with all of this going on with my body, I can barely live a normal life. I do not have insurance which makes it much harder to find any care. I will take any suggestions that you can give me. I just do not know what to do anymore to try to get rid of these infections. But, I did want to know if it is normal to be a bit dizzy & feel a bit weak on the levofloxican? Sorry for the large amount of questions, but I thought I would ask what I could to see if there is anything I am doing wrong or anything else I can do to get better. Thank you so very much!
Leslie
Tue, 11 Jun 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum.
Please not e down the side effects of LEVOFLOXACIN ,these are as,
nausea,
vomiting,
dizziness,
giddiness,
indigestion,
headache,
trouble sleep,
vaginal discharge ( if female patient).
Rarest side effects are as,
Hypersensitive to drug as rashes,
red peeling skin. tremors,
confusion.


Precaution should be taken in CHRONIC RENAL DYSFUNCTION.
I have replied the question which you queried.

Now one thing more as you stated in query that there is blood and protein in urine from one year along swelling over legs.
I am sorry to say that these symptoms are an indication of chronic renal failure.
Consult a nephrologist and get in his opinion.
Good luck.
Dr. HET
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Have Urinary Tract & Kidney Infections. On Levofloxacin. Feel Dizzy & Weak After Taking It. Side Effects Of The Medicine?

Hello, Thanks for the query to H.C.M. Forum. Please not e down the side effects of LEVOFLOXACIN ,these are as, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, giddiness, indigestion, headache, trouble sleep, vaginal discharge ( if female patient). Rarest side effects are as, Hypersensitive to drug as rashes, red peeling skin. tremors, confusion. Precaution should be taken in CHRONIC RENAL DYSFUNCTION. I have replied the question which you queried. Now one thing more as you stated in query that there is blood and protein in urine from one year along swelling over legs. I am sorry to say that these symptoms are an indication of chronic renal failure. Consult a nephrologist and get in his opinion. Good luck. Dr. HET