Avelox and Rash: What Users Say

• Bob...
• May 13, 2015

For Bacterial Infection "At first, it seemed to help. Didn't connect the rash to the medication. Then blurred vision, high anxiety, nausea, tightness in my chest, and felt extremely ill, like I was going to die or have a heart attack."

• Kat...
• July 13, 2016

For Bronchitis "I took this medicine while at work (Police/Fire Dept) because of bronchitis. I started out with a red rash that went up my arms, then started to itch, terrible stomach pains, passed out, and was placed in an ambulance. Once awake and being prepped with IV, I watched my body walk out of my body out the ambulance door. My body was literally shutting down, and I was dying on the way to the hospital. The doctors at the hospital told me that if I had been by myself, I would have surely died. This was a horrible experience, and since then my body has shut down to all medications, and if I am prescribed any kind of medications, I have to sit in the doctor's office waiting for another reaction. I had surgery in 2015 and had a team on standby."

• Anonymous
• March 2, 2011

For Sinusitis "I took a second pill and had a severe reaction to it in less than 25 minutes. It started with nausea, hives, extremely dizzy and lightheaded, slurred speech, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and rise in blood pressure and heart rate, severe anxiety and weakness."

• ups...
• February 4, 2011

For Sinusitis "Only took 1 dose so far, but already feeling better. Had bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection for a month. Saw the doctor yesterday and diagnosed me with a sinus infection. Avelox 400mg 1/day would have been the highest tier on my copay, so she gave me a full 10 days with samples. Worked amazingly well, though I felt really sleepy the first hour. Could very well be that I'm SICK, not reacting. I'm allergic to other antibiotics (rash/hives), so this was a relief. MAKE NOTE OF THE MANY FOODS/DRUGS TO AVOID WHILE ON THIS. Others have posted their use of vitamins with it, but it clearly states to avoid them."

• ups...
• February 4, 2011

For Sinusitis "Only took 1 dose so far, but already feeling better. Had bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection for a month. Saw the doctor yesterday and diagnosed me with a sinus infection. Avelox 400mg 1/day would have been the highest tier on my copay, so she gave me a full 10 days with samples. Worked amazingly well, though I felt really sleepy the first hour. Could very well be that I'm SICK, not reacting. I'm allergic to other antibiotics (rash/hives), so this was a relief. MAKE NOTE OF THE MANY FOODS/DRUGS TO AVOID WHILE ON THIS. Others have posted their use of vitamins with it, but it clearly states to avoid them."

• Tor...
• September 14, 2014

For Sinusitis "Numb hands for an hour, severe headache, blurry vision, rash on my arms. And this was with my first dosage. Doctor didn't even ask to see what previous antibiotics worked for me in the past. He just gave me Avelox and prednisone and said, 'On your way.'"

• Anonymous
• February 6, 2013

For Sinusitis "After the second dose of Avelox, I broke out in hives. This is unfortunate, because I felt a world of difference (better) within 6 hours of taking the initial dose. Now that I've got hives, I am back to another antibiotic, and I don't know if it will work as well."

• Ave...
• September 19, 2009

For Sinusitis "I took one pill and had a severe allergic reaction to it in less than half an hour. It started with stomach pain, blood in the stool, rash, swelling, and shortness of breath. I had a seizure, my husband called the ambulance, and I ended up in the hospital. Scary experience, and I want to let everyone know how horrible this drug is."

• Anonymous
• December 28, 2009

For Bronchitis "I had the H1N1 flu and then developed bronchitis. After 3 days of taking Avelox, I had hives all over my body. I stopped the medicine 5 days ago and still have hives. The bronchitis seems to be gone. I also experience pains in my muscles and weakness and tightness in my chest and palpitations. I don't think I will be taking this medicine again."

• Anonymous
• December 18, 2010

For Bronchitis "Caused me to have hives, can't take it."