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I probably didn’t. I am quite dizzy & not myself at all. I was on levaquin 500 mg for staph for 10 days. Then I got the upper respiratory infection,ear aches & sore throat. I am on Zotex Lax for 15 days & Clarithromycin 500 mgs for 10 day plus Tussionex cough medicine at night. I don’t have a fever but just am not myself. I think I will go back to the doctor Monday as I can’t think straight and find myself sleeping much of the time. I stopped the Tussionex as I didn't like how I felt on that at all.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca.html

Levaquin sounds good. Eating yogurt when you take antibiotics is a good idea, but timing is an issue when you take them with flouroquinolones like Levaquin. Clarithromycin isn’t a problem; it’s a macrolide antibiotic that works differently.

...I am quite dizzy & not myself at all. I was on levaquin 500 mg for staph for 10 days.... but just am not myself...

Hello, pandoraou812...I think neverdem may be on to something in post 13 and that you may be on to something in your post 18.

Levaquin is a very strong Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic and it may be that you need to continue taking it. However, I was given a Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic for a simple sinus infection. Some of the statements you made sound very much like a Fluoroquinolone reaction I had a few years ago. By day 3 of a fluoroquinolone, I knew something was wrong, called my doctor who said to continue, then got a second opinion asap and the doctor said it was quite common to have the kind of reaction I was having if I was sensitive to fluoroquinolones. As you stated, I was not myself at all. I forgot how to turn on a lamp that had been in my home for years. It was like I had to figure out everything to see how it worked. I would get water from the refrigerator dispenser, it would overfill and I would just watch it overfill for a few seconds before I realized I had to take the glass away and clean up a bunch of water.

This is just my testimonial to how fluoroquinolones worked for me. I looked it up on the computer after my dr.'s appointment and was surprised by the amount of professional and testimonial material on this type of antibiotic. Apparently, it was not the drug for me and my doctor said to be sure to update my drug medication list to include a notation not to take fluoroquinolones.
It was just a simple sinus infection. It was like taking a tank to a elementary school pushing and shoving fight. It was too much of something I am apparently allergic to and "I did not feel like myself."

I hope you are better soon and will pray that you have a quick recovery. But, do check out the fluoroquinolones online and with your doctor. You may not be able to take this medication without some strong side effects.