LAMISIL Reviews (TERBINAFINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (1141 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMISIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMISIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Toe nail fungus I got from doing pe | Difficulty breathing., diahrea, nauseous... Ugh!!!.. Not good to feel this way when your a busy woman with children.... Started taking it at night when I would go to sleep but that still didn't help... Gonna discontinue use after two months... I had one more month to go.... Hopefully something else with less side effects will come out.. | F | 44 | 2 months 250mg | 4/12/2015 | 3 | toe nail fungus | Bad headaches and insomnia were first symptoms. I stopped drinking caffeine which helped. Terrible joint pain started around 3 weeks in. I was going to try and continue, but end of week 5 I had scaling peeling skin on my feet. The doctor left me a message to stop taking it. I see some new healthy growth. I am worried about the skin peeling but doctor is not around. Also lost taste pretty quickly. | F | 39 | 5 weeks | 4/11/2015 | 1 | Toenail | Almost immediately after starting this medication I started feeling anxious and depressed. I also experienced OCD like behavior and felt a lack of control. I was very depressed today and spoke to a friend about the intensity of my feelings which are very uncharacteristic of me. I've decided not to take this anymore. | F | 32 | 1 months | 4/7/2015 | 1 | toenail fungus on one toe | After taking this medicine for exactly one month, I too experienced the significant change in my taste buds. For two weeks, everything I ate or drank tasted like salty motor oil. AWFUL!! These side effects eventually subsided and then I lost my sense of taste all together. Chocolate cake tasted the same as broccoli -- and it all tasted like cardboard. Again, AWFUL. All told, I lived in misery for 8 weeks without being able to enjoy food at all. After two months, my taste slowly began to return to normal. It's been ten weeks since I first experienced these horrible side effects. I am happy that I am now able to enjoy food again -- but only savory foods at this point. Desserts/sweets/sugar still taste awful -- and chocolate is the worst. I'm hopeful that I will be able to enjoy these foods again soon. I have lost a total of 11 pounds during this ordeal. I would gladly add back those 11 pounds and have fully functioning taste buds. The last two months of my life have been miserable. Weigh | F | 46 | 30 days 1X day | 4/7/2015 | 1 | rash on leg | with in 12 hours of taking only one pill, i suddenly had itching all over my body, from my head to my feet. this itching is much different from the localized rash on my leg, which it was prescribed for. i called my dr who advised to stop taking this drug and has prescribed prednisone. this is definitely not a good drug for me! i'm trying to find out how long it will take this itching to stop. | i would not recommend this drug to others!!! | F | 53 | 1 days 250 mg 1X day | 3/21/2015 | 1 | neck fungus | Horrific anxiety. Started having onsessive, intrusive, ocd like thoughts. Never struggled with that in my life. Panic attacks. Difficulty concentrating. Felt loopy. | F | 28 | 5 days 30 mg | 3/19/2015 | 1 | Toe nail | I was only on Lamisil for 2 days. I had heard about this drug years ago but was apprehensive to take it because it can possibly be hard on your liver. I thought I'd give it a go as the nurse at the foot doctors office encouraged me to take it. So I thought okay maybe it's okay, well I picked up my script and read all the side effects. The first day it seemed like I just swallow the pill and about 30 min after got upset stomach and diarrhea. Then later that day started getting a sore in my mouth. Day 2 worse diarrhea and then on my way to work my throat started to get sore and felt some swelling on one side. Before I got to work called the doc office and reported my side effects. I was told to stop the meds. When I came home from work I found this site and read everyone's comments. I felt the same as many of you that it was poisonous. I could not handle any more than 2 damn days. I will continue to try natural remidies. I agree with everyone that it wasn't worth it. I know for a small amount of people they had no problems. And I know this sounds ridiculous but, I too was starting to feel negative and depressed!!!! | F | 59 | 2 days 250 mg | 3/19/2015 | 1 | Toenails | The first day I experienced dry mouth only but after a week I had extreme nausea, anxiety, vivid nightmares and depression. I've stopped taking them for almost 4 weeks now and still have horrible dry mouth, not interested in food, anxiety that comes on for no reason and horrible nightmares. How long will this last? | F | 29 | 2 weeks | 3/4/2015 | 1 | fingernail fungus | continued from last post | You might be one of the lucky ones to go through with no side effects, but I was not. I had every side effect mentioned and I read about the side effects AFTER taking this med. Won't do that again! I am glad that I am better, but side effects are still ongoing, and it seems like this drug leaves your system very very slowly...I have tried to find info on this drug online and DermNet NZ has info that it binds to proteins in your blood and is slowly eliminated from the urine and feces. I am healthy, 5'3 and 108lbs, and always have exercised. I also had lost about 10 pounds being on this stuff since I could not eat, no appetite and nauseous and loss of taste (taste came back after about 6 weeks). I am back to normal weight, but there are no words to describe this med...NIGHTMARE sums it up for me. I think this med is poison and it is beyond me why they so readily prescribe it like handing out candy. Should be a 'last resort' drug. I am on Jublia now and that is a topical treatment that seems to work. On a very short side note...I will say my nails actually were clearing up. "I almost died, but my nails look good…Thanks Lamisil!" SO NOT WORTH IT, I just pray my life returns to the state it was before I took this med. Feel free to contact me…it is horrible to feel like you are all alone while going through all these side effects. | F | 37 | 14 days 250 mg 1X day | 3/3/2015 | 1 | Fingernail fungus | God I will try to keep this as short as possible. Lamisil is a horrible drug. I have been off of it for 6 months and I am still having side effects. I have to laugh at the RNs that write in and other people who swear everyone on here is crazy because we are experiencing horrific effects. Everyone is different. I have NEVER had side effects from any medication like I have/had with Lamisil. Horrible. I swear I have been through hell and back the last 6 months of my life. I wish I could turn back time and NEVER have started taking it. I was on the medicine 14 days, my mouth started tingling...I broke out in a rash on my face (cheeks) and burning, tingling skin, white spots on my lips and mouth sores...sore throat, cramps, made me get my period early (while on the pill) also mouth and lips were all swollen, red spots on my tongue. | I had to go to urgent care, where they said it probably was a reaction and to go off of Lamisil. I did, but in the weeks that followed I broke out in a ringworm looking rash on my stomach, which my dermatologist later punch biopsied it and informed me it was indeed a drug reaction. Also, I started having Joint pain, tingling in my hands and arms, and private parts (very strange), chills, diarrhea, weird and frequent urination, tingling in my face, itching on my neck, purple spots on my lips as well. My vision was blurred and I had mucus coming out of my one eye (gross). I was so scared to death, I didn’t know what was happening to me. I was also having terrible panic attacks, and my heart was racing. I have been off now for 6 months and I am still having swollen lips, occasional mouth sores, still tingling in my face and lips, but it has subsided mostly. I was given Prednisone and several antihistamines after 8 weeks of being off Lamisil but when I finished the Prednisone, the reaction came right back. It was so bizarre, I feel like I have lost months off of my life and the feeling of 'normalcy'. If there is a class action suit for this, I will be joining in. I hate this drug! You might be one of the lucky ones to go through with no side effects, but I was not. I had every side effect mentioned and I read about the side effects AFTER taking this med. Won't do that again! I am glad that I am better, but side effects are still ongoing | F | 37 | 14 days 250mg 1X day | 3/3/2015 | 1 | fingernail infection | Crippling joint pain, inability to walk upon wakening, muscle pain, blurred vision, unpleasant smell that wasn't there. Large itchy skin swelling on arm. Extreme fatigue and exhaustion. These crept up on me with at first 2 joints mildly affected until my whole body ceased up. Doctors didn't seem aware of such effects. Blood tests all okay. | The blurred vision and bad smell has resolved 4 days after ceasing the medication. The joint pain is still disabling. I havent been able to get out of bed for 2 weeks now. ...Drinking lots of water but not sure what else to do. Do not take this medication. Like me you might think that you will be unaffected but this level of reaction is not worth the suffering and damage to your body. Can anyone tell me how long this takes to resolve and what treatments have helped? | F | 54 | 5 weeks 250 1X day | 2/27/2015 | 1 | toe nail fungus | shortness of breath, heaviness in the chest, somewhat like a panic attack but without the racing thoughts. | At first, I thought that I might be getting a cold - shortness of breath, heavy feeling in the chest like a chest cold. However, never got a cold and shortness of breath continues almost immediately after taking medication. I tried taking it different times of the day (later in the day, early in the morning) and its the same thing. Worst part of all, the fungus has not changed. No improvement, I know it takes a few weeks but I'm not sure the side effects are worth the appearance of the foot. | F | 37 | 16 days 250 1X day | 2/21/2015 | 2 | toenail fungus | Hives, itching on arms , hands and legs. Rash appears for a short time. Change of taste and reduced appetite.. | So far I am able to stand the itching but not sure for how long. | M | 64 | 15 days 250 mg 1X day | 2/11/2015 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | I was supposed to take this medicine for 90 days, but had to stop 22 days early. After about a month and a half of taking this drug, I began experiencing anxiety and depression. I started having strange thoughts and worrying about things that i knew, rationally, didnt matter. I was having extreme jealousy problems with my boyfriend and I have never had problems with jealousy before. Initally, I thought that my hormones were out of balance, and I didnt even consider that this drug could be causing my problems. It wasnt until I had a full blown panic attack that I decided I really needed to figure out what was really going on. I was under some stress, but not anything I havent been able to deal with in the past. I also felt very depressed. Once I stopped taking this medication, I began feeling better immediately!! Today is my second day without it and I feel like I finally crawled out of the dark cave I have been hiding in. My energy is back, I'm happy again, and no more crazy thoughts. Th | F | 32 | 68 days 250 MG 1X day | 2/5/2015 | 1 | toe fungus | At first, I had no side effects. After the first few days I did notice that I was waking up a lot during the night. The strangest side effect was that both my breasts were swollen and felt engorged. They burned and felt as if they were swollen with infection. I found out that my father years ago had a very similar reaction to Lamisil and had to have an ultrasound. His right breast was so swollen with lumps. It was horrible. | Toe is looking better but I will try natural remedies instead of this. Seriously, the swelling of my breasts and the pain that came from this scared me. I stopped taking immediately after 11 days/pills. | F | 44 | 11 days 250 1X day | 2/4/2015 | 2 | Toe fungus | Extreme anxiety, headaches, irritable, | I had a very bad case of toe fungus on all toe nails. And like other reviews I've read I was also for many years self conscious about my feet and was finally ready to try something that would work and felt Id take a risk with the side effects bc I wanted this gone! I also have had seizures since I was 12.. So I had a double risk but it was oked by my dr to try.. I thought the medicine would only be tougher on my liver like my seizure medicine.. But now that I look at all these reviews it all makes sense. I hadn't had a seizure in almost 4 years and had one a month ago and my anxiety level has been through the roof!!! Scary.. I was taking way too much medicine to keep myself feeling less anxious but idk why not never dawned on me until now, I guess I relied on my dr.. But I thought about the lamas il as the problem and looked it up and sure enough I am not alone!! But even though all this negative has happened my toes have all cleared up but one.. But my toe nails are not worth risking my life over. | F | 33 | 3 months | 2/3/2015 | 5 | Nail Fungus | No side effects. | Before taking Lamisil, I tried everything ( over the counter, and topical formulas). I was hesitant to try because of all the horrible reviews on this site. I'm happy to say that I had zero side effects and I have been nail fungus free for the last 4 years now. I suppose everyone reacts differently to this medication but the majority of people with good experiences do not post comments. | M | 36 | 3 months 1X day | 1/31/2015 | 2 | Toenail fungus | Insomnia (started after day 3). Kept waking up multiple times a night, had trouble going back to sleep. (I'm usually a very good sleeper.) After reading other reports like this, I will stop taking Terbinafine immediately. | M | 40 | 4 days 250 mg 1X day | 1/31/2015 | 1 | Nail fungus | I was at breaking point this morning after having 6 weeks of insomnia and I couldn't work out why. I worked out that it has been since taking Lamisil. Since taking this drug I have had problems sleeping and it is progessively getting worse. I can't get to sleep and when I do I'm waking several times throughout the night and can't get back to sleep (again). My anxiety levels have hit the roof. I am an anxious person but this is now extreme. I desperately want to get rid of my nail fungus as Ive had it for years and it makes me feel self concious but I can't go on like this so will have to stop taking it. | F | 35 | 6 weeks 250mg 1X day | 1/24/2015 | 1 | toe fungus on 1 toe | horrible nightmares and stomach cramps, irregular bowel issues, and irritability | take something else- the stomach cramps were the worst I have ever had in my lifetime! | F | 42 | 5 days 250 1X day | 1/20/2015 |