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 |
| 3 | Toe Nail Fungus | I took Terbinafine, the generic version of Lamisil for approximately 3 months and had great results with the nail problems. They are growing out healthy and seems to have finally rid my toes of the nail issues that I have dealt with for years. | I would like to know if this medication can cause Severe Anxiety and Panic Attacks. I have suffered from depression and some anxiety for years but have always had it under somewhat control. I have never suffered from Panic Attacks until being on the Terbinafine (Lamisil). My first Panic Attack occured about 6 weeks after being on the medicine. I took it for approximately 3 months and stopped due to the Panic Attacks, as this is the only thing that I can imagine that make be causing them. I have been off for about 2 weeks and continue to suffer from the attacks.I would like to know if anyone else has suffered from Panic Attacks while taking this medication. If so, did the attacks stop after eventually stopping the medicine. Also would like to know how long this medication stays in your system after stopping it. I have heard that it can take months for your body to be rid of the medicine and the side effects. I appreciate any feedback on this. I am desperate to find out if this medication is the cause of my Panic Attacks. | M | 41 | 3 months 250mg 1X day | 4/15/2013 | 1 | toenails | After 6 weeks got flu like systoms, dry mouth, loss of taste. This crap should be trashed. Been off of it about 5 days. Very little improvement. Sex drive is returning though. Thank goodness. My doctor didnt say anything about the side effects. I will give him a load of crap next time i see him. Dont take it. Live with the fungus. | M | 47 | 6 weeks 250kv | 4/14/2013 | 1 | Toe nail fungus | Extreme dizziness , chest pain started in week two, inability to concentrate, anxiety, fatigue, I have to make myself function , I literally thought I was dying and hard time breathing. Been off of it for 1 week and I'm still having faint chest pains, nerves are shot to hell and can't think clearly. Breathing is improving but I still feel drained of all energy. | M | 53 | 2 weeks 250 | 4/13/2013 | 2 | 1 big toenail fungus | About two weeks into taking Lamisil I started having severe headaches, neck cramps, tingling in the scalp, neck and under arms, and burning sensation on the scalp and forehead. About one month in my hair started feeling course and looking dry and dull, and then it started thinning. The worst so far is, this morning, two months into taking Lamisil, I noticed a two inch circular patch of hair missing! The medicine seems to be helping with the new growth of my toe nail; however, this will be the last day I take Lamisil. Please contact me with any information you may have. [email protected] | F | 43 | 4 months 250mg x1 | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Toenail fungus | I am writing this because my husband has been taking this medicine and he is profoundly depressed with severe mood swings and irrational feelings of worthlessness. I didn't know what had caused such a change and realized it began around the time he began this medicine. He won't accept there's a problem other than I'm the one at fault. I am desperately unhappy and am going to find a way to get rid of this medicine. Frankly, the fungus is preferable to the hell I'm currently living. | M | 49 | 3 months | 3/31/2013 | 1 | Toenail fungus | I have never taken anything that made me feel as bad as Lamisil did. I literally felt like I had been poisoned. I was weak, dizzy, had nausea along with abdominal pain and loss of appetite with just an over all weird feeling. I also felt anxiety. | I immediately stopped taking this drug after the third day and my body seemed to crave water to flush it out. I still feel the anxiety and bad taste in my mouth. | F | 66 | 3 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/19/2013 | 4 | toe fungal | constipation, fatigue and sore back for the first few days later it went away. | F | 23 | 30 days 250 1X day | 3/9/2013 | 3 | toenail fungus | extreme fatigue, itching feeling all over like been in fiberglass, stinging pains, tingling and numbness, joint pain, muscle aches, blurred vision, muscle cramps, mild nausea | When Lamisil prescription was filled pharmacy made error and labeled bottle to take 1 tablet 3 times a day. After 5 days of nausea and blurred vision this mistake was discovered. Nausea went away and blurred vision slowly cleared up. Joint and muscle pains started 3 weeks later after what I thought was flu (no flu test as had flu shot 2 weeks before started Lamisil). Severe fatigue then developed random stinging pain in hip - always same spot like wasp sting. After 2 mos numbness in big toes ,almost continuous brief tingling and stinging pains all over body with itching like rolled in fiberglass but no rash. Several episodes of severe thigh cramps while asleep. Noticed increased urination and thirst. Finished Lamisil 10 days ago and jpint and muscle pain gone. Tingling greatly diminished and itching gone. Still tired most of time. Saw doctor about stinging and tingling about 5 weeks ago but he didn't think Lamisil caused it or joint/muscle pain. Plans to do MRI in couple of weeks if still tingling pains. | F | 58 | 95 days 250 mg 1X day | 2/28/2013 | 1 | Toe Nail Fungus | Swollen Lymph Nodes; Severe constipation; Moderate anxiety; Severe depression; Joint pain; Lower back pain. Loss of sex drive. | The lymph nodes under my arms started swelling after the first 3 days. Stopped taking Lamisil for 3 days and swelling went away. Started Lamisil again with same results. Continued with program and swelling disappeared after 10 days. No other side effects until 4th week when I started having serious constipation, bad enough to need enemas to have bowel movement. Currently taking 600 mg. Ducosate Sodium to have almost normal bowel movements. Anxiety began showing about the 4th week also, along with minor depression. After 6 weeks I had to take vacation time due to severe depression which almost cost me my job. When I stopped taking Lamisil my lower back really started bothering me. Other side effect that I don't know the time table on is sex drive went from drive, to idle, to park. When I first thought about taking this regimine several years ago my physician said that the treatment is worse than the cure. I believe him now. My real complaint is that when I filled the prescription I asked the pharmacist about contraindications, and she never informed me about any of the complaints I've had. | M | 62 | 6 weeks 250 1X day | 2/15/2013 | 5 | Nail Fungus skin peeling on finger | NONE | Starting again after 3 years Fungus back. | M | 54 | 45 days 250 1X day | 2/7/2013 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | Severe headaches, nausea, fatigue, joint stiffness and pain, cloudy thinking, no appetite, taste disturbance. tongue and mouth feel funny. | I hate toenail fungus and have seen lamisil work on family members. I tried Vicks, oregano oil, tea tree oil, and vinegar with minimal results. The side effects of this drug in the first three days are debilitating. I am off the drug and flushing my system with water, lots and lots of water. I've been doing research into plant medicine and have some ideas for a non-toxic topical preparation. Hopefully it will work because taking Lamisil orally feels like self-poisoning. | F | 43 | 3 days 250 mg 1X day | 1/21/2013 | 2 | Toe Nail Fungus | Intestinal pain/pressure | Been taking it for ~40 days. Liver tests ok. Feel constant intestinal pain/pressure/discomfort. Minimal toe nail improvement. Going to call the Dr. | M | 54 | 40 days 250 MG 1X day | 1/12/2013 | 1 | Toe Fungus | Deep Deep depression and anxiety!! Lost 30 lbs in 40 days. Might be the only upside of this poison. | After taking Lamisil for 3 weeks I developed extreme, extreme depression and anxiety. went so bad started having suicidal Ideaism. This stuff should be outlawed. The last straw was the red rash I developed over my right eye. After 40 days, F*** it!! I would rather deal with the toenail fungus I have had for several years. | M | 52 | 40 days 30 1X day | 1/11/2013 | 2 | nail fungus | I am having really strange stomach pains and nausea and loss of taste. I have taken this one other time with no side effects. Can someone please tell me if the taste will come back???? Im so upset. [email protected] Thanks You | F | 60 days 1X O | 1/6/2013 | 5 | toenail fungus | I had bad toenails for 30+ years and it began to spread to fingers. No noticeable side effects - fungus GONE quickly from fingers, took more time for toenails to grow out. (had monthly blood tests and no problems detected.) | M | 60 | 150 days 250 1X day | 1/4/2013 | 3 | Toenail fungus & athlete's foot | Loss of taste, bad taste in mouth, dry mouth | I took Lamisil for about 7 weeks (with significant improvement in the condition of my feet and nails after about 3-4 weeks) before I started to experience loss of taste (beginning with reduced ability to taste sweetness that has gradually worsened - sweet and salty are both pretty much gone), then a bad taste in my mouth, and now dry mouth. Only discovered yesterday that this is likely due to Lamisil, at which point I stopped taking it. Pretty unhappy that my doctor failed to warn me of the various side effects but from now on I'll be much better about asking. | F | 42 | 2 months 250mg 1X day | 12/27/2012 | 5 | Toenail Fungus | Possible slight elevation in anxiety and bloatedness (though I'm generally anxious and I have eaten a lot lately) | Currently on day 70. My doctor said there's no reason to take beyond 90 days. I haven't had any alcohol. My skin rash on the foot went away within 30 days. Toe nails appear to be improving, though I'm told I can't fully assess until they're grown out. I've also decreased my sugar intake due to added stress sugar can cause liver -- not dr. recommended, just purely speculative. Overall happy experience so far. | M | 36 | 70 days 250 MG 1X day | 11/1/2012 | 1 | Toe nail fungus | Swelling of eye lids and ears, flushing/redness of neck & chest. | F | 45 | 2 days | 10/10/2012 | 4 | toe nail fungus | first week: intense anxiety around midday; possibly sore throat and feeling of cutoff from world (cloudy mind like when you have a cold); transient cramps in legs, arms and joints. Did blood tests and no problems detected then. By week 3, all seemed okay so I am continuing with the drug. It is week 5 now | My use of lamisil is in progress - 5 weeks of 12 so far. I procrastinated taking these the last three years due to fear of liver and other side effects and need to curtail use of alcohol. Too soon to say if it is working although I think I see new growth at the base of the nail. Believe I suffered conspicuous side effects for the first week or two: intense anxiety in mid to late-morning; a few days later and running for 4-5 days had cramps in muscles (calf, joints) that moved around to different parts of my body. Saw the dermatologist then and she ran blood tests (all okay). Side effects seemed to subside by the third week (yay) so now I am comfortable with this drug. One small change I made after day 4 was to try to avoid drinking coffee until at least 30 min after taking the drug. Maybe that helped the anxiety for caffeine apparently can interact with the drug. I hope to end up healthier and to lose some weight since I am not drinking and to develop better habits in that respect. I just wanted to add my opinion - and update on how I got through the first two weeks when side effects did seem bad. It is easier to report bad news than good news. Would love to find out about the laser treatment. I figure the more I can do to eliminate this issue once and for all, the better (I had it 30 yrs ago and took a different drug which worked at the time). | M | 54 | 5 weeks 250 MG 1X day | 10/7/2012 | 1 | jock itch | I'm very angry at the doc for not discussing risks. I would very much like to hear from others that side effects do abate in time. It's been 2 months and I'm still suffering -- fatigue, painful rashes, dizziness. Blood work comes back OK so that's some reassurance, but side effects persist. Can others reassure me that this will abate? | M | 50 | 200mg 1X day | 10/6/2012 Patient History |