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 |
| 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 | 1 | Toenail fungus | After only 5 days on this medication I've experienced a surprising amount of horrible side effects including debilitating exhaustion (to the point that I had to leave work), nausea, anxiety, and the worst of all extreme mouth and tongue pain. My tongue was sore as if I had scalding burns and the papillae was all red, enlarged, and inflamed. It became difficult to eat and drink or simply concentrate, as it hurt so bad. I contacted my doctor and left a message but she was unaware of this side effect. I may be seeking legal advice. | F | 33 | 5 days 250 mg | 4/30/2015 | 1 | Toe nail fungus | Anxiety, shortness of breath (similar to panic), depressive thoughts and feelings of low self-worth, poor sleeping, exhaustion, impossible to concentrate at work, foginess, wanting to be alone | Thus drug has been awful for me, taking it for 4 weeks now and been feeling extremely low and having weird, anxious thoughts and feelings about small things that I know don't matter. Couple of times I've hard shortness of breath, I'm guessing similar to what a panic attack feels like. Also, had trouble sleeping (disturbed sleep where I keep waking up with a strong thudding anxious heartbeat), feeling exhausted and it's been really difficult to concentrate at work or keep my mood levels up. Took me a while to realise that these symptoms coincided with me starting to take the terbinafine, as I originally assumed it was due to general stress and life changes (wife is pregnant and am happy so feelings are extra weird - thought it was maybe "sympathy" pregnancy at one point:-)!) but am convinced it is the drugs after reading the rest of these comments. Incidentally, toenail is slightly better after 4 weeks but no way am I carrying on taking these horrible pills. These pills could probably be used for people who want to experience the mind of a depressed person (e.g. to understand a loved one with the condition) | M | 33 | 4 weeks 250 1X day | 6/25/2014 | 1 | Toe nail | Servere depression, anxiety, suicidal, ocd, panic attacks, loss of vision, ear damage, joint pain, hair loss, including beard, insomnia, nightmares, itching. Shortness of breath, weakness in muscles, paranoia, dissociation. Numbness. Cant feel Joy. Unable to concentrate, loss of memory. Do not take this drug. It has ruined my Life. I have lost my job, my wife, my familiy, my freinds, and my self, i cant sleep, i cant play soccer anymore, i cant enjoy anything, i am in pain, i am depressed, i dont wont to live. ocd, anxiety, panic, loss of vision, and all the other sideeeffects put together and added with No sleep is a disaster and every second of the Day is a nightmare, like you have gone to hell, i am in prison in my own body and mind, the Day i took this pill is the Day i lost my Life, i am 33 years old, and I dont think i will live to celebrate my 34. I have told my familiy and freinds and wrote them a goodbye letter. Before taking this drug, i had a good job (teaching positive psychology) lots of freinds, played sports everyday, travelled, and had a good Life. | Please email me, if You have experienced Any of these side effects and got better. Especially the ocd thoughts, beard and hair loss, and panic. | M | 33 | 18 days 250 1X day | 8/17/2022 | 1 | Athletes Foot | Aching/Sore Throat, Throat tightening, Stomach Changes, Belching, Flatulance, Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Joint Aches, Lump in throat, confirmed Laynx Irritations, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Extreme thirst, Fatigue, caffeine intolerance, constipation, abnormal intestinal feelings | I've never done this before, but I feel that if I don't leave a review about Terbinafine then I might not have prevented someone else or their children from going through what I did, prescribed Terbinafine after a routine appointment with a Derm clinic for a small case of athletes foot. So I got my prescription for a 6 week dose. I took all of the pills without noticing any extreme side effects until week 5. I had a very bad anxiety/panic attack that I attributed to some work related stress, went back to the dermatologist shortly after the 6 weeks mark and was prescribed another 6 week dose. That Friday I noticed a slight pain in my throat that started. It gradually got worse, and by that evening I felt my throat begin to constrict and it became more difficult for me to create vocal noise without applying more effort than normal. In the next two weeks, I had another anxiety attack, came down with flu like symptoms, and my will to go about my day vanished. I didn't want to do anything other than be by myself and be in bed all day. My appetite decreased, the constricting feeling/voice issues continued. I made an appointment with my GP, I asked for a blood panel, talked about the medication and received no acknowledgment. Was told all my numbers were fine. Week 7…I quit on the 23rd of January, and that afternoon I sat in the shower trying to come down from a panic attack for 45 mins and had suicidal thoug | M | 33 | 28 days 250mg 1X day | 2/17/2023 | 1 | Foot nail | Taste is no where to be found!!! Libido no where to be found!!! Appetite No where to be found!!! Dizziness was horrible, depression, mood swings, stay away from this crap.... | Do not take this I have warned you!!! | M | 33 | 6 weeks 250 | 6/23/2019 | 1 | Fungal Nail infection | Truly awful. Sudden and extreme tension headaches, continual tiredness with bouts of total exhaustion, skin rash, occasional dizziness and difficulty in focusing on objects, unusual pains in chest, abdomen and armpit/arm. Terrible effects on stomach right the way through to colon. I've never experienced any problems with digestive system but I feel like my stomach is being poisoned. They have worked, the new bail growing is normal. However if your reading this and wondering should I - Don't. Pull your nail off with pliers, anything but Terbinafine. | This drug IS NOT FIT FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION | M | 33 | 4 months 250 | 9/8/2016 | 1 | Toenail fungus | Terrible headaches, insomnia, feeling tired but can't sleep, regular exercise hurting, trouble focusing, dizziness, hair loss | Used the lamisil spray for 3 weeks without any change to my nails. Doc prescribed tablet for 30 days. It's only been 5 Days but I'm getting such terrible headaches that I don't know what to do. I've never had headaches before. I also can't sleep. I have a toddler so I'm very busy during the day but suddenly I can't sleep. When I do drift off I get about an hour or to at most and then I can't go back to sleep. It's frustrating. | F | 33 | 5 days 1 tablet | 2/14/2017 | 1 | Big toe had a bad nail | Stroke symptoms, headace, jelly arms and legs, bad taste, heavy eye lids, gas, cramps. | I think this drug need to be out lawed, it is very dangerous. I had to stop taking it. I'm an athelete, and I never felt this bad before lamisil. | M | 33 | | 6/2/2008 | 1 | Fingernail infection | 2 days of dizziness, 1 week of headache, 1 month of abdominal pain/cramp which hasn't gone away yet 4 weeks after quitting the pill... | I had read all the comments here, but I wanted to try anyway... One of the most regrettable decisions of my life... I have been suffering strange abdominal cramps/discomfort on the lower right. It started on the 8th day. It has then spreaded to some nerves probably, because I am having pains on mu hip and legs too... I don't know what the hell this drug did to me... Doctors can't diagnose anything... I can't believe I am in this kind of problem all of a sudden, just because of a small infection I was trying to heal... I beg people who read this. You never know what this is going to do to you. JUST STAY AWAY... I wish I had done that :((((( | M | 33 | 11 days | 2/11/2008 | 1 | toenail fungus | hospitalized for six days puss oozing out my skin.nausea you name it i had it. | its been a year and my skin is scared forever.i look at my skin and i regret ever taking lamisil for what the incompetent doctor thought was a nail fungus which eventually turned out to be a mole. i am still facing medical bills alone because i have to get tested every 3 month for after effects. i am also using medicated skin cream to lessen the effects of the scars on my skin. | F | 33 | 6 days | 7/2/2007 | 1 | toe fungus | Complete loss of taste at week 6. Everything tastes like cardboard. Water tastes salty. Metallic taste in mouth. No noticeable improvement with toe. | It's been 2 weeks since the last lamisil tablet and taste has not yet returned although the metallic taste has subsided. Worried that I will never taste again. Toe is still the same. | F | 33 | 6 weeks | 11/7/2007 | 1 | toenail fungus | weight gain, bizzare intense detailed nightmares, HAIR LOSS, taste-loss | I'm going to keep taking the lamisil,even with the awful side effects. I'm desperately hoping it will eventually stop my toenail infection. God, I hope I don't go bald. Nightmares, taste-loss, and weight gain I can handle, but baldness, no way!!! I know serious drugs cause bad side effects (hey, chemo makes you sick and go bald!) but this is not exactly cancer here. Can anyone tell me an alternative drug without hair loss side effects? Don't care about the other side effects, just want to keep my hair, darn it!!! | F | 33 | 22 days | 8/16/2007 | 1 | toenail fungus | none | I had to rate this medicine a 1. Not because of side effects like everyone else because I didn't have any. But unfortuately with faithfully taking lamisil for 90 days, the fungus has defeated the medicine. I've dealt with toenail fungus for 8 years and have tried every over the counter and home remedy possible. Lamisil was my last option. So now I guess I've run out of options and have to deal with toenail fungus the rest of my life! | F | 33 | 90 days 250mg 1X day | 7/2/2010 | 1 | Toe Fungus | Loss of taste and dry mouth after 2 weeks of medication. Stopped taking after 4 weeks, been off for 2 weeks and no improvement. My mouth is so dry that my tongue has been splitting down the middle and bleeding. | Would never take again. | F | 33 | 30 days | 8/2/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | hospitalised for 6 days with the onset of stevens-johnson syndrome. my entir body was affected. i was treated in the hospital as a severe burn victim. blood was laying under my skin waiting for the skin to break open. | i warn every and anyone planning to use LAMISIL- be yea warned. the hurtful thing about it navartis which is the maker DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. i heard from them once and that was it. i am currently still paying medical bills with insurance. I HATE LAMISIL AND I HATE NAVARTIS AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR!!!!!!!!! | F | 33 | 6 days | 4/7/2007 | 1 | Big Toe fungus infection | It has taken 6 weeks for any major side effects of Lamisil. This caused me to do a google search and find this page. Over the past few days I have had neck cramps in my right side that has worked its way down my right arm resulting in pins and needles and numbness in my right arm and hand. It is very painful. I have also gained approx 0.5 stone in weight despite regularly exercising and never having a weight issue. This is seriously painful and after reading everybodys comments will be stopping immediately this evening. | I would recommend people think long and hard before taking this medication. | M | 33 | 6 weeks | 4/11/2005 | 1 | toenail fungus | similar to a lot of people here, extreme fatigue, malaise, feeling down, brief rash that resolved within a day -- for some reason, I didn't attribute these things to the drug until I read this site, and kept asking my friends -- what is wrong with me? why am I so tired? I didn't know that these were potential side effects (all I had heard about were the well publicized liver problems) | I am discontinuing this drug as of today -- I am taking a very important test in 5 weeks, and can't afford to be this tired and lethargic. Can anyone who discontinued the drug please email me (or post it here) and let me know how long it for you to go back to feeling normal again? I looked at the half-life for the drug and it said 36 hours, but then said terminal half life 200-400 hours, so I'm not sure what to make of this. Thanks in advance! I am going to try the Vicks vapor rub -- I've also heard that this works. | F | 33 | 6 days | 5/13/2007 | 5 | Toenail Fungus | After 67 days of treatment, I'm feeling pretty well. Maybe a little depression or fatigue, but it is worth it. Nails are growing in nicely. | Pink is starting to show at the base of my nail. No major problems. Product works as advertised. | M | 32 | 67 days | 5/23/2005 | 5 | Fingernail fungus | Slight decrease in appetite and some weight loss but no problems with taste or smell. Just dropped a few pounds yay! | Fungus not completely gone but all new growth is clear so it looks like it will now just grow out. Very happy with the results. | F | 32 | 3 months 250 mg 1X day | 8/9/2012 |