Drug Ratings for LAMISILAverage Rating: 2.4 (844 Ratings)
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| 1 | toes nail fungal infection | I had 3 infected toes nails, 2 smalls toes and the big toe, for at least 5 years now. I got a prescription for this Lamisil Pill from my regular doctor to use . But my podiatrist did not encourage me to take it, he even hesitate. So he and I decided to not take the pill but to remove all of the three nails. I did not do anything else after the nails were removed (nine months ago). So the small nail grown back perfectly normal and beautiful. The second nail grown back decent. The big nail again still had fungus. So my podiatrist just removed again the big and the second nails AND he recommended "as soon as the skin on the nail bed healed, begin to apply topical medicine, like lamisil oitment, Vick Vapor rub, or other fungal cream/liquid to kill the fungus before the nails grown back." i'll let you know how it come out. Does anyone can testify to the effective of the Vicks Vapor rub on the killing of the fungus on the nail? | F | 50 | | 5/16/2007 | 1 | On antibiotics-took to stop yeast | LOOSING MY HAIR! Lots of it! I'm really mad about it now that I've been to this site. The doctor never told me about ANY side effects. Does anybody know if hair will grow back? | DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG! | F | 49 | 5 months | 5/16/2007 | 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 | 1 | Fungus under skin | Only took for two days. Immediately started having upset stomach, headache, high blood pressure, and general fatigue. Felt like I was getting the flu. After reading this website I quit taking it. | M | 53 | 2 days | 5/10/2007 | 1 | nailfungus | No physical effects. | Very very expensive, 90 days taking it and my nails are worst than I commenced to take the medicament. | M | 29 | 90 days | 5/3/2007 | 1 | Toe nail fungus | After 30 days I am experiencing a bumpy red rash over my arms, back, shoulders and chest and it itches like h3ll!!! I have stopped taking it and I have had the rash over a week! | M | 48 | 30 days | 4/13/2007 | 1 | nail fungus | Slight changes in taste, face felt warm. | Even though my side effects were not very severe, I decided to stop taking it. I was afraid it would get worse. I went to another old-fashioned doctor and he said there was no way he would use or prescribe this drug. The risk is too high for what is mainly a cosmetic problem for most people. | M | 43 | 5 days | 4/8/2007 | 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 | nail fungus | SEVERE, HORRIFIC RASH all over my body; itchy, red, blistery crusts, mostly on my back & torso and soles of my feet!! (Try getting dressed for work with that). Has lasted over 2 months - despite Steroids, hydrocortisone, etc. Even sores on scalp, lips and eyebrows! Unable to wear anything that shows forearms, legs, feet, etc. It is truly a disfiguring, gross, rash. | They don't tell you its only effective about 30% of the time!!!! I'm (was) a very healthy female. The dermatologists are still tossing around terms like "drug induced lupus from Lamisil", "virus", etc. Really consider whether this would be worse than your nail fungus. | F | 51 | 56 days | 4/3/2007 | 1 | cosmetic toenail fungus | I first took Lamisil at night before bed and the next morning when I got out of bed I stumbled around like I was drunk. My equilibrium was shot and I was very dizzy. I called my doctor's office and they said it probably wasn't related to the Lamisil but to stop taking it to make sure. I took another pill a week later over a weekend when I knew I wouldn't be driving, and within four hours I was incredibly drowsy and dizzy. I ended up sleeping that night for thirteen hours and still woke up very dizzy and with a heaviness in my legs. I've only taken the pill twice since I got the prescription but I'm not taking it anymore. Who knows what else will happen? I was only supposed to take it for one week a month for three months. | If you're usually susceptible to side effects of any medicine like I am, don't take this. | F | 35 | 2 days | 3/11/2007 | 1 | Toe Nail Infection | OMG. When are they going to post these side effects on the leaflet? I started taking Lamisil 4 weeks ago. Over this period I have had back pain, insomnia (2 hours sleep per night), and severe depression / anxiety, and chest pain. I went to my doctor today thinking either I had heart issues or was going crazy. He told me to quit taking it. I then found this site. Glad I did as I had an appointment to see a shrink. | M | 45 | 30 days | 2/20/2007 | 1 | nail fungus on eight toe nails | I was taking the pills for about 16 days when I started having these panic attacks, like I would freak out for no reason. I would get these strange thoughts popping into my head, like thinking I was dying and was the last day I was going to be alive. I didn't eat well, maybe ate something very small once a day...tired alot of the time. I've stopped taking the pills for almost a week now, I still can't eat well and feel like someone is sitting on my chest...numbness in my right arm sometimes. I get some little chest pains as well, I hate feeling like this and hope it goes away soon. I was really scared at first, now I KNOW it's the pills...so waiting for them to go away | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 2/19/2007 | 1 | toe fungus | Put me in the hospital for two weeks. It almost killed me. People need to notify the FDA about this drug. It is a very dangerous drug. Please file the complaint....maybe keep someone from dieing. If enough people file a complaint maybe they will require more safe guards against this dangerous drug. | F | 52 | 29 days | 2/18/2007 | 1 | Toenail fungus on 9 toes | After only taking 1 lamisil tablet I noticed severe itching the next morning and remember that I had been itching in the night. Later that day I started to get the metalic taste in my mouth and thats what prompted me to find this site. I ceasesd taking anymore tablets and have since noticed a slight numbness thoughout my entire body not sure if this is related or not though. | Not worth the risk to me. I shall wait for science to come up with a safer meathod of irradicating this embarressing condition - roll on nano-technology :-) | M | 27 | 1 days | 2/13/2007 | 1 | toenail fungus | Lost my taste after about 6 weeks. Chocolate and cheese taste like a lump of fat. Cannot taste salt or sweet at all. Very thirsty, mouth feels like the bottom of a birdcage. Have stopped now for over a week. Taste not back but my mouth feels a little better. No-one mentioned alcohol and liver problems to me. I will ask my doctor. | Find another product!!! | F | 50 | 6 weeks | 2/11/2007 | 1 | Toe fungus | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG …… IT will KILL you. Started out like the flu, sore and achy joints, sever headaches, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, sensitivity to bright light, rash, depression, dark colored urine, clay colored stool after diarrhea stopped. I wound up in the hospital for 2 weeks …. Liver inflamed and my other organs shutting down. My doctor told my husband that I was not going to make it if my other organs kept shutting down. My doctors seem to think LAMSIL was the cause of this problem. Notified the drug company but all I got out of them was that it is a safe drug. After seeing the comments in here, I would say that this is a really dangerous drug. I wonder how many people have actually died while taking LAMSIL. It has been 3 yrs now and I am still having problems associated with this drug. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG IF YOU VALUE YOUR HEALTH AND OR YOUR LIFE! | F | 51 | 13 days | 1/28/2007 | 1 | Toenail fungus | Metallic taste became overwhelming. Brushing teeth & tongue made the symptoms worse. Breath bad regardless of brushing several times a day. After reading this website, worried that symptoms would never go away and stopped immediately. | If it was curing cancer - maybe...but who wants to live with these side effects only to POSSIBLY have better looking toenails? NOT ME! | F | 45 | 22 days | 1/27/2007 | 1 | Toanail fungus | Loose stools and diarrhea after about 3 weeks which has continued persistenly until I stopped taking the drug after about 55 days. Sometimes I use the bathroom 6-8 times a day. I have also lost about 7 pounds. After being off the drug for 4 days, the diarrhea seems to be abating. | I would rather live with the fungus than go through the digestive issues from this drug. I don't know yet whether the drug taken thus far has had any effect on the fungus. | M | 71 | 55 days | 1/19/2007 | 1 | Toenail fungus | None except for a virtually complete loss of taste at week 6 or so. Since I believed the literature that claimed that this was generally a reversible (i.e. temporary) side-effect, I continued taking the medication for the entire 3-month regimen. Even though I've been off this medication for 6 months now, my sense of taste is still extremely subdued (especially with sweet foods). | Based on what I've read, I really wonder if the indcidence of this particular side-effect is limited to just 3% of people taking this drug. If I had known that there was a possibility of a substantial long-term impairment of one of my senses, I never would have taken this drug in the first place. | M | 46 | 3 months | 12/17/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | Nausea, diarrhea, flatulence, achy joints, headaches, abdominal pain, hives/skin rash, and fatigue. | Headaches started during the first week. Flatulence and diarrhea began around the third week, which persisted and became worse throughout the course of the medication. Abdominal pain and nausea kicked in around the fifth week. The fatigue and something that appeared to be hives started during the last week of treatment. After the first few breakouts of hives, I was able to rule out environment and food as a cause. This led me to believe that most likely it was something internal. I have recently come off of the medication, but I am still suffering from the severe stomach pain, diarrhea, headaches, fatigue, flatulence, diarrhea, and skin rash. The big downside is that Lamisil does build up in the blood stream, and can remain in the system for a long time. Now it is a waiting game to see how long these symptoms will persist. | F | 26 | 50 days | 12/8/2006 | 1 | toe fungi | Bad reaction that happened after 5 pills of Lamisil 250. Bad rash all over my body, burning sensation and itching. Started with severe rash up my legs that turned red, itchy and resembled welts. Dermo ordered to stop taking the s..t and began treating the effects with anti-biotic ointment, burn ointments and vinegar soaks and washes. It has been close to a months and more of the rash comes up now and then but in lesser intensity. Skin burning is also going away, scalp itching is subsiding and there is little hair fall out. Disgusting stuff especially if you are over 40. Do not use if you value your health and well being. Pharmos should be put on trial for this!!!! | DANGEROUS TOXIC S..T!!! | F | 5 days | 11/29/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | nausea,headache,eyefloaters,shoulder and back pain,righthand t humb and first two fingers numb and tingling sweats and chills bad thoughs. It did not work for me at all on the nails. | I wish i would have been aware of the side effect before taking lamisil. I think a class action law suit should be thought about. | M | 40 | 3 months | 11/25/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | I have been blessed with good health. Never been in the hospital or had a major illness in my life. After 6 weeks of taking Lamisil I lost my taste, thirsty but water taste terrible food taste like cardboard. Soft drinks and everything else tastes terrible. Dr never told me about any of these side affects. Have felt depressed, have been impatient and anxious. Look pale. It appeared that the fungus was getting better so I began the second phase of 42 days at a cost $518. at WalMart...Took 10 pills from this second phase. | In my attempt to find out about my loss of taste I found this website and feel terrified to know of all the bad side affects others have experienced as well. I am going off the Lamisil. I think it is a dangerous drug and should be taken off the market and it is frightening to know that the doctors won't tell you of don't know the possible side affects of this dangerous drug. LAMISIL SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET! Thank you for having this website!! | M | 64 | 52 days | 10/22/2006 | 1 | Toe Fungus | First of all, I would tell anyone taking the drug to stop immediately. I took the drug for two months, it did not heal my toe fungus. Later I had trouble breathing and it kept getting worse until I finally went to another doctor. Ater taking a CT Scan, they found a mass as large as a football on my liver. I had to have surgery and lost one half of my liver. It has been a year since my surgery and I am still recovering. Ibelieve lamisil was the cause of this. | F | 57 | 60 days | 10/21/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | Felt thirstier than usual but no other side effects until the 23rd day when I noticed a terrible rash on my chest, back and stomach. I immediately stopped taking lamisil and took OTC benadryl but rash continued to spread to legs, arms and neck within the following week. Rash was horrible looking. The last and worst to get the rash were the palms of my hands which involved 2 more weeks and lots of itching and peeling and exposed reddish skin. Soon after, the bottom of my toes started to peel too. I had mild itching up until my palms. | My husband and I started lamisil the same day. He used lamisil for 2 months with no unbearable side effects but started to have diarrhea badly and a week after that started, discontinued the medicine. It's amazing how little the doctors are aware of the side effects and seem inexperienced to handle. My podiatrist had to look up in his medical book to see if lamisil could actually case a rash - at first he didn't even think it was the drug! No doctor wanted to see me. My podiatrist told me over the phone to see my family doctor and my family doctor told me I should see my podiatrist. It didn't occur to me until 2 weeks later to see my dermatologist who I wish I saw from the beginning. My dermatologist said the industry is experimenting with a new topical treatment which seems to have promising results but won't be available for another 2 years. I'll wait for that - no more internal medicines. | F | 50 | 23 days | 10/18/2006 | 1 | Taking Lamisil will make you uninsurable! My applications for indvidual health coverage has been denied by Blue Cross and Blue Shield because I took this medicine. Don't take this unless you know you will be covered by insurance for at least a year after treatment. If anyone knows the risks it's the bean counters at the insurance companies, they don't think you are free from side effects until after a year following treament! They must be basing their underwriting on something. Buyer beware! | M | 38 | 90 days | 9/28/2006 | 1 | Toe Nail Fungus | Irritable, lack of concentration, sensitivity to bright light, felt depressed, loss of taste, over active mind. | 3 (250MG) TABLETS IN 3 DAYS WAS ENOUGH.....STRONGLY RECOMM YOU STAY AWAY FROM THIS TOXIC DRUG !! | M | 38 | 3 days | 9/26/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | It took 63 days for me to relate my symptoms to the Lamisil. I cannot sleep, very depressed, constipated, metallic taste, lethargic, low back pain (worse than my usual back pain), and nauseous. I have gained at least 5 pounds, but eating less. | I would recommend having a toenail removed rather than taking this medication. This medication is not worth the risk to your liver. | F | 50 | 63 days | 9/16/2006 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | I think I experienced all of them despite no other medication having any effect on me. I lost my sense of taste (everying tasted sour including water), weight loss as a result of loss of taste, high blood pressure, fatigue, and headaches. | I have been off the Lamisil for over two weeks, but I am still experiencing all the side effects of this drug. I can deal with all of them except for the loss of taste as I am losing weight by the day. No drug is worth not being able to taste food; so if the time I was on the drug does not clear up the nail, I will just live with the bad nail. | M | 36 | 40 days | 9/10/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | After taking it for 82 days (90 day prescription)I realized I lost the sense of taste, developed blurred vision and itchiness. Did not realize, this was the result of this terrible drug. Now I am hoping that my sense of taste will return soon. Right now food tastes like cardboard, no taste of sugar at all. | This drug should be taken off the market. The side affects are too severe compared to the benefits. Home made remedies are safer, but mya take a bit longer. | F | 59 | 82 days | 9/10/2006 | 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 | Toe Nail Fungus | After three weeks developed severe welts on entire body. Intervenis Benedril at the emergency room solved the problem in 2-3 hours. Welts occured on several more occasions to a lesser degree. Now my problem is dry skin patches and hair loss. | Stated possible side effects don't tell the entire story. | M | 59 | 3 weeks | 7/22/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | drug-induced hepatitis | My 74-year old mother took lamisil for approx. 34 days. Her liver function tests were completely normal immediately prior to starting the drug and she had no prior history of liver problems. Once she started lamisil, however, she progressively became more and more ill, initially with flu-like symptoms. She discontinued the drug and, when she had repeat liver function tests performed, it turned out that her values were through the roof. She's been off the drug for approximately 8 weeks, but her alkaline phosphatase is still well above normal. (Her other values are finally in the normal range.) She has suffered, and continues to suffer, from loss of appetite (w/significant weight loss), severe exhaustion, nausea, chills, itchy skin and bowel problems as a result of the drug. Her internist has diagnosed her with drug-induced hepatitis. As icing on the cake, the lamisil didn't even cure the toenail fungus. This is a dangerous drug that should be removed from the market. | F | 74 | 34 days | 7/22/2006 | 1 | Toenail fungus | I took a 90-day course of Lamisil a few years back with no noticeable side effects, and it cleared up my toenail fungus nicely. Got another fungus infection, so I decided to use it again, since it worked so well the first time. Big mistake. Have been taking Lamisil for about 8 weeks now. Had one episode of dizziness about 2 or 3 weeks ago - got out of bed one morning and felt like I'd had way too much tequila. Staggered into the bathroom (after crashing into the door frame) and sat (fell ??) on the commode and almost fell off !! That passed fairly quickly, and have not experienced it since. Had some hair loss/itchy scalp issues before starting the Lamisil, but they have gotten noticeably worse since I started taking it - I didn't associate it with the Lamisil until I read some of the posts here. Have also experienced SEVERE TASTE LOSS in the past 2 or 3 weeks. Food tastes like cardboard, and my Diet Pepsi tastes like it's been in the can way too long (metallic taste), but I on | F | 52 | 8 weeks | 7/18/2006 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | Severe dizziness, headache, nausea, itching, tiredness | I took Lamisil pills (Terbinafine) for only 6 days. Symptoms began on the 3rd day: stomach pain and headaches. I didn't think anything of it at the time. It got more serious on the 5th day. I broke out with a bad itch. Still I took the pill on the 6th night and went to bed. Next morning, severe dizziness was so bad I couldn't get out of bed for an hour. Also I experienced a severe nausea, pale face, cold sweat, and shortness of breath. I suspected the pills. I went online and saw the problems with this drug. I stopped the pills. My doctor ran blood tests and told me to stop the treatment immediately (I already had). He did blood tests even before prescribing Lamisil. All these came back okay. Now, it's TWO WEEKS after after my last pill and only the itchiness and stomach pain has diminished. I'm still experiencing dizziness all day long. At sleep, I can only hold my head in one position. If I move it to the left on my pillow, I feel like I'll pass out. Walking or just si | M | 44 | 6 days | 7/16/2006 | 1 | Toe nail fungus | The side effects were horrible. After taking lamisil for 6 weeks I developed a terrible taste in mouth. I don't feel like eating. Everything taste like metal. I also am very tired and sick to my stomach. Joint pain. | This medicine should not be legal to sell. Take off the market. I would like to start a law suit against the manufactor. | F | 59 | 49 days | 7/13/2006 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | Day l: Nausea, indigestion, insomnia. Day 2: Add heart palpitations. Day 3: Add headaches. Day 4: Add gas, bloating, indigestion, and the worst yet, an extreme salty taste. | I prepared myself by reading this website before taking the drug. I mentioned this website to my dr., who said, "Ya can't believe everything you read on the net. I've prescribed this hundreds of times and only 2 people have complained." The big liar!! I told myself that I would stick with this med unless I had a serious side effect like liver damage, but after only 4 days the side effects keep adding up. The salty taste is disgusting and totally occupies my mind. This drug is demonic, just like the ugly monsters on the TV ad. I'll just deal with the fungus, even though it's tough being a girl with ugly toenails! Maybe I'll try the Lamisil topical even tho it's not very effective. Has anyone tried it? | F | 59 | 4 days | 7/7/2006 | 1 | Toe Nail Fungus | I am getting headaches the likes of which I have never experienced. They are so bad I cant even move my head without pain. My doctor recommended taking it at night with motrin and that sometimes helps but only temporarily. I have not been without pain since starting this drug, I have never experienced anything like this. I am worried about taking not only lamisil but tyelenol, excederin and motrin. Majority of these posts complain about stomach and taste disturbance I would feel lucky to get that. | The nails are clearing and I have been on it for 6 weeks. I do not think I am going to take it for 3 months. I will stop after I finish these last 23 pills. I am nervous about long term damage as well and if the fungus grows back, I seriously doubt I will ever take this stuff again. | F | 46 | 40 days | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Fungus on several toenails 20 years | Total loss of taste. Just like the others posted! Everything taste like mush! At first I was scared and not sure if it was Lamisil or other meds I was prescribed. When I had a partial loss of taste my Doctor suggested I stop the Lamisil. I continued for two days and my taste was GONE! Now I'm worried. | I see it works for many and doesn't for many. If you try it and have ANY loss of taste STOP it IMMEDIATELY! I will post again if I get my taste back! | M | 41 | 45 days | 6/27/2006 | 1 | Toe fungus | Complete loss of taste. See comment below by gnomek@verison.net for more details. I have compiled a list of foods and how palatable they can be while recovering from the side effects of lamisil. Perhaps they will help you find something you can enjoy. Feel free to add more suggestions to the list. If you want to taste something while waiting for your taste buds to recuperate, I strongly recomment a tomato-basil bisque. I got one from the Safeway recently, and was able to eat, and actually enjoy, a whole bowl...With Bread! See panel to the right for more foods to enjoy,and avoid. | Lamisil and food: Avoid these: Chocolate, Cream based soups, Doughnuts, Coke/Pepsi, cake. Somewhat palatable: Orange juice, Grapefruit juice, Milk, Plain Yogurt, spicy chili, Ice cream. Actually have flavor! Coffee(black and strong), Red Wine (not too much, just 2 or 3 oz.),Tomato-Basil Bisque (highly recommended), Altoids. If you have any other suggestions please pass them along. G. | M | 47 | 37 days | 6/17/2006 | 1 | fungus on big toes and others | Joint pain at 1 week!!!!...Then it happened!!..complete loss of my precious taste!!..Happened at third week over night..I went for my morning coffee and doughnut and it tasted like puss!!..I accused them of trying to poision me!but lamisil already did!!! | The loss of taste is a side effect of biblical proportions! Eating is now as much fun as sucking rat puke from a sewer!!All food is just mush in your mouth..I put a teaspoon of pure sugar on my tongue and it was just wet sand to me!.I did`t make the connection to this horrible drug till i read all these stories with the same results..I stopped the crap at 40 days in and i am now off it for 12 days. I seem to be getting a tiny bit of life back in my tongue...slight tingling but no sweet taste yet.I have been gargling and swishing listerene every day and brushing my tongue too..I think this is helping the tongue spring back.I also took Buckleys mixture cough syrup for the sore throat. That stuff usually tastes like stale battery acid, but i only tasted some mild chemicals...I just can`t believe how important taste is to life...we just take it for granted until it`s gone..I will NEVER take it again, and will tell ANYBODY that it`s just not worth the risks to your liver and possibly your l | M | 42 | 40 days | 6/16/2006 | 1 | Fungal infection between the toes | My tongue is blind. It can no longer discern sweet from sour, salty from bitter. Food smells wonderful, but as soon as I bite into it, it turns to cardboard mush. Eating is a chore, total drudgery, when it used to be so sublime. My depression, such as it is, cannot be blamed on my no longer enjoying the sweet sting of Wild Turkey trickling past my larynx, but on the fact that I cannot taste a sweet anything going anywhere. I stopped taking this awful stuff on June 9, 2006 and am anxious to taste my food again (and drink a little Kickin' Chicken). Can someone out there who has been where I am tell me how long I must endure my flavorless existence? Please tell me I will taste again. | I have been living with this skin issue under the pinky toe of each foot for the past 15 years. It occurs as a result of sweat creating a perfectly humid environment for all kinds of nasty beasties to grow, and one of those is a fungus which lead to a bacterial infection, and a big mess. We've been treating it topically with Gentamicine, Naftin and Betamethasone, as well as systemically with Lamisil. The Lamisil was a Big Mistake. That stuff is nasty. Had my doubts from the beginning, but was willing to give it a chance until I lost all my sense of taste. After 37 pills, I'm calling it quits and will find something less intrusive. I only have five senses, and one liver and can't live a full life if I lose any of them. On the other, I have ten toes, the least two of which I can just as easily do without. Let me see, toe or liver....?toe or liver....?hmmmmmmm. | M | 47 | 37 days | 6/11/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | Email Subject:Lamisil Subject other:very salty, bland, and horrible taste changes Comments:I have been on Lamisil for approximately 9 weeks. About 2 weeks ago, my taste changed abruptly! Had a very strong salty and/or bland or metallic taste, mostly salty. Drinking water, tea, soda, etc. all tasted like drinking salt water. All foods tasted either salty or no taste at all; anything sweet tastes horrible. I read that this can happen. Stopped Lamisil. I'm frightened. Eat very little; tastes awful. Will I get my taste back? What should I do to get my taste back to normal? Help. (Note: I emailed the above message to the company that makes Lamisil. Within 24 hrs. I received their answer which is posted across from this message. I hope this helps those who have the same problem with taste change. This is definitely not a "less common side effect." It is a very common and upsetting side effect. | Regarding your inquiry taste disturbance is a side effect of Lamisil. After stopping medication taste returns to 90% of patients in 12 weeks or less and 10% of patients it takes somewhat longer. We do not have any actual time frame around the somewhat longer. To view available safety information on Lamisil, please visit the attached link below. http://www.lamisil.com/info/tools/product.jsp Sincerely, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Customer Interaction Center | F | 53 | 9 weeks | 5/30/2006 | 1 | fungal toe nails | I started with bloatedness and bad back ache. After reading this web site I put it down to the lamisil and stopped it right away. I'm now having blood tests as my liver is showing an abnormality.. This medication should come with a health warning. 35 days on the tablet .. FOR WHAT. my toes are the same but my health isn't ... ummm well worth it. | M | 41 | 35 days | 5/19/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | Anxiety to the point I nearly passed out in a meeting at work. I am not an anxious person at all and couldn't believe what was happening to me. I have never experienced an anxiaety attack but now know exactly how it feels. | Of course the drug company didn't list any side effects like this. I stopped taking it immediately since I ended up in the ER and was treated as if I had experienced a heart attack. I am very healthy and wasn't at all suprised when none of the tests showed any heart problems whatsoever. | M | 45 | 1 days | 4/7/2006 | 1 | 1 Toenail infection | After 3 bedtime doses, can barely stand up due to severe dizziness and disorientation. Woke up feeling as if I'd partied all nite. Normally very happy and energetic but suddenly feel very sad and depressed. Shallow breathing,gas and upper abdominal pain as well. | No way I'm staying on this. I'll deal with the fungus until something better comes along. Its 3 and out for me. | M | 29 | 3 days | 4/3/2006 | 1 | toenail infection | loss of taste after about 6 weeks on the medicine | Stopped taking Lamisil and my taste returned (fortunately!) after about 6 weeks off the medicine. I found that eating without tasting impacted my life hugely. It's depressing to have eat mechanically with absolutely no enjoyment. | F | 57 | 6 weeks | 3/21/2006 | 1 | Fungal Nail Infection | Very dry itchy skin and rash all over body. No sense of taste. Feeling somewhat depressed by it all. | Used Lamisil once before about 5 years ago. Had no obvious problem then, other than it did not quite clear the fungal infection up. But now it has hit me with a vengence. Nasty stuff! | M | 50 | 10 days | 3/19/2006 | 1 | Toe Fungus | dry mouth, tiredness, diarrhea, bloody stool, vomiting | I had gasey stomach in the begininng. I was drinking plenty of water, I like I normally do. On the fourth day was very thirsty. Early in the day I felt like I might diarrhea. Later I did have diarrea and it was bloody. I reread the side effects I began to get worried. I had a salad with no dressing for dinner because I did not want to eat much. I had bloody stool diarrhea two more times and began to vomit. I went to the emergency room and was told to discontinue the medication and given a prescription for Nexium (to reduce stomach acid) and told to get a follow up from my primary doctor. | M | 28 | 4 days | 2/26/2006 | 1 | toe nail fungus | terrible back pain | After about three weeks on Lamsil, I developed serious back pain. Doctor recommended I stop using to see if Lamsil is what was causing the pain. About four days after stopping, no more pain! Hurray! | F | 38 | 40 days | 2/14/2006 | 1 | Trichophyton rubrum,montegrophyte | After a couple of weeks lost taste slightly, developed a rash and was told it would go away when medication ceased. Subsequently developed grade III oesophagitis and damage to pancreas so that I have to take Creon to digest food! | It cured the fungus appearently but left other disabilities. After a year I am still have taste disturbances, rash, gastrointestinal disturbances and a fat soluable vitamin deficiency. (There may be other deficiencies not diagnosed) | M | 57 | 150 days | 2/6/2006 | 1 | toe fungus | loss of taste | Could anyone who has gained a sense of taste after losing it please write to this list? Perhaps there is something that you did that triggered a regain of taste, and knowing this, even if it is anecdotal, rather than scientific, might help others searching for ways to trigger a positive response. | F | | 2/6/2006 | 1 | toe fungas(both biggun's) | You don't know me from sh%^.Beware this medicine.I'm one of those guys who could take anything and not have any side-effects.lost weight and interest. slowly fell into mild depression(not seasonal)side E's started @ about 54th day(I kept a journal for progress) | they say about 4-5% will see some mild side-effects.i hope not. it will freak you out.although the meds did work,as i'm waiting for the toenail(s) to grow out.also cleared up my adult acne and made my penis a bit longer(just kidding)about the johnson) | M | 44 | 54 days | 1/16/2006 | 1 | toe nail fungus | I didn't experience any side effects. | It did nothing. I took two courses of treatment. A big waste of my time especially the blood work. | F | 42 | 6 months | 1/15/2006 | 1 | toenail fungus | nausea, weight gain, tiredness, raised liver enzymes | Just read your statements on line about your Lamisil side affects. I was on it for 1 month and started to feel nauseous, sluggish. Had gained 10 lbs in that month even while dieting. After taking the meds for 30 straight days, I took a blood test, and was told that one liver enzyme was raised. Now, having been off it for a month and taken another blood test, we find that two enzymes are slightly raised. Add that to periods of severe nausea and tiredness and I'm scared stiff. Never much for alcohol, my liver was as healthy as ever before this medication. Man, can 1 month on this crap have destroyed my liver? How long after discontinuing taking the drug did your symptoms go away? | M | 36 | 1 months | 1/11/2006 | 1 | toenail infection | I started taking Lamisil March, 2005 ending June, 2005. I experienced acid relux, nausea, itching, terrible dreams where I heard voices and lack of taste. Not sleeping because of the stomach problems led to stress and anxiety and I am to this day still suffering from depression. I know this medication is responsible for my depression. I will not take anti depressants. Lamisil has made me leary of any prescription medicine. I believe it's a dangerous drug. | I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE | M | 38 | 3 months | 1/3/2006 | 1 | Toe Fungus | Loss of Taste-----Bitter salty ---Nothing Sweet Stopped after 5 weeks 2 Weeks later still no taste | M | 52 | 5 weeks | 1/3/2006 | 1 | Fungal Rash from gardening | Complete loss of taste, salty taste, weight loss, blurred vision, abdominal gas, hives, itching. | Only took drug for 25 days. Rash was cured. Still after being off drug for 38 days, taste has still not returned. Can't stand to eat anything. Only eating after absolute hunger forces me to eat. Still some blurred vision when working on computer. Can't afford to lose any more weight, don't have much left to lose! Drug should not be on the market. | F | 48 | 25 days | 12/29/2005 | 1 | toenail fungus | sleep all the time, had a few days with no sleep at all, increase in irritibleness, pain, tingling, and numbness in both hands and arms, gaseous for about a week, feeling like someone reached inside my chest and was squeezing for about a week, metalic taste, can taste some sweet things, other things not at all, noticed extra pain and itching in toenail (may have been associated with having ingrown nail removed). | Side effets should have been studied more. Doctor told me I would have to take for about 6 to 9 months before seeing results. NOT!! Only took for about 2 months. I'm Italian, so not being able to taste is a fate next to death for me, especially since Christmas is 6 days away. I will be consulting other doctors and an attorney. | F | 32 | 2 months | 12/19/2005 | 1 | Toe nail infection | After taking just one Lamisil tablet I felt flat and out of sorts. Have been taking for three days and have lost interest in food and feel quite low and disconnected from my everyday life. This is obviously a extremely powerful drug - my doctor in Australia gave me no run down on the side effects. | I am a healthy fit mum of two who feels rotten after 3 lamisils. After reading other comments I am quitting them today. It seems ludricrous to put oneself at possible risk, not to mention months of depression and some of the other side effects that seem to fairly common complaints on this site. | F | 45 | 3 days | 12/4/2005 |