LAMISIL AT Reviews (TERBINAFINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.3 (588 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMISIL AT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMISIL AT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Fungal toe nail | Loss of appetite , dry mouth and awful taste disturbance sweet foods taste salty etc | F | 35 | 30 days 1X day | 4/27/2013 | 2 | toenail fungus | crazy itching all over the body | F | 33 | 17 days 1X day | 4/4/2013 | 5 | 2 fingers, all toe nails | Morning stool-poison, lots of nasty gas during first 10 days | It is important to go all the way with this drug because it is not needed just for cosmetic reasons, it can if candida is not treated, affect hart or other organs so it's worth to put up with it. As far as taste, so far no problem and in the booklet it says to take it with food. I noticed potential problem with awfull taste if I leave the pill a split second too long inside my mouth but now I make sure it goes down quick with mushy food(morning cereal), so so far no problem. It is alsp recommended to help the body and the drug by washing feet everyday and change cocks every day. If there are quite strong side effects of course we have to check back with Doc. | M | 64 | 90 days 250 1X day | 3/24/2013 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | Severe nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, fever, chills, sore throoat, headache, joint pain and swelling, dizziness/spinning sensation, itchy rash head to toe, including "butterfly" rash on face. | Took the generic version of Lamisil (terbinafine) to treat a fungal infection in two toenails. I experienced only mild side effects at first, but they were expected, so I didn't worry. Around the start of week four, they got MUCH worse; however, they occurred during flu/virus season, so I thought I had a nasty bug I couldn't get rid of. Seemed like my immune system was not working well, which scared me until I tracked the start of the symptoms. Coincided with the start of this medication. Called my doc, he told me to stop taking it immediately. Ten days later, some of the symptoms have eased up, but not all. Still have nausea, dizziness/spinning sensation, fever and chills, headaches and the itchy head to toe rash. Can hardly wait for this medication to clear my system. | F | 50 | 6 weeks 30 1X day | 3/18/2013 | 1 | Fingernail Fungus | Loss of taste. Dry mouth. Constipation. Most importantly... Lack of sex drive. | I've been done with the medicine for 2 weeks and I'm still having all the same side effects. None of them existed before I started taking this medicine. They all started within 1 to 2 weeks of starting Lamisil. I would not suggest to anyone to take this. Stay far away from this stuff. It worked on my nail fungus, but the rewards do not outweigh the problems. | M | 34 | 30 days 250 mg 1X day | 1/12/2013 | 1 | Toenail fungus | My sense of taste started coming back after 12 weeks. What a relief! My experience is very similar to what has been described on this forum. I lived on diluted soups for weeks and could not taste anything sweet. Everything was salty and disgusting. Nuts and cheese surprisingly were not too bad. It is now 18 weeks since I stopped the tablets (under the generic name of Terbinafine) and although things are not back to normal yet, there has been a marked improvement even in the last few weeks. I wanted to come back to this forum as it brought me a lot of comfort to know I was not on my own suffering from awful food tastes. My GP had never heard of this although he had been prescribing the drug for 15 years. I was so worried it was going to be permanent. I can therefore say to other sufferers that things will improve but the progress is slow. Do not despair! | F | 53 | 5 weeks 250mg 1X day | 1/3/2013 | 1 | Toe fungus | Initially, dizziness. Severe loss of taste, salty taste in mouth, buttock/leg pain | TAKE THIS DRUG AT YOUR OWN RISK. Many have had good results. The severe loss of sense of taste is almost unlivable and not worth the risk. You don't have any idea how much you enjoy the taste of food until you can't taste it anymore. I could live with the rear end/leg/hamstring/ankle pain (had to see a physical therapist), but am 5'6" and 120 lbs. and cannot afford the weight loss, especially when my doc did not tell me this could happen. I would NEVER have taken this medicine. I took it for 40 days of a 90 day course before I connected the med to my loss of taste; by then it was too late. Since my doc was on vacation, I d/c it myself. Quit taking it 6 days ago and trying to eat anything I can to sustain my weight. But food is bland and/or disgusting. Please think carefully about taking this medicine before you start, or, at the very least, reassess once your sense of taste even seems to be A LITTLE funny. | F | 40 | 40 days 250mg 1X day | 12/29/2012 | 4 | toenail fungus | upset stomach | I used this in the past with good results. Not only did my toenails look better but my eyebrows grew back in and the hair over most of my body grew in better. People should know they need to stop eating sugar and most starch. I'm using this drug in conjunction with a new way of eating. Also I read that a better protocol is to take lamisil for four weeks then off for four weeks then back on for four. Studies show this protocol is as effective as taking it all 12 weeks! This saves your liver and may reduce some of the side effects people are having. | M | 51 | 90 days 250 mg. 1X day | 12/14/2012 | 4 | Toenail fungus | Lamisil is an antifungal, and antifungals kill candida yeast, everyone has some yeast but many people have too much which is why we get systemic disease like toenail fungus to begin with. The reason we can't all just use a cream is because it is in our bloodstream. So I am a sugar addict, drink wine nightly, live on caffeine, and love carbs. So of course I feel crappy after a few days of this medicine as it kills it all off. I have headaches, stomach discomfort, brain fog, itching, feel feverish, and lethergic. BUT I would also have all these symptoms if I did the natural diet and cut out the sugar, it is not just the Lamisil people. Take the test if you have symptoms of candidiasis and you will see, most of you probably do if you have toenail fungus. I can choose to eat sugar, try and consume alcohol and feel crappy in a month or two or I can try and wipe this whole thing out by eating healthy and feel great. | By the way, this is my fourth time having toenail fungus. The first of which was in High School for which I saw a podiatrist who gave me Sporonox for 3 months with liver tests. Same terrible die off symptoms. Then it came back again in my late teens for which the same podiatrist gave me Lamisil, same die off symptoms but perfect nails again! Later in my 20's after I lost my insurance I talked my doctor into giving me Nizoral which also fixed the toenails and for which I felt miserable on initially. Now here I am again, in my 30's taking Lamisil again for toenail fungus after being years without insurance. I will always battle with yeast which feeds off the sugar I crave and will thus always risk relapse on the fungus. If I would consistently stay on a proper diet, who knows, maybe I could avoid this repetitive dance. | F | 33 | 90 days 250 1X day | 10/1/2012 | 1 | Toenail Fungas | Taste Loss | Horrible experience with this drug. Dr. told me the only side effect to worry about was liver damage. Had me take a blood test for liver function before use, was all clear. Had a follow up test about 6 weeks into treatment, all clear. Sudden lost of taste around 50 days which I though was because of a cold or sinus infection. Stopped the drug as soon as I figured it out. It is miserable not being able to tast anything. I am hoping it returns soon. I have read many comments and it seems that it should be back but could take weeks or even months. I called the Dr. and he said he was unaware of this side effect and to stop taking the drug. (duh!) He said I should call the pharma company and talk with them. They told me this was a side effect and tastse should gradually return sometime between 3 - 4 weeks and 3 - 4 months! | M | 42 | 55 days 250 MG 1X day | 10/1/2012 | 3 | Toe fungus | nausea, vomiting, breakthrough bleeding. | I actually had a lot of side effects. Initially, I started taking the pill at night and I suffered from upset stomach and nausea. One night, I had a single beer and spent the rest of it puking up everything I ate the day before. I switched to taking the pill first thing in the morning and that finally stopped. I was even able to have a beer or glass of wine with dinner without that effect. Also, I am on birth control and experienced breakthrough bleeding. I never had it before (being regular for 8+ years) so it was quite a shock. I noted that I'm 'somewhat-satisfied' because it did get rid of my fungus. I guess from this forum this pill really does effect everyone differently. I would recommend checking out other options. | F | 23 | 3 months 250 1X day | 8/30/2012 | 1 | toenail fungus | Tryed hard to keep taking this tablet but had to stop after 30 days. I had really uncomfortable upset stomach, then strange burning in mouth and throat, dreadful taste in mouth, worrisome dull spasm streaking up both sides of head, ears popping. This drug must build up in the system as a couple of days after stopping the side effects were still continuing. I woke up with severe dizziness and vomiting, it was scary. It took a whole month to recover from the dizziness. It has been been 2 1/2 months since I stopped taking terbinfine and I am still suffering a burning prickly tongue. My advice is be very careful with this tablet, I don't think its worth the risk, try all the natural remedies first. I wish I did. | F | 48 | 30 days 250mg 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 4 | fungal toe infection | severe nose and anal bleeds but well worth it. | M | 53 | 90 days 250 mg 1X day | 8/14/2012 | 4 | Toenail fungus (5 toenails) | On day 25 I had taste disturbance during one meal but it went away. I noticed this happened the day I ate too many sweets so I've cut down on sugar dramatically. Bad rash developed the same day, but I stopped scratching and it went away. Liver enzyme test came normal after 4 weeks on treatment. But on day 44 I started experiencing extreme fatigue and really bad back pain. I've been consuming too much caffeine so this might have trigger the pain in combination w/the drug since I had been ok before consuming too much coffee. I have lost my appetite but if you have weight issues this might be a positive thing. | I am determined to finish the treatment despite the symptoms since having toenail fungus has affected my self steem tremendously! Fungus feeds off sugar so I'm limiting my intake of sweets. As fungus dies, toxins from the decay of fungi is released into the body which cause symtoms, so drinking lots of water flushes them out. I see clear tonails growing now! Don't lose hope, just eat healthy, lots of water, and nail that fungus! | F | 25 | 45 days 250mg 1X day | 8/13/2012 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | Lost my tatse of everything. | At exactly day 30 I noticed my food had a bitter taste and my water tasted like salt water. I thought that I was coming down with a cold. This was not the case. I quit taking the drug five days ago and it seems like my sense of taste is getting worse. If I knew that this same thing was happening to a lot of people...I would have never taken this drug. I am scared that I will never ge t my taste buds back again. | F | 41 | 30 days 250 MG 1X day | 8/6/2012 | 1 | big toenail fungus | Worked fine for about 60 days until i statrted noticing my food didn't taste right by about day 70 I could not taste anything, my mouth tasted of salt water 24 hours a day. I quit taking them 6 days ago and am very depressed, I cannot taste food or drink adn am despondent over the thought of not being able to taste my food ever again. They should have warned me, I would not have taken, And for you people that think it would be good to take to lose weight, your asking for trouble. You WILL lose weight and the enjoyment of taste, possibly for good. EVEN water taste like salt water. Praying that my taste comes back soon. | Would not encourage anyone to take this drug! | F | 55 | 70 days 250 mg 1X day | 7/29/2012 | 1 | Toenail Fungus | I took this medicine for 6 days. At first I was just lethargic. I didn’t want to leave the house and I had a horrible metallic taste in my mouth. I have been brushing my teeth 5-6 times a day. I actually got up in the middle of the night at 3:30am and brushed because of the taste. I now have swollen gums and a burning tongue sensation (taste buds are swollen and bleeding). My thinking is very foggy. I have to read things 4-5 times to understand. I have stopped taking this medicine and decided to try and fight the fungus topically. To those who have been helped by this medicine I'm very happy for you, but if you have a low immune system or are on a lot of other medicine I would suggest asking for something else. For me this has been pure poison. | For me the side effects were worse than the issue I was trying to correct. | F | 44 | 90 days 250 mg 1X day | 7/20/2012 | 3 | Toenail Fungus | I was suppose to be on this medication for 12 weeks but at week 7 I noticed a bad taste disturbance. Water was horrible, Coffee tasted like salt water, bread tasted like yeast and most other foods had no taste at all. | At first I thought I had burned my tongue on but when it wasn't getting better and in fact taste was getting worse I realized it was the lamisil. I lost a total of 13 pounds which is a lot for me because I am only 4'11". The only thing that saved me was special K protein shakes. They tasted ok and would give me some nutrition. Anyway after 8 weeks without taste it slowly came back and at the 10 week mark I can say I have full recovery of my sense of taste. My toenails are cleared up also. I did have joint pain in my knees, ankles and lower back along with my taste loss. | F | 44 | 7 weeks 250mg 1X day | 7/17/2012 | 1 | nail fungus | Awful metallic taste in my mouth - coffee, pop, food all have not taste. Sounds like it will take a long time for taste to get back. | Looks like it cleared up my fingernail fungus but took away my taste buds. | F | 52 | 30 days 30 mg 1X day | 7/16/2012 | 1 | Toe Nail Discoloration | I starting taking Terbinafine (Lamisil) and was only able to take 21 days of my 30 days supply. The reason for my discontinuing of this awful drug was because I suddenly broke out in this really back itch that is very hard to describe. The best way to describe it is imagine a itch that just continues to move throughout your body and no matter how much you scratch it just seems to get worst than before. Once it stops in one area it then begins in a entire new area. It leaves bruises on your body and oatmeal baths and benedryl just don't do it! I was prescribed this drug from my foot doctor after using a topical polish for about 8 months. The polish didn't work but, it also didn't give me this crazy itch that doesn't seem to be getting better. Been off this poison for about 3 weeks. The itching has subsided partially. Meaning, I am still itching like crazy just not as much throughout the day. I do try not to scratch but, it is very hard to ignore. The reason why I try not to scratch is because once I start it seems as if it don't stop! The only got thing Dr. Narenberg did was give me a liver profile because after experiencing the side effect I haven't been able to get in touch with him! | F | 37 | 3 weeks 250 | 7/12/2012 |