Drug Ratings for ROCEPHINAverage Rating: 3.2 (22 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ROCEPHIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | Inflamitory disease | I went to the doctors for severe reoccurring pain to find out I have inflamitory disease. I had told the doctors that I'm allergic to rocephin, only to find out that the only thing to help treat is a shot to jump start my two weeks of rocephin twice nightly doses. I asknowlege that this may have not been the most brilliant idea but it was that or two days in the emergency room on an iv drip and being the lone care giver of three kids this could not happen. Fever. Mood changes. Puss from eyes. Mouth sores. Muscle pain. Loose stools. Worlds worst experience. | F | 24 | 2 weeks 100mg | 4/7/2013 | 2 | Pneumonia | Horrible side, leg and buttock pain. I was given the shot on 10 & 11JAN 2013. Today is the 12th. Feeling numbness in lower leg. Started zpac today as well. Abit worried with this pain as it is creeping throughout by body and back. | F | 40 | 1 days 1X O | 1/12/2013 | 1 | I had strep throat | I am currently stuck flat on my back. I cant walk or use the bathroom. | F | 32 | 1 days 1000mg | 12/2/2012 | 1 | Bursitis | I have had severe pain at the injection site for 3 days, numbing in my leg corresponding to the side of the injection, back pain, can't sleep from the pain, can't walk more than 10 feet (and I run marathons). | This drug is a PIECE OF CRAP, NEVER EVER LET ANYONE GIVE THIS TO YOU, EVER, EVER!!! IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. | M | 42 | 1 days IM injecti 1X O | 7/3/2012 | 4 | Uti and kidney bacterial infection | I went into the dr. Office today, extreme lower back pain, turned out to be a bad kidney infection. Dr. Gave me the shot to jump start the antibiotics. Nrse said it was thick and would hurt. It made my leg hurt so badly I could barely walk. Hobbled out to the car and couldn't drive. 4 hours later and my back feels better, but still hurts to put any weight on the leg. | F | 36 | 1 days Shot 1X D | 6/21/2012 | 5 | Lyme Neuroborreliosis | slight neck rash that has gone away by next day | My daughter had been diagnosed with Lyme in 2009 and was only put on Doxycycline.She had been in bed 24/7 since 2007 an in constant pain, heart problems,arthritis, RSD,Insomnia,CFS,Fibromyalgia,etc since 2004.In Sept2011,I noticed neuro symptoms similar to Dementia patients. Took her to a new Infectious Disease, had an MRI done, showed Brain inflamation, had PICC line done on her arm and started IV 2Gm everyday. She will have it for 6months+. She is walking more (has been in wheelchair last 4yrs) has not worn sunglasses(had severe photophobia last 4 yrs)The bad news is that she has alot of mental issues that were never there.Afraid to sleep in her room, hears things, won't take a bath or shower etc. Brain cells do not regenerate. We have to hope for the best | F | 23 | 3 weeks 2Gm 1X D | 11/5/2011 | 4 | unknown infection | 116 of these painful shots with lidocaine and all is well, the last two sent me to the er room, it wasnt until we connected the dots when we realized these were now turning on me.. started with mild back pain, then pain in the general abdomial area to a degree it's not on the pain charts, horific pain that lasts another five days then isolates on your left side, like a broken rib, all ur stomach muscles are strained which causes more pain, you cnt talk, barely breathe due to the pain, you pass gravel like stool for several days, i know it was the rocephin because i received two shots apart and that evening i was in the Er. CT, blood, xrays, urine all looked good.......docs didnt even consider allergic reaction to rocephin which it states on all the site can cause servere adominal pain, colitis this and that,,im on my 3rd day of round 2, today i can stand without a heatbad on me 24/7, i can breathe, but the pain is still there, ive had 15 operations, none of em hurt like this.......up t | M | 41 | 4 years 1grams 4X M | 8/7/2011 | 1 | For a Viral Infection | I took the shots in my upper arms in the ER three months ago and I am still in severe pain in my arms, when I move them in an upward movement. I lost partial mobility in my left arm and my shoulders are totally numb, except for the pain. | M | 66 | 2 days 2X D | 8/4/2011 | 1 | for bronchitis | swollen tongue, rash on back | F | 61 | 1X D | 5/19/2011 | 1 | sinus infection/bronchitis/cough | Extreme leg pain, deep muscle bruising. | Got this as an initial antibiotic shot in the ER. Holy crap does this stuff hurt!! They mix it with lidocaine....trust me, not that helpful. Three days later and I have a deep muscle bruise on the side of my leg the size of a softball. Hurts to move it at all, don't even think about touching it. Then to top it off, shot did nothing....so not worth the pain!! Ice packs are the only thing that helps at this point. | F | 31 | 1 days 6cc w/lido 1X D | 3/14/2011 | 5 | lyme disease | abdominal pain; gallstones resulting in surgery | Despite having gallbladder out- was worth it as greatly improved neurologic sx of lyme ie; speech and memory problems; too bad it is so controversial | F | 38 | 28 days 2g 1X D | 2/28/2011 | 5 | chronic sinusitus | I infused with a pump at home with aid of home health nurse for starting IVs and regularly checking and changing site as needed. No side effects even though I have a long list of meds I am allergic to. I end up using this method about once every 5 years for severe flare-ups and have always had great results. | F | 53 | 14 days IV 2X D | 1/22/2011 | 5 | Severe Bronchitis - COPD | Must be emulsified with Lidocaine in intra-muscular injection. | I get the 'CRUD' twice a year: persistant bronchitis. After trying many, many series of oral antibiotics, I finally insisted on an injection of Rocephin. It works - all the time, every time. I usually take a follow-on course of Avelox (good stuff, too) or Leviquin. One shot kill. | M | 59 | 250X4 1X D | 12/5/2010 | 5 | Recurrent UTI | Loose Stools and Pain at injection site. Works well!!! | F | 30 | 2 days 1X D | 8/17/2010 | 3 | Yes | After three days very loose stool so I had to take something else to help with this. Things were ok until day 14 and then two hours after dose temp dropped out from under me, 94.2. Terrible shakes, felt like I had the flu and then temp went up to 110.9. After a few hours it stopped. This happened four days in a row also my blood count dropped three times in less than a week. I had to stop the med after 18 days. | Was told this is the best for advanced Lyme's. Does anyone out there have any other ideas? | F | 60 | 18 days 2000 MG 1X D | 3/22/2010 | 5 | undiagnosed medical mystery | i am hypersensitive to meds and this one is wonderful, little to no side effects. slight headache, muscle tighten in abs, foul smelling bowel movements | im on my 64th shot, given by my wife in 2.5 years. I have an unsolved medical mystery that many docs still have not been able to solve. The one thing they all can agree on is this shot helps. It actually helps with lowering my bloodpressure, knocking out the infections, bad smells, headaches, anxiety and severe fatigue. So far..been incorrectly diagnosed with prophyria, hemachromcytosis, pheochromcytoma, cushings, u name it... | M | 39 | 2.5 years | 11/22/2009 | 5 | Lyme Disease | Towards the end, a little problem with loose stools. Mostly alleviated by eating a lot of probiotic yogurt. I also had an allergic rash that was localized to the arm the PICC line was in, and my doctor was unsure whether it was really the Rocephin or perhaps (more likely because it was localized) just the blue dye in the antiseptic that was used on my arm during the procedure to insert the PICC line. | This was my miracle drug. I'd had Lyme for over seven years before it was diagnosed, and I was really sick when it was. I'd started on oral antibiotics, and they were working, but very slowly. So the doc had me taking Rocephin 1 gram per day via PICC line for four weeks, and after those four weeks, while I did switch back to oral antibiotics to finish the job (stopping Rocephin) was dictated by insurance, not my feeling 100% better, I felt like a new woman. I went from having memory problems, problems verbalizing thoughts, feeling disconnected from reality (seriously - it was WEIRD), having mild encephalitis, having photophobia, having severe headaches, having severe muscle pain, and so forth, to feeling like I had my brain and body back. After Rocephin, I could finally read a book and comprehend it again, I could focus on my office job again, my steel-trap memory was back, the encephalitis was gone, I regained flexibility in my muscles and joints, and overall, my pain went from maybe a 9.5 to a 1. | F | 29 | 28 days | 10/11/2009 | 4 | Prophylactically after procedure | Very mild soreness at injection site for about 2 minutes. That's it. | I'm very sensitive to all oral antibiotics except for Cipro, but the docs would not prescribe Cipro. They gave me the option of a one time IM shot of Rocephin, and I had essentially no side effects afterward. The med was in Lidocaine, so it was painless. | F | 31 | 1 days | 1/28/2008 | 3 | lyme disease | skin rash, horible itching!!!! I wanted to peel my skin off. May have been due to PICC line or products used to serilize the entry site? Not sure. I took 1g/day 5 days a week... 28 days total. By the day I had to get the PICC line out I was already in the hospital... I had horible pain right where my ribs come together... diaphram area. Turns out the antibiotics caused stones in my gal bladder and I had to have emergency surgery to get my gal bladder removed!!!!! | Not the first time I have taken Rocephin via a PICC line for Lyme disease. I had taken about 1 month worth about a year prior and it greatly improved my symptoms for about 9 months... The benifits were definately there, but came at the cost of an organ (turns out you don't really need) | F | 20 | 28 days | 7/5/2007 | 4 | bronchial pneumonia | I got a shot of Rocephin. I am allergic to lidocaine so they took that out of the shot. I really had no side effects other than a sore place on my hip where the shot was given. | This helped me to feel better for 1 1/2 days but I have a very bad case that has been going on for one month, three days. Next step--they want to put me on Levaquin. I would take this shot again, though. | F | 65 | 1 days | 3/17/2007 | 5 | Lyme Diease | Slight allergic reaction - itching skin, blotchy skin Take Benadryl to quiet reaction | It has been a miracle drug for me. I've gone from being bedridden for over 4 years to at least being able to go outside once a day. I infuse 2Gm of the antibiotic once a day via a PICC line. I've been using it for over 6 months and will probably stay on it for at least another 6 months. | F | 28 | 6 months | 1/12/2007 | 2 | lyme disease | rash, fevers, general illness | probably good if you're not allergic | M | 35 | 14 days | 1/21/2005 |
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