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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BIAXIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Sinusitis | Nausea, bad taste in mouth | Biaxin is a wonderful drug and one of the very few antibiotics that I'm not allergic to. It was extremely helpful in the beginning for my persistent sinusitis, but over time it has become less effective due to the significant number of times I have taken it. I know that a lot of people hate it and cannot tolerate the side effects, but if you can get past them (it usually only lasts the first few days for me and then I'm fine for the next month or so that I'm on it), it's worth it because this drug works and it works FAST! Once I had a sinus infection so severe that my face was swollen with infected fluid, and within 3 doses (1.5 days) it was completely cleared (not the infection quite yet, but the swelling). | F | 17 | 10 years | 4/14/2007 | 5 | chronic lyme | metallic taste, strange dreams and I GOT MY LIFE BACK!!!!! | this drug has saved my life!!!! regularly using it has allowed me to function with chronic lyme that had me almost totally disabled before I found this medication. | F | 56 | 4 years | 9/15/2009 | 1 | acne/rosacea | Painful speech, swallowing, choking off upon speaking. Incapacitated now because of symptoms. | First, it was an inappropriate drug choice for my condition. I took it with probiotics for several years without a problem, right before going to bed. When I ran out of the probitotics, I delayed buying more. I'm not sure how much time passed; maybe a couple of months. After singing a bit out of my range one night, (I'm a performer,) I developed serious pain upon any kind of vocalization, far longer than should have occured. Months went by without change. My ENT was confused, but said that voice strain couldn't have caused so much damage. (I saw a voice coach who couldn't understand it either.) The doctor tentatively diagnosed acid relux, which I'd never had before. I spent three months on Kapidex (now renamed Dexellent,) and was greatly improved. Then I sang out of range again and totally relapsed. Was improving on Dexellent when I was placed on doxycline for something else, and now my voice is worse than ever. That was several months ago. I haven't spoken in over 10 days; it's just too painful. Can't socialize with friends or go anywhere. I suspect Biaxin either burned my throat or created reflux or yeast problems. I just hope I can heal again, or my life is pretty much over. Never take any antibiotic without acidophilus/probiotics, and never take them before bed. Always drink a full glass of water. | F | 58 | 3 years 250 mg. 1X day | 5/2/2010 | 5 | Lyme Disease | Worked great. Love this antibiotic. No side effects at all. | Herx (common w/Lyme) was mellow first time. I had to take again a year later for a long time, it was harder, but did it and beat co-infection, Bartonella after 9 months on it. My choice abx for cell wall deficient lyme and Bartonella. | F | 46 | 2 years | 1/31/2010 | 5 | Lyme Disease / H.pylori | None | No classic herxheimer reaction (worsening of symptoms) as expected with Lyme treatment. Cured H.pylori. Great drug. | F | 44 | 1.5 years | 2/9/2008 | 5 | sinusitis, labyrinthitis | None at all. | No side effects & I can't tolerate many drugs of any kind. Stopped my diahrea (!) and cleared up all infections. Took it for 14 days, 1,000mg daily, then 500 mg daily for 1 year following 7 month undiagnosed illness--1993/94(bacterial labyrinthitis). Just finished 10 days for sinusitis. Has cleared gastro stuff also. I love this drug! | F | 50 | 13 months | 6/4/2004 | 5 | Lyme Disease | Bad taste in mouth especially first thing in the morning. | This is my 2nd round of Biaxin (6 months each time). This time it is easy and almost no side effects. The first year I took it I had a funny taste in my mouth all the time and occasional chest pain. The bad taste can be minimized by swallowing quickly and not leeting the Biaxin touch the tongue. The generic did not work as well. | F | 45 | 6 months | 7/24/2006 | 5 | Lyme Disease | Bad aftertaste. I found that it's whenever I haven't had enough fluids that I notice the taste. So, if I drink enough water, I don't get the aftertaste, and it's only when I wake up in the morning and haven't had a drink in eight hours that I have this side effect anymore. | After a month of intravenous antibiotics, my doc put me on Ceftin (closest to the IV stuff I was on), to finish killing off the Lyme. But the Ceftin severely affeced my lower G.I., and I had to go off it or risk colitis. So, the doc put me on Biaxin because of its ability to go intracellular (Lyme hides insides your cells), and I've been feeling much, much better. It seems to be doing the job without causing me any side effects other than the aftertaste, which is so minor that it's totally worth dealing with it if I'm feeling so much better. And I've had the pleasant side effect of not having had a sinus infection in months (I usually have at least four a year). | F | 29 | 5 months | 10/11/2009 | 4 | Systemic Infection | Anxiety (briefly when I first began it). | Biaxin has been a very tolerable antibiotic for me. I've taken MANY for a chronic infection. | F | 27 | 4 months 500mg 2X day | 3/15/2013 | 4 | lyme disease | metallic taste | Severe metallic taste the first week of taking it. It was soooo bad I had to constantly suck on jolly ranchers. Even then the taste stuck in my mouth. It seemed to subside about 2-3 weeks into treatment. The pill itself smells really good like a vanilla milk shake so its so odd that it would have such a bad taste!! No other issues besides that. | F | 29 | 3 months 500 2X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | bad lung infection | personality change, irritability,anxiety,night sweats, horrible taste in mouth, loss of appetite, messed up sleep pattern, feeling hateful. | I did not realize the side effects I had until I stopped taking this. I could feel myself becoming different I just wasn't sure why because I take medication for depression and I thought maybe it wasn't working like it did when I first started it. I had no idea that an antibiotic would have these side effects until I found this site and read the many reviews for this drug. I honestly don't think it has helped my infection either. I am taking azithromycin now and I feel a lot better with no side effects that I notice so far. | F | 47 | 3 months 500 mg 2X O | 12/29/2015 | 4 | mycobacterium abscessus | Exteme metallic taste, nausea, dizziness, & itchiness. Need to be on 3 more months. Am cancer patient (myeloma), chemo postponed because of lung infection. VERY grateful for the medical field and their advances in medicine despite uncomfortable side effects. Also have 4yr old with cystic fibrosis, who perseveres with taking 6 medications/day (one which is given with every meal), and respiratory therapy 2x's a day. Life expectancy is now 38yrs old for people with CF (was in the teens when I was a kid). For my cancer, life expectancy used to be 3 yrs is now greater than 10. So I thank God for these drugs that have lenghened my son and my life. Deal with the side effects. | F | 43 | 2 months 500mg 2X day | 9/15/2010 | 2 | lyme disease | terrible metallic taste in my mouth, stomach problems, terrible insomnia. I wake up a few times a night and often can't fall back asleep after 2:30 or 4:30am. | F | 29 | 2 months 500mg 2X day | 10/22/2010 | 2 | Skin problem/Acne | horrible, metal like taste. itchyness. dizziness. zombie like state, just like 90% of the people have already addressed. confusion. depression. horrible anxiety. and weirdest dreams i have ever had in my entire life. | some of these symptoms may or may not be related to the medication, but i have one day left and i sure as hell hope i feel better after a couple weeks. In terms of helping my skin, i would not recommend anyone to go on this, if your doctor has suggested it. there are very few antibiotics that can help, and if they do, the side effects tend to way out the skin improvements. | F | 17 | 2 months | 8/26/2007 | 1 | For an abscess on my lower back | Sleeplessness, pounding heart (wondered if I was having a heart attack), inability to relax, depression, mood swings, and many other side effects. Experienced most of the side effects named on the label. | I will never, ever, ever touch this poison again. It should be permanently removed from the market. Simply experiencing side effects was not the worst part of it. After a year and a half of being off these pills, I'm still experiencing problems with my heart that often interferes with my sleep (this started from day one that I began taking the pills and has continued ever since, even though I have been long off of them). I just got pregnant, and my midwife is advising me to get an EKG even though I'm only 24 years old, because the side effects are still having serious repercussions on my body. ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR SOMETHING ELSE. REFUSE BIAXIN. BOYCOTT IT!!!! | F | 24 | 6 weeks 1X day | 4/16/2010 | 4 | Chronic sinus infections | Funny taste in mouth, seemed to make my blood sugar drop significantly (I am hypoglycemic) | I had been on two doses of augmentin but my sinus infections kept coming back over the course of several months. This actually cleared the infection almost immediately although my doctor prescribed Biaxin for 4 weeks. A warning to all, steroids and z-packs that I had previously been prescribed actually leech your bones and make them brittle. If your side effects are just moderately troublesome on this drug, it is certainly a better alternative to steroids which are the only other thing that has worked for me in the past. | F | 26 | 4 weeks | 1/20/2009 | 2 | Lyme disease | Nasty metallic taste in mouth and stomache upset, including, pain, nausea, bloating, and heartburn. After 2-3 weeks began getting anxious and having trouble sleeping. Almost 4 weeks in the anxiety peaked and had heart palpitations. Went to ER, nothing found on all tests. Told to stop taking biaxin. | I have stopped taking it and am getting some Xanax to deal with residual anxiety. Also taking armour thyroid, do not know if that can cause palpitations. | F | 34 | 3.5 weeks | 7/13/2006 | 5 | to the previous post, you shouldnt worry about any other side effects if you are already 3 days in... Bitter taste in mouth is probably as bad as its going to get for you, i should know, ive been on it for 3 weeks (one more to go) | none | M | 3 weeks | 1/27/2006 | 3 | Chronic sinusitis | Metallic taste, increased heart rate, nausea, abdominal pain | Assisted with nasal congestion | F | 29 | 3 weeks 200mg 2xda | 9/30/2015 | 1 | Recurrent sinusitis | Horrible taste in the mouth and loss of sense of smell, some headaches. | Concerning that from others' comments that their sense of smell has not returned after 6-8 months. | F | 70 | 3 weeks 500mg | 12/30/2016 |
BIAXIN (CLARITHROMYCIN): Clarithromycin is used to treat a wide variety of bacterial respiratory tract infections. Clarithromycin is known as a macrolide antibiotic. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (such as common cold, flu). Using any antibiotic when it is not needed can cause it to not work for future infections. FDA Approval Date: 1991-10-31 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)