BIAXIN Reviews (CLARITHROMYCIN)

Average Rating: 2.3 (1247 Ratings)

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 ANTIBACTERIALS, MISCELLANEOUS

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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)

  

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 1  sinus and chest infection Tremors,twitches, nightmares, diarrhea, heart palpitations, nightmares, anxiety, sweats, chills,joint pain, swollen face and legs,nausea, some symptoms remaining two weeks after finishing Biaxin xl F 67 2 weeks
1000mg
4/2/2014
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 1  Strep Throat The first day I took this, I made sure to take it right after a big meal as directed. Within about 4 hours, I was screaming and crying with extreme abdominal pain. I had to take two T3's for it to subside, which just made my stomach feel like I was experiencing acid reflux. I was nauseous, dizzy, having difficulty breathing (high anxiety) and felt a constant burning sensation from my stomach to my chest. The next day however, my throat felt so much better....maybe it worked but also gave me bad side effects? Regardless, I immediately stopped taking it and switched to something else. I would stay clear! There are plenty of other antibiotics to choose from! F 20 10 days
500MG
3/23/2014
 2  bronchitis Started out OK then all downhill from there. Painful migraines, dizziness, lethargy, tinnitus, blurred vision, bitter taste and loss of appetite. Last night I took it, woke up with excruciating muscle spasms in my neck and head, couldn't move either in any direction. Had never been in such agony. Flexeril helped, but I stopped the med. F 61 4 days
500 mg
3/18/2014
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 1  Pneumonia This drug is terrible! It needs to be banned by the FDA! It has given me heart palpitations and severe anxiety! This has lasted for two days now not taking the medication! I hope these side effects go away! The nausea, confusion, ear popping, abdominal pain, dizziness, and fatigue are slowly dissipating yet present. Do not take this unless there is no other choice!!!!!!!!!!!!! F 27 8 days
200
3/17/2014
 5  Chest infection No side effects whatsoever. This drug has been amazing for me (sorry to hear about all the side effects in other people) and not only cleared my chest infection, within a few days some facial rash/pimples I had been stuck with for over a year completely disappeared and the chronic sinusitis, ear plugging, and inability to smell I had been dealing with for years completely resolved - I am shocked in the most pleasant way. Who knew my problems were all bacteria related - I am a new person. It's worth trying. Incredibly effective. No side effects at all in my case. F 48 14 days
500 mg 2X day
3/12/2014
 4  Sinusitis, bronchitis Metallic taste, bloating, acid reflux (sore throat as a result), severe gas. I had tried Zithromax twice, Levaquin twice, and Prednisone twice. This is the only antibiotic that worked for me. Make sure you take a quality probiotic while using this medication. I used Living Food inner-eco fresh coconut water probiotic, which is liquid. I used it in the afternoon to give it a fair shot at working. And ladies, make sure you get a prescription for Diflucan, you're going to need it. F 41 10 days
500 MG 2X day
3/7/2014
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 1  Submandibulr swelling?ear pain/Lyme This drug is poison as far as I am concerned. Was supposed to be on it for 30 days - yeh - right! Started out with the most nauseating metallic taste and gut wrenching sourness and ended within 24 hours of not only that but painful diarrhea for hours on end. I woke up at least 4 times in the middle of the night because of these excessive symptoms. I missed a day of work I was so sick - I stopped at day 2 - there is no drug worth this much pain and misery. It has been 2 days since the drug entered my body and my gut is still messed up. Report your side effects to the FDA if you can. They really need to take this drug off the market. If you read about it now on their website - you will see all of the damage is has the propensity to do....which in my opinion - it is WAY more than your typical antibiotic. F 49 1 days
500 mg 2X day
3/7/2014
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 2  H. Pylori Horrible nausea and vomiting, dry heaves, insomnia, terrible metallic taste in mouth. Got some STRONG anti-nausea pills from the hospital and those help a little. Medicine seems to be working though. F 30 2 weeks
500mg
2/24/2014
 1  sinus and ear infection This drug is horrible! Was supposed to take it 10 days. On the 2nd day I had watery diarrhea. On the 4th day, it felt like someone rammed a pole in my gut. Eating was out of the question. Then I got uncontrollable tremors, my fingers went numb, and I started varying between freezing then sweating like crazy. I was up all night vomiting, sweating, shaking, crying, and feeling like my head would explode. I saw 3 different doctors, all said the biaxin could not be causing these side effects. I took myself off of this crap drug. Will never take it again and have far less respect for doctors. They didn't want to help me. They all had tablets and could have Googled biaxin side effects, but I guess they were too busy to do that. Don't take this if you don't have to. F 42 4 days
500 mg
2/12/2014
 1  lung infection Cleared the infection in 3 days. However, I had all of the following : bad taste in my mouth, heartburn, severe nausea, crying, really bad insomnia and swollen feet. The cure was 10 X worse than the disease. Never again. M 56 10 days
2 x 500
2/8/2014
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 2  sinus infection During the 10 days metallic taste, pain in stomach, but not awful enough to stop and it did clear up a terrible sinus infection (dr scoped nose and confirmed infection) Was on cefdinir for 9 days....then biaxin when I went back and still had headache and could not breath, Stomach pain was a little worse each day, but was clearing sinus up....so stayed on it for 10 days.... I currently have been off of biaxin 11 days, it has been awful....pain in stomach, odd abdominal pain...no GI distress, but something is weird in the GI tract.....I have had a bad reaction to augmentin, why first cefdinir, then biaxin, anyone have issues like this after biaxin? Freaking me out. F 59 10 days
500 2X day
1/30/2014
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 4  bacterial infection metallic taste in mouth some queasiness then feeling of hunger, nightmares, weight gain, constipation Have taken this before and it works for me just not that pleasant but alot better the some side effects you get from similiar drugs F 61 28 days
500 2X day
1/27/2014
 1  cough/ sinus/flu Horrible headache, crushing chest pain, shortness of breath, face and lips swelling, nausea, feeling of doom....next several days I have experienced rapid heart beats, severe anxiety, stress, depression, panic attacks, bad dreams, heart burn, left shoulder and arm pain and numbness, and a day off diarrhea. F 45 1 days
500mg
1/12/2014
 3  Sinus infection Terrible sweats, restlessness, stomach growls as if I were starving, horrible taste in mouth, increased heart rate, and nausea. Though all the side effects suck, this medicine is already working only 2 day into taking it. 12 more days to go.. F 22 2 days
500mg
1/2/2014
 1  Sinus/chest infection We'll- it's 3:42 in the a.m. & I haven't taken a pill since 8:30 am!! 2.5 weeks of a pretty hefty mucous intense in both face and chest problem, with a 10 day go on antiviral antibiotics, with no success in getting better, I went back to dr for the "fix this sinus stuff" appointment. 3 pills total taken; 2 in the am and pm yesterday, one in the am today- the side effects have been unbelievable! Insomnia is so complete I might decide to just go ahead and reorganize the garage right now. Itching, headache and at 12:00 noon today I thought death was on my door stop. After an hour of clammy, uncomfortable sweaty stuff (thought it was one sucker of a "over 40 female" heat flash) I began a session of cold sweats I have never experienced. Hands started to shake, and the feeling of burning from the inside out was real. I thought " people ACTUALLY do spontaneously combust!?" Sweat poured off of me for over 5 minutes, and the weakness that set in was extremely scary. I turned a unique shade of yellow/white. No diarrhea yet, but I do take probiotics daily. Did I mention the headache and the dizziness? I will not swallow another one of these pills. I received a steroid shot at the dr's office and seem to have turned the corner with the chest mucus and nose drainage. I am very excited to one night actually go to sleep for more than 1.5 hours. It's hopeful- but don't know how long this ridiculous drug stays in one's system. Save a sheep and don't take thi F 41 1 days
500
1/1/2014
 1  Sinus Infection & Ear Infection SEVERE stomach pains. Other unmentionable side effects. Weakness. Soreness. Tired as hell. I feel like I'm repeatedly being stabbed in the stomach & kicked in the back. F 15 3 days
2x per day
12/5/2013
 1  Sinus Chronic Anxiety Attacks Depression Disturbed sleep Lack of appetite Nausea PLEASE understand that IF you do have any CNS side effects such as anxiety or depression, as bad as they are do NOT do running to a doctor as all they will do is tell you its not related to the drug and prescribe you even more drugs which at best will mask the symptoms but at worst leave you addicted to drugs that are harder to get off than heroin (Fact) I understand how horrible it is but try and understand this... like ANY side effect, they will pass in time and there ARE things you can do to increase the recovery. 1) Stop the antibiotic 2) Buy a good quality Pro-biotic in capsule form. as the drug that raped your friendly gut bacteria and yogurt is not. 3) Patience and time. WARNING: People who come on here claiming this drug ruined their lives and now they're on a list of additional drugs and have lost their jobs, relationships "because" of the anxiety and depression have panicked and run for more drugs and it all becomes a vicious cycle as tranquillisers are a poison in themselves. F 44 6 days
500mg 2X day
11/27/2013
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 3  h.pylori Strong Metallic taste Nightmares First couple of days no side effects at all. then very strong metallic taste in mouth (I thought one of my fillings was leaking at first). Vivid nightmares -scared the s*** out of me. Only 3 days left so will stick it out and hope to kill the Helicobacter pylori., should be worth it in the end. On a seperate note why does this turn up a positive test result for cocaine? is there some in it? M 26 10 days
500mg 2X day
10/22/2013
 4  Ear/sinus infection Dizzy, pounding heart, diarrhea, abdominal muscle pain. This is really beginning to freak me out. I just took a pill and then started reading all of this on here. My 2 year old is also taking this. Tomorrow we will stop. Our infections seem cleared up but we are only half way through the treatment. I have this painful hardness in my abdomen. I hope it's nothing serious from this medicine. If anyone has experienced a hard/ painful abdomen please comment. F 33 10 days
500
10/13/2013
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 5  Late Stage Neuro Lyme Disease Nausea. The coated tablets did not make me sick at all, but when the pharmacy gave me the uncoated ones, I felt terrible. F 39 90 days
500 2X day
10/12/2013
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