ZITHROMAX Reviews (AZITHROMYCIN DIHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (1276 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZITHROMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZITHROMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Acne | None. My facial skin was dry and itchy, but I believe that this was caused by a facial cream prescription (Benzaclin) to be used with Azithromycin. | I was on this medication for cystic acne (600mg), as a last step before Accutane. It worked fine for clearing up my skin, but after 4 months, acne returned. Rather than try another dose, I'm opting for Accutane. | F | 26 | 4 months | 3/31/2008 | 3 | Possible Lyme | Can't recall any noticeable side effects. This is an antibiotic that's more easy on my system than others. | F | 44 | 4 months | 8/30/2005 | 2 | a nasty little bug | I am having terrible heart palpatations, flutters, and extreme anxiety...all of these symptoms are getting worse.. | HAS ANYONE TAKEN THIS FOR AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME??? Please let me know if anyone has more useful information about long term side effects and if they stop once you are finished with the prescription- I have been taking it for three months now and am seriously considering stopping...I am supposed to take it for one more month. | F | 38 | 3 months | 5/7/2007 | 4 | lyme disease/bartonella | abdominal cramping/mild pain, loose stools. some anxiety. i take this 2 days a week. | while i have had some (tolerable) side effects from zithromax, my 13 year old daughter took it for 5 days last month for strep throat, and reported NO side effects, even from taking it on an empty stomach. i guess when you are younger you can handle these things better :-) | F | 50 | 2 months | 11/17/2007 | 1 | Atypical respiratory infection | Only had minor GI upset but psychological effect is almost unliveable. I have no history of mood or anxiety disorders but this drug gave me MAJOR anxiety, worry, fear, depression, panic. like a lot of other posts I had almost constant feelings of impending doom and dread. Constant vivid nightmares about death and dying. Extreme paranoia and hypochondria made worse by the amount of aches and pains it causes. At one point I counted up 12 different life threatening illnesses I was convinced I had. My life would have to literally depend on it for me to take this drug again. Last 2 months have been hell, and I still need to wait for drug to wash out my system. | Think very carefully before taking. Especially if you have any anxiety or mood disorders. | M | 38 | 2 months 250 1X day | 1/12/2016 | 1 | Suspected Gonorrehea | Sheer Panic, Crying fits, racing heart, massive depression, weakness, yeast infection, upset stomach, headahces.... | This Drug is awful do not go near it. I was prescribed this after i thought i had an std after some mild symptoms. after 48 hours of taking it i experienced horrible side effects massive depression, hives all over my body etc etc. i managed to convince myself i had hiv as the side effects along with the depression and anxiety make you think the worse case scenario. it is horrible. Whats worse is i was given a double dose of this drug by a stupid walk in hospital in sydney , do not take it! Even futher its been almost 3 weeks since i took the drug yet my immune system is still feeling the effects. Still experiecing stomach pains and i encountered a yeast infection as well. I feel very sorry for the people that have been given this drug recently! try not to worry and the main effects should wear off in seven days, although they can last for a lot longer. Whats worse is got tested at the time for any stds and they all came back negative. Try and load up on probiotics after taking this stuff. IN SHORT. AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAUGE | M | 20 | 1 months 1g 2X M | 4/2/2012 | 1 | antiobiotic treament for RA | Terrible back pain with abdominal pain. Low energy, fatigue, digestive upset and depression. Pain has awakened me most nights since I began taking zithromax. I have been taking long-term as an alternative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Other antibiotics (minocycline) have been beneficial to me. Doc keeps wanting me to take zithromax, but as of today, I am done with this drug. After almost three months, I have done nothing but go downhill. | F | 52 | 10 weeks | 11/24/2005 | 3 | bronchiectasis | It's day 2 of taking Zithromax and I'm really tired, started to have dizzy spells, shortness of breath, tremors and generally not feeling well. I suffer from Celeiacs Disease, Chronic depression,anxiety,asthma and now Bronchiectasis so and I take a daily dose of Zoloft,Trazadone,Singulair,Nasonex and Symbacourt, so far I'm able to sleep the night however my shortness of breath has increased and I just feel like laying down to sleep. | F | 45 | 6 weeks 250mg 1X day | 3/30/2011 | 1 | Acne, pimples | Iching skin all over the body, redness of the skin, eye swelling. headacne, vivid nightmares, finding yourself just stone in the air quite often , not having energy, fatigue, tired, anxious. hungry in a strange way. | It's been a week since I took third dose and the side effect is still there. I dont want to contiune on this. I'm very afraid to go to sleep, and will try to stay awake :( , because of the nightmares. and itching skin all over the body is very irritating, and your eyes is swelling :( I just hope my side effects will soon dissapear. Maybe other people can take this medicine just fine, but I think I'm a person who can't take very well such stuff. | F | 20 | 6 weeks 500 mg 1X W | 1/26/2015 | 5 | strep infection during childbirth | none | Saved my life (literally). | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 10/18/2007 | 1 | occular rosacea | Severe anxiety, trouble sleeping, altered sense of taste and smell, feeling hot/sweaty, diarrhea, bloating | I have felt severe anxiety since starting zithromax and had no idea it could be the cause. I took 2 pills 2 weeks ago, then again 1 week ago. It's been so bad I've been on the verge of calling my doctor to say I think I need anti-anxiety medication. I thought I was just feeling anxious from the ongoing stomach discomfort and diarrhea, but I'm very relieved to see on this message board that it's not just me! Will have to call primary doctor if diarrhea doesn't stop soon. | F | 36 | 2 weeks 1X W | 3/25/2011 | 1 | bacterial infection(prophylactic) | about 20 min after taking severe abdominal pain, followed by 3 days of severe diarrhea. i mean severe to the point where i could not work and my family wanted to me to the er | i hate it, hate it, hate it. im anxious days before my scheduled dose bc i know what is coming. i absolutely hate it! | F | 29 | 2 weeks 2X W | 9/26/2010 | 5 | pneumonia | stomache upset | great stuff. stopped a nasty case of pneumonia in a few days | M | 38 | 1 weeks | 2/9/2005 | 5 | UTI | None. | This worked fast and well for me. I have also taken Cipro in the past, which also worked. | F | 46 | 1 weeks | 5/24/2008 | 5 | Bronchitis | It worked for me many yrs ago. I'm getting now for the current bronchitis. I make sure to drink tons of water. | Sorry for the allergies to others. I realized now everybody is totally different. | F | 50 | 1 weeks 30 | 3/23/2017 | 4 | dental infection | dizziness,headaches,tired feeling and some stomache cramps the normal side effects u should have with this medicine i took 2 whole 5 packs of the zithromax cuz my infection wasnt completely gone after the first 5 dosage. so extended 4 more pills. | i dont understand all this bad stuff zithromax has always helped me the only thing i had going on is aniexty, feeling tired, headaches contisouly that lasted up to 15 min. out thru the day, and some dizzy spells. but all that is normal for this med. it has always helped in the long run. sorry for who those have didnt think so. | F | 20 | 1 weeks 250mg p 1X day | 2/12/2010 | 4 | For MAC/ NTM lung infection | I experiended a lot of the same side effects, especially severe cramps, that people have listed until I started taking Jarro-dopphilus (a probiotic) twice a day. I have to stay on a 500 mg dose of zithromax every day for the next 2 years(!) for this mycobacterium infection but with the probiotics I have no side effects. Absolutely none. And the lung infection shows that it's almost cleared up on my chest CTs. You have to continue with 500mg dose at least one year after no sign of infection to make sure it doesn't come back. This is a non-communicable form of TB like organism and you don't want to get this if you can help it. | Make sure to take it with a strong probiotic like Jarro-dophilus. | F | 65 | 180 days | 11/7/2009 | 5 | chronic Lyme Disease | none at all other than tiredness after several months on the azithromycin. Great antibiotic for my very serious illness. | I took this for about four months after first starting on Doxycycline. The azithromycin was so much easier on my system- no nausea or anything. I did lots of yogurt and probiotics- important for any antibiotic use and might prevent your diarrhea. I eventually got very, very tired and thought it was the Lyme- it turned out to be the side effect of the zithromax and went away three days after I stopped. I've continued to treat with herbs successfully and this antibiotic did a lot to knock out what had been a disabling case of Lyme. See www.ILADS.org for more Lyme antibiotic information, most doctors dont' know how to treat this disease long enough. | F | 35 | 135 days | 5/20/2007 | 3 | Chronic Lyme | Anxiety, night sweats, strange dreams, weird sound in ears | I have chronic lyme and began a 3 month dosage of Azythromicin (generic zpak) a few months back for sinusitus with tinitus and some anxiety. It took away all of those symptoms but I had night sweats that woke me up 5-6 times a night(on the nights I didn't have insomnia) and heart pounding..stopped taking it and began tetracycline (nightsweats and pounding heart stopped) Fine, until I added Azthromycin back to the mix...severe anxiety at night,waking an hour after falling asleep in complete panic with very strange weird dreams..to the point where I found this website because I thought I was loosing it. Could be the mix of meds, but pharmacist says "no cross reaction noted in literature"..yikes this stuff can make you loopy!!! I would never mix this combo again. Be careful. | F | 47 | 45 days | 9/1/2009 | 4 | lyme disease and other infections | Never had a problem with it. Took it for 35 days straight and as long as I took probiotics, my stomach was okay. Did not cause any mental problems or headaches, like doxy did. While it helped my lyme, it unfortunately did not cure me. | F | 38 | 35 days | 10/20/2008 |