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 |
| 1 | Sinus infection | Dizziness, extremely tired, depression, bouts of crying for no reason, sensitivity to noise, heavy head and overall feeling of being poisoned. | Got this for my sinus infection. Doctor recommended this medicine because you only take it once a day for 5 days. Day 1 I took the 2 pills and felt better - aka sinuses were draining and I had more energy, Day 2 I thought I suffered a breakdown. Felt extremely anxious at work, started crying for no reason, very odd. I was doing fine before this pill. Day 3-4 extreme fatigue, feeling depressed. I didn't want to take the last pill by DH insisted and since the infection was bad, I took it. Will never take this poison again!! | F | 36 | 5 days 250 mg 1X day | 9/29/2013 | 1 | Sore throat-runny nose-cough | I should have known better. I have pretty bad IBS as it is and a very senitive digestive tract. Well I was unharmed until the last two days. I am taking probiotics with it. I started going through waves of nausea at work yesterday. Towards the end of the work day I had bad stomach cramps that would come and go. I blamed my lunch. That night I had terrrrible diarrhea witj my normal stomach cramps. I def went to be not feeling so hot. I woke up this morning, got ready for work, and spent the next hour in the bathroom hurling over with intense intestinal cramping. Stool was thick and slimy mixed with diarrhea and it was causing a painful burning trying to pass anything. I forced myself to call out of work and im glad i did. Totally feel like my insides are twisting on me. I will never take this sht again. I thought it was the probiotics until i read these reviews. | F | 28 | 7 days 1 week | 9/24/2013 | 5 | Sinus Infection | None | I tend to get sinus infections and respiratory bugs often. I always ask for Z-Pak when I see the doctor because it works very well for me. I have never had one un-desirable side effect. I take it without food and it doesn't upset my stomach or anything of the sort. | M | 21 | 5 days 250 1X day | 9/11/2013 | 1 | Strep throat | I took azithromycin for the prescribed day on and day two. For the next 3 days i felt like crap. Hives, facial swelling, inner ear swelling, and nausea. It took hospitalization and a lot of steroids and Benadryl and Pepcid To get me well. | F | 50 | 2 days 250 mg | 8/29/2013 | 4 | Chlamydia | This time, with the name brand, little bit of a thumping heart, but nothing else. In 2009, after having taken 4 or 5 name brand Z-Packs in the past with no problems, I was given a generic script, and made a post in this forum about side-effects I'll remember for the rest of my life. The insomnia alone lasted for 6 months, and weird emotions with which I'd never had problems in the past: Dread, Fear, Depersonalization were horrific. My heart would suddenly race at any sudden sound. A couple of people on this forum helped me get through it. | You would think that I would never take the drug again, but was talked into "re-challenging" my system with name-brand Zithromax by a friend / physician I've known for 25 years, as I was running out of treatment options. I purchased the name-brand Z-Pack ($90) and after saying a prayer, started. To my great relief, none of the life-changing symptoms that I experienced last time occurred, other than my heart lightly pounding for brief periods. I almost can't believe that I tried to take it again- I swore that after the hell I went through there would be no way. It's a good bet that generic Azithromycin was the source of my problems in 2009. | M | 52 | 5 days 250 1X day | 8/24/2013 | 4 | Bronchitis-like Bug | Ufa -- almost instant diarrhea from the get-go! Had my dear Mom run to the health food store to get probiotics and Kefir, and after taking these (take them 2 hours before/after taking the Z-pack pill), diarrhea stopped. Also, the first day you have to take two of the pills, and after that, I felt like death warmed over. I also felt a scary sense of panic and tingling in my arms! These subsided within the hour as I relaxed and drank a lot of water. Tummy aches, too, but I learned quickly to eat a BIG breakfast and then take the Z-pack pill. That wasn't easy because of the 3rd side effect: loss of appetite! That got better as the days went on. Also, a feeling of being "out of it," and some depression. I prayed a lot while taking this: Lord, use it to heal me! | I went to bed one night, after a very stressful couple of days, with a tickle at the back of my throat. Next morning, I began coughing up green phlegm and felt fatigue and detached from reality. I also had yellow pus in one eye! My nurse practitioner prescribed the Z-pack. Soon after taking my first dose, I could feel the "battle" going on in my bronchi and chest as the days went on, and now, on day 5 feel much improved. Thank GOD I didn't have the bad side effects consistently. It was rough, but I'm thankful that the pills helped me. Don't forget to take the probiotics and force yourself to eat a good, solid breakfast before you take the pill! You'll get sick otherwise and maybe even get CDif if you don't replenish your gut flora with the probiotic. Google it if you have to! | F | 49 | 5 days 250 mg 1X day | 7/28/2013 | 1 | Bronchitits | Insomnia, anxiety,upset stomach, fatigue, weakness, agitation overall unwellness | I will not take this medicine again. I was relieved to read some of the other posts because I thought I was crazy. I kept telling my husband about the strange symptoms. He would say "better than having bronchitis". No, it isn't. I'm so uncomfortable. I didn't take the last dose of a 5 day dose schedule. I will not take this medicine again if there is an alternative. | F | 50 | 5 days 250mg 1X day | 7/25/2013 | 1 | Chest infection/ bronchitis | I took the greenstone brand of azithromycin. Migraines/Sharp stomach pains/ completely covered in hives. Took meds 5/10/13, only took 3 pills and the side effects took over. Sharp and violent stomach pains. Only had a few hives at first, went to the doc and he gave me Benadryl 500 mg... Didn't do shit, just made me sleepy. 4 days after covered head to toe in hives. Went to emergency room, hot a steroid shot ( not afraid of shots but 3 minutes after shot- your arm feels like its been hacked off) and a 21 pill pack of steroids to follow. Finally hives went away in 3-4 days... Now it's 7/13/13... The hives came back, so this bullshit is still in my system. I WILL NEVER take this crap again | F | 31 | 5 days 250 mg | 7/13/2013 | 1 | Bronchitis | This was the worst reaction I have ever had to a medication. I truly thought I was going to DIE. The profound nausea, vomiting, and weakness went on for 2 weeks. I lost 15 lbs and I only weighed 120 to begin with! I had to be hospitalized due to the horrendous side effects I had with Zithromax. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!! | F | 58 | 4 days 250 1X day | 6/26/2013 | 1 | Possible pneumonia | 500 MG the first day, 250 for the next two. This was as bad as everyone says. Probably the worst few weeks of my life. Vertigo, dizziness, tremors (couldn't even sign my name), nausea, extreme pressure in my head, headaches, double vision, constant tiredness, fuzziness (just couldn't concentrate or think), noise sensitivity, chest pressure, and a general feeling of disconnection from everything around me. It was just a very odd set of symptoms that were unlike anything I'd ever experienced. They appeared about 36 hours into it, and I couldn't go on, so I stopped after day 3. | This drug has a long half life. At almost 3 days, that means even two weeks after, about 3% of of it is still floating around in your system. I'm about 5 weeks out now, and it's pretty much cleared up. This might be the first day I've woken up without any trace of haze and headache, though there's barely a hint of a tremor left. All the symptoms declined steadily throughout the period, and it was around 18-20 days that I started to feel functional again, though not quite normal. All this is to say that if you're like me, it will feel bleak, unending, and awful for a little while. I was afraid some of the symptoms would be permanent. They felt like neurological problems. But it did clear up, so hang in there. | M | 41 | 3 days 250 1X day | 6/19/2013 | 1 | Bronchitis, Sinus infection | Have not been able to sleep at all since I started taking it. The first day I lost taste in my mouth, and now any taste that I have in my mouth is awful, nothing tastes normally, almost like metal. I cannot eat, have lost a lot of weight. I have a sharp pain in my stomach any time I try to eat something. On the up side, my bronchitis and sinus infection are all but gone. But I'd just as soon be dead right now considering how miserable I feel. | This medication seems to be very potent and anybody who has sensitivities to other medications (like I do) should be especially careful in considering taking this med. I am allergic to most antibiotics, and many other meds as well, pretty much don't take meds but was so sick I had to take something. I will never take this one again. | F | 5 days 250 MG 1X day | 5/25/2013 | 1 | bronchitis | i am having the wrost stomach pains of my life right now. no bowel movements just feels like someone is clinching my insides into their fist and wont let go. if u are reading this PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG I FEEL LIKE I AM ABOUT TO DIE | DONT TAKE THIS IF U ENJOY LIFE | M | 28 | 1 days 500 mg 1X day | 5/9/2013 | 1 | Atypical/Walking Pneumonia | Indescribably horrible, blinding, impossible stomach pains in the first 3 hours of dosage (came in waves). No appetite, unable to tell if I need to eat until I feel my stomach cramping in pain from lack of food. Constant feeling of everyone's-annoyed-with-me paranoia, rapidly going back and forth from general numbness and disinterest in everything, to wanting to cry. Just generally really incoherent, unable to express myself verbally, major mental fog, really just unable to function. | If you care at all about the person being prescribed this medicine, DO NOT LET THEM TAKE IT. Take ANYTHING else. I cannot fathom how this ever got approved by the FDA, and it's honestly kind of sickening that it even did. THIS PILL IS POISON AND THE HARM BY FAR OUTWEIGHS THE GOOD. There are plenty of other medicines, western and eastern, to treat what this is meant to treat, that will not harm you like this. | F | 24 | 5 days 1X day | 4/29/2013 | 1 | Pid | Diarrhea, heart palpitations, numbness of the the body, as if Im in the state of shock. | This poison is never effective. It didnt kill the bacteria or it was just the stupid doctor who gave me a wrong dosage. The side effects are stronger than the sypmtoms thats why I ended up in the ER due to severe infection. Waste of money And strength | F | 28 | 1 days 500 2X day | 4/28/2013 | 2 | Chlamydia | This was the most HORRENDOUS experience of my life. I took Azithromycin 2x500MG/1 dose only. My side effects started one day after taking the pill: DEPRESSION,AXIETY, VERTIGO, NAUSEA, DIZZINESS, CHEST PAIN & HEART RACING, TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS AND ARMS, I FELT DISTANT FROM REALITY LIKE IF I WAS HIGH ON LSD, PANIC ATTACKS but these symptoms only came one after another never together. | Its been about 7 weeks since, my thrush is almost gone but my Hives,Acid reflux, and lead headed/ headaches are still in effect although its mild now. I would only recommend only if you usually take antiboitics, It makes you think the worst case scenario, especially if you have a STI/STD. | M | 32 | 2x 500mg 1X day | 4/12/2013 Patient History | 1 | Sinusitis | Day 1 I had diarrhea day 2-5 lose bowel movements and feeling of anxiety. After I finished the product I have been having severe ringing in ears, tingles in neck and hands, cold sweats and lack of focus. This medicine is poison. I feel worse from the side effects than i did the infection. I do not recommend it. | This stuff is garbage! And lingers in your system for 15 days or more | M | 49 | 5 days 250 MG 1X day | 4/9/2013 | 1 | sinus infection | The worst gas ever. I didn't have a cough but I do now. I can't sleep. My husband won't sleep with me because of the gas. I feel depressed and I can not focus on my homework. Never taking it again. | F | 38 | 2 days 250 | 3/29/2013 | 5 | strep throat | Felt better after 1st dosage. On my 3rd day now and it feels like my illness is gone completely. Side effects are a bit of gas and more active bowel movement. | M | 29 | 5 days 500 mg | 3/28/2013 | 1 | Bad Flu | Loose and burning stool for 7 days starting day 1, nausea, metallic taste in mouth, gas, depression, Stomach pain, lose of appetite, weak muscles, | This is poison, i am not sure where am i going !! my condition is getting worse !!! the dr told me to stay on solid food and no fats !! i am on a diet since 10 days now and it is horrible !! if my condition persists i need to test my stool !! anybody knows after the diarhea what happens? | M | 34 | 5 days 500mg 1X day | 3/28/2013 | 1 | copd /ear infection | shoulder jaw neck tightness, inability to moves on my own. vomiting, if i stood up i would tilt over. emergency dept fall risk. could not compredhend any thing.drastic weight loss in 4 days. no appetite. not even for water, hospitized 5 days given no meds other than blood thinner and steroids, no ivs. initial acessment at er coulds not get a registered heart rate. i thought i was dyying. please someone stop drs from giving this to sick people. | F | 56 | 2 days 250 | 3/27/2013 |